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
Commemorative Art for Women Human Rights Defenders Memorial
AWID is very excited to be working on this year’s Tribute with Vienna Rye, a visual artist and political organizer from New York City, USA. Vienna uses her art “as a catalyst to decolonize imagination, confront settler colonialism, racism, capitalism, and patriarchy.“ She will be creating unique and colorful commemorative pieces of art for . Learn More
First Orthodox Hasidic Jewish Women’s Ambulance Corps in New York City
SCROLL DOWN WEBSITE TO SEE CLICK TO FILM SEGMENT https://www.93queen.com/ Set in the Hasidic Orthodox Jewish enclave of Borough Park, Brooklyn, 93QUEEN follows a group of tenacious Hasidic women who are smashing the patriarchy in their community by creating the first all-female volunteer ambulance corps in New York City. With unprecedented and . Learn More
UK Law Applies to Islamic Marriage, Judge Rules in Divorce Case
A couple in traditional Muslim wedding attire. Akhter and Khan had a nikah ceremony in London in 1998. Photograph: David Williams/Getty Images Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent – 1 August 2018 A high court judge has decided that a couple’s Islamic marriage falls within the scope of English matrimonial law, in a ruling that could have . Learn More
Syria-Idlib – Families Flee or Prepare for the Imminent Massive Military Attacks – Trauma for Women & Children
Layla cries as she comes to terms with her displacement. By Ben Wedeman, Tamara Qiblawi, Waffa Munayyer, and Kareem Khadder – September 15, 2018 Mouhardeh, Syria (CNN)As a large-scale military campaign in Syria's last rebel stronghold looms, Syrians on both sides of the divide are bracing for a bloody battle. In the rebel-held province . Learn More
ISRAEL & PALESTINE – WOMEN MARCH TOGETHER FOR PEACE
Thousands of Israeli and Palestinian women gathered near The Dead Sea and marched to demand that their leaders work towards a peace agreement. By Oren Liebermann, CNN – October 9, 2017 Jerusalem (CNN) Under a white tent on the shores of the Dead Sea, Huda Abuarquob's frustration melted away. Dancing arm-in-arm with thousands of Israeli and . Learn More
Shadow of Persistent Inequality Is Growing – UN Human Development Report – Women’s Empowerment a Continuing Challenge
FAO/Andrew Esiebo - A woman tends to her herd of goats in Niger, a country in Sub-Saharan Africa that recorded the lowest Human Development Index (HDI) value in 2017. As a region, Sub-Saharan Africa fared poorly on development indicators, including health, education and income. 14 September 2018 - While health, education, and income levels have . Learn More
Photos of “The Beautiful Awkwardness of Girlhood” – Rania Matar
Text by Alexxa Gotthardt - September 6, 2018 Rania Matar’s youngest daughter, Maya, was 12 years old when she noticed the first signs of the girl’s inevitable transformation from child to woman. “She was a late bloomer, and it was that point when her body had just started changing—and her whole attitude was changing with it,” Matar told me over . Learn More
Women’s Call for Climate Justice & Immediate Action
Direct Link to Full 7-Page Publication: https://wecaninternational.org/uploads/cke_documents/CALL-TO-ACTION-FINAL-PRINT-WORD-DOCUMENT.pdf WOMEN’S CALL FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE & IMMEDIATE ACTION A Message from Women for Climate Justice to the Global Climate Action Summit Steering Committee, Government Representatives & . Learn More
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