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Japan – Women Reject High Heels & Other Clothing Rules at Work

June 4, 2019 - Thousands of Japanese women have joined a social media campaign against rules for what kind of clothing is acceptable at work. The campaign also rejects expectations that women wear high heels in the workplace. The movement is called #KuToo. The term #KuToo is a play on the Japanese word “kutsu” for shoes and “kutsuu,” meaning . Learn More

AFGHANISTAN – WOMEN NEWLY RELEASED FROM PRISON FOR “MORAL CRIMES” FIND REFUGE & SUPPORT IN TRANSITIONAL HOUSES, FOR SOCIETY REINTEGRATION

By J.S. von Dacre - 25 May 2019 Gulnaz, a demure and quiet Afghan woman, gained public attention in 2011. At 16-years-old, a male relative had raped and impregnated her. When she reported the incident, she was promptly arrested and jailed for 12 years for adultery since her attacker was married. When media interest in her case intensified, her . Learn More

Sierra Leone – ECOWAS Court Fines Sierra Leone $10,000 in Pregnant School Girls’ Ban Case

Summary: Sierra Leone banned pregnant girls from going back to school in 2015 following the deadly Ebola outbreak. Children rights groups say the ban violates international charters that Sierra Leone is a signatory to. The regional court awarded the costs to the rights groups after the government sought to file a defense when case was . Learn More

El Salvador – “Black Widows” Gangs Warned after Forced Marriage Bust

A woman wears a veil during a protest to commemorate the U.N. International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women at the Attorney General's Office in San Salvador, El Salvador November 26, 2018. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas El Salvador - “Black Widow” Gangs Warned after Forced Marriage Bust The unprecedented case involved three young women . Learn More

Kazakhstan – Women Rally Outside International Economic Forum, to Call for More Social Benefits

On 17 May, UN Women Deputy Executive Director Asa Regnér participated in the First Kazakhstan Forum on Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, under the aegis of the Astana Economic Forum. She raised the critical role of women’s empowerment and gender equality in the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. May 16, 2019 - . Learn More

Internally displaced people (IDPs) have not crossed a border to find safety. Unlike refugees, they are on the run at home.

Internally displaced women account the most vulnerable portion of the society. They often, unlike men, find themselves with the burden of providing for their families whose men often have either died or injured, enrolled in militancy roles in the civil war or might have immigrated elsewhere. In this context of man power vacuum for the most part, . Learn More

Central America – Women Seeking Asylum in Mexico Make Art Mural & Learn Rights

Central American Women Seeking Asylum Find Safety & Talents in Mural Painting An art project helps female asylum seekers from El Salvador and Honduras become more aware of their rights and discover a new family in Mexico. © UNHCR/Marta Martinez By Marta Martinez in Tapachula, Mexico | 18 January 2019 | Español | Français A new mural . Learn More

Spain – Study Shows Women with Master’s Degree or Doctorate, Take Longer to Report Gender Violence

Spain - Women with a master's degree or doctorate are the ones who take the longest to report gender violence A new study in Spain shows that there is no defined victim profile although there are factors that contribute to creating a pattern, among them age, economic independence or children. On average, women who have a postgraduate education . Learn More

Brazil – Indigenous Women Take the Lead in Addressing Violence Against Indigenous Groups in Brazil

Escalation of violence against indigenous groups in Brazil pushes a growing number of native women to lead the movement. By Mia Alberti - 25 Apr 2019 Sao Paulo, Brazil - Celia Xakriaba was 13 years old when she joined the fight for indigenous rights. Her indigenous Xakriaba community is one of the few who survived the advancement of colonisers . Learn More

A YEAR INTO THE NICARAGUA CRISIS, WOMEN FACE DRAMATIC CRACKDOWN CRISES

Nicaragua: Mothers of April: “We do not Forget or Forgive” Deaths of Husbands, Children, Brothers – Call for Justice Iván Olivares - 28 February 2019 The Association “Mothers of April” does not rule out appealing to the international courts to achieve justice. But, before that, they trust that the Nicaraguan State can satisfy . Learn More

Yemen – CNN Exposes Systematic Abuse of UN Aid, Food, in Yemen – Starving, Malnourished Women & Children

Issham is two years old, but has yet to take her first steps. Her family has received no food aid in weeks. By Sam Kiley, Sarah El Sirgany and Brice Lainé, CNN 20 May 2018 - Bani Qais, in Houthi-controlled Yemen(CNN) Issham Beshir is two years old. She's twig-thin and so badly malnourished she's yet to take her first steps. The world is trying to . Learn More

Nigeria – Fate of Women Associated with Boko Haram: Returning from the Land of Jihad

Women are streaming home from Boko Haram’s domain in north-eastern Nigeria, some having escaped captivity and others having left jihadist husbands behind. The state should safeguard these women from abuse, so that they stay in government-held areas and encourage men to come. The return of women formerly affiliated with the Boko Haram insurgency to . Learn More

USA – Men Avoid Spending Time with Female Colleagues in the Wake of #MeToo – Survey

Senior men were less willing to spend time with junior female co-workers. By Sonia Elks – May 20, 2019 LONDON, May 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — Women's careers are being held back as men in the United States avoid spending time with female colleagues in the wake of the #MeToo movement, women's rights group LeanIn.org said on Friday. Nearly . Learn More

France – A French Feminist Foreign Policy?

Assia Benziane (from left), Marlène Schiappa, Aissata Lam, Emma Watson, Lisa Azuelos, and Denis Mukwege arrive at the first meeting for the G-7 Advisory Committee for equality between women and men at the Élysée Palace in Paris on Feb. 19. Marc Piasecki/Getty Images By Lyric Thompson - |May 20, 2019 Earlier this month, France hosted a series of . Learn More

Honduras – The Legacy of Berta Caceres

Berta Caceres in the Rio Blanco region of western Honduras where she, COPINH (the Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras) and the people of Rio Blanco have maintained a struggle to halt construction on the Agua Zarca Hydroelectric project, that poses grave threats to local environment, river and indigenous Lenca people from the . Learn More