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Women’s Advocacy How-to Guides – AAUW

From a young age, we’re taught that most of what we need to know can be found by answering the five W’s (who, what, when, where, and why). But the most important, and often the most elusive, question to answer is the H . Learn More

Women in Politics: 2017 – Map Resource – Progress of Women in Government Leadership Continues to Be Slow

Inter-Parliamentary Union & UN Women - A unique visual tool to capture women’s participation in executive government and in parliament, the map of Women in Politics not only provides a country ranking for both ministerial and parliamentary representation, but also statistics on women in political leadership positions – Heads of State or . Learn More

HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS AT RISK – WELLBEING, RISK & HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICE – WOMEN

Direct Link to FULL 4-PAGE 2017 Document: https://www.york.ac.uk/media/cahr/documents/Wellbeing,%20Risk,%20and%20Human%20Rights%20Practice,%20Human%20Rights%20Defender%20Policy%20Brief%201.pdf . Learn More

USA – Safety Net Project – Focus on the Intersection of Technology & Intimate Partner Abuse

Technology has a major impact on survivors of abuse. It can be used by a victim to access help, to strategically maintain safety and privacy, and to remain connected to family and friends. It is often used to prove guilt and hold offenders accountable. . Learn More

Disasters: What’s Gender Got to Do with It?

By Aleta Miller, UN Women Fiji – 18 August 2016 Even disasters discriminate. More women die in disasters than men. Women face even greater risks of violence in the aftermath and their ability to make an income is often more affected. They end up caring for even more people – other people’s children, the elderly, the injured. . Learn More

China – Challenges for Women: Gender Equality in Employment & Issues of Balancing Work & Family

By Editor: Hewater Liu – March 3, 2017 As the main body of reproduction and key component of human resources, women have undertaken a huge mission in both childbearing and social production. Chinese women and their families were thrilled about the prospect of bearing a second child, when the universal two-child policy was officially adopted in . Learn More

Tech vs. Abuse – Women & Girls, Online Spaces, Abusive Control & Coercion – Report

CHAYN is an award-winning, open-source project that leverages technology to empower women against violence and oppression so they can live happier and healthier lives. Running solely on the passion of more than 300 skilled volunteers from13 countries, Chayn leverages technology to address the problems women face today in a dozen . Learn More

Tunisia – Teens & Society Respond with Theatre, Videos, Marches, Against Rape & Rapist Impunity with Marriage

By: Tharwa Boulifi – March 20, 2017 TUNIS, Tunisia (WOMENSENEWS)—Rania Bel Haj, a teen actor in Tunisia, didn’t consider women’s rights high on her list of priorities until she played a teen girl who was raped and forced to marry the older man who assaulted her in a high school video. . Learn More

What Countering Terrorism Financing Costs Gender Equality & Security

Direct Link to Full 89-Page 2017 Report: https://www.womenpeacemakersprogram.org/assets/CMS/Reports/TTPS-DUKE-WPP-WEB.pdf . Learn More

Tajikistan – Domestic Violence Report – Many Victims Not Protected or Supported

Tajikistan - Domestic Violence: Time to Right the Wrongs Four years after Tajikistan’s authorities adopted new legislation to prevent violence in the family, a joint report by Nota Bene (Tajikistan), International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR, Belgium) and Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR, Poland) examines why many victims of . Learn More

CSW 61 Outcome Document – In Process – Revision 2

March 19, 2017 Via NGO Committee on the Status of Women NY - http://us1.campaign-archive2.com/?u=eb520eecfe82a5bf0d814ea1f&id=d0312fdc75&e=f04d2c0250 Direct Link to FULL 23-PAGE REVISION 2: https://www.ngocsw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/REV-2_-19-March-9PM..pdf PAGE 1 OF 23 PAGES . Learn More

CALL FOR APPLICANTS FOR THE 12th & 13th EGEP

EWHA WOMANS UNIVERSITY – SOUTH KOREA CALL FOR APPLICANTS FOR THE 12th & 13th EGEP Ewha Global Empowerment Program Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea Application Submission: March 20 ~ April 9, 2017 To further meet the varied needs of participants, EGEP offers two types of program in terms of theme and qualification for . Learn More

UN Secretary-General Proposes Steps to Curb Sexual Abuse by UN Peacekeepers

NEW MEASURES TO PUT VICTIMS’ RIGHTS, DIGNITY FIRST, AND END ABUSERS’ IMPUNITY: UN S-G 9 March 2017 - The United Nations has unveiled a new strategy aimed at stamping out sex abuse by its peacekeepers with measures that include withholding the salaries of the soldiers who are under . Learn More

Egypt – The Egyptian Woman: Important Steps & Big Challenges 2016

Direct Link to Full 15-Page English Summary: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwsERZCDkJWYN3ZXWDhjZUx6bUk/view?invite=CPCe1rwE&ts=58ce7f71 . Learn More

An Economy That Works For Women – Oxfam

https://www.dawnnet.org/feminist-resources/content/private-sector-development-agenda-and-women%E2%80%99s-human-rights-synergies-or-contradictions . Learn More

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