Relatives mourn before the funeral for family members who reportedly died by suicide at their home in Burari, India, this summer. Photo by Sanchit Khanna/Hindustan Times/Getty Images By Kamala Thiagarajan – September 25, 2018 In June, M., a 28-year-old woman jumped from the second floor of her home in Madurai, India — 20 feet above a rocky, . Learn More
China – Desperate & Hard Lives of Elderly Rural Widows of China
My heart broke when I learned of the incredibly hard lives of the elderly widows in China’s remote villages. They have nothing, and no one gives them anything. Their husbands often died leaving a mountain of medical bills behind. For some of them, their husbands committed suicide when they learned they had a terminal illness, as they knew that they . Learn More
State of Civil Society Report 2018
Direct Link to Full 20-Page 2018 CIVICUS Report Overview: https://www.civicus.org/documents/reports-and-publications/SOCS/2018/socs-2018-overview_top-ten-trends.pdf . Learn More
Gender Equality at the United Nations General Assembly
Students carry the flags of United Nations Member States during the annual Peace Bell Ceremony held in observance of the International Day of Peace (21 September), ahead of the 70th session of the General Assembly Photo: UN Photo/Amanda Voisard September 19, 2018 - The largest yearly meeting of world leaders! What better time than this to . Learn More
First Latin America Woman Head of the UN General Assembly Calls for Multilateralism
As the UN General Assembly's new President, Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces will lead this week's annual general debate. Ecuador's former foreign minister told DW the world’s problems can't be solved by countries acting alone. DW: Ms Espinosa Garces, what are the aims of your presidency? Espinosa Garces: The . Learn More
UN SCATHING REPORT ON MYANMAR PERSECUTION OF ROHINGYA + Haunting Look at the Rohingya Who Escaped Ethnic Cleansing – Women & Girls
MYANMAR – UN SERIOUS REPORT ON INDEPENDENT FACT-FINDING MISSION TO MYANMAR IS ATTACHED. . Learn More
Sudan – TV Program Debate on Women’s Rights Sparks Outrage & Threats
Yosra Sabir - 7Dnews Abu Dhabi 23 September 2018 - A TV programme debating women’s rights sparked outrage between affiliates with Islamist groups and women rights activists in Sudan. Death and rape threats against the programme host and one of the female guests appeared in videos and posts in social media and were made by some of the groups in . Learn More
India – Launch of Sex Offenders Database Registry, Amidst Increase in Rapes, Sexual Violence Crimes
By Manveena Suri, CNN – September 21, 2018 Increase in Crimes According to the National Crime Records Bureau, there were 39,000 rapes in India in 2016, a rate of roughly one rape every 13.5 minutes. The total marked a 12% spike over the previous year. The push to establish the registry follows mass protests in support of tougher measures to . Learn More
Canada Hosts First Ever Meeting of Female Foreign Ministers
llustration by Melissa McFeeters for Foreign Policy This weekend presents an opportunity to hone, define, and refine the idea of a feminist foreign policy and articulate feminist foreign-policy goals that governments everywhere can strive toward. BY LYRIC THOMPSON* & CHRISTINA ASQUITH* SEPTEMBER 20, 2018 - On . Learn More
Love Sonia – India Trafficking Film – Victims of the Sex Trade
Love Sonia – India Trafficking Film Trailer Segment – English Subtitles: https://latestmovietrailerz.com/love-sonia-movie-trailer/ Inspired by true events, this is the story of a young Indian village girl, Sonia. Her life changes irrevocably when she is entrapped in the global sex trade while trying to save her beloved sister Preeti. Struggling . Learn More
Commemorative Art for Women Human Rights Defenders Memorial
AWID is very excited to be working on this year’s Tribute with Vienna Rye, a visual artist and political organizer from New York City, USA. Vienna uses her art “as a catalyst to decolonize imagination, confront settler colonialism, racism, capitalism, and patriarchy.“ She will be creating unique and colorful commemorative pieces of art for . Learn More
First Orthodox Hasidic Jewish Women’s Ambulance Corps in New York City
SCROLL DOWN WEBSITE TO SEE CLICK TO FILM SEGMENT https://www.93queen.com/ Set in the Hasidic Orthodox Jewish enclave of Borough Park, Brooklyn, 93QUEEN follows a group of tenacious Hasidic women who are smashing the patriarchy in their community by creating the first all-female volunteer ambulance corps in New York City. With unprecedented and . Learn More
The Power of Women in Leadership
It's time for the world to recognize the benefits of women in leadership, and commit to placing even more women in positions of power. THE POWER OF WOMEN LEADERS Women are powerful agents of change, and the far-reaching benefits of diversity and gender parity in leadership and decision-making are increasingly recognized in all . Learn More
UK Law Applies to Islamic Marriage, Judge Rules in Divorce Case
A couple in traditional Muslim wedding attire. Akhter and Khan had a nikah ceremony in London in 1998. Photograph: David Williams/Getty Images Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent – 1 August 2018 A high court judge has decided that a couple’s Islamic marriage falls within the scope of English matrimonial law, in a ruling that could have . Learn More
Syria-Idlib – Families Flee or Prepare for the Imminent Massive Military Attacks – Trauma for Women & Children
Layla cries as she comes to terms with her displacement. By Ben Wedeman, Tamara Qiblawi, Waffa Munayyer, and Kareem Khadder – September 15, 2018 Mouhardeh, Syria (CNN)As a large-scale military campaign in Syria's last rebel stronghold looms, Syrians on both sides of the divide are bracing for a bloody battle. In the rebel-held province . Learn More
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