Conflict & The Right to Food - SR Report 37. Regarding discrimination against rural and Indigenous women and girls, general recommendations No. 34 (2016) and No. 39 (2022) of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women respectively provide detailed, comprehensive, systemic and rights-based recommendations. They . Learn More
The Next UN Secretary-General Must Be a Woman & a Feminist
The Next UN Secretary-General Must Be a Woman & a Feminist By Natalie Samarasinghe September 19, 2024 - Friday marks the launching of the 1 for 8 Billion campaign for a fair and inclusive process to select the next United Nations secretary-general in 2026. As the UN prepares to hold the Summit of the Future on Sunday, our campaign wants . Learn More
Women’s Rights & Gender Justice
WOMEN’S RIGHTS & GENDER JUSTICE Gender discrimination and persecution threaten the safety and dignity of millions of women around the world. Queer, trans, and nonbinary people fight for their human rights on the margins of a patriarchal world that values domination over care, and the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women are . Learn More
South Korea-Misogyny Has a New Weapon: Deepfake Sex Videos
South Korea - Misogyny Has a New Weapon: Deepfake Sex Videos Men in chat rooms have been victimizing women they know by putting their faces on pornographic clips. Some Korean women say the only thing new about it is the technology. By Choe Sang-Hun - Reporting from Seoul 阅读简体中文版閱讀繁體中文版 Septeber 12, 2024 - In 2020, as the South Korean . Learn More
China Raises Retirement Age to Tackle Aging Crisis
China Raises Retirement Age to Tackle Aging Population Crisis Story by Robert Kędzierski China has approved a plan to gradually raise the retirement age, marking the first change since the 1950s. The decision responds to growing demographic challenges, including an aging population and shrinking pension funds. Within a decade, China is . Learn More
Malaysia – UNICEF Shocked by Mass Child Abuse in Care Homes
Malaysia - UNICEF Shocked by 'Unimaginable Horror' of Mass Child Abuse in Care Homes 12 September 2024 - The UN children's agency said on Thursday that hundreds of children and teens rescued by Malaysian authorities from care homes where they were allegedly physically and sexually abused faced an "unimaginable horror". "These children have . Learn More
Tajikistan – To Curb Extremism, Targeting of Beards & Headscarves
TAJIKISTAN – TO CURB EXTREMISM, TAJIKISTAN TARGETS BEARDS & HEADSCARVES After Tajiks were charged with a deadly attack in Moscow, Tajikistan has cracked down on signs of Islam. addressing the causes of terrorism. Where stalls once sold head scarves and hijabs, they now mainly offer traditional Tajik clothing. By Valerie . Learn More
Religious Composition of the World’s Migrants
The Religious Composition of the World’s Migrants Christians are the largest migrant group, but Jews are most likely to have migrated BY STEPHANIE KRAMER AND YUNPING TONG August 19, 2024 - Migration has grown steadily in recent decades. Today, more than 280 million people, or 3.6% of the world’s population, are international migrants – . Learn More
Gender Equality Stalling or Going Backwards
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Paris Paralympics Challenge Outside the Olympic Village
Paris Is Utopia for Paralympians Until They Leave the Athletes’ Village The city built highly accessible accommodations for competitors in the 2024 Paralympic Games. But the rest of Paris remains difficult to navigate. By Elena Bergeron and Ségolène Le Stradic Aug. 30, 2024 - To many of the athletes arriving at the 2024 Paralympic Games in . Learn More
STATELESSNESS: Ending Within 10 years – Report
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El Salvador – The High Price of Safety
THE HIGH PRICE OF SAFETY IN EL SALVADOR By Megan K. Stack - Ms. Stack, a contributing Opinion writer, reported from Apopa, El Salvador. Aug. 29, 2024 - Nöe del Cid watched his neighborhood come back to life from the seat of his wheelchair. This tight row of cinder-block houses with barred windows and corrugated metal roofs formed, for much . Learn More
Gambia – 96-Year-Old Cutter Defies a Ban on FGM
Gambia - 96-Year-Old Cutter Defies a Ban on FGM By Ruth Maclean and Matty Jobe Photographs by Kiana Hayeri Reporting from Bakadaji, Wassu, and Banjul, in Gambia Sept. 6, 2024 - There were young girls, sitting nervous and excited in new clothes under the afternoon sun. There were musicians, dancing and plates of food. There were old . Learn More
Cellphones Banned in Some Schools Amid Mental Health Worries
By Laura Meckler - Hannah Natanson - Karina Elwood August 27, 2024 - Students returning to school in a growing number of states and districts are facing tight restrictions and outright bans on cellphone use as evidence mounts of the damaging impact persistent connection to the internet has on teenagers. In Los Angeles, the second-largest . Learn More
Iraq – Parliament Poised to Legalize Child Marriage
By CARRIE N. BAKER and MAIA CURRAN August 21, 2024 - Iraq’s Parliament is currently advancing an amendment to the country’s Personal Status Law that would shift governance of marriage from state courts to Iraqi religious authorities, posing dire threats to the human rights of girls and women. The new law would give legal recognition to marriages . Learn More
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