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WUNRN News posts selected releases of special importance from the daily WUNRN LISTSERVE. These releases may include recent articles, event announcements, calls to action, and other updates. WUNRN LISTSERVE releases may or may not indicate direct references to the UN Study . Learn More

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Women’s United Nations Report Network

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The World Must Rise to the Challenge of Keeping Refugee Girls Safe

WUNRN https://wunrn.wpengine.com https://www.girleffect.org/what-girls-need/articles/2015/09/the-world-must-rise-to-the-challenge-of-keeping-refugee-girls-safe/ THE WORLD MUST RISE TO THE CHALLENGE OF KEEPING REFUGEE GIRLS SAFE The refugee crisis hitting Europe means alarming numbers of girls are being exposed to . Learn More

Women’s Decisions on Where to Give Birth – Variables for Safe Motherhood

WUNRN https://wunrn.wpengine.com https://www.eldis.org/go/blog/posts/who-decides-where-women-give-birth-and-on-what-grounds#.VgQLbK3ovmI Women’s Decisions on Where to Give Birth – Variables for Safe Motherhood 22 Sep 2015 - The traditional medical view of risks associated with giving birth sometimes clashes with what women . Learn More

Women in Prison – USA +

WUNRN https://wunrn.wpengine.com When a former UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women prepared for her Report to the Human Rights Commission (now Council) on Women in Prison, she visited Shakopee Women’s Prison in the . Learn More

Women in Agricultural & Rural Economies – Marginalized & Discriminated – Land Rights – Feed the Future Program – Mutual Accountability

WUNRN https://wunrn.wpengine.com WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE & RURAL ECONOMIES – MARGINALIZED & DISCRIMINATED – LAND RIGHTS – FEED THE FUTURE PROGRAM - MUTUAL ACCOUNTABILITY Prepared for the Panel on Political Will and Public Will – Fine Tuning for Gender Advocacy, UN Human Rights Council Session 29. Geneva, June 22 2015. Dr. . Learn More

Women, Peace & Security – Resolutions – States MUST Engage a Gender Perspective across ALL Areas of Conflict Prevention, Peacemaking & Reconstruction

WUNRN https://wunrn.wpengine.com https://www.justsecurity.org/25241/women-peace-security-review-high-level-review/ Women, Peace and Security: A Review of the High Level Review By Fionnuala Ní Aoláin – August 6, 2015 September 2015 marks the 15th Anniversary of the landmark UN Security Council . Learn More

Uzbekistan – Female Dilemma: Political Career vs. Family Harmony

WUNRN https://wunrn.wpengine.com https://pulsofcentralasia.org/2015/02/03/uzbekistan-female-dilemma-political-career-vs-family-harmony/ Uzbekistan - Female Dilemma: Political Career vs. Family Harmony By Dilfuza Kurolova, LLM in International Law from the Tashkent State University of Law and a Master Student in Politics and Security . Learn More

USA – Association of American Universities Campus Survey on Sexual Assault & Sexual Misconduct

WUNRN https://wunrn.wpengine.com https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2015/09/21/what-a-massive-sexual-assault-survey-showed-about-27-top-u-s-universities/ USA – Association of American Universities Campus Survey on Sexual Assault & Sexual Misconduct By Nick Anderson and Susan Svrluga - . Learn More

UN General Assembly Adopts New Sustainable Development Agenda & Goals

WUNRN https://wunrn.wpengine.com UN News Centre https://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=51968#.VgezlPmqqko UN Adopts New Global Goals, Charting Sustainable Development for People and Planet by 2030 Source: UN in collaboration with Project Everyone 25 September 2015 – The 193-Member United Nations . Learn More

UN Commission on the Status of Women 60 – 2016 – Tentative Dates – Themes

WUNRN https://wunrn.wpengine.com https://www.unwomen.org/en/csw/csw60-2016 UN COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN 60 (2016) The sixtieth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 14 to 24 March 2016 (tentative dates). . Learn More

Syria – Hidden Victims of the Syrian Crisis: Disabled, Injured & Older Refugees

WUNRN https://wunrn.wpengine.com https://reliefweb.int/report/syrian-arab-republic/hidden-victims-syrian-crisis-disabled-injured-and-older-refugees Direct Link to Full 24-Page 2014 Publication: . Learn More

Social Protection for Older Persons – Risks for Older WOMEN of Poverty, Inadequate Social Protections. Discrimination

WUNRN https://wunrn.wpengine.com Direct Link to Full 150-Page 2014 ILO Report – International Labour Organization: https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/documents/publication/wcms_310211.pdf Social Protection for Older Persons: Key Policy Trends and Statistics Pensions are essential to . Learn More

The Refugee Crisis: Demilitarizing Masculinities

WUNRN https://wunrn.wpengine.com https://opendemocracy.net/5050/jennifer-allsopp/refugee-crisis-demilitarising-masculinities THE REFUGEE CRISIS: DEMILITARIZING MASCULINITIES Jennifer Allsopp - 17 September 2015 Photos emerging from the borders of Europe weave a new narrative around what it means to be vulnerable, to be a . Learn More

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