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HIV/AIDS – Adolescent Deaths from AIDS Have Tripled Since 2000, Warns UNICEF Report – Girls

CHILDREN & AIDS 2015 STATISTICAL UPDATE: https://www.childrenandaids.org/situation UN News Centre: https://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsId=52668#.Vlq0-62FPmI HIV/AIDS - Adolescent Deaths from AIDS Have Tripled Since 2000, Warns UNICEF Report - Girls Malawi teen, Martha, was born with HIV. Now a mother herself, she has defied . Learn More

UK – New Women’s Political Party in Britain Demands Faster Equality

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/28/world/europe/new-womens-political-party-in-britain-demands-faster-equality.html?ref=world&_r=0 UK – NEW WOMEN’S POLITICAL PARTY IN BRITAIN DEMANDS FASTER EQUALITY Sandi Toksvig, a founder of the Women's Equality Party in Britain, at an event in London last week. Credit Andrew Testa for The New York . Learn More

Call for Best Practices & Progress on Ending Child, Early & Forced Marriage – For Report of UN Secretary-General

Call for Best Practices & Progress on Ending Child, Early & Forced Marriage – For Report of UN Secretary-General Direct Link to UN Document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10zLXCW3UyQ5EMpvSHiA8FzdUju1iEN1So1bGEric0B8/edit?pli=1 . Learn More

Colombia: City of Buenaventura – Endemic Crime & Sexual Abuse – “Butterflies” Group Protecting Women & Saving Lives

https://us4.campaign-archive1.com/?u=5d5693a8f1af2d4b6cb3160e8&id=e5583a0577&e=1e22dbc3a0 Colombia: City of Buenaventura – Endemic Crime & Sexual Abuse – “Butterflies” Group Protecting Women & Saving Lives The Butterflies of Buenaventura, a prize-winning group in this port city in Colombia that is helping women cope with . Learn More

Congo – Women Seek Justice for Rape with Mobile Courts

https://womensenews.org/story/in-the-courts/151122/in-congo-women-seek-justice-rape-in-mobile-courts Congo, Women Seek Justice for Rape with Mobile Courts By Tricia Taorminav - WeNews Correspondent - November 23, 2015 Julienne Lusenge, a leading Congolese rights activist, says rape victims are dismayed by the International Criminal Court and . Learn More

USA – Under Pressure, Feminine Product Makers Disclose Ingredients + EU – Petition for Women’s Sanitary Products to be Tax-Free

Scroll Down for EU Petition for Women’s Sanitary Protection to Be Tax Free _________________________________________________________ https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/27/business/under-pressure-feminine-product-makers-disclose-ingredients.html?_r=0 USA – UNDER PRESSURE, FEMININE PRODUCT MAKERS DISCLOSE INGREDIENTS Protesters at a rally . Learn More

Afghanistan – Book: In Memory of our Raped & Murdered Sisters – Medica Afghanistan

Medica Afghanistan - https://www.medicaafghanistan.org/View.aspx?PageAlias=advocacy Afghanistan – Book: In Memory of our Raped & Murdered Sisters Direct Link to Full 44-Page Book: In Memory of Our Sisters Through this book we tell the stories of our maimed, raped and murdered sisters. The book offers 80 representative cases of gender based . Learn More

Call to Action on Violence Against Women – Lancet Publication & Infographic

CALL TO ACTION - VIOLENCE AFFECTS WOMEN & GIRLS AT EVERY STAGE OF LIFE Direct Link to Full 28-Page Lancet Publication & Infographic: https://raisingvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/CalltoAction.16Days2014.LancetVAWSeries.pdf Lancet Violence Against Women SERIES: https://www.thelancet.com/series/violence-against-women-and-girls . Learn More

Saudi Arabia – Sri Lanka Maid Sentenced to Be Stoned to Death for Adultery

https://www.dailymirror.lk/95867/sl-maid-to-be-stoned-to-death-ministry-files-appeal https://www.dailynews.lk/?q=2015/11/19/local/lankan-maid-be-stoned-death-slbfe-appeals https://www.colombopage.com/archive_15B/Nov21_1448082530CH.php SAUDI ARABIA – SRI LANKA MAID SENTENCED TO BE STONED TO DEATH FOR ADULTERY A Saudi Arabian court has . Learn More

ISIS Releases New “No Respite” Propaganda Video in English

ISIS VIDEO: https://heavy.com/news/2015/11/new-isis-islamic-state-news-pictures-videos-no-respite-english-language-propaganda-full-uncensored-youtube-daesh/ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3333470/ISIS-taunt-America-new-video-urging-bring-vow-bring-fire-enemies-80-banners-raised-against-mock-soldier-suicides.html ISIS Releases New ‘No . Learn More

2015 Online Tribute to WHRDs Who Are No Longer With Us – AWID

https://www.awid.org/news-and-analysis/individual-stories-collective-struggles-awids-2015-online-tribute-women-human Online Tribute to Women Human Rights Defenders Who Are No Longer With Us - AWID 58 Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs) - 30 Countries – 9 Regions Online Exhibit - https://www.awid.org/whrd-tribute AWID's . Learn More

Turkey – New Cabinet Has Two Women – Gender Equality? Equal Representation??

https://www.jamesinturkey.com/and-what-about-the-women/ TURKEY – NEW CABINET HAS TWO WOMEN – GENDER EQUALITY? EQUAL REPRESENTATION?? Fatma Güldemet Sarı (left) and Sema Ramazanoğlu, the only women in Turkey’s cabinet 25 November 2015 - Turkey’s new cabinet has – count them – two whole women, an increase of one on Davutoğlu’s last . Learn More

Pakistan – Gang Rapes – Filmed & Shared Online – Compounded Victimization

Asian Human Rights Commission – AHRC https://www.humanrights.asia/news/ahrc-news/AHRC-STM-170-2015 PAKISTAN – GANG RAPES & ONLINE VIDEOS – COMPOUNDED VICTIMIZATION October 20, 2015 - Rape is not merely an offence against the body; it is soul shattering. In a so-called Islamic state like Pakistan, rape is a punishable crime, with a zero . Learn More

16 Girls, 16 Stories of Courageous Resistance for Rights

16 Girls, 16 Stories of Courageous Resistance for Rights At the bottom of the webpage are circles, and click each to read the very special stories of young women defending their rights against the social norm. https://www.unfpa.org/16-girls-16-stories-resistance - UNFPA - November 25, 2015 . Learn More

UN General Assembly Passes Resolution on Protection of Human Rights Defenders, but NOT by Consensus – Significant Number of Countries Vote No or Abstain

https://www.fidh.org/en/issues/human-rights-defenders/unga-passes-resolution-on-the-protection-of-human-rights-defenders# UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY PASSES RESOLUTION ON THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS BUT NOT BY CONSENSUS – SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF COUNTRIES VOTE NO OR ABSTAIN Concern for advocacy for rights of Human Rights Defenders, and very . Learn More

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