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USA – Women Continue Prolonged & Serious Advocacy for US Passage of the UN CEDAW Convention

USA - Women Continue Prolonged & Serious Advocacy for US Passage of the UN CEDAW Convention The US ratified the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. Seventy-five years later, the US has still not recognized that women and girls should have the same human rights as men and boys. Ratifying the UN Convention on the . Learn More

Ukraine – Older People Face Heightened Risks, as Inability to Access Housing with Russian Invasion

Ukraine - Older People Face Heightened Risks, as Inability to Access Housing, with Russian Invasion For Full 96-Page December 2022 Amnesty International, go to Link: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/eur50/6250/2022/en/ Scroll down page and click DOWNLOAD PDF. The report, ‘I used to have a home’: Older people’s experience of war, . Learn More

How to Be a Role Model for Girls

How to Be a Role Model for Girls Together we can encourage the next generation of female leaders. Girls often look to the women in their lives for cues about how to think and act. When we speak confidently, take risks, and own our accomplishments, we set positive examples for girls to follow. There are countless opportunities every day to help . Learn More

PHILIPPINES – SINGLE MOTHERS CONTINUE TO FIGHT STIGMA – Expanded Solo Parents Welfare Act +

PHILIPPINES – SINGLE MOTHERS CONTINUE TO FIGHT STIGMA - Expanded Solo Parents Welfare Act + As Manila begins rolling out a landmark law giving lone parents more benefits and legal protection, single mothers say that the stigma that sees their situation as shameful is proving hard to shift. “There is nothing wrong with being a single mother,” . Learn More

Beyond Our Differences – Film on Spirituality, Compassion, Peace – Gender

Beyond Our Differences - Film on Spirituality, Compassion, Peace - Gender Film Segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvvfa9bppNI Beyond Our Differences – Film on Spirituality, Compassion, Peace With all of the problems facing the world today including war, poverty, weapons, environmental degradation, starvation, overpopulation and . Learn More

Guatemala – Calling on Ancient Maya Wisdom to Heal Guatemalan Widows

Guatemala - Calling on Ancient Maya Wisdom to Heal Guatemalan Widows Rosalina Tuyuc Velasquez Calling on ancient Maya wisdom to heal By Maria Martin* “I began to understand that it’s good not to feel defeated. That we should keep moving forward, loving life, and our existence.” As the COVID-19 pandemic raged and Guatemala was under . Learn More

Myanmar – Women Seen Targeted by Myanmar Forces With Rape & Other Violence

Myanmar - Women Seen Targeted by Myanmar Forces With Rape & Other Violence WASHINGTON —  A Myanmar human rights activist told VOA in a recent interview that the ruling junta in Myanmar “is using rape and other violence against women as a bigger part of its campaign to crack down against opposition groups.” May Sabe Phyu organized women’s . Learn More

Humanitarian Crises – International Attention & Media Coverage Needed for Neglected Crises – Gender

Humanitarian Crises - International Attention & Media Coverage Needed for Neglected Crises – Gender By Jan Egeland* While I was visiting the Democratic Republic of the Congo last year, the Nyiragongo volcano erupted and briefly put the country in the international spotlight. I was on the ground to assess a massive hunger crisis there: a . Learn More

Lack of Water Leaves Women & Girls Vulnerable to “Sextortion.”

Lack of Water Leaves Women & Girls Vulnerable to "Sextortion." By Jenny Lei Ravelo // 27 March 2023 It’s a staggering statistic: Women and girls worldwide spend 200 million hours each day collecting water. But it’s just one part of the challenges they go through because of the lack of access to water, sanitation, and hygiene in many parts . Learn More

The Gambia – GIMS Center; A Model for Safe, Confidential, & Convenient Reporting of GBV Cases

The Gambia - GIMS Center; A Model for Safe, Confidential, & Convenient Reporting of GBV Cases 22 March 2023 - Gender-Based Violence (GBV) is a socially challenging problem with infrastructure and systems issues. From service unavailability to limited GBV-specific services in regions that deny service providers access to reach survivors, thus . Learn More

Afghanistan – Taliban Continues to Ban Girls from Secondary/High Schools

Since the Taliban’s takeover in 2021, only girls aged 12 and under have been allowed to go to school. 23 March 2023 - Afghanistan’s schools have reopened for the new academic year, but hundreds of thousands of teenage girls remain barred from attending classes as Taliban authorities ban their attendance in secondary school. Education Minister . Learn More

China’s Population Is Shrinking – “The Impact Will Be Felt Around the World”

China’s Population Is Shrinking. “The Impact Will Be Felt Around the World” By Jessie Yeung, CNN January 19, 2023 - China may be one step closer to losing its place as the world’s most populous country to India after its population shrank for the first time since the 1960s. The country’s population fell in 2022 to 1.411 billion, down some . Learn More

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