Activists demonstrate against domestic violence and femicides in the city of Culiacan, Sinaloa state, Mexico, in September. Photograph: Juan Carlos Cruz/EPA By David Agren in Mexico City 20 Sep 2021 - At least 10 women and girls are murdered every day in Mexico, according to a new report that says victims’ families are often left to carry out . Learn More
Afghanistan – Taliban Imposes New Dress Code, Segregation Of Women, At Private Afghan Universities
Afghan women take part in a protest for their rights under the Taliban in downtown Kabul on September 3. September 06, 2021 – By Frud Bezhan KABUL -- The Taliban has imposed a new dress code and gender segregation for women at private universities and colleges in Afghanistan, in line with a decree issued to educational institutions and obtained . Learn More
China – A Thin Fad Is Becoming Life-Threatening for Chinese Women
Contestants at the hit idol survival show Produce 101. Female celebrities in East Asia are expected to look pale and thin. Photo: Chen Zhongqiu/Visual China Group via Getty Images By Viola Zhou September 21, 2021 - SHANGHAI — Lou Wenjun, a 26-year-old office worker from central China, compared her body to a pear: The upper half was fine, but the . Learn More
Societies That Treat Women Badly Are Poorer & Less Stable
Via Professor Valerie M. Hudson Basra and Tororo - September 11, 2021. "A woman who drives a car will be killed,” says Sheikh Hazim Muhammad al-Manshad. He says it matter-of-factly, without raising his voice. The unwritten rules of his tribe, the al-Ghazi of southern Iraq, are clear. A woman who drives a car might meet a man. The very possibility . Learn More
Kyrgyzstan – Women Kidnapped, Raped, Wed Against Their Will
Dinara struggles as a relative of the man who abducted her tries to force a white scarf on to her head, signifying her submission to his demands to be married. Dinara, 22, finally accepted her lot, saying: ‘This is our tradition.’ Photograph: Noriko Hayashi/Panos May 30, 2021 - Aisuluu was returning home after spending the afternoon with her aunt . Learn More
Yemen – Protracted & Escalated Crises of Conflict, Hunger, Poverty – Acute for Women & Girls
19 August 2021 - Yemen remains the world’s largest humanitarian crisis and aid operation. A staggering 20.7 million people, 66 percent of the population, require some form of humanitarian assistance in 2021. The country situation, which is primarily driven by conflict and an economic blockade, has been exacerbated by COVID-19, heavy rains and . Learn More
Mexico – Bold Break with Machismo: Congress Is Now Half Female, & Gender Parity Is the Law
Claudia Pavlovich celebrates her victory as governor of Sonora, Mexico, in 2015. (Agencia el Universal/AP) By Mary Beth Sheridan September 9, 2021 - HERMOSILLO, Mexico — When Claudia Pavlovich ran for governor of Sonora, a vast swath of cowboy country south of Arizona, not a single Mexican state was led by a woman. Fewer than 10 percent of the . Learn More
Lebanon – Women Face Period Poverty as Lebanon’s Economic Crisis Deepens
A Lebanese woman inspects prices of female sanitary pads at a shop in the capital Beirut on June 23, 2021. © Jospeh Eid, AFP With prices soaring in crisis-hit Lebanon, Sherine can no longer afford sanitary pads. So instead each month, she is forced to make her own using baby nappies or even rags. "With all the price hikes and the frustration of . Learn More
Close the Crisis Gap on Contraception for Women in Crisis Settings
A woman receives health counseling at a women's center in Balukhali camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Photo by: Allison Joyce / UN Women / CC BY-NC-ND By Sarah Rich 14 June 2021 - We know the facts. Contraception saves lives. Access to contraception also allows women and adolescent girls agency over their reproductive decisions. And we know that . Learn More
Afghanistan – In Rare Public Display, Dozens of Afghan Women Protest Taliban Rule & Gender-Based Violence
Afghan women protest in Herat on Thursday. (-/AFP/Getty Images) By Ezzatullah Mehrdad September 2, 2021 - Despite the dangers, dozens of Afghan women took to the streets in western Afghanistan on Thursday in a rare public demonstration against Taliban restrictions on their right to work and seek education. Fed up with what participants said were . Learn More
Bangladesh – Solar-Powered Floating Schools – Girls
About the Project 12-23-2020 - The non-profit organization Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha introduced solar-powered floating schools in Bangladesh to ensure children’s uninterrupted education even during the height of the monsoon. In addition to ‘Transforming Education’, the initiative was judged to have best provided innovative financing of primary . Learn More
EU’s Top Court: Employers May Ban Islamic Headscarves Under Certain Conditions
A woman tries on a headscarf at an event at Le Bourget Exhibition centre - © Thomas Samson, AFP 15/07/2021 - Companies may ban Muslim employees from wearing a headscarf under certain conditions, the European Union’s top court said, in two cases brought by Muslim women in Germany who were suspended from their jobs after they started wearing the . Learn More
Zimbabwe – More than Half of the Women in Zimbabwe Have Faced Sextortion – Survey
Zimbabwe loses close to $2bn (£1.5bn) to corruption annually, contributing to financial instability, according to Transparency International. Photograph: Bloomberg Nyasha Chingono in Harare Zimbabwe has recorded an unprecedented number of women reporting being forced to exchange sex for employment or business favours. More than 57% of women . Learn More
Afghanistan – In the Taliban’s New Afghan Emirate, Women Are Invisible
Burqa-clad women shop at a market in Kabul following the Taliban’s military takeover of Afghanistan on Aug. 23. HOSHANG HASHIMI/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES By Lynne O’Donnell, an Australian journalist and author. AUGUST 27, 2021 - As the Taliban consolidate control over their new Islamic emirate in Afghanistan, women have largely disappeared from public . Learn More
Haiti – Women & Girls Left ‘Traumatised’ in Aftermath of Haiti Earthquake
Photo: (ActionAid ) By Leonie Chao-Fong August 27, 2021 - Women and girls who survived the catastrophic earthquake that hit Haiti earlier this month say they are “traumatised” and fear “all kinds of aggression” as they attempt to rebuild their lives in the aftermath of the disaster. The 7.2-magnitude quake that struck the impoverished Caribbean . Learn More
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