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Women’s Theatre as a Tool for Healing & Activism – Claiming Our Voice – Foreign Exploited Domestic Workers in the USA

CLAIMING OUR VOICE – WOMEN’S THEATRE AS A TOOL FOR HEALING & ACTIVISM – FOREIGN EXPLOITED USA DOMESTIC WORKERS Film Segment: https://vimeo.com/50533330 Click Arrow to Start Short Film. Claiming Our Voice is a short documentary film by Jennifer Pritheeva Samuel sharing the stories of Andolan, an organization founded and led by South Asian . Learn More

UK – Ending Violence Against Women & Girls Media Awards

UK - Ending Violence Against Women Media Awards https://www.endviolenceagainstwomen.org.uk/news/263/ending-violence-against-women-media-awards-shortlist-announced 14 November 2016 UK - The End Violence Against Women Coalition has today (14 November) unveiled the shortlist for its inaugural Ending Violence against Women and Girls Media . Learn More

UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples – Call for Applications to Attend the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues – Deadline 30 November – Indigenous Women

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS TO ATTEND THE PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES 2017 – DEADLINE 30 NOVEMBER – INDIGENOUS WOMEN https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/IPeoples/IPeoplesFund/Pages/IPeoplesFundIndex.aspx UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples The  Fund for Indigenous Populations was established pursuant to General Assembly resolution 40/131 . Learn More

Ending Violence Against Women & Girls Needs Global, Targeted, Robust Advocacy & Investment – UN Women

ENDING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN & GIRLS NEEDS GLOBAL, TARGETED, ROBUST ADVOCACY & INVESTMENT – UN WOMEN https://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2016/11/statement-by-ed-on-international-day-for-evaw Statement by Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN Women for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against . Learn More

Pope Francis Extends to Catholic Priests the Right to Forgive Abortion

Pope Francis Extends to Catholic Priests the Right to Forgive Abortion https://edition.cnn.com/2016/11/21/europe/pope-francis-absolve-abortion/ By Tim Hume, Cristiana Moisescu and Lindsay Isaac, CNN – November 21, 2016 (CNN) Pope Francis has extended the powers of Catholic priests to forgive abortions, making the announcement in an apostolic . Learn More

USA – College Sexual Assault – 1 in 5 College Women Say They Were Victims of Unwanted Sexual Incidents – Poll

USA – COLLEGE SEXUAL ASSAULT – 1 IN 5 COLLEGE WOMEN SAY THEY WERE VICTIMS OF UNWANTED SEXUAL INCIDENTS - POLL https://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/local/2015/06/12/1-in-5-women-say-they-were-violated/?tid=a_inl ADDITIONAL POLL DATA - https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/local/sexual-assault-poll/ Twenty percent of young women who . Learn More

Non-Standard Employment as Temporary Work, Part-Time Work – Women High % – Challenges for Benefits, Security + Overall Risks

NON-STANDARD EMPLOYMENT AS TEMPORARY WORK, PART-TIME WORK WOMEN HIGH % - CHALLENGES FOR BENEFITS, SECURITY + OVERALL RISKS ILO – International Labour Organization https://www.ilo.org/global/publications/books/WCMS_534326/lang--en/index.htm Non-standard forms of employment – including temporary work, part-time work, temporary agency work . Learn More

Mozambique – Sexual Harassment of Schoolgirls

MOZAMBIQUE – SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF SCHOOLGIRLS By Johanna Higgs, Anthropologist Director of Australia Women’s NGO: Project MONMA ‘The teachers ask the children for sex,’ says Emilia Dausse, a 19-year-old student secondary school at Caterina Anmando in Mozambique. We’re sitting in a small café on the beautiful Barra beach discussing male . Learn More

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