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India – Gender, Sexuality & HIV/AIDS – Politics of Women’s Health in India

Women’s Feature Service - https://www.wfsnews.org/ India – Gender, Sexuality & HIV/AIDS – Politics of Women’s Health in India Kolkata (Women’s Feature Service) – In this excerpt from ‘Gender, Sexuality and HIV/AIDS: Exploring Politics of Women’s Health in India’, published by Sage, Skylab Sahu, author, teacher and independent researcher, . Learn More

Papua New Guinea – Capital City’s Women-Only Bus Service Allows Women to Travel Safely

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-04/port-moresbys-male-free-bus/7065642 Also Via SRVI – Sexual Violence Research Initiative Papua New Guinea – Capital City’s Women-Only Bus Service Allows Women to Travel Safely Photo: Anne Sipusipu says she has been harassed and had her bag snatched on regular public transport. (ABC News) By Eric . Learn More

Alert: Opportunity to Nominate for New Members of CEDAW Committee – Elections 21 June 2016

ALERT: OPPORTUNITY TO NOMINATE FOR NEW MEMBERS OF THE CEDAW COMMITTEE- ELECTIONS 21 JUNE 2016 Dear Friends & Colleagues, It is time to think about nominating and re-electing members to the CEDAW Committee. The term of 11 CEDAW members will be expiring on December 2016. This email is to alert you that the elections will be held on 21st . Learn More

Core International Human Rights Instruments & Their Treaty Monitoring Bodies – International Human Rights Law

https://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CoreInstruments.aspx International Human Rights Law he Core International Human Rights Instruments and Their Treaty Monitoring Bodies There are ten core international human rights instruments. Each of these instruments (9 human rights treaties and the Optional . Learn More

Sweden – Police Look Into Reports of Sexual Assaults at Summer Festivals

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/12/world/europe/swedish-police-coverup-sexual-assault.html?emc=edit_ee_20160112&nl=todaysheadlines-europe&nlid=36377513&_r=0 Sweden – Police Look Into Reports of Sexual Assaults at Summer Festivals By DAN BILEFSKY - JAN. 11, 2016 LONDON — The police in Sweden, responding to accusations of a cover-up, . Learn More

Water for Food Security & Nutrition – Gender

Water for Food Security & Nutrition Direct Link to Full 129-Page 2015 FAO Report: https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/hlpe/hlpe_documents/HLPE_Reports/HLPE-Report-9_EN.pdf Computer can increase type size for easier reading. . Learn More

Global Shelter Data Count – 2015 Report

Global Network of Women’s Shelters – Global Shelter Data Count 2015 Report Direct Link to Full 6-Page 2015 Report: https://www.wunrn.org/pdf/shelter.pdf Type Size Larger for Easier Reading. . Learn More

Afghanistan – Sexual Harassment Against Women in Public Places, Workplace & Educational Institutions

Afghanistan Women & Children Legal Research Foundation https://www.wclrf.org.af/?page_id=898 Direct Link to Full 17-Page 2015 Publication: https://www.wclrf.org.af/wp-content/uploads/final%20EN.pdf . Learn More

Italy – The Ageing & Disappearing Nuns of Italy

https://www.narrative.ly/it-takes-a-village/the-disappearing-nuns-of-italy/ ITALY – THE AGEING & DISAPPEARING NUNS OF ITALY By Francesca Manolino The number of nuns in this staunchly Catholic country is reducing so rapidly that there may be almost none left by 2050. At a cloistered convent in Turin, ageing sisters worry who will care . Learn More

Venezuela – Caracas Women Farmers’ Market Showcases Grassroots Responses to Economic Crisis

Brookings Institution – January 4, 2016 - https://www.brookings.edu/blogs/up-front/posts/2016/01/04-venezuela-foreign-investment-flow-bahar-santos?rssid=Up+Front&utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=FeedBlitzRss&utm_content=The+road+ahead+in+Venezuela%3a+Let+the+foreign+investment+flow “The Venezuelan economy . Learn More

EU – Public Health Dimension of the European Migrant Crisis – Health Problems Specific to Women – Resolution on Undocumented Women Migrants in the European Union

The Public Health Dimension of the European Migrant Crisis 08-01-2016 In the Full 8-Page Document – https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2016/573908/EPRS_BRI(2016)573908_EN.pdf - The text below was the only specific reference to FEMALE MIGRANTS, plus notation of the Resolution below on Undocumented Women Migrants in the European . Learn More

Kyrgyzstan – Importance of Legal Documentation of Religious Marriages

https://www.rferl.org/content/the-mullah-and-marriage-in-kyrgyzstan/27478640.html Kyrgyzstan – Importance of Legal Documentation of Religious Marriages By Bruce Pannier - January 09, 2016 There is an effort under way in Kyrgyzstan to place some regulations on marriages performed by mullahs to hold the religious figures responsible for . Learn More

Pakistan – Lahore Girl Gang Raped , Attempted Suicide after Pressure from Prosecution to Not Name Main Suspect

https://www.dawn.com/news/1230283/lahore-girl-who-was-gang-raped-attempts-suicide-after-pressure-from-prosecution https://www.siawi.org/article10523.html Pakistan – Lahore Girl Gang Raped, Attempted Suicide after Pressure from Prosecution to Not Name Main Suspect Imran Gabol - January 2, 2016 LAHORE: A 15-year old rape survivor who was . Learn More

Gambia – Parliament Passes Bill Which Bans Female Genital Mutilation-FGM

https://thisisafrica.me/15602-2/ GAMBIA – PARLIAMENT PASSES BILL WHICH BANS FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION - FGM The new law stipulates that a person who engages in female circumcision could face up to 3 years in prison or a fine of 50,000 dalasi ($1250), and could have life imprisonment if the FGM act results in death. By Arthur Chatora - January . Learn More

The Girl Child – UN General Assembly 2015 Resolution

Direct Link to Full 12-Page 2015 UN General Assembly Resolution: https://gallery.mailchimp.com/648743324d118e5708c17beef/files/N1537028.pdf Type size larger for easier reading. . Learn More

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