29 November 2024 - More than 60 million women and girls worldwide who are forcibly displaced or stateless face high risks of gender-based violence (GBV), but funding for lifesaving services to support them is woefully lacking, the UN refugee agency UNHCR said on Friday. UN data reveals that reports of conflict-related sexual violence increased . Learn More
Hungary – Officials Worry About ‘Too Feminine’ Education
Hungary - Officials Worry About ‘Too Feminine’ Education 27 August 2022 - Hungary’s State Audit Office has issued a report about the risks of the country’s education system being “too feminine”, warning it could hurt the development of boys and create demographic problems. The report was issued last month but had not caught public attention . Learn More
Afghanistan – Woman Commits Suicide Before Taliban Could Stone Her for Running Away
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 16, 2022 (ANI): A woman in Afghanistan’s Ghor province died by suicide before Taliban forces could kill her for running away from home, local media reported citing local Taliban. According to Khaama Press, the Taliban planned to stone the woman, who ran away from home with a married man, on Friday, but before that, . Learn More
Philippines – In Informal Waste Work, Women Are Twice as Vulnerable, Invisible
September 30, 2022 - MANILA, Philippines – Even before the crack of dawn, the day’s work already begins for Riza Santoyo, as she pedals a bicycle with a light blue metal cart along relatively empty roads in Quezon City. To save time, the 34-year-old mother brings her four young children along her usual route. She would drop off her two older . Learn More
Arab Region & Africa – Karama – Wa’ed Network for Adolescent Girls
2022 - Karama is proud to announce the launch of the Wa’ed network led by and for adolescent girls in Africa and the Arab region. As its name suggests, Wa’ed is a solemn promise and a commitment from the girls who founded the network to each other, to themselves, and to the wider community. It also represents a commitment from Karama to . Learn More
Girlfriends – Special Sharing
TO OUR GIRLFRIENDS What's so poignant about this picture? It shows a line of little girls holding hands facing the immensity of ocean waves. Alone they might be washed away, but together they stand strong! All of us girls.. Old and young... Near and far... Hold special memories of good times we've shared. We've had our share of hard . Learn More
International Day of Rural Women is on October 15.
International Day of Rural Women is on October 15. This day is dedicated to the millions of women living in remote, rural places and celebrates the achievements and contributions of these women towards rural development and agriculture. Direct Link to Full 12-Page Rural Women Strategy Publication: . Learn More
Conservative Nations Block UN Gender & Food Guidelines
By Teresa Welsh October 7, 2022 - Indonesia is leading a group of countries, including Russia and China, that oppose United Nations guidelines on gender and food systems, threatening to reverse progress on international gender equality. The directives are being developed in the U.N. Committee on World Food Security, or CFS, a Rome-based body . Learn More
Somalia – Prolonged Drought Brings Hunger, Pending Famine, Thirst, Displacement, Fear
By CARA ANNA October 5, 2022 - DOLLOW, Somalia (AP) — A man in a donkey cart comes wheeling through the dust, carrying two small, silent boys. The sky is overcast. It could rain. It won’t. It hasn’t for a very long time. Mohamed Ahmed Diriye is 60 years old, and he’s completing the grimmest journey of his life. He set off from a seaside city . Learn More
ONLINE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN & CYBER BULLYING Virtual Webinar – Thursday November 5, 2020
Korea Women South & North – Peace, Family, Rights, Development – Panel HRC 42 (09/19/2019)
Women & Addictions Panel – UN Human Rights Council Session 42 (09/18/2019)
Widows in Crisis & Conflict Panel – UN Human Rights Council 42 (09/20/2019)
UN Human Rights Council Session 42 WIDOWS IN CRISIS & CONFLICT September 20, 2019 3:30 – 4:30 pm Palais des Nations – Room XXII Geneva, Switzerland PANEL PARTICIPANTS & WIDOWS ADVOCACY COALITION: *Ms. Caroline Ouaffo Wafang, Advisor on Women’s Rights, Women’s Human Rights & Gender Section, Office of the UN High Commissioner . Learn More
Women & Corruption – UN Human Rights Council 41 Side Event (06/26/2019)
Role of Community Policing to Reduce Violence Against Women & Femicide – UN Human Rights Council Session 41 (06/27/2019)
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