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Gender & Climate Finance

As the Earth’s average surface temperatures rises, so do the associated costs. Because marginalized communities and groups (e.g., women, immigrants, the elderly, the disabled) are more exposed to climatic risk, the costs of climate change are more difficult for them. Women in particular are structurally vulnerable, and climate change can worsen . Learn More

ICT’s for Feminist Movement Building – Activist Toolkit

We want movements that are effective, resilient, visible and safe. Building feminist communication strategies using ICTs helps us achieve this. ICTs impact us all, so we need to understand them, influence how they are developed, empower ourselves to use them and harness them to make a difference. . Learn More

2030 Agenda & The Goal of Gender Equality – European Approaches in Comparison: Germany, Estonia & Sweden

The 2030 Agenda & The Goal of Gender Equality - European Approaches in Comparison Overview: Germany – Estonia - Sweden Working Paper No. 16 – March 2017 Nele Reich - nele.reich@iss-ffm.de Direct Link to Full 40-Page 2017 . Learn More

Dalit Women – End Caste Discrimination – Video & Dalit Women Photos & Realities

Dalit Women & Girls – Sexually Abused, Lowest Caste Discrimination Story by CNN Staff – Photographs by Omar Khan, CNN July 25, 2016 - Haryana, India (CNN)In India's caste system, the Dalits are traditionally regarded as the lowest of the low. Seen as "unclean," they are considered untouchable by the higher castes. . Learn More

Commission on Population & Development – Failure to Reach Consensus on Resolution – ARROW Response

CPD50 – 50th SESSION OF THE UN COMMISSION ON POPULATION & DEVELOPMENT April 17, 2017 - The 50th Session of Commission on Population and Development (CPD) on the theme, “Changing Population Age Structures and Sustainable Development”, took place from 3-7 April, 2017 at UN Headquarters in New York. After weeks of strenuous negotiations, the . Learn More

CEDAW Committee General Recommendation 30 on Women in Conflict Prevention, Conflict & Post-Conflict Situations – Video + Text

General Recommendation No. 30 on women in conflict prevention, conflict and post-conflict situations Available in languages: Arabic Chinese English French Russian Spanish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwewo0R-wSY&authuser=1 . Learn More

Intersections Between Women’s Economic, Social & Cultural Rights: Land, Health, & Work

ESCR-Net’s Women and ESCR Working Group briefing paper series focuses on the intersection between women and specific economic, social and cultural rights (ESCR) issues. The papers present specific and systemic challenges to the realization of women’s ESCR in practice and explore progressive approaches to the application of a substantive equality . Learn More

Unions Worldwide Demand an ILO Convention to Stop Gender-Based Violence at Work

J – International Federation of Journalists - https://www.ifj-stop-gender-based-violence.org/ Support an ILO Convention to Stop Gender-Based Violence at Work - 14-Page Document - https://media.wix.com/ugd/f115df_6ceb3d93cb3b428cb94d54902c53a627.pdf Fact Sheet on Gender-Based Violence at Work – 3 Pages - . Learn More

Women’s Media Training Toolkit

If you need to know more about how to communicate your campaign to others, this Media Training Toolkit will help you. It introduces basic ‘need to know’ information about telling your stories to new audiences using photography and social media, and gives advice on engaging with mainstream media. . Learn More

Informal Workers & Collective Action: A Global Perspective

Informal Workers and Collective Action features nine cases of collective action to improve the status and working conditions of informal workers. Adrienne E. Eaton, Susan J. Schurman, and Martha A. Chen set the stage by defining informal work and describing the types of organizations that represent the interests of informal workers and the lessons . Learn More

Illegal Adoptions – UN Special Rapporteur Report 2017

Illegal Adoptions: States Must Tackle the Pressure of Demand, & Ensure Redress for Victims GENEVA (7 March 2017) – A United Nations expert is recommending new measures to combat illegal adoptions, including proposals for tackling the systems in which such practices occur. The move is being proposed by the UN Special Rapporteur on the sale . Learn More

Eleven Women Facing War – Photo Exhibiltion, Stories

An exhibition of powerful photographs and films by award-winning photographer and filmmaker Nick Danziger tells the stories of 11 women living in conflict zones during the first decade of the 21st century. . Learn More

Evaluating the Gender Sensitivity of Parliaments: A Self-Assessment Toolkit

Drawing on the Inter-Parliamentary Union - IPU’s - extensive experience, this Toolkit should help parliaments evaluate how gender sensitive they are, assess their current practices and policies, identify possible areas for reform, plan for change, and establish mechanisms to monitor . Learn More

A Critical Review on the Controversial Hijab Issue – Europe’s Strategy on the Face with Veil – Why Hijab Is Not a Choice – Analysis

labrys, études féministes/ estudos feministas julho/ 2016- junho 2017 /juillet 2016-juin 2017 A Critical Review on Controversial Hijab Issue Why hijab is not a choice. Europe's strategy in the face with veil Rezvan Moghaddam Abstract Veiling by some Muslim women (mostly Sunnite) is one of the most controversial issues in recent . Learn More

Australia – TV Expose of Violence & Abuse against People with Disabilities – Call for Investigation – Women with Disabilities Australia

Gender is one of the most important categories of social organisation, yet people with disabilities are often treated as asexual, genderless human beings. However women with disabilities and men with disabilities have different life experiences due to biological, psychological, economic, social, political and cultural attributes associated with . Learn More

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