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A Woman’s Place – Song & Video by Sara Thomsen

Video & Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnVMwPuehoI&feature=youtu.be A WOMAN’S PLACE - SONG & VIDEO BY SARA THOMSEN https://www.sarathomsen.com/ . Learn More

Combating Gender Stereotyping & Sexism in the Media – Council of Europe

PLEASE CLICK ON LINK: https://www.coe.int/t/dghl/standardsetting/equality/02factsheets/Media%20Stereotypes%20Factsheet%20English.pdf AS DOCUMENT IS TWO PAGES. Type size larger for easier reading. . Learn More

Due Diligence Project – States’ International Law Obligations to Protect & Fulfill Human Rights, as Violence Against Women – Includes State & Non-State Actors

https://www.duediligenceproject.org/about.html Due Diligence Project Due Diligence Principle Public international law mandates States to exercise due diligence to promote, protect and fulfill human rights. This principle is commonly referred to as the “due diligence” principle. The obligation extends to not only preventing human rights abuses . Learn More

Canada – Lost Indigenous Women – Investigation Launched into Abuse, Exploitation & Killing of Canada’s Aboriginal Women

VIDEO: https://video.aljazeera.com/channels/eng/videos/people-and-power---canadas-lost-women/4290467140001 Canada’s Lost Women – Investigation into Abuse, Exploitation, Killing of Canada’s Aboriginal Women FULL ARTICLE LINK: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/08/canada-40m-inquiry-violence-indigenous-women-justin-trudeau CANADA LAUNCHES . Learn More

Israel – Concern over Bill on Foreign-Funded NGO’s

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/12/concern-israel-bill-foreign-funded-ngos-151227165311650.html ISRAEL – CONCERN OVER BILL ON FOREIGN-FUNDED NGO’S Critics fear bill requiring NGO’s to declare financial sources could undermine Israel’s democratic stature. Some NGOs' work could be perceived as meddling by foreign governments if the bill . Learn More

Genocide – Atrocities of the Past, Present – International Convention – Gender & Genocide

GENOCIDE – ATROCITIES OF THE PAST, PRESENT – INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION – GENDER & GENOCIDE ICRC – International Committee of the Red Cross - https://www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/States.xsp?xp_viewStates=XPages_NORMStatesSign&xp_treatySelected=357 It is a tragic reality that genocide has continued throughout history and to modern . Learn More

The EU & Fundamental Rights: The Case of Social Rights

University D’Europe Institute for European Studies Direct Link to Full 19-Page Academic Document: Social Rights in the European Union THE EU & FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: THE CASE OF SOCIAL RIGHTS By Giulia Bonacquisti Master Complémentaire en Analyse Interdisciplinaire de la Construction Européenne Politiques Sociales de l’Union . Learn More

China – “Left-Behind Children”- Live Apart from Parents – Many Vulnerabilities – Girls

China – “Left-Behind Children”- Live Apart from Parents - Many Vulnerabilities - Girls https://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/03/21/the-vulnerability-of-chinas-left-behind-children/ : Various studies indicate that a shockingly high percentage of assault cases involve left-behind Chinese girls. Children sleep in a dormitory at a . Learn More

South Korea & Japan Reach Agreement on Wartime “Comfort Women”

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/29/world/asia/comfort-women-south-korea-japan.html?emc=edit_na_20151228&nlid=36377513&ref=cta&_r=0 SOUTH KOREA & JAPAN REACH AGREEMENT ON WARTIME “COMFORT WOMEN” The foreign minister of Japan, Fumio Kishida, left, and his counterpart from South Korea, Yun Byung-se, at a news conference on . Learn More

Northern Ireland – High Court in Belfast Rules that Abortion Law Breaches EU Convention on Human Rights

Northern Ireland – High Court in Belfast Declares Abortion Law in Northern Ireland Breaches European Convention on Human Rights by Failing to Provide Exceptions to . Learn More

Syria – As Syrian Peace Talks Evolve, How Will Women Take Part?

https://passblue.com/2015/12/26/as-syrian-peace-talks-take-shape-how-will-women-take-part/ SYRIA – AS SYRIAN PEACE TALKS EVOLVE, HOW WILL WOMEN TAKE PART? By Dulcie Leimbach – December 26, 2015 The United Nations is arranging peace talks for Syria in January 2016, the first in years to try to end the nation’s long war. Here, women and . Learn More

Japan – Sexual Exploitation of Children/Youth Condemned After UN Investigation – Girls

JAPAN – SEXUAL EXPLOITATION COMPROMISES FOR GIRLS, YOUNG WOMEN – QUASI-LEGAL ISSUES https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/18/japan-bans-possession-child-abuse-images-excludes-comics-video-games-anime Japan - Controversy in Japan as the Government passes a law that bans possession of child abuse images, but excludes sexually explicit . Learn More

UN Special on Torture Will Present 2016 Report to UN on Gender Perspectives on Torture – Call for Input on State & Non-State Torture

UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Website: https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Torture/SRTorture/Pages/SRTortureIndex.aspx ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ https://antitorture.org/latest-news/ UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Will Present 2016 Report . Learn More

Self-Compassion Can Be Empowering for Teens & Parents

https://newmoon.com/help-a-girl-feel-great-about-her-special-talents/ Via New Moon Girls Magazine & Nancy Gruver Self-Compassion Can Be Empowering for Teens & Parents Girls feel immense pressure to be "the best" at everything they do. The best in their class, on their team, most popular, most talented, most outgoing. When girls . Learn More

Afghanistan – Flawed Justice after a Mob Killed an Afghan Woman

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/27/world/asia/flawed-justice-after-a-mob-killed-an-afghan-woman.html?emc=edit_na_20151226&nlid=36377513&ref=cta&_r=0 Website Link Includes Video. Afghanistan – Flawed Justice after a Mob Killed an Afghan Woman By ALISSA J. RUBIN - DEC. 26, 2015 The Killing of Farkhunda Farkhunda Malikzada, a . Learn More

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