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UK – Thousands Enslaved in Forced Marriages Across UK, Investigation Finds

Activists march in London to protest against modern slavery. Photograph: Mathew Chattle/Barcroft Images More than 3,500 reports of forced marriage were made to police over a three-year period, a Guardian investigation has found, as charities warned that there were thousands more victims living in conditions of modern slavery in homes across the . Learn More

Afghanistan – #MeToo at Home & Family Gatherings

Written by: Marjan Asadullah – April 2, 2018 The conversation about harassment, sexual assault, and rape in the workplace, on the streets, or even on college campuses has dominated headlines. It seems like every corner you turn, there is someone coming forward with a story or someone going on a hiatus from being accused of wrongdoings. The . Learn More

USA State of Illinois Ratifies the Equal Rights Amendment 36 Years After the Congressional Deadline

ELIJAH NOUVELAGE VIA GETTY IMAGES Illinois is the 37th state to approve the ERA. Ratification by just one more state, and the deadline removed could get it added to the USConstitution. By Dominique Mosbergen . More than 45 years after it was approved by Congress, Illinois has become the 37th state to ratify the Equal Rights . Learn More

Peru – Aymara Indigenous Women – A Matriarchal Culture

By Carolina Holado Balta - Spanish version I was raised in a middle-class family originally from Chimbote, Peru. In 1998, my family moved to Cusco, Peru as a result of the “Fujishock,” the 1990 economic adjustment announced by then-president Alberto Fijimori to quell the country’s unrest. The massive privatization of northern Peru had resulted in . Learn More

South Sudan Mothers, Displaced by War & Conflict, Are Building Homes in Refugee Camps that Give Them a New Sense of Security & Empowerment

Sharon Kide, a South Sudanese woman, sits with her children inside her home in Pagirinya, a refugee camp in Northern Uganda. South Sudanese mothers, amidst their own trauma, are creating homes for a generation of children growing up in camps for displaced communities. By Denise Hruby - Photographs by Hannah Reyes Morales May 11, 2018 - When the . Learn More

Climate Change ‘Impacts Women More Than Men’

Over 70% of those displaced by flooding in Pakistan in 2010 were women and children – Getty Photo By Mary Halton BBC - 8 March 2018 Women are more likely than men to be affected by climate change, studies show. UN figures indicate that 80% of people displaced by climate change are women. Roles as primary caregivers and providers of food and . Learn More

Climate Change “Impacts Women More Than Men”- Empowering Women on the Front Lines of Climate Displacement

Photo Credit: Woman and child in the Jowle camp for the displaced camp in Garowe, Somalia,, Courtesy of EU Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations, Photo by Agata Grzybowska. April 3, 2018 By Saiyara Khan “It is often expected that women care more, and therefore women are going to volunteer, and be the saviors” in times of crisis, . Learn More

A Remembrance of My Almost Daughter

The author’s sons dressed as superheroes on a rainy afternoon. (Theresa Vargas/The Washington Post) By Theresa Vargas – May 11, 2018 I am the mother of boys. High-energy, bug-loving, cross-stream-peeing-for-the-fun-of-it boys. But I also had a daughter. . Learn More

SDGs&Her Online Competition for Women Entrepreneurs

SDGs&Her is an online competition for women entrepreneurs to showcase how they are supporting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through their business operations. In 2015, all 193 United Nations member countries signed on to 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to "create the future we want in 2030." SDGs&Her is an online . Learn More

UKRAINE – WIVES & MOTHERS SEARCH FOR THE MISSING SOLDIERS IN THE DONBASS AREA

Wives and mothers are fighting for the return of soldiers who went missing in the conflict between the Ukrainian military and separatists in the Donbass. February 16, 2018 - The clouds rippled low across the winter sky as Lubov Konopatska led a procession of mourners to the coffin of her son Serhiy. An old lady with a shaky gait, she wore a . Learn More

Revitalizing Justice – A Cross-Cultural Conversation with Two Young Women Activists

By Virginie Ladisch, ICTJ's Senior Expert on Youth & Children May 4, 2018 - The week before ICTJ launched its Briefing Paper on Engaging Youth in Transitional Justice, I traveled to Tunisia, where protest movements sparked a hunger for transformative justice during the Arab Spring in response to Ben Ali’s regime, but where inequality, . Learn More

Mexico – A Healing Space for Women Human Rights Defenders – Self-Care & Collective Care

In Mexico, 91% of women human rights defenders endure stress on an everyday basis. By: Ana María Hernández Cárdenas & Nallely Guadalupe Tello Méndez - English | Español May 10, 2018 - After several years of reflecting on self-care and collective care, in August 2016 the Mesoamerican Initiative of Women Defenders (IM-Defensoras) . Learn More

Germany – Woman Imam Who Fights for Gender Equality, Needs Security Protection

Berlin-based Imam Seyran Ateş, 55, has had to get used to the hate mail and the death threats. May 15, 2018 - By Terry Firma She hardly cut a popular figure among Germany’s Muslim population before 2017; as a lawyer, she used to represent victims of domestic abuse and other violence perpetrated by her clients’ conservative-Muslim husbands and . Learn More

Israel – “Jerusalem Day” – Clashes over New US Embassy – Women Hope for Peace

Tens of thousands of Israelis expected to take part in marches marking the illegal annexation of East Jerusalem An Israeli police officer argues with a Palestinian woman outside Jerusalem's Old City's Damascus Gate (Reuters) Sunday 13 May 2018 - Clashes broke out in Jerusalem on Sunday as Israelis marched through the Old City on Jerusalem Day, . Learn More

The Netherlands – Women’s Suffrage – Right to Vote

6 April 2017 - In 1917, exactly a century ago, women in the Netherlands were granted the passive right to vote. This meant women were able to be elected in politics, but were not allowed to vote themselves. It was only in 1919 that women were given the active right to vote, which allowed them to participate in electing a . Learn More