UNFPA is providing dignity kits, which contain hygiene and safety supplies, as well as deploying midwives and establishing safe spaces. © UNFPA Bangladesh . Learn More
El Salvador – Lawmakers Abolish Law That Allowed Men to Marry Underage Girls They Had Made Pregnant, & Avoid Criminal Prosecution
Girls watch a procession during the "Fiesta de las Palancas" celebration to ask for blessings and abundance during the new year in Panchimalco, El Salvador, January 5, 2017. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas TPX SAN SALVADOR, Aug 17, 2017 (Reuters) - El Salvador lawmakers on Thursday unanimously voted to abolish a controversial, 23-year-old law that allowed . Learn More
ater & Women – “Dear Water” Poem & Video by Kenya Schoolgirls + Pending Global Water Crisis
It can be easy to take clean water for granted. But for millions of children around the world, not having easy access to clean water robs them of time, energy, health, and opportunity. It means so much to these schoolgirls in Kenya that they wrote a poem — “Dear Water” — to share how life-changing it is: . Learn More
Afghanistan – First Female Street Artist Risks Her Life to Empower Women
July 27, 2017 - Afghanistan-based feminist graffiti artist risks her life to show her perspective of hope for the world she lives in. Her name is Shamsia Hassani, and she is the first female 3-D street artist and female graffiti artist in Afghanistan. Her art is meant to bring about positive change . Learn More
Empowering Women Can Be Key to Development
Women’s economic empowerment has the potential to foster and accelerate substantial gains in human development and in the economy — at both the local and global level In conjunction with formal work, women perform up to 3 times more unpaid work than men 8-16-2017 - By Joanna Nappi – Currently, 836 million people are living in extreme poverty, . Learn More
4 Myths about Refugee & Migrant Women & Girls on the Move to Europe
Migration to Europe 8 March 6, 2017 - On a global scale, women and girls make up half of the world’s refugees and half of global migrants, but when it comes to those travelling to Europe, the story is quite different, Megan Passey writes on the Mixed Migration . Learn More
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India – Hyderabad Madrassa Empowers Girls with Training on Fatwa to Become Muftias
MOHAMMED WAJIHUDDIN - JANUARY 09, 2017 Over a dozen students, all clad in burqas, are in a small classroom. Their teacher, dressed identically, keeps a close watch. Everyone is on the floor while books on Hadith (traditions of the Prophet), commentaries on the Quran and tomes on fatwas line the walls. This is the Madrassa Jamiatul Mominath in . Learn More
Latin America – Indigenous Women Defending the Environment
Indigenous Women at the UN - UNDESA-DSPD/Jimmy Kruglinski Spanish – By Carolina Herrera – August 9, 2017 We celebrate the successes of indigenous peoples in Latin America in protecting their lands and communities. . Learn More
Peril of Pesticides for Women’s Health, Food Security – Report of UN Special Rapporteur on Food + Pan Ap Submission on Pesticides
The use of pesticides has had detrimental effects not only on the environment but also on human health, both from direct and indirect exposure. What are the successful and unsuccessful measures taken by Governments and businesses to prohibit, ban, restrict and phase out pesticides that are harmful to human health? . Learn More
Gender Equality & Development for LGBTI People
LGBTI pride parade in Guayaquil (Ecuador), June 2013 – Photo: Silvia Buendía 29/08/2017 - By Saionara König-Reis When the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were agreed upon in 2015, many vulnerable groups were left out of the text. . Learn More
Chile – With Court’s OK, Chile Relaxes One of the World’s Strictest Abortion Bans
Activists celebrate outside the Constitutional Court in Santiago, Chile, on Monday. The court approved a measure to ease the country's strict abortion ban by decriminalizing the procedure in certain cases. Claudio Reyes/AFP/Getty Images By Colin Dwyer - August 21, 2017 A Chilean court dealt abortion rights activists a landmark victory . Learn More
India – Supreme Court Bans Islamic Instant Divorce in Huge Victory for Women’s Rights
Activists hold placards during a protest against ‘triple talaq’ in New Delhi. Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP Controversial practice of ‘triple talaq’, which allows men to dissolve marriages instantly, was declared unconstitutional. By Michael Safi in New Delhi 22 August 2017 - An Islamic practice permitting men to instantly divorce their . Learn More
Afghanistan – Booklet for Afghan Women Facing Violence: You Are Not Alone
You Are not Alone, a Booklet for Afghan Women Facing Violence – July 31, 2017 We are beyond excited to share Free Women Writers’ latest book with all of you! A guide for women facing gender-based violence, You Are not Alone derives from years of research, speaking with survivors of violence and our experiences as women and . Learn More
UN Secretary-General Asks All Nations to Sign New Pact Protecting Women – UN Security Forces & National Military Units +
A member of the all-female Bangladeshi police unit, preparing to leave the UN mission in Haiti as it closes. A new UN compact with countries connected to a peacekeeping mission is being circulated for signature to help prevent sex abuse and exploitation. LOGAN ABASSI/MINUSTAH By Barbara Crossette • August 21, 2017 . Learn More
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