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The Impact of Firearms on Women – EU Proposal for Controls on Firearms: Final Vote to Come

THE IMPACT OF FIREARMS ON WOMEN http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-16-4464_en.htm European Commission – Brussels, 20 December 2016 - Press Release Firearms: EU Agreement on Commission Proposal to Increase Citizens' Security …………………………………………………………………………………………………… Full Article: . Learn More

Women Refugees, Migrants, IDP’s, Leave Behind Many Personal & Family Treasures, Heirlooms, Items of Precious Memory

WOMEN REFUGEES, MIGRANTS, IDP’S, ACROSS THIS COMPLEX WORLD LEAVE BEHIND MANY HEIRLOOMS, FAMILY TREASURES, PHOTOS, ITEMS OF PRECIOUS MEMORY Rarely do news stories on the mass exodus of women as refugees, migrants, IDP’s, go into detail on the lives of the women and families before leaving. There are frequent assumptions that the people who are . Learn More

Feminist Review Trust Invites Applications for Grants

Feminist Review Trust Fund: Supporting Projects that Transform the Lives of Women https://www2.fundsforngos.org/women-and-gender/visit-open-funding-opportunities-on-women-empowerment/ Link to Website to Download Application Form - http://www.feminist-review-trust.com/application-form/ Deadline: 31 January 2017 December 16, 2016 - The . Learn More

Nigeria – Freed 21 Chibok Girls Return Home for Joyful Christmas

Nigeria - Freed 21 Chibok Girls Return Home for Joyful Christmas http://edition.cnn.com/2016/12/26/africa/chibok-girls-nigeria-journey/ Website Link Includes Additional Photos & Video. By Isha Sesay and Stephanie Busari, CNN – December 27, 2016 Ten weeks after being released by Boko Haram, 21 freed girls return home. CNN accompanied . Learn More

UPR – UN Universal Periodic Review of Member States – Spreading Good Practices of UPR Implementation – UPR as a Tool for Civil Society/NGO/Gender Advocacy

THE UPR – UN UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF COUNTRIES, IS AN IMPORTANT ADVOCACY MECHANISM & OPPORTUNITY FOR NGO’S TO REVIEW GENDER COMPONENTS OF INDIVIDUAL COUNTRY UPR DOCUMENTATION. BASIC FACTS ABOUT THE UPR - http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/UPR/Pages/BasicFacts.aspx _________________________________ UPR – UN UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF . Learn More

USA – Research on Aging: Family Caregiving – Women

USA - Research on Aging: Family Caregiving Population Reference Bureau http://www.prb.org/Publications/Reports/2016/todays-research-aging-caregiving.aspx Direct Link to Full 9-Page 2016 Document: http://www.prb.org/pdf16/TodaysResearchAging33.pdf By Paola Scommegna February 2016 - In the United States, the vast majority of care that . Learn More

Afghanistan – Woman Beheaded for Shopping “Without Husband”

AFGHANISTAN – WOMAN BEHEADED FOR SHOPPING “WITHOUT . Learn More

Women Brutalized by ISIS – Testimonies of Subjugation & Living Pain

WOMEN BRUTALIZED BY ISIS – TESTIMONIES OF SUBJUGATION & LIVING PAIN Foreign Policy - http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/10/11/women-survive-they-do-not-live-isis-islam-yazidi/ By Sulome Anderson – October 11, 2016 AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images KIRKUK, Iraq — A handcuffed man sits on a dirty couch in a small room. The walls are . Learn More

Gender Just Climate Solutions

GENDER JUST CLIMATE SOLUTIONS The Women and Gender Constituency (WGC) is a civil society observer – one of the nine stakeholder groups – of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The WGC promotes human rights and gender equality and the full and effective participation of women at all levels of decision making, as well . Learn More

Marginality of Economic, Social & Cultural Rights – Gender – Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty to the UN Human Rights Council 2016

International Covenant on Economic, Social & Cultural Rights - http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CESCR.aspx UN Committee on Economic, Social & Cultural Rights - http://www.ohchr.org/en/hrbodies/cescr/pages/cescrindex.aspx Women’s Economic, Social & Cultural Rights – ESCR-Net - . Learn More

China – Women in the Labour Market in China – 10-Year Report – ILO

WOMEN IN THE LABOUR MARKET IN CHINA – 10 YEAR REPORT – ILO Direct Link to Full 48-Page ILO Report: http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---asia/---ro-bangkok/documents/publication/wcms_371375.pdf Computer can increase type size for easier reading. Table of Contents Preface Abstract Abbreviations Introduction Increasing . Learn More

Feminist Research Journal – Gatha Cognition – Academic Publisher – Online Platform

http://www.gathacognition.com/site/about_us/about_us Contact: support@gathacognition.com PERCEPTION, LEARNING & REASONING Register as Author, Reviewer, Editor - http://www.gathacognition.com/manuscript-portal Manuscript Portal - . Learn More

EU – Work-Life Balance – Gender

EU - Work-Life Balance European Parliamentary Research Service https://epthinktank.eu/2016/12/23/work-life-balance-in-the-eu/ Written by Ulla Jurviste and Rosamund Shreeves,- December 23, 2016 @photolia Finding a suitable balance between work and daily life is a challenge that all workers face. Families are particularly affected. . Learn More

How Is the Reproductive Rights Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights Constructing Narratives of Women’s Citizenship?

Columbia Journal of Gender & Law – 34 Pages – 2016 http://cjgl.journals.cdrs.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2016/10/Oja_Yamin_print.pdf . Learn More

China – “Comfort Women” in N China – Museum – Call for Apology

http://www.womenofchina.cn/womenofchina/html1/news/newsmakers/1612/2416-1.htm – December 13, 2016 China - 'Comfort Women' in N China's Shanxi Hold out for Apology ______________________________________________ http://www.womenofchina.cn/womenofchina/html1/news/china/1610/2763-1.htm 'Comfort Women' Museum Opens in E China's . Learn More