4 April 2019 - Where women can access health services, maternal deaths decrease, lengthening women’s life expectancy. In many circumstances, men access health care less than women. Men are much more likely to die from preventable and treatable noncommunicable diseases and road traffic accidents. 18.1-year gap in life expectancy between . Learn More
USA – A Glimpse Inside the Hidden World of Orthodox Jewish Hassidic Women
By Sarah Maslin Nir - Photographs by Sharon Pulwer - Sept. 19, 2018 Sharon Pulwer was lost in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, shortly after moving here from Israel to study photography, when she came across the black hats and modest clothes of religious Jews in New York City. A secular Jew, she was momentarily taken aback. “I was very surprised that there . Learn More
Venezuela – Collaborative Open Civil Society Letter on the Serious Humanitarian Situation in Venezuela & Use of Food Aid as a Political Weapon Against the People
As members of the international community concerned about the right to food and food sovereignty, including advocates, practitioners and scholars, we denounce the use of food aid as a political weapon against the Venezuelan people and government at present while standing in solidarity with efforts on the ground in Venezuela focused on feeding . Learn More
Australia – Overview of Aboriginal & Torres Islander Health Status in 2018 – Gender Issues
WUNRN Australia Indigenous HealthInfoNet . Learn More
Venezuela – The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Grants Urgent Measures to Protect Rights of Women & Girls in Venezuela
An international human rights organization and four Venezuelan organizations*, united in a coalition called Red Equivalencias en Acción, presented a request for precautionary measures before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, seeking to protect pregnant Venezuelan women who go to Maternidad Concepción Palacios, a hospital in Caracas, . Learn More
Indonesia-Aceh Province – Public Whipping of Unmarried Couples, after Hotel Raid
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia: Six couples were publicly whipped in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province Monday for relations outside marriage, with at least two women unable to walk after the painful punishment. Flogging is common for a range of offenses in the region at the tip of Sumatra island, including gambling, drinking alcohol, and having gay . Learn More
Impact of Violent Extremism on Women’s Social Protection & Services – UN Commission on the Status of Women Session 63 (03/12/2019)
Venezuela Women’s Social Protection & Services – UN Commission on the Status of Women Session 63 (03/14/2019)
USA – Grandmothers Raising Grandchildren – Challenges
Increasing numbers of grandmothers across the United States are raising their grandchildren, many of them in poverty and grappling with a public assistance system not designed to meet their needs. For a new study, researchers interviewed 77 African American grandmothers living in some of the poorest areas of south Chicago. The findings underscore . Learn More
Syria – If Governments Want to Achieve Real Peace in Syria, They Need to Stop Excluding Women from Their Negotiations
“I was appointed to the Women’s Advisory Board, but I was almost alone among the group for having an overtly political background. Had the group been deliberately de-politicised?” By Mouna Ghanem* – February 22, 2019 It stands to reason that you cannot reach a lasting solution to a country’s problems if you start by excluding half the population . Learn More
Internal Displacement – Costs for IDP Persons/Women & Host Communities
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 14 2019 (IPS) - While the impacts of displacement on wellbeing are well-known, one group has pointed to the equally burdensome economic costs for those displaced as well as host communities. In a new report, the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) examines the financial costs of internal displacement across major . Learn More
Scotland – Council to Give Paid “Safe Leave” to Employee Domestic Violence Victims
(c) Getty Images 13 February 2019 - A Scottish council has become the first in Europe to give "safe leave" to employees who have suffered domestic abuse. South Ayrshire's policy will offer up to 10 days of paid leave to enable staff to seek help and support for themselves and their families. The policy is inspired by new domestic violence . Learn More
Congo – Ebola Vaccine Offered in Exchange for Sex, Congo Taskforce Told
A health worker prepares to administer Ebola vaccine outside a house in the village of Mangina, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s North Kivu province. Photograph: Olivia Acland/Reuters Kate Holt in Beni and Rebecca Ratcliffe 12 February 2019 - An unparalleled Ebola vaccination programme in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has become . Learn More
Importance of Indigenous Radio & Media/Radio Leadership of Indigenous Women
Author - Teresita Orozco - 2018 "In my 12 years of doing community radio, I had never had the opportunity to produce my own radio pieces. This was a task delegated and assumed by men, and therefore I came to think it was something complicated. However, now with this workshop, I learned not only how to do radio production, but also realized that . Learn More
Rohingya Crisis’ Changing Dimensions in Bangladesh – Women & Girls
Hanida Begum, right, holds her infant son, Abdul Masood, who died when their boat capsized minutes before reaching shore on Sept. 14. A relative holds his twin brother, who survived. Dar Yasin—AP There are slim prospects of a quick return home: the UN says Rakhine State is not yet safe for the Rohingya, who have faced generations of . Learn More
