© Provided by News18 Brazil's football federation announced on Wednesday it will pay men and women the same amount for representing the national team, one of the few countries to make such a pledge. "The CBF has equaled the prize money and allowances between men's and women's football, which means the women players will earn the same as the men," . Learn More
Lebanon – Post-Explosion “Dignity Kits” for Women & Girls
Distribution of dignity kits. © UNFPA Lebanon 6 September 2020 - A month after the Beirut Port explosion, essential needs of affected women and girls have changed. Initially, the top priority concerns were safe access to healthcare, food and shelter. Now that many have resettled in their homes or in temporary shelters, their worries have shifted . Learn More
Women’s Rights in Islam: Fighting for Equality Under the Law
In countries that practice Islamic law, legal reforms to advance the status of women tend to fail due to hard-liners who see it undermining religion. But a new wave of efforts views it as a fundamental part of Islam. Religious scholars largely agree that at the onset of Islam in the early 600s CE, the Prophet Muhammed expanded women's rights to . Learn More
Pakistan – Woman Lawyer Abducted & Raped 4 Days – Public Outrage on Social Media
Hashtag #JusticeforNasreenAdvocate trended online after the video from Okara circulated By Falah Gulzar, Social Media Reporter August 25, 2020 -#JusticeforNasreenAdvocate trends online after a video from Okara so a female lawyer who got abducted and raped circulated online.Image Credit: Twitter Pakistani tweeps are demanding . Learn More
COVID-19 Effect: New Data Predict Sharp Increases in Female Poverty
02 Sep 2020 – By Ginette Azcona, Antra Bhatt and Serge Kapto We’ve heard the dire economic predictions and warnings that COVID-19 is pushing more people into extreme poverty. But new poverty forecasts commissioned by UN Women and UNDP, and conducted by the Pardee Center for International Futures at the University of Denver, offer the first global . Learn More
Africa – Governments Could Face Lawsuits for Maternal Deaths under COVID-19 Lockdowns
A woman 8 months pregnant in Kibera Slums Nairobi. Due to the COVID-19 lockdown, threats have risen on marginalized people especially the teenagers living in high poverty communities. Photo by Donwilson Odhiambo / SOPA Images/Sipa USA By Lydia Namubiru & Khatondi Soita Wepukhulu 16 July 2020 - African governments could face lawsuits arising . Learn More
Belarus – CEDAW Committee Commends Role of Women in the Political Process & Protests – Belarus “Women in White Movement”
GENEVA (3 September 2020) – Reports of violence against women in Belarus, including sexual abuse and rape, received by UN human rights experts, are deeply concerning, the UN women’s rights committee said on Thursday. The Committee also underlined how women voices are not marginal, but central in political processes. In a statement, the Committee . Learn More
Ghana – 90-Year-Old Woman Accused as a “Witch,” & Lynched to Death – Woman Arrested in Video of Lynching
By Samuel Duodu July 31, 2020 - One of the main suspects said to have spearheaded the lynching of the 90-year-old woman at Kafaba in the East Gonja Municipality in the Savannah Region last week on the accusation that she was a witch has been arrested. The suspect Latifah Bumaye, 33, was arrested at Kejewu Bator, a fishing community near Salaga, . Learn More
Afghanistan – Taliban Prevents Girls from Taking Higher Education Entrance Exams
22 August, 2020 - The Taliban has prevented 200 girls in Mah-e-May and Nusay districts of Badakhshan from taking university entrance exams by threatening to charge them fines, according to the local officials in the province. The Taliban have so far not made a comment about the claims. Local officials in the area have said that the Taliban . Learn More
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Women May Develop a Stronger COVID-19 Immune Response: Yale University Study
Most countries have reported a higher number of deaths from the new coronavirus among men than women [File: Phil Noble/Reuters] August 27, 2020 - Women are more likely to develop a stronger immune response to the novel coronavirus compared with men, a new study has found, offering a possible explanation for the more severe illness of COVID-19 . Learn More
Challenges of Reporting Domestic Violence When Your Abuser Is a Police Officer, & Getting Justice
By REBECCA EVANS FOR THE DAILY MAIL 26 August 2020 - The man with his hands around Jodie's throat had a look of crazed determination as he began to tighten his grip. Escape was impossible. Towering almost a foot above her 5 ft 4 in frame, he was strong and muscular, weighing almost 19 st compared to her eight. 'He's going to kill me,' she . Learn More
Peru – Hundreds of Girls & Women Have Disappeared During the COVID-19 Pandemic
More than 900 women and girls have gone missing in Peru during its coronavirus lockdown. By Anastasia Moloney August 5, 2020 - BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — More than 900 women and girls have gone missing in Peru during its coronavirus lockdown, a top women’s rights official said on Tuesday, calling for the creation of a national missing . Learn More
Stigma & Discrimination Against Women Living with HIV
Do any of these sound familiar to you? "I don't tell people I have HIV because I don't want them to judge me." "I was told that people living with HIV should not have children. Because I have HIV, I was sterilized." "They kept me out of the kitchen and stopped talking to me because I have HIV." "I know I got this through sex. I feel really . Learn More
Indonesia – Realities During the Lockdown – Violence Against Women
LBH Apik has reported that cases of domestic and sexual violence increased 85 percent year-on-year in the March to June period, likely as a result of increased domestic confinement during the pandemic. (Shutterstock/Doidam 10) By Gemma Holliani Cahya “She would send WhatsApp messages to our hotline early in the morning or at noon, when her . Learn More
Australia – New Website For/By Women & Girls with Disabilities
Report on the new WWDA website project: https://wwda.org.au/2020/08/a-report-on-the-our-site-website-project-is-now-available/ Women with Disabilities Australia (WWDA) launched a new website by and for women and girls with disability, called Our Site (https://oursite.wwda.org.au) Our Site provides accessible information and resources across five . Learn More
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