Juana del Carmen Martínez, a traditional midwife, assists an Indigenous mother, Elina Chamorro, in Quibdó, Colombia, 29 November 2020. (Murcy-Jeison Riascos/TNH) By Ana Luisa González January 7, 2021 - SANTA MARTA, Colombia - In November, Juana del Carmen Martínez, an Afro-Colombian midwife self-taught in traditional medicine, waited outside the . Learn More
IPU Figures Reveal Increasing Violence Against Parliamentarians, Especially Women MP’s
December 2, 2020 - The IPU has released its yearly figures on the human rights abuses experienced by parliamentarians around the world. The numbers confirm an upward trend of reported violations against parliamentarians. They also reveal an uptick in acts of intimidation and violence, with women MPs suffering more disproportionately, according to . Learn More
The Hidden Debt of Care – Caregiver Women
Albertina is 15 and the oldest of three sisters. When her mother died she took over responsibility for raising her younger siblings. Now she wants to become a nurse. CHRIS DE BODE/PANOS By Amy Hall – 22 November 2020 It’s an essential ingredient for life. It keeps us fed, nurtured and healthy and enables social systems to function. It’s skilled, . Learn More
Bangladesh – Special Pandemic Risks of Child Marriage for Rural Girls, Without: School, Internet, Freedoms Outside Home, Future Dreams Beyond Marriage
By Saeda Bilkis BaniReprint * DHAKA, Bangladesh, Dec 21 2020 (IPS) - I recently visited rural areas of Bangladesh amid the COVID-19 pandemic and returned to Dhaka with a new understanding of the impact that COVID-19 is having on child marriage, a harmful practice that is a global challenge. The fundamental shift that I saw was that child marriage, . Learn More
USA – Sudden Sisterhood of COVID Widows – United in Loss
Sandra McGowan-Watts and her husband, Steven, at their wedding in 2007. He died of the virus in May. Women have witnessed the pandemic from a miserably close angle. They have been left behind with family responsibilities, financial burdens, worries about their children’s trauma and their own crushing loss and guilt. Many nursed their partners at . Learn More
Is the Legal System Failing Women? Young Feminist Europe
In the past thirty years there have been significant advances in the fight against gender based violence. Internationally and regionally we have seen the establishment of legal tools that have yielded fruitful results. Despite that, the legal system is way too often failing to take women’s experiences and accounts seriously. By Arianna . Learn More
Afghanistan – Rare UN-Taliban Agreement to Set Up 4000 Schools in Insurgent-Held Afghan Territory – Girls
Internally displaced Afghan girls and women study at a class near their temporary homes on the outskirts of Kabul. By Ayaz Gul December 19, 2020 - ISLAMABAD - UNICEF has struck a rare agreement with the Taliban in war-ravaged Afghanistan to establish thousands of informal schools in areas controlled by the Islamist insurgent group. The program . Learn More
USA – Kamala Harris Sworn in as First Female, Black, & South Asian Vice-President
Kamala Harris: ‘I feel a very big sense of responsibility …I will be the first, but I will not be the last.’ Photograph: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty Images By Daniel Strauss in Washington 20 Jan 2021 - Kamala Harris has been sworn in as vice-president, becoming the first woman in American history – as well as the first woman of African . Learn More
India – Free Wedding Shop Helps India’s Poor Brides
Secondhand clothes and wedding fabric are stored at Sabitha’s home in Kannuar, Kerala. They will be given free of charge to women for their weddings. Photograph: Sivaram V/The Guardian By Neeta Lal in Kerala 23 Dec 2020 - A section of a boutique in Pappinisseri town in Kerala’s Kannur district brims over with colourful bridal lehengas, saris, . Learn More
Argentina Legalizes Elective Abortion
Marcelo Endelli/Getty Images Pro-abortion demonstrators wait for the result of a vote on December 30, 2020, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The proposal being voted on authorizes legal, voluntary, and free interruption of pregnancy until the 14th week while allowing doctor’s conscientious objection. By Jerusalem Demsas@JerusalemDemsas - Dec 30, . Learn More
UK – Domestic Workers from The Philippines, Even More Vulnerable to Modern Day Slavery Abuse During Pandemic Lockdown
Sheila and Florence making lunch at the safehouse [Ylenia Gostoli/Al Jazeera] By Ylenia Gostoli 8 Sep 2020 – It is just after 7am on a rainy morning in July and 57-year-old Sheila Tilan is pacing up and down a private road that leads to one of London’s most exclusive streets. She is wearing white trousers and a black shirt, just as she said she . Learn More
Turkey – #MeToo Moment Arrives
Women in Turkey are sharing their experiences of sexual assault online after a Twitter user accused a prominent writer of sexual assault. Activists say legal protections for women need to be put into practice. In early December, a post sent from the anonymous Twitter user "Leyla Salinger" triggered a #MeToo movement in Turkey. In the tweet, the . Learn More
UNESCO Survey Warns of Virtual/Online Harassment of Women Journalists
Paris, Dec 15, 2020 (Prensa Latina) About 73% of women journalists said they have experienced online violence, a scenario also present in the lives of women reporters offline, a UNESCO survey warned on Tuesday. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) took up the issue discussed last week at the World Press . Learn More
Lebanon Passes Landmark Sexual Harassment Law
Parliament also expanded the scope of a law penalising domestic violence [File: Mohamed Azakir/Reuters] By Timour Azhari 21 December 2020 - Beirut, Lebanon – Lebanon’s Parliament has endorsed a landmark law criminalising sexual harassment that could see the most flagrant perpetrators spend up to four years in prison and pay fines up to 50 times . Learn More
Pakistan – New Tough Anti-Rape Legislation Amidst Public Outcry Over Victim Blaming
A gang-rape in Pakistan in September prompted outcry, fueled by police blaming the victim. Photograph: Akhtar Soomro/Reuters By Hannah Ellis-Petersen South Asia correspondent December 16, 2020 - Pakistan’s president has approved a tough new anti-rape law that includes the establishment of special courts to speed up rape trials and the chemical . Learn More
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