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CSW 61 – Draft Agreed Conclusions

Direct Link to FULL 17-PAGE CSW 61 Document: http://www.unwomen.org/-/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/csw/61/csw61_agreed_conclusions_advance_unedited_version_24_march_2017.pdf?vs=3358 . Learn More

Real Democracy Means Women Have the Equal Share of Power in the Public/Productive Sphere & Shared Responsibility in the Private/Reproductive Sphere

Womanhood is a historic fabrication whose direct consequence leads to the subordination of women in the private sphere and their exclusion from the public sphere. What is male is still universally considered as a norm, and the male, as being taken as a norm, is defined as more important and of higher worth. Patriarchal domination still persists in . Learn More

Afghanistan – Without IDs, Afghan Women Often Remain Invisible in the Justice System

Due to difficulties in obtaining official IDs, Afghan women have a hard time navigating the justice system, says Marion Guillaume of Samuel Hall. Photo by AFP/Shah Marai WRITTEN BY Marion Guillaume – March 9, 2017 Nargez* was 14 years old when her father arranged her marriage to a 55-year-old stranger who had offered a large amount . Learn More

Canada – Canadian One-Year Private Sponsorship Contracts for Syria Refugees Come to Year’s End

Carole Atkins, with children from the Syrian refugee family she sponsored, at an ice rink in Toronto. Credit Damon Winter/The New York Times By JODI KANTOR and CATRIN EINHORN - MARCH 25, 2017 TORONTO — One year after Canada embraced so many Syrian refugees, a reckoning was underway. Ordinary Canadians had essentially adopted thousands of . Learn More

THE EMPOWERMENT OF INDIGENOUS WOMEN – VIDEO FOR CSW 61

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_qH7A51TMM&feature=youtu.be . Learn More

Acid Attack Survivors – Photo Series: Sacred Transformations

By Kriti Tulsiani March 8, 2017 - A protest at Jantar Mantar in 2014 saw the presence of various acid attack survivors and that’s when the Delhi-based photographer Niraj Gera decided to do something more than just sympathising with them and bring to canvas a photo series as captivating and powerful as the Sacred Transformations. . Learn More

USA – Newsroom Diversity Survey – Women & Minorities

“Women made up about a third of newsroom employees overall, with a higher number employed at online-only sites than at newspapers. Women comprised 38 percent of daily newspaper employees in this year's survey and nearly 50 percent of online-only news organization employees.” ASNE 2016 Newsroom Diversity Survey Results – Women & . Learn More

Morocco – Photography by a Woman, of Women, as an Art Form

By Amanda Sealy and Daisy Carrington, CNN – November 7, 2016 (CNN)Photography has, traditionally, been a somewhat contentious art form in Morocco. Design, architecture, fashion -- these are areas where the country shines. Photographs, however, seem to make many Moroccans uncomfortable. . Learn More

New research shows that poverty, ethnicity and gender magnify the impact of austerity on BME women

Nov 28, 2016 | Analysis, Main Feature, News EMBARGOED UNTIL 0.01 HOURS MONDAY 28th NOVEMBER Low income black and Asian women are paying the highest price for austerity according to new analysis by the Women’s Budget Group in partnership with the race equality think tank Runnymede Trust. The new analysis shows the impact of tax, . Learn More

Central African Republic – Can a Special Hybrid Criminal Court Prosecute for Sexual, Gender-Based Violence, Genocide?

By Philip Kleinfeld – March 23, 2017 Central African Republic - The first time the Séléka rebels captured Danielle* she was visiting the shallow grave where her husband, father, and brothers were all buried. Danielle had witnessed the rebels kill the men outside her home just a few hours earlier. . Learn More

We Cannot Forget the Female Face of Poverty

We Cannot Forget the Female Face of Poverty By Claudio Schuftan* - March 2017 Women are subjected to multiple and intersecting discrimination and negative gender stereotypes that continue to subjugate them and impede efforts to achieve equality between men and women. Not only do discrimination and stereotypes prevent women from escaping . Learn More

Turkey Offers Legal Assistance to Turkish Citizens Affected by the European Court of Justice Ruling That Companies Can Ban Employees from Wearing Visible Religious Symbols as the Muslim Headscarf

European Court of Justice Ruling on Headscarves Sparks Ire in Turkey By Riada Asimovic Akyol - March 21, 2017 On March 14, the European Court of Justice made a controversial ruling, stating that companies are permitted to ban employees from wearing visible religious symbols such as the Islamic headscarf. The decision from Europe’s top . Learn More

Water & Children in a Changing Climate – UNICEF – Girls

Climate change is one of many forces contributing to an unfolding water crisis. In the coming years, the demand for water will increase as food production grows, populations grow and move, industries develop and consumption increases. This can lead to water stress, as increasing demand and use of water strain available supplies. One of the most . Learn More

Bridging the Gender Digital Divide from a Human Rights Perspective

The gender digital divide is both a symptom and cause of violations of women’s human rights. It is a symptom in that the discrimination that women face on the basis of social and cultural norms is one of the most pronounced causes of the gender digital divide. To put it simply, all disparities in internet access sit in other disparities that women . Learn More

Egypt – Egyptian Center for Women’s Rights Thanks the Egypt Presidency for Responding to Demands for Early Childhood Services

Cairo March 23rd, 2017) ECWR would like to thank the Egyptian presidency office for its response to ECWR’s demands of the infrastructure of the early childhood services. ECWR has previously prepared an important research paper on the Labor laws. Through this paper, ECWR has emphasized that among the challenges facing working women is the lack of . Learn More

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