Interventions for Healthcare Providers to Improve Treatment & Prevention of Female Genital Mutilation: Review https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-016-1674-1 Also Via SVRI – Sexual Violence Research Initiative Julie Balfour1, Jasmine Abdulcadir1, 2Email author, Lale Say1 Michelle J. Hindin1 As . Learn More

Via Nazra for Feminist Studies - Egypt https://thebussyproject.weebly.com/about-us-1593160616061575.html BuSSy is a performing arts project that documents and gives voice to censored untold stories about gender in different communities in Egypt. The project organizes storytelling workshops and performances where women and men step on . Learn More

AIDS – YOUNG WOMEN & AIDS – INDIA & GLOBAL UNAIDS 2016 Report: https://www.unaids.org/sites/default/files/media_asset/Get-on-the-Fast-Track_en.pdf World Aids Day 2016 will be December 1. https://www.unaids.org/sites/default/files/media_asset/WAD2016-brochure_en.pdf Women’s Feature Service - WFS By Syed Mohammad Afsar One . Learn More

Gender & Land - To Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals & Promote Gender-Equitable Land Tenure, Discriminatory Laws, Institutions, & Customary Practices Need to Be . Learn More

International Day on the Elimination of Violence against Women – 25 November https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=20911&LangID=E French | Spanish Joint call by UN Rapporteur on Violence against Women and all other global and regional mechanisms to end femicide and gender-based violence GENEVA (22 . Learn More

Direct Link to Full 8-Page 2015 Report: https://truechild.org/Images/Interior/learnthefacts/__economic%20security%20&%20gender%20norms.pdf High rates of poverty among US women and children make it imperative for funders to continue seeking out, and supporting, new and innovative pathways out of poverty. However, funding models are based . Learn More

Sixteen Global Voices for Change Against Gender-Based Violence https://www.unfpa.org/16voices CLICK WEBSITE LINK FOR PHOTOS AND DETAILS ON THE SIXTEEN VOICES HEROINES & HEROES. 25 November 2016 - UNFPA © UNFPA Ukraine/Maks Levin . Learn More

Nigeria - Release of a Few Chibok Schoolgirls Rekindles Pressure to Free the Last 196 https://www.ipsnews.net/2016/11/release-of-chibok-girls-rekindles-pressure-to-free-last-196/ By Ini Ekott ABUJA, Nov 11 2016 (IPS) - The Nigerian military announced the rescue of a missing Chibok schoolgirl Saturday, bringing to 23 the number freed . Learn More

Ageing & The City https://www.helpage.org/what-we-do/ageing-cities/ In an increasingly urban world, ensuring our rights are fulfilled and we are free from age discrimination is key to building inclusive, sustainable, secure and prosperous communities for all. The global population is both urbanising and ageing at historically . Learn More

El Salvador - Anti-Abortion Laws Are Considered an Aggressive, Punitive Attack on Women Financial Times:  https://www.ft.com/content/68064cac-a484-11e6-8898-79a99e2a4de6 Rights groups have denounced the draconian laws under which women can be put behind bars for aggravated murder. Denied a pardon: Mirna Ramírez received a 12½- year . Learn More

NEW GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP TO STRENGTHEN CLIMATE RISK INFO & EARLY WARNING IN VULNERABLE COUNTRIES – FOCUS ON WOMEN https://www.ipsnews.net/2016/11/new-fund-aims-to-help-build-resilience-to-climate-change/ “Gender is critical. We must recognise it is not about women alone,” she said. “[But] women are important because they provide the . Learn More

IMPORTANCE OF LEGAL DEFENCE FOR VULNERABLE WOMEN – SEXUAL VIOLENCE & LAND CONFLICT – BURUNDI STORIES – IFAD https://ifad-un.blogspot.it/2016/11/three-womens-stories-ifads-support-for.html Posted by Anja Soanala Rabezanahary Thursday, November 24, 2016 Written by Maria Hartl, Senior Technical Specialist - Gender and Social Equity, . Learn More