GENDER BIAS CAN START AT AN EARLY AGE AS WITH BARBIE DOLL TOYS No Progress on Biases Against Women in a Decade: UN Report JUNE 12, 2023 - UNITED NATIONS — Data tracking biases against women has shown no progress over the past decade, with prejudices remaining "deeply embedded" in society despite . Learn More
North Korea (DPRK) – Call for Women to Have Children + Report for the CEDAW Committee Review
North Korea – Call for Women to Bear Children for the Motherland. They Aren’t. The DPRK’s fertility rate is sliding down and its population aging despite the state’s pro-natalist policies. Andrei Lankov January 17, 2022 South Korea is experiencing a demographic disaster these days: Its total fertility rate (TFR), the average number of . Learn More
Africa – Commitment of COTLA Council of Traditional Leaders of Africa Towards the Elimination of Violence Against Women & Girls
Africa - Commitment of COTLA Council of Traditional Leaders of Africa Towards the Elimination of Violence Against Women & Girls Commitment of the Council of Traditional Leaders of Africa (COTLA) towards the elimination of violence against women and girls. UN Women It is a reality that our region carries the . Learn More
Iran – Proposed Bill Pushes Denial of Basic Rights to Unveiled Women
Iran - Proposed Bill Pushes Denial of Basic Rights to Unveiled Women Defiance Against Mandatory Hijab Grows as Iranian Government Seeks Stricter Measures Unveiled Women Assaulted, Blocked from Accessing Essential Services June 15, 2023 – In the wake of the “Woman Life Freedom” movement that ignited nine months ago, a new parliamentary bill . Learn More
Uganda – Islamic Terrorist Group Attacke d Boarding School – Girls Brutally Attacked & Killed
Uganda - Islamic Terrorist Group Attacked Boarding School – Girls Brutally Attacked & Killed It was one of the worst terrorist acts to hit the nation in decades, as militants burned down dormitories with students still inside and hacked others to death. When the militants could not enter the boys’ locked residential halls, they hurled . Learn More
Women & Girls with Albinism Face Multiple Forms of Discrimination
PEOPLE WITH ALBINISM FACE MULTIPLE FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION WORLDWIDE – WOMEN & GIRLS WITH ALBINISM Albinism is a genetic condition inherited from both parents that occurs worldwide, regardless of ethnicity or gender. Albinism results in a lack of pigmentation (melanin) in the hair, skin and eyes, causing vulnerability to the sun and bright . Learn More
World Refugee Day 2023 – Gender – Theme: Hope Away from Home
World Refugee Day 2023 20 June 2023 - Each year on 20 June, the world celebrates the strength and courage of people who have been forced to flee their home country to escape conflict or persecution. The 2023 theme of World Refugee Day is “Hope Away From Home.” What is World Refugee Day? World Refugee Day is an . Learn More
Sudan – Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid Worsen Amid Sudan’s Raging Combat
Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid Worsen Amid Sudan’s Raging Combat By Lisa Schein JUNE 10, 2023 - GENEVA — Whether Sudan’s warring parties stick to the latest U.S.-Saudi Arabian-brokered cease-fire agreement remains an open question. What is not in doubt is that Saturday’s 24-hour truce has capped another murderous week of intense fighting in . Learn More
India – Struggle to Eradicate an Old Scourge: Witch Hunting
India - Struggle to Eradicate an Old Scourge: Witch Hunting Once driven largely by superstition, the brutal practice is now often simply a tool to oppress women, in many cases violently. By Suhasini Raj - Reporting from Tiruldih and Raidih in the state of Jharkhand in India May 13, 2023 - They ushered the young woman into their home and . Learn More
World Elder Abuse Day – June 15 – Addressing Gender-Based Violence in Older Age
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day - 15 June Addressing Gender-Based Violence in Older Age Policy, Law and Evidence-based Responses In the context of last year’s commemoration of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD), the World Health Organization in partnership with Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), Office of the United . Learn More
Peasant Woman Who Feeds the World: Poem + Civil Society Report on the Right to Food Guidelines
WUNRN Direct Link to Full Civil Society Report on the Right to Food Guidelines, INCLUDING POEM (below): http://www.csm4cfs.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/EN-CSM-LR-2018-compressed.pdf . Learn More
Coded Bias Film – Gender – People Imbed Their Own Biases Into Technology
CODED BIAS - FILM “People imbed their own personal biases into technology.” A film by Shalini Kantayya Film Trailer Segment: CODED BIAS | Trailer | Women Make Movies - YouTube When MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini discovers that many facial recognition technologies misclassify women and darker-skinned faces, she is compelled to . Learn More
The Women Fighting Fire With Fire
The Frontline talks to women who work on wildfires by setting forests ablaze to reduce wildfire risk in a world shaped by climate change. Lenya Quinn-Davidson grew up with fire. She saw it rip through her backyard in Trinity County, a rural, forested area in northern California. She watched her mother cook meals to bring to firefighters . Learn More
Children Under Attack – Call for Action to Protect Children in War – UNICEF
Children Under Attack Children are coming under attack in conflicts across the world. We can’t accept this as a ‘new normal.’ Around the world, attacks on children continue unabated. The number of countries experiencing violent conflict is the highest it has been in the last 30 years. The result is that more than 30 million children have been . Learn More
Iran – Narges Mohammadi, Women’s & Human Rights Activist – Serving 10 Years in Prison +
IRAN - NARGES MOHAMMADI WOMEN’S RIGHTS ACTIVIST – YEARS IN PRISON – LOSS OF FAMILY, CAREER & FREEDOM By Farnaz Fassihi June 2, 2023 - When Narges Mohammadi was just a little girl, her mother told her to never become political. The price of fighting the system in a country like Iran would be too high. That warning has proved . Learn More
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