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Afghanistan – Taliban Say They Banned Beauty Salons Because They Offered Forbidden Services

Afghanistan - Taliban Say They Banned Beauty Salons Because They Offered Forbidden Services The ruling is the latest curb on the rights and freedoms of Afghan women and girls, following edicts barring them from education, public spaces, and most forms of employment. July 6, 2023 - Women's beauty salons were banned in Afghanistan because they . Learn More

Barbie Movie Is Banned in Vienam…Philippines? China?

BARBIE MOVIE IS BANNDED IN VIETNAN…PHIIPPINES? CHINA? BY JONAH VALDEZ - STAFF WRITER JULY 5, 2023 - The upcoming movie “Barbie” has been banned in Vietnam. Now, the Philippines is considering its own ban on the Warner Bros. film. And it has nothing to do with the film’s excessive use of pink, or Ryan Gosling’s Ken-doll spray . Learn More

Latin America Foto Festival – Gender

GASLIGHTING Abuse – Creates Self-Doubt – Women’s Vulnerability – Video & Analysis

“GASLIGHTING” ABUSE – CREATES SELF-DOUBT – WOMEN’S VULNERABILITY – VIDEO & ANALYSIS Gaslighting By Kristin Meekhoff * - June 4, 2022 KEY POINTS People you know and love may look the other way and act as though gaslighting didn’t or isn’t happening. Experiencing gaslighting can create trauma. Sharing your secrets with a . Learn More

Latin America & Caribbean – Children Free of Inequality, Discrimination, & Violence

Gender Equality Enjoying the same rights is the best way to promote a life free of inequality, discrimination and violence for children in Latin America and the Caribbean Available in: Español & English Latin America and the Caribbean is the region with the most inequality, discrimination and violence on the planet. The situation . Learn More

International Widows’ Day – June 23 – Invisible Women, Invisible Problems

Invisible Women, Invisible Problems For many women around the world, the devastating loss of a partner is magnified by a long-term fight for their basic rights and dignity. Despite the fact that there are more than 258 million widows around the world, widows have historically been left unseen, unsupported, and unmeasured in our . Learn More

Gender Bias Can Start at an Early Age as With Barbie Doll Toys

GENDER BIAS CAN START AT AN EARLY AGE AS WITH BARBIE DOLL TOYS No Progress on Biases Against Women in a Decade: UN Report JUNE 12, 2023 - UNITED NATIONS — Data tracking biases against women has shown no progress over the past decade, with prejudices remaining "deeply embedded" in society despite . Learn More

North Korea (DPRK) – Call for Women to Have Children + Report for the CEDAW Committee Review

North Korea – Call for Women to Bear Children for the Motherland. They Aren’t. The DPRK’s fertility rate is sliding down and its population aging despite the state’s pro-natalist policies. Andrei Lankov January 17, 2022 South Korea is experiencing a demographic disaster these days: Its total fertility rate (TFR), the average number of . Learn More

Africa – Commitment of COTLA Council of Traditional Leaders of Africa Towards the Elimination of Violence Against Women & Girls

Africa - Commitment of COTLA Council of Traditional Leaders of Africa Towards the Elimination of Violence Against Women & Girls Commitment of the Council of Traditional Leaders of Africa (COTLA) towards the elimination of violence against women and girls. UN Women It is a reality that our region carries the . Learn More

Iran – Proposed Bill Pushes Denial of Basic Rights to Unveiled Women

Iran - Proposed Bill Pushes Denial of Basic Rights to Unveiled Women Defiance Against Mandatory Hijab Grows as Iranian Government Seeks Stricter Measures Unveiled Women Assaulted, Blocked from Accessing Essential Services June 15, 2023 – In the wake of the “Woman Life Freedom” movement that ignited nine months ago, a new parliamentary bill . Learn More

Uganda – Islamic Terrorist Group Attacke d Boarding School – Girls Brutally Attacked & Killed

Uganda - Islamic Terrorist Group Attacked Boarding School – Girls Brutally Attacked & Killed It was one of the worst terrorist acts to hit the nation in decades, as militants burned down dormitories with students still inside and hacked others to death. When the militants could not enter the boys’ locked residential halls, they hurled . Learn More

Women & Girls with Albinism Face Multiple Forms of Discrimination

PEOPLE WITH ALBINISM FACE MULTIPLE FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION WORLDWIDE – WOMEN & GIRLS WITH ALBINISM Albinism is a genetic condition inherited from both parents that occurs worldwide, regardless of ethnicity or gender. Albinism results in a lack of pigmentation (melanin) in the hair, skin and eyes, causing vulnerability to the sun and bright . Learn More

World Refugee Day 2023 – Gender – Theme: Hope Away from Home

World Refugee Day 2023 20 June 2023 - Each year on 20 June, the world celebrates the strength and courage of people who have been forced to flee their home country to escape conflict or persecution. The 2023 theme of World Refugee Day is “Hope Away From Home.” What is World Refugee Day? World Refugee Day is an . Learn More

Sudan – Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid Worsen Amid Sudan’s Raging Combat

Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid Worsen Amid Sudan’s Raging Combat By Lisa Schein JUNE 10, 2023 - GENEVA — Whether Sudan’s warring parties stick to the latest U.S.-Saudi Arabian-brokered cease-fire agreement remains an open question. What is not in doubt is that Saturday’s 24-hour truce has capped another murderous week of intense fighting in . Learn More

India – Struggle to Eradicate an Old Scourge: Witch Hunting

India - Struggle to Eradicate an Old Scourge: Witch Hunting Once driven largely by superstition, the brutal practice is now often simply a tool to oppress women, in many cases violently. By Suhasini Raj - Reporting from Tiruldih and Raidih in the state of Jharkhand in India May 13, 2023 - They ushered the young woman into their home and . Learn More

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