North Korea - Succession Questions Raised by Kim Jong-Un's Daughter Appearances By Jean Mackenzie February 9, 2023 - On Wednesday night lines of monster missiles rolled through the North Korean capital Pyongyang. But it was not just his weapons that Kim Jong-Un was parading. On show too, was his daughter. As the North Korean leader took up . Learn More
Single Parent Challenges – Leave No Single Mother Behind
LEAVE NO SINGLE MOTHER BEHIND Make Mothers Matter has long highlighted the inequitable distribution of unpaid family care work and how it prevents women, in particular when they are mothers, to access decent work and fully participate in the labour market, an issue which came under the spotlight during the Covid-19 crisis. The situation is . Learn More
Iran – How Iran’s Ayatollahs Could Lose to the Champions of “Women, Life, Freedom”
How Iran’s Ayatollahs could lose to the champions of ‘women, life, freedom’ The movement that has grown around Mahsa Amini’s memory is unlike any other in Iran’s history. Clerical rulers, and the world, are watching to see where it leads. BY SALLY ARMSTRONG - SPECIAL TO THE GLOBE AND MAIL Sally Armstrong is a journalist, author and . Learn More
International Women’s Day 2023: “Digit ALL: Innovation & Technology for Gender Equality”
International Women’s Day 2023: “DigitALL: Innovation & Technology for Gender Equality” 22 DECEMBER 2022 - The theme for International Women’s Day, 8 March 2023 (IWD 2023) is, “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality”. This theme is aligned with the priority theme for the upcoming 67th Session of the Commission on the Status . Learn More
First Woman Pastor in the Holy Land Is Ordained
First Woman Pastor in the Holy Land Is Ordained By Yolande Knell - BBC News, Jerusalem In many parts of the Christian world, female church leaders are no longer unusual. But until now, the Holy Land - where events in the Bible are set - had not seen a local woman ordained. On Sunday, a Palestinian from Jerusalem, Sally Azar, became its . Learn More
6 Matriarchal Societies That Have Been Thriving with Women at the Helm for Centuries
6 Matriarchal Societies That Have Been Thriving With Women at the Helm for Centuries In these communities around the globe, women oversee everything from politics, economics, and the broader social structure. BY SARAH MADAUS If you look far enough back into history, you'll find that women were revered and honored for their ability to bear . Learn More
The Age of the Grandparent Has Arrived!
The Age of the Grandparent Has Arrived! The ratio of grandparents to children is higher than ever before. Jan 12th 2023 - The most saccharine song of 1980 was “There’s No One Quite Like Grandma”, performed by the St Winifred’s School choir from Stockport, England. It shot to the top of the British charts as kids everywhere gave it to granny . Learn More
The Gender Hunger Gap Is Real & Getting Worse
The Gender Hunger Gap Is Real & Getting Worse JANUARY 25, 2023,- JHARGRAM, India—The U.N. World Food Programme describes it as “eating last and least.” Alaka Mahato calls it “eating light.” The small rice and vegetable field behind her home that supplies much of her family’s food yielded only 40 percent of its normal half-ton harvest . Learn More
Girls Speak Up – Leadership – Gender Equity
Girls and young women feel undervalued, undermined and underestimated – this is not new. From an early age, young girls are forced to reckon with harmful stereotypes and harsh gender norms. But today's girls are redefining what it means to be authentically represented across politics, media, business and all corners of daily life. They are . Learn More
Iran -Tehran Hosts First International Congress for Women of Influence
Tehran Hosts First International Congress for Women of Influence Story by Tehran Times TEHRAN – January 20, 2023 - The First International Congress for Women of Influence was held in Tehran on Friday with female guests including wives of heads of state, ministers, vice presidents, and parliamentarians from Burkina Faso, Kyrgyzstan, Serbia, . Learn More
Afghan Girls & Women Made Focus of International Education Day: UNESCO – January 24
Afghan Girls & Women Made Focus of International Education Day: UNESCO – January 24 UNESCO is calling for immediate and non-negotiable access to education and a return to school for all girls and young women in Afghanistan. 19 January 2023 - Barring girls and young women from classrooms in Afghanistan could wipe out huge gains made in . Learn More
Mexico-USA Border Migrants in Record Numbers – Risks & Dangers for Migrant Latina Women
Why Migrants Are Crossing the USA-Mexico Border in Record Numbers MARIA IN NOBODY’S LAND – FILM - DANGEROUS JOURNEY FOR MIGRANT WOMEN - VIA MEXICO TO USA Women Make Movies - Film Segment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-g1hjtFM5Y A film by Marcela Zamora Chamorro Spanish, Subtitled in English MARIA IN NOBODY’S LAND is a classic . Learn More
Pakistan – Rights Experts Urge Action on Coerced Abductions, Religious Conversions, Child Marriage
Pakistan - Rights Experts Urge Action on Coerced Abductions, Religious Conversions, Child Marriage 16 January 2023 - Top independent human rights experts expressed alarm on Monday at a rise in abductions of girls as young as 13 in Pakistan, who are forced to marry and convert to Islam. In their appeal to the authorities to stop the alleged . Learn More
Burkina Faso – Suspected Jihadists Kidnap 50 Women
Burkina Faso - Suspected Jihadists Kidnap 50 Women Many of the women had been picking fruit ‘because there is nothing left to eat’ as long-running insurgency hits food supplies. 15 Jan 2023 - Suspected jihadists have abducted about 50 women in insurgency-wracked northern Burkina Faso, local officials and residents say. Roughly 40 were . Learn More
Why Men & Boys Are Needed for Women’s Empowerment
WHY MEN AND BOYS ARE NEEDED FOR WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT As the United Nations sexual and reproductive health and rights agency, UNFPA works to empower every woman and girl to reach her fullest potential. Alongside becoming allies in women’s empowerment efforts, men and boys also benefit greatly from standing up for reproductive rights. We work to . Learn More
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