Reuters Photo ByZeda Rosenberg - February 4, 2021 Forty years ago this spring, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported the first cases in the United States of what would later be known as HIV/AIDS. Over that time, more than 32.7 million people around the world have died from AIDS-related illnesses. But, thanks to the . Learn More
Guatemala – Women Continue to Search for the Disappeared Since the 36-Year Armed Conflict
A woman points to a photo of someone disappeared during Guatemala's 36-year armed conflict, during a commemoration on June 19, 2021 [Jeff Abbott/Al Jazeera] By Jeff Abbott 28 June 2021- San Juan Comalapa, Guatemala – Victoria Tubin was 10 years old when her father was disappeared by the Guatemalan military. It was September 1981 – the height of . Learn More
Naomi Osaka – Personal Essay About Mental Health-“It’s OK Not To Be OK”
By Tasha Turner JULY 9, 2021 - Naomi Osaka breaks her silence in a personal essay penned for TIME Magazine, where she talks about the importance of mental health and anxiety, the need for the media to offer privacy and empathy and her excitement to compete in her first Olympic games in Tokyo. Osaka, the worlds #2 ranked women’s tennis player . Learn More
Challenges Can Keep Refugees, Migrants from COVID-19 Vaccine Access
Refugees and migrants sit in a waiting room after receiving COVID-19 vaccinations on the island of Lesbos in Greece. Photo by: Alkis Konstantinidis / Reuters By Teresa Welsh June 30, 2021 - While more and more countries are including refugees and migrants in their national COVID-19 vaccination plans, barriers remain to ensure equitable access in . Learn More
Pakistan – Why Are Pakistani Women Setting Themselves on Fire?
Women protest in Peshawar on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women in 2020. By Rimal Farrukh – June 30, 2021 Suriya Mehmood, a pseudonym to conceal her identity, 35, lies in an Islamabad hospital bed recuperating from third-degree burns. Her niece claims the injuries were due to an accident, but Mehmood said she . Learn More
Afghanistan – As Troops & Diplomats Leave, Remember Women’s & Girls’ Rights
Countries retreating from Afghanistan show little concern for the dark future they are leaving behind for women and girls. Let us not look away. By Nadia Hashimi July 1, 2021- With foreign troops and diplomats hastily fleeing Afghanistan and humanitarian aid withering, Afghan women face rapidly escalating crises of health, education, and violence . Learn More
Kazakhstan – Kazakh Widows & Children of Islamic State Fighters Repatriated – Video
Since the military defeat of the extremist Islamic State (IS) group in 2019, Kazakhstan has repatriated more than 700 of its citizens from Syria and Iraq, most of them the wives and children of foreign fighters. While many European countries have been reluctant to take back their citizens, the Central Asian nation has been praised by UN officials . Learn More
UK – Artist Paints Portraits of Women Killed by Men in Britain in 2020
The painting of Kelly Fitzgibbons and her daughters Ava and Lexi Pic: Henny Beaumont By Enda Brady April 15. 2021 - A British artist has started a campaign to "remember and honour" every single woman killed by a man in Britain last year by painting their portrait. Henny Beaumont from north London got the idea after hearing Labour MP Jess . Learn More
Burma – Women’s League of Burma Statement on the International Day for Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict
June 19, 2021 On the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, the Women’s League of Burma (WLB) urges the general public to join our campaign against military impunity. WLB is committed to ending a nationwide pattern of sexual violence in conflict and to hold military junta accountable for sexual violence in . Learn More
EU – Gender Balance in Corporate Boards 2020
The persistent gender imbalance among key decision-makers in large corporations and financial institutions remains a cause for concern. Each year, the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) monitors gender balance in central banks and European financial institutions, and does so on a biannual basis in the largest listed companies in the . Learn More
Child Marriage & Domestic Violence: Study in 16 African Countries
By Anthony Idowu Ajayi * – The Conversation June 3, 2021 - The number of girls who marry before their 15th birthday has remained unchanged for 20 years in most countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The region has the highest rate of child marriage, with nearly four in 10 girls married before age 18. In Niger, for example, over 77% of girls are married . Learn More
Brazil – Addressing Racism in Brazil’s Maternal Health Care
(Illustration by Nyanza D) By Santiago Nariño & Jussara Francisca de Assis dos Santos - June 21, 2021 Maternal health is drastically affected by systemic racism, not just in the United States but all around the world. In Brazil, data from the Ministry of Health indicates that while maternal mortality decreased by 55 percent from 1990 to 2013, . Learn More
Turkey – Women Protest Turkey’s Withdrawal from Istanbul Convention on Gender-Based Violence
Protesters hold flags reading 'We will stop femicides' during a demonstration against Turkey's withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, © Bulent Kilic, AFP Text by:Lara BULLENS June 19, 2021 - Women in Istanbul took to the streets on again to protest Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s decision to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention, . Learn More
International Widows Day 2021 (June 23) – Call to Empower Widows Worldwide
Covid19 is the world’s widow maker. Building forward transformatively from Covid means supporting marginalized, ‘invisible’ and stigmatized widows of all ages to combat poverty, disease and fight for their rights. Widows matter Widows matter – but are made invisible by stigma, shame and the systematic failure of government and the international . Learn More
Widowhood – Realities & Analysis
Rosalina Tuyuc Velásquez, (second from left) a human rights activist and co-founder of a widows association in the municipality of Comalapa, Guatemala has spearheaded the construction of a memorial for victims of the conflict in Comalapa. It’s called the “Center for the Historical Memory of Women”. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown For many women around . Learn More
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