Credit: Tom Weller/HelpAge International The eighth session of the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing will focus on "equality and non-discrimination" and "neglect, violence and abuse," two of the three cluster issues proposed as focus areas during discussions on the way forward at the seventh session. Please submit your responses – in English . Learn More
Six Muslim Women Prove Art Is More Powerful Than Hate
SIX MUSLIM WOMEN PROVING ART IS MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE “Art is needed more than war.” During this tumultuous time, it seems more pressing than ever to hear nuanced views of the world and foreign policy—and who better to present that than a woman? Here are six Muslim women artists and activists exploring women’s experiences in the six . Learn More
UK – Gender Pay Gap Must Be Declared by UK Companies with New Legal Requirement
April 7, 2017 - According to BBC News, companies with 250 or more employees will have to publish their gender pay gaps within the next year under a new legal requirement. The UK gender pay gap is 18.1% for all workers, or 9.4% for full-time staff. . Learn More
Palestine – Documentary Women’s Film – STITCHING PALESTINE
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/04/palestine-embroidery-documentary-lebanon-refugee-camp.html By Florence Massena – April 10, 2017 In “Stitching Palestine,” 12 high-profile Palestinian women living in Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine tell the stories of their exile and their current lives, with the stitching of a piece of . Learn More
Indigenous Women’s Empowerment – CSW 61
By Hadley DesMeules – April 14, 2017 On March 13-24, 2017, the 61st Commission on the Status of Women (CSW61) convened at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City to discuss three major issues: women’s economic empowerment in the changing world of work, challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals . Learn More
State of Crisis: Meeting Sexual & Reproductive Health Needs of Women in Humanitarian Situations
Fatatima* plays with her son, Mouath* in their makeshift home in the Ketermaya refugee camp, outside Beirut, Lebanon.Over 50 Syrian families have found safety and temporary shelter for last year and half in the refugee camp. (The families requested not to use their names because of security concerns) // Photo © Dominic Chavez/World Bank . Learn More
Sierra Leone – Visibly Pregnant Girls Are Banned from Mainstream Schools, But Separate Schools for Pregnant Students Raise Questions
A government programme for separate schools for pregnant students introduced two years ago in Sierra Leone is facing critical scrutiny. Pregnant students were not allowed to sit in the same class in the West African country as their peers because they are seen as a bad influence. In April 2015, schools in Sierra Leone reopened after a . Learn More
Child Suicide Bombers – GIRLS – Lake Chad Region – UNICEF Report
Since January 2014, 117 children, over 80 % of them girls, were used in suicide attacks in Nigeria, Niger, Chad & Cameroon. Direct Link to Full 13-Page 2017 UNICEF Report: SILENT SHAME – BRINGING OUT VOICES OF CHILDREN CAUGHT IN THE LAKE CHAD . Learn More
BURUNDI – UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ALARMED OVER BURUNDI MILITIA “RAPE SONG/VIDEO”
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BERLIN — April 18, 2017 - The U.N.'s top human rights official said Tuesday he is alarmed by what appears to be a "widespread pattern" of rallies in Burundi in which members of a pro-government youth militia chant a call to "impregnate" or kill opponents. An online video emerged this month of an incident in a rural . Learn More
Women’s NGOs Warn of UN’s Issues of Credibility in the Middle East
Photo: Ibtisam Majareesh, head of the refugee camp women’s committee and member of the camp refugee committee briefs UN Secretary-General António Guterres on cash-for-work opportunities available for Syrian refugee women at the UN Women-run centre in the Za’atari refugee camp. Photo: UN Women/ Benoît Almeras. By Jutta Wolf BERLIN (IDN) – . Learn More
Dignity: Journal on Sexual Exploitation & Violence – Volume 2, Issue 1 2017
Dignity: A Journal on Sexual Exploitation and Violence is an open access, peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal dedicated to publishing original articles related to dignity, sexual exploitation, and violence. Current Issue: Volume 2, Issue 1 (2017) Editor-in-Chief - Donna M Hughes Editorials PDF Women, Migration, and Prostitution . Learn More
Tanzania – National Survey on Child Marriage
Students at a primary school in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Married girls are more likely to drop out and stay out of school. Photo Credit: Sarah Farhat / World Bank Child marriage can look different from one country to the next. Without context-specific data, it is difficult to design interventions that will effectively tackle the . Learn More
Climate Change Is A Feminist Issue
By Linnea Engstrom - MEP for Sweden’s Green Party and Vice-Chair of the EP Committee on Fisheries, IMAGE CREDIT: CC/Flickr – Annette Bernhardt 11 April 2017 - Climate change is the single most pressing global injustice facing present and future generations, and one of the greatest human rights challenges of our time. . Learn More
Somalia, South Sudan, Nigeria & Yemen – Drought & War Heighten Famine Threat – Women & Children
By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN - MARCH 27, 2017 BAIDOA, Somalia — First the trees dried up and cracked apart. Then the goats keeled over. Then the water in the village well began to disappear, turning cloudy, then red, then slime-green, but the villagers kept drinking it. That was all they had. . Learn More
Women’s March & Rally to Ban the Bomb – June 17 – March to Support a Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons
Saturday June 17th – New York City- Support the UN in Adopting a Treaty to Ban Nuclear Weapons Women Ban the Bomb is a women-led initiative building on the momentum of movements at the forefront of the resistance, including the Women’s March on Washington. . Learn More
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