USA CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES BREAK RECORDS IN DAMAGE. LOSSES, EVACUATIONS Women firefighters including prisoners. Lifelong women’s treasures lost to ashes. California Wildfires Nearly Impossible to Contain Ensuring the immediate safety of the residents is the priority, experts say. By Julia Jacobo January 9, . Learn More
Tanzania – Ending Child Marriage – Report on Key Insights
Tanzania - Ending Child Marriage Network Launches Report on Key Insights The Tanzania Ending Child Marriage Network (TECMN), co-founded by FORWARD in 2011, has proudly launched its latest report, 'Sharing Our Insights, Journey and Learning'. In Tanzania, 36% of women were married off before the age of 18. The report outlines TECMN's vision and . Learn More
Why Is Funding for Humanitarian Aid Declining?Why Is Funding for Humanitarian Aid Declining?
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Gender Bias Busters for When People Assume You’re Not In Charge Because You’re a Woman
Gender Bias Busters for When People Assume You’re Not In Charge Because You’re a Woman By Amy Diehl & Leanne M. Dzubinski Summary. Role incredulity is a form of gender bias where women are mistakenly assumed to be in a support or stereotypically female role — an administrative assistant, nurse, wife, or girlfriend, for instance — . Learn More
Myanmar Women Fleeing War Find Solace in Soccer in Thailand
Myanmar Women Fleeing War Find Solace in Soccer in Thailand For dozens of women who fled Myanmar and settled in Thailand, soccer has become a refuge from both the troubles of daily life and conservative cultural norms. By Sui-Lee Wee - Reporting from Mae Sot, Thailand Sept. 23, 2024 - It was just a regular practice, but the players were . Learn More
Russia – Ban on Child-Free ‘Propaganda’ Impacts Human Rights
Russia - Ban on Child-Free ‘Propaganda’ Impacts Human Rights By Ed HoltReprint BRATISLAVA, Jan 6 2025 (IPS) - “A lot of people are very scared,” says Zalina Marshenkulova. “This is obviously another tool of repression. The state is waging war on the remnants of free-thinking people in Russia and trying to suppress all dissent and . Learn More
Lebanon – Many Migrant Women Workers Lef Behind as War Raged
Lebanon - Many Migrant Women Workers Lef Behind as War Raged Visuals by Diego Ibarra Sanchez - Text by Alissa J. Rubin Dec. 16, 2024 - In September, when hundreds of thousands of Lebanese fled Israeli bombing, some left behind the migrant women who cleaned their houses, washed their clothes and cooked their meals. Some workers say they . Learn More
Guatemala Women’s Message to Nobel Laureates for Peace, Justice, Rights
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Immigrants to America Historically Arrive on Ellis Island & NYC
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Gaza – Women-Led Agribusinesses – A Cornerstone of Community Food Resilience
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Canada -Reports on Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls
In Canada, statistics show that Indigenous women and girls are much more likely to experience violence than non-Indigenous women. According to Statistics Canada, between 2001 and 2015, homicide rates for Indigenous women were nearly six times higher than for non-Indigenous women. A risk of such magnitude requires us all to take responsibility, to . Learn More
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Rohingya Muslim Refugees Trapped in New Ethnic Violence
Rohingya Muslim Refugees Trapped in New Ethnic Violence Brutally persecuted for years by the military in Myanmar, the Rohingya ethnic minority has now become the target of one of the junta’s most formidable rivals in the country’s civil war. By Hannah Beech & Photographs by Adam Ferguson Dec. 28, 2024 - When the bombs started falling, . Learn More
Kalingrad – Russia-Controlled “Island” in Lithuania – Moscow & Europe Tensions
Kalingrad - Russia-Controlled "Island" in Lithuania - Moscow & Europe Tensions Residents of Kaliningrad have been urged not to panic buy after tensions ramped up this week. Benjamin Furst/Hans Lucas/Reuters CNN — Tensions are mounting around the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, an isolated but strategically significant territory on the . Learn More
Contentious COP29 Deal Shows Fraying Climate Cooperation
Contentious COP29 Deal Shows Fraying Climate Cooperation Witnessing Anger, Fear at COP29 Finance Deal By Bhasker Tripathi What’s the context? November 25. 2024 - As Global South nations lament the new climate finance goal, our climate correspondent's notes show the writing was on the wall A new climate finance deal to fight global . Learn More
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