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Somalia – Thousands Homeless as El Nino Floods Sweep Somalia – Women

Somalia - Thousands Homeless as El Nino Floods Sweep Somalia - . Learn More

Faith in Islam & Faith in Women: Why Gender Justice Is Key to an Islam Without Extremes

FAITH IN ISLAM & FAITH IN WOMEN: WHY GENDER JUSTICE IS KEY TO AN ISLAM WITHOUT EXTREMES https://medium.com/the-future-of-conflict/faith-in-islam-faith-in-women-why-gender-justice-is-key-to-an-islam-without-extremes-8920277ef674 By Zainab Bangura, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict Yazidi . Learn More

Feminine Mystique – Intimate Personal Photographs of Women & Girls – Rania Matar

FEMININE MYSTIQUE – Intimate Personal Photographs of Women & Girls http://www.nehomemag.com/article/feminine-mystique The everyday moments Rania Matar chronicles in her striking photographs of children and women become personal moments that evoke universal truths. Author: Caroline Cunningham – 7/14/2015 Soraya and Tala, Yarze, . Learn More

Women in Public Life: Gender, Law & Policy in the Middle East & North Africa

https://books.google.it/books?id=Tu-cBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA32&dq=Forced+Marriages+rise+in+the+Mena+Region&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAmoVChMI3tGA_OzvyAIVyHEUCh0iOAEc#v=onepage&q=Forced%20Marriages%20rise%20in%20the%20Mena%20Region&f=false By OECD/CAWTAR 2014 . Learn More

Nepal – Reality of the Advance of Gendercide in Nepal

NEPAL – REALITY OF THE ADVANCE OF GENDERCIDE IN NEPAL By Xavier Symons | 17 Oct 2015 http://www.bioedge.org/bioethics/the-scary-advance-of-gendercide-in-nepal/11611 In these pages we have published a number of stories documenting the practice of sex-selective abortion in India and China; it is, however, not restricted to these countries. . Learn More

Afghanistan – Kabul University Announces Master’s Program in Gender & Women’s Studies

AFGHANISTAN – KABUL UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCES MASTER’S PROGRAM IN GENDER & WOMEN’S STUDIES Kabul University – Women in Master’s Program for Gender & Women’s Studies – Reuters Photo KABUL | BY KRISTA MAHR AND AIMAL YAQUBI – October 23, 2015 http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/23/us-afghanistan-women-idUSKCN0SH01620151023 Also Via . Learn More

CSW 60 – UN Commission on the Status of Women 2016 – NGO’s

UN COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN 60 - 2016 http://www.unwomen.org/en/csw/ngo-participation/registration The sixtieth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 14 to 24 March 2016. Representatives of Member States, UN entities, and ECOSOC-accredited non-governmental . Learn More

WOMEN BEWARE of Forced Arbitration vs. Court, Arbitration Clauses in Contracts – Religious Courts, & Religio-Legalism vs. Civil Law Enforcement

WOMEN BEWARE OF FORCED ARBITRATION VS. COURT, ARBITRATION CLAUSES IN CONTRACTS – RELIGIOUS COURTS, & RELIGIO-LEGALISM VS. CIVIL LAW ENFORCEMENT http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/02/business/dealbook/in-arbitration-a-privatization-of-the-justice-system.html?emc=edit_th_20151102&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=36377513&_r=0 In Arbitration, a . Learn More

When You Are a Refugee & Your Husband Beats You, You’re Basically On Your Own!

WHEN YOU ARE A REFUGEE & YOUR HUSBAND BEATS YOU, YOU’RE BASICALLY ON YOUR OWN! http://www.buzzfeed.com/jinamoore/when-youre-a-refugee-and-your-husband-beats-you-youre-basica?utm_term=.xqj88xm24m#.euvmmGajVa She escaped from Syria, only to be abused by her husband in a refugee center in Germany. One woman’s struggle to get help exposes the . Learn More

UN Human Rights Treaty Body System – Video + Comprehensive Details – Gender

The Human Rights Treaty Body System – Video http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/Pages/HumanRightsBodies.aspx https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP0fB-_X0l8&feature=youtu.be TREATY-BASED BODIES There are ten human rights treaty bodies that monitor implementation of the core international human rights treaties: Human Rights . Learn More

Papua New Guinea – High Risks of Childbirth for Mothers & Babies – Medical Clinics & Remote Care Offer Hope

Papua New Guinea – High Risks of Childbirth for Mothers & Babies – Medical Clinics & Remote Care Offer Hope DOCUMENTARY VIDEO AROUND THE REMOTE ISLANDS OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA AND DEDICATED MEDICAL EFFORTS COMING BY BOAT TO SAVE MOTHERS & . Learn More

Siberia – Reclusive Russian Family’s Last Survivor, Woman Alone in Siberia

SIBERIA – RECLUSIVE RUSSIAN FAMILY’S LAST SURVIVOR, WOMAN ALONE IN SIBERIA Agafia Lykova has spent her whole life in a remote part of the Siberian taiga. The nearest human settlement is two weeks' walk from her home. http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-siberian-taiga-lykova-isolation/27331673.html By Nick Holdsworth - October 28, . Learn More

Preventing Youth Violence – Highly Significant for Mothers, Grandmothers, Girl Sisters

PREVENTING YOUTH VIOLENCE – HIGHLY SIGNIFICANT FOR MOTHERS, GRANDMOTHERS, GIRL SISTERS World Health Organization – WHO http://www.ipsnews.net/2015/10/who-calls-for-action-to-prevent-youth-violence/ Direct Link to Full 86-Page 2015 . Learn More

China – 2-Child Policy Will Not End Forced Abortion or Gendercide – Analysis

China - New 2-Child Policy Will Not End Forced Abortion or Gendercide - Analysis Women’s Rights Without Frontiers http://www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org/blog/?p=2082 October 29, 2015 - By Reggie Littlejohn BEIJING, CHINA. Xinhua News Agency reported today that China will move to a two-child policy for all couples, “abandoning . Learn More

Detention of Women in Hospitals for Inability to Pay Medical Bills

When Does a Hospital Become a Jail? When You Can’t Pay the Bill! https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/when-does-hospital-become-jail-when-you-can-t-afford-bill?utm_source=health_A&utm_medium=email&utm_content=IzF6NjfsYSIXLcqz1Top8XZ9Gv3nSGp5dO5leBfP2q8&utm_campaign=health_A_103115 Maimouna Awuor tells a reporter that . Learn More

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