ASIFA RAPE & MURDER DOCUMENTARY VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2NVPtl7Yqs The brutal gang rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Indian-administered Kashmir has put the restive state on edge. Sameer Yasir, an independent journalist based in Srinagar, reports on how the investigation has split the region . Learn More
The Indigenous World 2018 – Indigenous Women
Direct Link to Full 640-Page 2018 Publication: https://www.iwgia.org/images/documents/indigenous-world/indigenous-world-2018.pdf . Learn More
Universal Human Rights Instruments
UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS In addition to the International Bill of Rights and the core human rights treaties, there are many other universal instruments relating to human rights. A non-exhaustive selection is listed below. WORLD CONFERENCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND MILLENNIUM ASSEMBLY Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action . Learn More
FGM – Women’s Testimonial Videos about FGM-Female Genital Mutilation
Since 1999, StoryCenter's Silence Speaks initiative has fostered healing for individuals, solidarity building within communities, and training and advocacy for public health and human rights promotion. Through intensive, hands-on participatory media workshops, we support people in sharing first-person stories from their own lives, in the form of . Learn More
Including Religious Women in the Mediation Process
By Cora Alder – August 10, 2018 Religious women often face a double discrimination as regards inclusion into political mediation processes: They are not only discriminated against as women but also as religious actors. While there is an increasing consensus that effective, legitimate and sustainable agreements require the . Learn More
Activists Welcome Michelle Bachelet as New UN Human Rights Chief
August 10, 2018 - Michelle Bachelet will take over as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights at an extremely challenging time, but she has what it takes to succeed, and she has our support. While head of UN Women, Michelle Bachelet set the standard for engagement with civil society, making sure that her door was open to women’s rights activists. . Learn More
I AM EVIDENCE – Film About the Enormous Backlog of USA Untested Rape Kits, Rape Cases Not Investigated, & Political Advocacy to Change
I AM EVIDENCE exposes the alarming number of untested rape kits in the United States through a character–driven narrative, bringing much needed attention to the disturbing pattern of how the criminal justice system has historically treated sexual assault survivors. Why is there a rape kit backlog? What can we do to fix the problem? This film . Learn More
Venezuela – Lacking Birth Control Options, Desperate Venezuela Women Turn to Sterilization & Illegal Abortion
By Lou Marillier, Daisy Squires June 10, 2018 - DARLING WAS UP at 4:30 a.m. on a warm and windy April morning, breastfeeding her 1-year-old baby in the one-bedroom house she shared with her three children and her sick mother, in the El Junquito slum in western Caracas, Venezuela. From the top of her hill, she could see the city sparkling in the . Learn More
Women Firefighters Can Improve Safety, But Fire Department Culture Must Change – USA Wildfires
USA – STATE OF CALIFORNIA RAVAGED BY CONTINUING WILDFIRES https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/9/14/16301876/carr-california-colorado-wildfires-2018-climate-change “I'm a Woman Who Fought Wildfires for 7 Years. Climate Change Is Absolutely Making Them Worse.” Warmer climate is creating the perfect conditions for . Learn More
Gaza-Palestine – Women Fight for Fairer, Faster Divorces
Palestinian women take part in a rally ahead of the 28th anniversary of Hamas' founding, Khan Yunis, Gaza READ IN: العربية REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa June 14, 2018 – Ramallah, West Bank — Rima from Gaza City has been struggling for more than 18 months to obtain her divorce papers from the Sharia Court. Six . Learn More
India – Widows of Vrindavan Need Jobs, Not Remarriage Law
Vrindavan is about 100 miles south of Delhi, but the widows come to Vrindivan from all over India. http://www.news18.com/news/india/vrindavan-widows-need-jobs-not-new-remarriage-law-member-of-sc-panel-1548477.html India - Vrindavan Widows Need Jobs, Not Remarriage Law: Supreme Court Panel “Widow remarriage is a matter of personal choice. . Learn More
International Day of Indigenous Peoples – Women & Girls- Video +
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES – WOMEN & GIRLS – VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLtimjdkenc http://www.un.org/en/events/indigenousday/ “On this annual observance, let us commit to fully realizing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including the rights to self-determination and . Learn More
Youth Activism Training Manual to Help End Child Marriage – Stand Up, Speak Out!
Direct Link to Full 108-Page 2018 Publication: https://www.girlsnotbrides.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/1.-GNB_Trainer_Manual_FINAL.compressed-1.pdf . Learn More
USA – Women-Owned Businesses Have Less Access to Capital, Fewer Intellectual Property Rights & Much Lower Revenues
Women-owned businesses are less likely than businesses owned by men to hold intellectual property rights such as patents, copyrights, and trademarks, according to new analysis by IWPR. The analysis, which relies on data from the Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs, also finds that women-owned businesses are less likely to receive venture . Learn More
Can #MeToo Help Stop Sex Tourism?
Women in impoverished countries are exploited by Western men who publicly declare solidarity with women but behave differently in private July 10, 2018 - By Egle Gerulaityte On a casual Friday night out in Vilnius, I was having beers and catching up with my girlfriends who I hadn’t seen in a while. We had all been living or traveling abroad . Learn More
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