By Alyshah Hasham- Courts Reporter March 17, 2021 - Last year, 160 women and girls were killed in Canada — almost all by men. Where the relationship is known, half the accused killers were current or former partners and a quarter were family members. One in five women and girls killed by a man was Indigenous. The stark numbers shared in . Learn More
Tanzania – First Woman President
Tanzania's new President Samia Suluhu Hassan takes oath of office March 19, 2021, following the death of her predecessor John Pombe Magufuli, at State House in Dar es Salaam. By Charles Kombe DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA - Friday marked a new chapter of leadership in Tanzania as the first-ever female president, Samia Suluhu Hassan, took the oath of . Learn More
Afghanistan – Girls’ Singing Ban Dropped After Activist Outrage
Afghanistan's government has distanced itself from a plan to ban girls from singing after women's rights activists opposed education officials for promoting a "Taliban-like" policy. Afghanistan's Education Ministry is stepping back from a decision released in a memo that would apparently have banned girls older than 12 from singing in public. The . Learn More
Russia – Moscow Court Refuses to Remove Domestic Violence NGO from “Foreign Agent” Registry
Anna Rivina, director of Nasiliyu.net, said her organization is also being evicted from its offices. (Sergei Fadeichev [TASS]) March 11, 2021 - MOSCOW -- A court in Moscow has refused to remove Nasiliyu.net, a leading organization that addresses domestic violence and LGBT rights, from the registry of "foreign agents." Lawyer Pavel Chikov of the . Learn More
Women Must Be the Front & Center of COVID Recovery: UN Secretary-General
UN Women/ Nangyalai Tanai Afghan parliament members attend a meeting on women in decision-making positions. (file) 16 March 2021 - Women need to be “front and centre” of the pandemic recovery as a matter of economics, efficiency, effectiveness and social resilience, the UN chief told the women’s commission on Tuesday. “Male-dominated teams . Learn More
What Are the Signs of Relationship Abuse?
People in an abusive relationship may: Receive harassing messages from their partner receives texts or calls constantly when apart checks the time frequently and reports back on whereabouts is subjected to humiliating, belittling or abusive language Seem afraid of or are anxious to please their partner avoids socializing, especially with the . Learn More
Women Will Not, as UN Predicts, Reach Pinnacle of Power for Another 130 Years – Analysis
María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés was only the fourth woman in the 76-year history of the United Nations to be elected President of the General Assembly, the UN’s main deliberative and policy-making body. She was the Foreign Minister of Ecuador. She is being congratulated by the outgoing President Miroslav Lajčák, (centre) and the UN . Learn More
Australia – Women Protest over Sexual Violence & Inequality
Thousands of women across Australia protested against sexual violence and gender inequality The #March4Justice rallies across the country in over 40 Australian cities and towns were held to protest against recent allegations of sexual assault and gender discrimination in political offices. Some of the allegations include that of Brittany Higgins, . Learn More
Child Marriage Is Rising – In Nepal & Across the World
Sapana, 17, at home in Rapti Sonari, Nepal.Credit...Uma Bista for The New York Times By Bhadra Sharma and Jeffrey Gettleman March 8, 2021 - RAPTI SONARI, Nepal — Sapana dreamed of becoming a government official. Each night, in her hut along a bumpy dirt road, the 17-year-old lit a single solar-powered bulb dangling from the ceiling and hit the . Learn More
Canada – Annual March on Valentine’s Day Honored Memory of Missing & Murdered Indigenous Canadian Women
Woman holds an eagle feathers during the closing ceremony of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, 6/3/19 [Chris Wattie/Reuters] 14 Feb 2021 - Over 100 people marched through downtown Vancouver, Canada, on Sunday afternoon as part of an annual event to honour and remember . Learn More
Czech Republic – MP’s Support Bill to Compensate Illegally Sterilized Women
On 10 March 2021 the first reading of the bill to compensate those who have been sterilized without their free and informed consent on Czech territory passed the draft legislation forward into committee. March 10, 2021 - The bill to compensate women who have been sterilized unlawfully was supported during its first reading by members of the . Learn More
Afghanistan – Country’s First Flight with an All-Female Crew
Afghanistan's first all-female flight on Kam Air. Photo: Josh Cahill (center) A routine 90-minute flight in Afghanistan just made history. The country's only private airline, Kam Air, is celebrating its first flight with an all-female crew, which it says is the first in the South Asian country's history. Kam Air's first female Afghan pilot, . Learn More
China – Landmark Case – Court Orders Man to Pay Wife for Housework
Chinese women spend nearly four hours a day on unpaid work, according to OECD statistics February 23, 2021 - A Beijing divorce court has ordered a man to compensate his wife for the housework she did during their marriage, in a landmark ruling. The woman will receive 50,000 yuan ($7,700; £5,460) for five years of unpaid labour. The case has . Learn More
New Zealand – Sanitary Products to Be Free in Schools
The initiative announced on Thursday comes following a pilot in 15 schools in Waikato where about 3,200 young people were given free period products [File: Nick Perry/AP] 18 Feb 2021 - New Zealand’s schools will provide access to free sanitary products for female students from June as part of the government’s latest attempt to stem “period . Learn More
Webinar: Online Violence Against Women & SDGs
Commission on the Status of Women Session 65 ONLINE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN & SDG’s Agenda 2030 Virtual Webinar – Wednesday March 17, 2021 11.00 EST Webinar registration https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kuHbEQQOQsSYSarnsvTH_Q Online is the new front line for violence against women and girls, and it has increased . Learn More
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