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Suicide Is Now the Biggest Killer of Teenage Girls Worldwide

WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-health/11549954/Teen-girls-Suicide-kills-more-young-women-than-anything.-Heres-why.html Suicide Is Now the Biggest Killer of Teenage Girls Worldwide. A shocking statistic has emerged, which reveals suicide has overtaken maternal mortality as the . Learn More

Strengthening Efforts to Prevent & Eliminate Child, Early & Forced Marriage – UN Human Rights Council Resolution

WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com United Nations A/HRC/29/L.15 General Assembly Distr.: Limited 1 July 2015 Original: English . Learn More

Special Rapporteur on Internally Displaced Persons Report to the UN Human Rights Council 2015

WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com Website of the UN Special Rapporteur on Internally Displaced Persons: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/IDPersons/Pages/IDPersonsIndex.aspx SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS REPORT TO THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 2015 To Access Full 24-Page 2015 SR Report, Go to . Learn More

South Sudan – Intense Fighting – Humanitarian Tragedy – Women & Children

WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com South Sudan - Intense Fighting - Humanitarian Tragedy – Women & Children Text of article follows photos. http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/africa/celebrations-forgotten-as-south-sudan-tears-itself-apart-1.2261384 Photos - . Learn More

Somalia – Internally Displaced Women in Mogadishu Face Increasing Sexual Violence

WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com http://www.swdcsom.org/idps-face-increasing-sexual-violence-in-mogadishu/ Somalia – Internally Displaced Women in Mogadishu Face Increasing Sexual Violence Internally displaced Somali women wait for food at a camp in the capital Mogadishu – Photo: The Telegraph By . Learn More

Sexual Health, Human Rights & The Law

WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com Sexual Health, Human Rights & The Law Direct Link to Full 72-Page 2015 Publication: http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/175556/1/9789241564984_eng.pdf?ua=1 Executive Summary Sexual health today is widely understood as a state of physical, emotional, mental and social . Learn More

Sex Slavery & The Islamic State

WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com http://www.meforum.org/5361/islamic-state-sex-slavery Sex Slavery & The Islamic State Why does Islamic State's enslavement of women seem to appeal to potential recruits, and why is it not challenged more vigorously by mainstream Muslims? By Mark Durie - . Learn More

10 Red Flags for the Zero Draft of the Outcome Document for the UN Summit to Adopt the Post-2015 Development Agenda – Women’s Major Group

WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com The Women’s Major Group Role and Organisation The Women’s Major Group was created at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1992, where governments recognized Women as one of the nine important groups in society to achieve sustainable development. Since 1992, the Women’s Major Group has been . Learn More

Ramadan – Ecological Footprint Consideration – Muslim Women

WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com http://www.arabnews.com/islam-perspective/news/767296 Ramadan Holy Month – Ecological Footprint Considerations – Muslim Women Photo: The Independent By MOHAMED ABDEL RAOUF - Research Fellow in the Environmental Research Program of the Gulf Research Center. . Learn More

Protection of the Family – UN Human Rights Council Session 29 Passed Resolution

WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com UN Human Rights Council Session 29 Passed Resolution on PROTECTION OF THE FAMILY United Nations A/HRC/29/L.25 General Assembly Distr.: Limited 1 July 2015 Original: English . Learn More

ISIS Executes Women by Beheading for the First Time, for “Witchcraft & Sorcery” Accusations – Syria

WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3144213/ISIS-executes-women-beheading-time-group-kills-two-married-couples-witchcraft-sorcery-Syria.html ISIS Executes Women by Beheading for the First Time, for “Witchcraft & Sorcery” Accusations - Syria · By TOM WYKE FOR MAILONLINE and AFP – 30 June 2015 . Learn More

Indonesia – Woman Teacher in Rural Area Leads for Girls’ Education, End to Early Marriage, Gender Equality – Video

WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com VIDEO: http://www.weldd.org/gallery/reformer-wringin-sukowono Indonesia – Visionary Woman Teacher in Rural Area Leads for Girls’ Education, End to Early Marriage, Gender Equality – Grassroots Social Change - Video http://www.weldd.org/our-voices/reformer-wringin-sukowono 10 June 2015 - In Indonesia’s . Learn More

India – Women Village Panchayat Leaders Improve Development, Quality of Life, Gender Empowerment

WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com Women’s Feature Service http://www.wfsnews.org/ INDIA – WOMEN VILLAGE PANCHAYAT LEADERS IMPROVE DEVELOPMENT, QUALITY OF LIFE, GENDER EMPOWERMENT By Aditi Bhaduri Ranchi (Women’s Feature Service) - Later she would hear how lovely the weather had been, how . Learn More

Human Development Report 2014 – Statistics – Gender Inequality Index +

WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com http://hdr.undp.org/en/data Human Development Report 2014 Sustaining Human Progress: Reducing Vulnerabilities and Building Resilience GENDER INEQUALITY INDEX: http://hdr.undp.org/en/content/table-4-gender-inequality-index Download 2014 Human Development Statistical Tables . Learn More

The Humanitarian Economy – Where Is All the Money Going?

WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com WUNRN asks how much of this Humanitarian Aid is designated for women/gender! Via IRIN - http://newirin.irinnews.org/the-humanitarian-economy WEBSITE INCLUDES MULTIPLE GRAPHS & CHARTS. The Humanitarian Economy – Where Is All the Money Going? FUNDING OF LOCAL & NATIONAL HUMANITARIAN ACTORS – REPORT . Learn More

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