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Egypt – How One Coptic Christian Woman Made Egyptian Parliamentary History

https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/01/coptic-woman-parliament-victory-egypt-voters-sisi.html?utm_source=Al-Monitor+Newsletter+%5BEnglish%5D&utm_campaign=a95007f653-January_19_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_28264b27a0-a95007f653-102522609 Egypt - How One Coptic Christian Woman Made Egyptian Parliamentary History Mona . Learn More

UK to Offer & Fund English Classes for Female Muslim Migrants

https://mashable.com/2016/01/18/women-muslim-migrants-britain/#IJGPKKez75qV UK to Offer & Fund English Classes for Female Muslim Migrants IMAGE: CORBIS BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS – January 18, 2016 LONDON — Britain will fund English language classes for Muslim women migrants in hopes that building community cohesion will help fight . Learn More

Climate Change: A Risk to the Global Middle Class – Exposure, Vulnerability & Economic Impact – Women

CLIMATE CHANGE: A RISK TO THE GLOBAL MIDDLE CLASS – EXPOSURE, VULNERABILITY & ECONOMIC IMPACT - WOMEN Download the report . Learn More

Afghanistan – Woman’s Nose Is Cut Off by Her Husband, Officials Say

https://www.rferl.org/content/afghanistan-womans-nose-cut-off-by-husband/27496740.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/20/world/asia/afghan-womans-nose-is-cut-off-by-her-husband-officials-say.html?emc=edit_th_20160120&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=36377513 Afghanistan – Woman’s Nose Is Cut Off by Her Husband, Officials Say By DAVID JOLLY and . Learn More

China – Official White Paper on Gender Equality & Women’s Development + National Program for Women’s Development

CHINA NATIONAL PROGRAM FOR WOMEN’S DEVELOPMENT 2011-2020 https://www.womenofchina.cn/womenofchina/html1/source/1502/998-1.htm https://www.womenofchina.com.cn/html/report/9270-1.htm China – Official White Paper on Gender Equality, Women's Development December 23, 2015 - The State Council Information Office of China released a white paper, . Learn More

Pakistan – Deadly Assault on University

Pakistan - Deadly Assault on University WUNRN Breaking News - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35359072 - Website Link Includes Two Videos. Distraught women students emerge from the university after the attack. Security forces have ended a gun and bomb attack on a university in north-west Pakistan in which 19 people were killed and 50 . Learn More

Women – Cycle of Poverty – Security – Rights

https://www.actionaid.org/what-we-do/womens-rights 70% of People Living in Poverty Are Women Women around the world are more likely to live in poverty - just because they are women. They have less access to land, education, income and decision-making – all of which keeps them poor. Fatou Fatty, 42, is a poultry farmer and member of the local . Learn More

World Economic Forum 2016 – Davos – Women Underrepresented But Push for More Gender Equality

WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM 2016 – Davos, Switzerland - January 20-23 Website: https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2016 European Parliamentary Research Service – 8 Pages – https://www.europarl.europa.eu/EPRS/EPRS-Briefing-573928-The-World-Economic-Forum-FINAL.pdf WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM – INFLUENTIAL & . Learn More

Stillbirths – Most Are Preventable – Lancet – Facts & Data

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-35352759 STILLBIRTHS – MOST ARE PREVENTABLE – LANCET – FACTS & DATA Many of the graves in this cemetery in the Sierra Leone capital Freetown are for stillborn children. Over 3,000 lives are lost to stillbirth a day across the world - most of which are preventable, according to studies published by . Learn More

Across the Generations – Women & Girls Rights Activists Find Their Own Empowerment & Share as Feminists

Across the Generations – Women & Girls Rights Activists Find Their Own Empowerment & Share as Feminists Mama Cash - https://www.mamacash.org/news/old-feminists-young-bitches/?utm_source=Mama+Cash+e-zine+EN&utm_campaign=6976392d9f-EOY_Girls_ENG_111_19_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_fe6a6674aa-6976392d9f-95536341 “I . Learn More

Men, Masculinities & Changing Power: Engaging Men in Gender Equality from 1995 to 2015

Men, Masculinities & Changing Power: Engaging Men in Gender Equality from 1995 to 2015 Direct Link to Full 60-Page Publication: https://www.unwomen.org/~/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/news/in%20focus/engaging%20men/beijing-20-men-masculinities-and-changing-power-menengage-2014.pdf?v=1&d=20141112T163025 Via Eldis -- . Learn More

Iraq – Staggering Civilian Death Toll in Iraq – UN Report – Women & Children

Iraq – Continued Conflict, Trauma, Victimization – Women & Girls https://www.smh.com.au/news/world/iraq-bombs-claim-30-more-lives/2005/09/15/1126750077138.html War zone … an Iraqi woman and her daughter stand by as Iraqi soldiers enter her house in Tal Afar searching for weapons. Photo: AP Staggering Civilian Death Toll in Iraq – UN . Learn More

People’s Nutrition Is Not A Business – Food & Nutrition Watch 2015 – Gender

Direct Link to Full 88-Page 2015 Publication: https://www.rtfn-watch.org/fileadmin/media/rtfn-watch.org/ENGLISH/pdf/Watch_2015/RtFNWatch_EN_web.pdf . Learn More

Colombia – Women’s Prison Beauty Pageant Lifts Dignity & Hope

Video: https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/witness/ Colombia – Women’s Prison Beauty Pageant – Video Beauty Behind Bars – Can a beauty contest lift the spirits, dignity, and hope of Colombian women put behind bars because of drugs and violence? . Learn More

Making Climate Finance Work for Women: Overview of Integration of Gender Equality in Aid to Climate Change

https://www.oecd.org/development/making-climate-finance-work-for-women.htm Direct Link to Full 8-Page 2015 Publication: https://www.oecd.org/dac/gender-development/Making-Climate-Finance-Work-for-Women.pdf Type size larger for easier reading. . Learn More

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