Dr. V. Mohini Giri Passes Away - India & Global Women's Leader Former chair of the National Commission for Women and Padma Bhushan awardee Dr. V Mohini Giri passed away on Tuesday after a period of brief illness. 20 December 2023 - The iconic women’s rights activist founded the Guild of Service in 1979, which was dedicated to empowering . Learn More
Gender Equality & Women’s Empowerment in Disaster Recovery
Gender Equality & Women's Empowerment in Disaster Recovery This guide is structured around three key areas: 1.Identifying and Prioritizing Gender-Specific Recovery Needs 2. Protecting Women and Men from Physical and Psychosocial Harm 3. Planning for Gender-Responsive Recovery in the Disaster Recovery Framework and Empowering Women for . Learn More
Beyond Our Differences – Film on Spirituality, Compassion, Peace – Gender
Beyond Our Differences - Film on Spirituality, Compassion, Peace - Gender Film Segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvvfa9bppNI Beyond Our Differences – Film on Spirituality, Compassion, Peace With all of the problems facing the world today including war, poverty, weapons, environmental degradation, starvation, overpopulation and . Learn More
EU Awards the Sakharov Prize to Mahsa Amini as Iran Blocks Her Family
EU AWARDS THE SAKHAROV PRIZE TO MAHSA AMINI AS IRAN BLOCKS HER FAMILY Strasbourg (France) (AFP) – The European Parliament on Tuesday presented a top EU rights prize to Mahsa Amini, whose death in Iranian custody sparked mass protests, but her family was blocked by Tehran from attending. December 12, 2023 - The award -- also for the broader . Learn More
Building Resilient Cities with Informal Workers
Building Resilient Cities with the Resilience of Informal Workers, Women By Sonia Dias - Waste specialist for the Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO) The transition to a predominantly urban world With most of the world’s workers informally employed and with cities having to grapple with the impacts of the . Learn More
Feminism in Pictures: -Illustrated Stories Around the World
Feminism in Pictures: Illustrated Stories of Women’s Rights Around the World Three female artists, from Kenya, Brazil and Turkey, describe how their creative vision helped them draw attention to the fight for equality The woman calls him out angrily, and hopes other passengers will come to her defence, but she is met with disapproving looks . Learn More
Ukraine Girl – Poem
LEST WE FORGET OUR UKRAINE GIRLS & WOMEN, AS THE WAR IN UKRAINE CONTINUES WUNRN . Learn More
Asia Pacific Feminists Call for More COP28 Realities, Inclusions
At Half-Way Mark of COP28: 'Grassroots Women's Realities Are Barely Reflected in COP28 Negotiations', Say Feminists, Activists from Asia Pacific "We are barely there. Women and women's realities are barely reflected in COP28 spaces and negotiations," Azra Talat Sayeed of Roots for Equity, an organisation working with farmers and vulnerable . Learn More
Indigenous Voices & Food Systems Presence at COP28
Indigenous Voices & Food Systems Presence at COP28 Nov 22, 2023 (IPS) - In a groundbreaking development, indigenous farmer communities are poised to bring the spotlight onto food systems at the upcoming UN Climate Conference (COP28) in Dubai. Recent research revealing that food systems contribute to roughly one-third of global greenhouse . Learn More
South Korea – Court Rules on Compensation for Comfort Women
South Korea - Court Rules in Favor of ‘Comfort Women’ Sex Slaves from World War II Ordered Compensation from Japan By Noël James, Guest Contributor Last week, a South Korean appellate court ordered Japan to compensate the remaining Korean ‘comfort women’ who were forced to work in military brothels during World War II. These women, who had . Learn More
Ending Discrimination Against Women in Family Law Is Vital
ENDING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN IN FAMILY LAW IS VITAL FOR ECONOMIC PROGRESS By Hyshyama Hamin April 3, 2023 - Discriminatory family laws and policies that restrict women’s access to educational opportunities, employment, inheritance, property ownership and equal pay are making women disproportionately vulnerable to the impacts of the . Learn More
Women’s Leadership at the COP 28 Clima te Conference
Women’s Leadership at the COP 28 Climate Conference 22 November 2023 - At this year’s UN Climate Change Conference, COP 28, UN Women will ensure that women and girls’ rights, abilities, and needs are taken into account in climate debates and incorporated into government policies. Women and girls have been at the forefront of climate activism . Learn More
Advancing Gender-Responsive Climate Action: Progress & Challenges
Advancing Gender-Responsive Climate Action: Progress & Challenges UN Climate Change News, 20 November 2023 – A recent policy brief from UN Climate Change underscores the increased integration of gender considerations in climate change adaptation plans across the globe. It reveals not only growing acknowledgment of the unique vulnerabilities . Learn More
Afghanistan – Afghan Women & Girls Face Grim Future After Expulsion From Pakistan
Afghanistan - Afghan Women & Girls Face Grim Future After Expulsion From Pakistan By Khujasta Kabiri - Fayeza Ibrahimi Since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, thousands of Afghan families have fled to neighboring Pakistan. Some escaped their homeland so that their daughters could continue their education, following the . Learn More
India – Thousands of Couples Marry in Mass Wedding
From Meera Khanna of Guild of Service, India On 18th November, 21 couples got married at the ostentation-free dowry-free cost efficient environmental-friendly wedding ceremony organised by the Guild of Service and supported by the Lions Club New Delhi. This is a bi-annual event spearheaded by the Guild for the last fifty years in an endeavor to . Learn More
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