Cooperative Farming Makes Bangladesh’s Coastal Women Farmers Climate-Resilient By Rafiqul IslamReprint | PATUAKHALI, BANGLADESH , Jan 10 2024 (IPS) - In the past, Salma Begum, 40, lost her crops every year due to natural disasters. She lives with her five-member family in Ashabaria village under Rangabali upazila, a remote coastal island in . Learn More
25 Million Women’s Stitches for Each of the World’s Refugees
25 MILLION STITCHES – ONE STITCH FOR EACH OF THE WORLD’S 25 MILLION REFUGEES The world is in flight. 25 million people* across the globe have been forced to flee their homelands as a consequence of genocide, war, poverty, natural disasters, targeted violence, and other grave threats. They leave behind everything they’ve known and possessed in . Learn More
Online Predators Coerce Children into Self-Harm
On Popular Online Platforms, Predatory Groups Coerce Children Into Self-Harm Vulnerable teens are blackmailed into degrading and violent acts by abusers who then boast about it. By Shawn Boburg, Pranshu Verma and Chris Dehghanpoor March 13, 2024 - The person in the online chat introduced himself as “Brad.” Using flattery and guile, he . Learn More
Women’s Marital Property Law Reform Needed in MENA
Marital Property Law Reform Is Needed In MENA (Middle East & North Africa) Countries To End Discrimination Against Wives Lebanon, Beirut, November 29, 2023: Divorced women and widows are frequently denied a fair share of marital assets in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) because of discriminatory family laws and practices. This often . Learn More
COVID Update Analysis, 4 Years Later
COVID Update Analysis, 4 Years Later By Nicholas Christakis March 8, 2024 - In March 2020, at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, the U.S. went into lockdown. Four years later, Covid has receded into the background of our lives. As is typical after serious epidemics, people are now seeking out pleasures they had to forego. Domestic air . Learn More
Ramadan – Holy Month of Islam – 2024
RAMADAN – HOLY MONTH OF ISLAM - 2024 March 8, 2024 - In 2024, the holy month begins on Monday, March 11 and is expected to end on Tuesday, April 9. The timing of Ramadan follows the lunar cycle and is dependent on the sighting of a crescent moon at the first and end of the month. The fasting period typically lasts between 29-30 days. What is . Learn More
A Woman’s Place – Song & Video by Sara Thomsen
A WOMAN’S PLACE - SONG & VIDEO BY SARA THOMSEN Video & Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnVMwPuehoI&feature=youtu.be WUNRN http://www.sarathomsen.com/ . Learn More
FGM – Female Genital Cutting Continues to Increase Worldwide
Female Genital Cutting Continues to Increase Worldwide Campaigns in some countries have reduced the practice, but it remains widespread in those with high rates of population growth. By Stephanie Nolen - Leer en español March 7, 2024 - More than 230 million women and girls around the world have undergone female genital cutting, according . Learn More
Feminist Foreign Policy: A Bridge Between Global & Local
Feminist Foreign Policy: A Bridge Between the Global & Local By Daniela Philipson Garcia and Ana Velasco In January 2020, Mexico announced its adoption of a feminist foreign policy, thus becoming the first country in the Global South to embrace feminism as a guiding principle for its international involvement. Global actors met the . Learn More
One Woman Song
ONE WOMAN – SONG FOR UN WOMEN, FOR ALL WOMEN “One Woman” is a musical celebration of women worldwide, featuring 25 artists from 20 countries across the globe. WUNRN SONG & VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dnq2QeCvwpw . Learn More
Never Repeat Mistakes of a “Gender-Blind” COVID Response
WHY WE MUST NEVER REPEAT THE MISTAKES OF A ‘GENDER-BLIND’ COVID RESPONSE Pandemics are bad for women’s health – but they are also bad for their labour rights, suggests research from Matahari Global Solutions and the People’s Vaccine Alliance. Harry Bignell and Abha Jeurkar set out key gendered impacts of the pandemic – including the impact on . Learn More
Gender-Based Violence, Racism, & Homelessness: Intersections
HOMELESSNESS & STRUCTURAL RACISM – VIDEO The need for safe and affordable housing is one of the most vital and immediate concerns for survivors of violence and abuse. This video illustrates the intersections between domestic and sexual violence, racism, and homelessness. Black people, Indigenous people, and other person(s) of color are . Learn More
International Women’s Day 8 March – Invest in Women
International Women's Day - 8 March Invest in women: Accelerate progress Achieving gender equality and women’s well-being in all aspects of life is more crucial than ever if we want to create prosperous economies and a healthy planet. However, we are facing a key challenge: the alarming $360 billion annual deficit in gender-equality measures . Learn More
Australia – IWDA Feminist Movement Strengthening Framework
Resilient and vibrant feminist movements, including those led by trans, intersex and nonbinary people, racialised people, indigenous women, women and people with disability, young feminists, and other historically excluded and marginalised people, are critical to defending and advancing gender equality. Resourcing and contributing to resilient and . Learn More
Afghanistan-Women’s Age of Marriage,-Taliban Repression +
This is an Executive Summary of an ODI report that examines current norms around the age of marriage in Afghanistan, under today’s Taliban regime. It explores the lived experiences of women and girls as they contend with a new political order that has derailed the limited progress that had been made towards the fulfilment of their rights over the . Learn More
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