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North Korea Agrees to a Visit from a UN Human Rights Expert for the First Time

UN Special Rapporteur Catalina Devandas-Aguilar "My upcoming visit to North Korea represents a key opportunity to learn firsthand about national realities, laws, policies and programs concerning people with disabilities, as well as the challenges and opportunities the government faces in implementing the Convention," said rights expert Catalina . Learn More

Spain – The Jihadist Mobilisation of Women in Spain, 2014-2016

By Carola García-Calvo for Elcano Royal Institute of International and Strategic Studies – 26 April 2017 This article gives Carola García-Calvo’s intimate portrait of the jihadist mobilization of women in Spain. Based on her analysis, females who heed the radicals’ call exhibit a number of common traits – i.e., They’re typically young and . Learn More

Saudi Arabia – Domestic Violence Cases Up in 2016 – Report

By LULWA SHALHOUB | 26 April 2017 JEDDAH: Lack of firmness in dealing with domestic violence and child abuse cases caused reported incidents to rise by 18 percent and 19 percent respectively in 2016, a senior member of the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) told Arab News. A new NSHR report that reviewed cases from 2016 says it received . Learn More

Arab MENA Women in the Legislative Process – Analysis

Arab MENA Women in the Legislative Process Women continue to face challenges in accessing the higher echelons of political power, but also in playing a more substantive role in the policymaking process. . Learn More

Online Gender-Based Violence – UN Experts Call for Sensitive, Timely & Cooperative Response

Photo: ITU 8 March 2017 – Urgent attention, creativity and cooperation are needed to address online gender-based abuse, but authorities should be careful to avoid curtailing freedom of expression in doing so, two United Nations human rights experts said today. “Online gender-based abuse and violence are undeniably a scourge, and governments . Learn More

Trafficking – Latest Technology Helps Sex Traffickers Recruit & Sell Victims – FBI

In this archive photo a former Romanian sex slave hides her face behind a poster in Bucharest. REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel "They cast a much wider net, and there are perhaps an unlimited number of potential victims out there." . Learn More

Gender & Climate Finance

As the Earth’s average surface temperatures rises, so do the associated costs. Because marginalized communities and groups (e.g., women, immigrants, the elderly, the disabled) are more exposed to climatic risk, the costs of climate change are more difficult for them. Women in particular are structurally vulnerable, and climate change can worsen . Learn More

ICT’s for Feminist Movement Building – Activist Toolkit

We want movements that are effective, resilient, visible and safe. Building feminist communication strategies using ICTs helps us achieve this. ICTs impact us all, so we need to understand them, influence how they are developed, empower ourselves to use them and harness them to make a difference. . Learn More

Dalit Women – End Caste Discrimination – Video & Dalit Women Photos & Realities

Dalit Women & Girls – Sexually Abused, Lowest Caste Discrimination Story by CNN Staff – Photographs by Omar Khan, CNN July 25, 2016 - Haryana, India (CNN)In India's caste system, the Dalits are traditionally regarded as the lowest of the low. Seen as "unclean," they are considered untouchable by the higher castes. . Learn More

Commission on Population & Development – Failure to Reach Consensus on Resolution – ARROW Response

CPD50 – 50th SESSION OF THE UN COMMISSION ON POPULATION & DEVELOPMENT April 17, 2017 - The 50th Session of Commission on Population and Development (CPD) on the theme, “Changing Population Age Structures and Sustainable Development”, took place from 3-7 April, 2017 at UN Headquarters in New York. After weeks of strenuous negotiations, the . Learn More

Women’s Media Training Toolkit

If you need to know more about how to communicate your campaign to others, this Media Training Toolkit will help you. It introduces basic ‘need to know’ information about telling your stories to new audiences using photography and social media, and gives advice on engaging with mainstream media. . Learn More

Informal Workers & Collective Action: A Global Perspective

Informal Workers and Collective Action features nine cases of collective action to improve the status and working conditions of informal workers. Adrienne E. Eaton, Susan J. Schurman, and Martha A. Chen set the stage by defining informal work and describing the types of organizations that represent the interests of informal workers and the lessons . Learn More

Eleven Women Facing War – Photo Exhibiltion, Stories

An exhibition of powerful photographs and films by award-winning photographer and filmmaker Nick Danziger tells the stories of 11 women living in conflict zones during the first decade of the 21st century. . Learn More

Survivors of Sexual Abuse by Peacekeepers Say UN Neglected Them

Shocking new revelations about what happened to children sexually abused in the Central African Republic by peacekeepers were revealed in a Code Blue Campaign press conference April 12. Credit: SVT By Tharanga Yakupitiyage UNITED NATIONS, April 14, 2017 (IPS) - Several survivors who were sexually abused by peacekeeping forces in the Central . Learn More

Jordan – Female Trained Plumbers Create Work Opportunity in Male Dominated Field for Jordanian Women & Syrian Refugee Women

Khawla al-Sheikh, a plumber and a certified trainer, poses in the basement of her home, where she gives training courses in plumbing to other women, in Amman, Jordan, Feb. 23, 2017. (photo by REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed) Author: Mohammad Ersan - April 12, 2017 AMMAN, Jordan — A number of Jordanian and Syrian women are defying social norms . Learn More

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