By Traci Pedersen 18 September 2018 - Latino and Asian adolescents who face racial or ethnic discrimination are more likely to experience depression, poor self-esteem, lower academic achievement, substance use and risky sexual behavior, according to a new meta-analysis published in the journal American Psychologist. . Learn More
Kosovo – After Two Decades, Women War Rape Victims Get Recognition & War Pensions
The art installation Thinking Of You, by the Kosovan-born, London-based artist Alketa Mrripa-Xhafa, in Pristina, Kosova - 2015. Photograph: Hazir Reka/Reuters 4 August 2018 - When the war in Kosovo began, Feride Rushiti was studying medicine at the University of Tirana in Albania. After she qualified, she volunteered to treat civilian victims of . Learn More
Indonesia – The Female Face, Reality, of the Compounded Natural Disasters in Indonesia
A woman cries as people look at the damages after an earthquake and a tsunami hit Palu. Picture: AFPSource:AFP At least 800 people are dead with the toll expected to climb further from a devastating earthquake and tsunami which hit Indonesia. Indonesia is prone to earthquakes because of its location on the “Ring of Fire,” an arc of volcanoes . Learn More
Older Women Speak Out Against Elder Abuse
Direct Link to Full 16-Page 2018 Report: https://www.ageinternational.org.uk/globalassets/documents/entitled-to-the-same-rights-eng-lowres.pdf Women from 19 countries have shared their personal experiences of elder abuse - in order to break the taboo. All over the world women are being beaten, raped, attacked, humiliated, bullied, neglected, . Learn More
Kenya – Girls Pressured for Sex in Exchange for Sanitary Products
Periods are shrouded by stigma and systemic misinformation in Kenya ( Unicef Kenya - Gangale ) Girls in Kenya are forced to have in sex in exchange for sanitary products due to the prevalence of period poverty and the shame, stigma and public health misinformation which surrounds menstruation. New exclusive research by Unicef found 65 per cent of . Learn More
India – Suicide by Women Is a Major Public Health Concern
Relatives mourn before the funeral for family members who reportedly died by suicide at their home in Burari, India, this summer. Photo by Sanchit Khanna/Hindustan Times/Getty Images By Kamala Thiagarajan – September 25, 2018 In June, M., a 28-year-old woman jumped from the second floor of her home in Madurai, India — 20 feet above a rocky, . Learn More
China – Desperate & Hard Lives of Elderly Rural Widows of China
My heart broke when I learned of the incredibly hard lives of the elderly widows in China’s remote villages. They have nothing, and no one gives them anything. Their husbands often died leaving a mountain of medical bills behind. For some of them, their husbands committed suicide when they learned they had a terminal illness, as they knew that they . Learn More
State of Civil Society Report 2018
Direct Link to Full 20-Page 2018 CIVICUS Report Overview: https://www.civicus.org/documents/reports-and-publications/SOCS/2018/socs-2018-overview_top-ten-trends.pdf . Learn More
Gender Equality at the United Nations General Assembly
Students carry the flags of United Nations Member States during the annual Peace Bell Ceremony held in observance of the International Day of Peace (21 September), ahead of the 70th session of the General Assembly Photo: UN Photo/Amanda Voisard September 19, 2018 - The largest yearly meeting of world leaders! What better time than this to . Learn More
First Latin America Woman Head of the UN General Assembly Calls for Multilateralism
As the UN General Assembly's new President, Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces will lead this week's annual general debate. Ecuador's former foreign minister told DW the world’s problems can't be solved by countries acting alone. DW: Ms Espinosa Garces, what are the aims of your presidency? Espinosa Garces: The . Learn More
UN SCATHING REPORT ON MYANMAR PERSECUTION OF ROHINGYA + Haunting Look at the Rohingya Who Escaped Ethnic Cleansing – Women & Girls
MYANMAR – UN SERIOUS REPORT ON INDEPENDENT FACT-FINDING MISSION TO MYANMAR IS ATTACHED. . Learn More
Sudan – TV Program Debate on Women’s Rights Sparks Outrage & Threats
Yosra Sabir - 7Dnews Abu Dhabi 23 September 2018 - A TV programme debating women’s rights sparked outrage between affiliates with Islamist groups and women rights activists in Sudan. Death and rape threats against the programme host and one of the female guests appeared in videos and posts in social media and were made by some of the groups in . Learn More
India – Launch of Sex Offenders Database Registry, Amidst Increase in Rapes, Sexual Violence Crimes
By Manveena Suri, CNN – September 21, 2018 Increase in Crimes According to the National Crime Records Bureau, there were 39,000 rapes in India in 2016, a rate of roughly one rape every 13.5 minutes. The total marked a 12% spike over the previous year. The push to establish the registry follows mass protests in support of tougher measures to . Learn More
Canada Hosts First Ever Meeting of Female Foreign Ministers
llustration by Melissa McFeeters for Foreign Policy This weekend presents an opportunity to hone, define, and refine the idea of a feminist foreign policy and articulate feminist foreign-policy goals that governments everywhere can strive toward. BY LYRIC THOMPSON* & CHRISTINA ASQUITH* SEPTEMBER 20, 2018 - On . Learn More
Love Sonia – India Trafficking Film – Victims of the Sex Trade
Love Sonia – India Trafficking Film Trailer Segment – English Subtitles: https://latestmovietrailerz.com/love-sonia-movie-trailer/ Inspired by true events, this is the story of a young Indian village girl, Sonia. Her life changes irrevocably when she is entrapped in the global sex trade while trying to save her beloved sister Preeti. Struggling . Learn More
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