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Becoming: Girls, Women & Coming of Age – Photos by Rania Matar

Becoming: Girls, Women & Coming of Age – Photos by Rania Matar Nisreen and Ola at Bourj El Barajneh Refugee Camp, Beirut, Lebanon, 2015 from “Unspoken Conversations’ series Samira, 15 at the Bourj El Barajneh Refugee Camp, Beirut, Lebanon from “L’Enfant 1 Femme” series PHOTOGRAPHER RANIA MATAR - . Learn More

Street Harassment of Women – The Veil Is Not the Solution – Political Will to End Harassment Is the Solution!

https://tns.thenews.com.pk/veil-isnt-solution-political-will-end-harassment-is-homa-hoodfar/#.VmbaT62FPmL Street Harassment of Women – The Veil Is Not the Solution – Political Will to End Harassment Is the Solution! The problem is that rather than acknowledging that street harassment is wrong and men should be stopped, we put the entire onus on . Learn More

Sri Lanka – Why Aren’t Women Translating Their Educational Gains Into Workforce Advantages?

Brookings Institution Center for Universal Education https://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2015/12/05-sri-lanka-labor-workforce-education-gunewardena SRI LANKA – WHY AREN’T WOMEN TRANSLATING THEIR EDUCATIONAL GAINS INTO WORKFORCE ADVANTAGES? The last two decades have seen a phenomenal rise in girls’ education and a concomitant decline or . Learn More

Poverty & (In)Equality – Women, Poverty, Inequality. Rights

Website of UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty & Human Rights: https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Poverty/Pages/SRExtremePovertyIndex.aspx UN Women – WOMEN & POVERTY - https://beijing20.unwomen.org/en/in-focus/poverty When women are poor, their rights are not protected. They face obstacles that may be extraordinarily difficult to . Learn More

Egypt – Exploiting Women During Elections: Vote-Buying & Voting Process Irregularities

Egyptian Center for Human Rights https://ecwronline.org/ Egypt - Exploiting Women During Elections: Vote-Buying & Voting Process Irregularities Cairo – 22 November 2015 - After the first day of the second stage of Egypt’s Parliamentary elections 2015, ECWR observed that women were very exploited through buying their votes with money from 50 . Learn More

Russia – Passage of Law to Overrule the European Court of Human Rights – Impact on Women?

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35007059 The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is an international court established by the European Convention on Human Rights. It hears applications alleging that a contracting state has breached one or more of the human rights provisions concerning civil and political rights set out in the Convention . Learn More

Gender Equality, Women’s Empowerment & Climate Change

https://www.unwomen.org/en/news/in-focus/climate-change Website Link Has Additional Info as Voices of Change, Stories of Change + Gender Equality, Women’s Empowerment & Climate Change The Issue A changing climate poses risks for all of humanity. However, for women and girls in particular, many of whom spend a disproportionate amount . Learn More

India Bans Surrogacy Services for Foreigners

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/28/india-bans-foreigners-from-hiring-surrogate-mothers https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/surrogates-feel-hurt-by-india-s-ban-on-foreign-customers-1.2663609 INDIA BANS SURROGACY SERVICES FOR FOREIGNERS A nurse and a surrogate mother listen to a baby's heartbeat in a dormitory run by Akanksha Clinic, . Learn More

EU Approach to Gender: Limitations & Alternatives

https://www.egmontinstitute.be/publication_article/the-eu-approach-to-gender-limitations-and-alternatives/?utm_source=the+Egmont+mailing+list&utm_campaign=37f4493904-S.Heine-EPB-Aug2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6fda39e199-37f4493904-169675881 THE EU APPROACH TO GENDER: LIMITATIONS & ALTERNATIVES Direct Link to Full 10-Page 2015 . Learn More

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