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Diwali – Festival of Lights

DIWALI – FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS Diwali in 2015 will start on Wednesday, the 11th of November and will continue for 5 days until Sunday, the 15th of November. Tribune photo by Kulbir Beera The Diwali illuminations with lighted diyas bring the supernatural brightness and joy with the hope of finding light in darkness, achieving knowledge . Learn More

Obstacles to a Transformative Women, Peace & Security Agenda & to Women’s Meaningful Participation in Building Peace & Security

Candid Voices from the Field: Obstacles to a Transformative Women, Peace & Security Agenda & to Women’s Meaningful Participation in Building Peace & Security Direct Link to Full 76-Page 2015 Report: https://www.womenpeacemakersprogram.org/assets/CMS/Action-Research/WPP-15-01-WPP-publicatie-LRPages.pdf This research and action . Learn More

Violence Against Women – UN Women Infographic

TO SEE FULL INFOGRAPHIC WITH LARGE TYPE SIZE FOR EASY READING, CLICK: https://www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/multimedia/2015/11/infographic-violence-against-women And Scroll Down to Infographic. . Learn More

Algeria – Cherifa Kheddar on Algerian Women Confronting Extremism – Interview

https://www.peaceisloud.org/blog/cherifa-kheddar-on-algerian-women-confronting-extremism Cherifa Kheddar on Algerian Women Confronting Extremism – Interview By Joanna Hoffman – November 9, 2015 In June, Peace is Loud launched a campaign calling for grassroots women human rights defenders to be meaningfully included in global discussions on . Learn More

Women’s Sport as Politics in Muslim Contexts

Women’s Sport as Politics in Muslim Contexts Women Living Under Muslim Laws https://www.wluml.org/resource/womens-sport-politics-muslim-contexts Direct Link to Full 386-Page 2015 Publication: . Learn More

UN Security Council Resolution 1325 Fifteen Years On

https://www.transconflict.com/2015/10/un-security-council-resolution-1325-fifteen-years-on-260/ UN Security Council Resolution 1325 Fifteen Years On Resolution 1325 was the first time that the UN Security Council had looked at the experiences of women in war and post-war situations, and their critical role in the process of reconstructing . Learn More

Mali Woman Senior Chief Annuls 300 Child Marriages – Sends Girls to School

https://thisisafrica.me/malawian-chief-annuls-300-child-marriage-send-kids-to-school/ Mali Woman Senior Chief Annuls 300 Child Marriages – Sends Girls to School A female traditional leader in the southern African nation of Malawi has confronted the practice of child marriage by annulling 300 of these marriages and sending the children to . Learn More

Spain – Toy Company Challenges Gender Stereotypes

https://i100.independent.co.uk/article/this-spanish-toy-company-is-turning-gender-stereotypes-on-their-head--bJWOIDZygtx Spain -Toy Company Challenges Gender Stereotypes Boys pushing prams, or girls playing with tool kits, is not the usual fare for Christmas toy advertising. Toy Planet company has decided to do away with the gender stereotyping . Learn More

Dalit Women – Multiple Discrimination at the Intersection of Caste & Gender

https://idsn.org/key-issues/dalit-women/ DALIT WOMEN SUFFER MULTIPLE DISCRIMINATION AT THE INTERSECTION OF CASTE & GENDER IDSN booklet on Dalit women “The reality of Dalit women and girls is one of exclusion and marginalisation … They are often victims of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights violations, including sexual . Learn More

Report Shows Intensified Risks & Threats to Human Rights Defenders – Survey on Good Practices to Protect – WOMEN Human Rights Defenders

Website of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/SRHRDefenders/Pages/SRHRDefendersIndex.aspx CONSIDER SERIOUSLY FOR WOMEN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS Report Shows Intensified Risks & Threats to Human Rights Defenders Call for Participation in Survey on Good Practices in the . Learn More

Pakistan – Arrest of Father over “Planned Sale” of Age 12 Daughter into Prostitution

https://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-girl-sold-prostitution/27349799.html Website Link Includes Video/Audio. Pakistan – Arrest of Father over “Planned Sale” of Age 12 Daughter into Prostitution Nushin, a 12-year-old Pakistani girl whose father allegedly tried to sell her into prostitution. By Shabbir Jan and Frud Bezhan – November 06, . Learn More

Eviction – Displaced Urban Women at Increased Risk of Eviction

IDMC – Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre https://www.internal-displacement.org/blog/2015/facing-eviction-displaced-urban-women-at-increased-risk/ Facing Eviction: Displaced Urban Women at Increased Risk Tenure insecurity, the fear of forced eviction, is a harsh reality for many who are internally displaced in urban areas, especially . Learn More

Spain – Violence Against Women – Big Protest March in Madrid

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34756378 SPAIN – VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN – BIG PROTEST MARCH IN MADRID Spain – Madrid Protest March on Violence Against Women Tens of thousands of people have marched in the Spanish capital Madrid to condemn violence against women. 7 November 2015 - The rally, organised by feminist groups, was . Learn More

Gender-Related Killing of Women & Girls – Recommendations for Action Against – Publication

Gender-Related Killing of Women & Girls – Recommendations for Action Against - Publication Direct Link to Full 16-Page 2015 Publication: gender-related killing of women and girls Computer can increase type size for easier reading. “Every day, women and girls worldwide are murdered because of their gender.” . Learn More

Afghanistan – Killing Women Is Always a Crime – Stoning Condemned – Women Activists Protest

Justice for Rokhshana, No to Killing of Afghan Women! By Dr. Massouda Jalal Founding Chairperson of Jalal Foundation and Former Minister of Women, Afghanistan Killing of Afghan women, under any circumstance, is a crime. And perpetrators will be answerable in the court of law!!! We condemn with highest indignation the killing of Rokhshana. . Learn More

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