Protecting the rights of migrant and refugee children is a key priority of the Council of Europe, and an area particularly targeted for action in its Strategy for the Rights of the Child (2016-2021) and the Secretary General's proposal for priority actions (4 March 2016). . Learn More
Women & Sustainable Peace – The Human Right to Peace (03/13/2017)
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Women – Food Security – Conflict & Peace (03/17/2017)
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FGM-Harmful Traditional Practices (03/17/2017)
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If We Are Serious about Peace & Development, We Must Take Women Seriously – Ambassador Chowdhury
By Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury – March 26, 2017 Photo: Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury. Credit: Mitsu (Eric) Kimura, SUA Archivist. Without peace, development is impossible, and without development, peace is not achievable, but without women, neither peace nor development is possible, writes Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury, former . Learn More
Food Security & Gender Equity through Humanitarian Aid & Development Assistance
Presented at CSW 61 Panel on Women-Food Security-End Hunger-Political Will & Public Will Dr. James F Oehmke, Ph.D. Senior Food Security and Nutrition Policy Advisor USAID/Bureau for Food Security The US government supports improvements in food security and gender equity both through humanitarian aid and through development . Learn More
Private Sector, Development Agenda & Women’s Human Rights: Synergies or Contradictions?
By Corina Rodríguez Enríquez (Argentina) – DAWN 2017 A very short time ago, the General Assembly granted Observer Status to the International Chamber of Commerce. This means the institution, which represents the interests of the biggest multinational corporations, will be able to sit in every session and even get the chance to speak, far more . Learn More
Russia – 1917 International Women’s Day Protest Sparked the Russian Revolution
An International Women’s Day demonstration in Petrograd on 8 March 1917 led to the overthrow of the tsar. March 8, 2017 - The first day of the Russian Revolution – 8 March (23 February in the old Russian calendar) – was International Women’s Day, an important day in the socialist calendar. By midday of that day in 1917 there were tens of . Learn More
CSW 61 – Draft Agreed Conclusions
Direct Link to FULL 17-PAGE CSW 61 Document: https://www.unwomen.org/-/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/csw/61/csw61_agreed_conclusions_advance_unedited_version_24_march_2017.pdf?vs=3358 . Learn More
Real Democracy Means Women Have the Equal Share of Power in the Public/Productive Sphere & Shared Responsibility in the Private/Reproductive Sphere
Womanhood is a historic fabrication whose direct consequence leads to the subordination of women in the private sphere and their exclusion from the public sphere. What is male is still universally considered as a norm, and the male, as being taken as a norm, is defined as more important and of higher worth. Patriarchal domination still persists in . Learn More
Afghanistan – Without IDs, Afghan Women Often Remain Invisible in the Justice System
Due to difficulties in obtaining official IDs, Afghan women have a hard time navigating the justice system, says Marion Guillaume of Samuel Hall. Photo by AFP/Shah Marai WRITTEN BY Marion Guillaume – March 9, 2017 Nargez* was 14 years old when her father arranged her marriage to a 55-year-old stranger who had offered a large amount . Learn More
Canada – Canadian One-Year Private Sponsorship Contracts for Syria Refugees Come to Year’s End
Carole Atkins, with children from the Syrian refugee family she sponsored, at an ice rink in Toronto. Credit Damon Winter/The New York Times By JODI KANTOR and CATRIN EINHORN - MARCH 25, 2017 TORONTO — One year after Canada embraced so many Syrian refugees, a reckoning was underway. Ordinary Canadians had essentially adopted thousands of . Learn More
THE EMPOWERMENT OF INDIGENOUS WOMEN – VIDEO FOR CSW 61
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Acid Attack Survivors – Photo Series: Sacred Transformations
By Kriti Tulsiani March 8, 2017 - A protest at Jantar Mantar in 2014 saw the presence of various acid attack survivors and that’s when the Delhi-based photographer Niraj Gera decided to do something more than just sympathising with them and bring to canvas a photo series as captivating and powerful as the Sacred Transformations. . Learn More
USA – Newsroom Diversity Survey – Women & Minorities
“Women made up about a third of newsroom employees overall, with a higher number employed at online-only sites than at newspapers. Women comprised 38 percent of daily newspaper employees in this year's survey and nearly 50 percent of online-only news organization employees.” ASNE 2016 Newsroom Diversity Survey Results – Women & . Learn More
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