Laws are not enough to bring MGF to an end, we also need a holistic approach to local attitudes and ingrained beliefs – Photo: UK Department for International Development (DFID) – CC By Kaitlin Drape – May 3, 2018 It is crucial to address the issues of rural women because they suffer the most from the key issues of gender inequality: abuse, . Learn More
Afghanistan – Women Journalists Defiant in the Face of Violence
3 May 2018 - KUNDUZ - Afghanistan – one of the most dangerous countries to work as a journalist – is in the spotlight this week after an attack in Kabul killed nine Afghan photographers and reporters just days before World Press Freedom Day. Outside of Kabul, the dangers of reporting the news, particularly as a woman, have never been so . Learn More
Canada – “Urgent Actions” Needed to Address Violence Against Indigenous Women & Girls – UN Special Rapporteur Violence Against Women
Dubravka Simonovic was appointed to her role as UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women in June 2015 by the UN Human Rights Council. (OSCE/Micky Kroell) The United Nations special rapporteur on violence against women had some strong words for Canada at the end of her 13-day visit, saying the country has “unfinished business that requires . Learn More
Argentina – Women Spinners “at the End of the World” Reclaim Traditional Wool Spinning & Dyeing
By Heather Brady - Photographs by Luján Agusti April 30, 2018 - At the southernmost tip of South America, a group of women are working together to keep alive their cultural tradition of spinning and weaving wool for clothing. These women call themselves hilanderas del fin de mundo, or “spinners at the end of the world,” and they spin, stain, and . Learn More
Every Child Alive: The Urgent Need to End Newborn Deaths
Every year, 2.6 million babies die before turning one month old. One million of them take their first and last breaths on the day they are born. However, millions of these young lives could be saved every year if every mother and every baby had access to affordable, quality health care, good nutrition and clean water. This report addresses the . Learn More
Global Indigenous Women Climate Defenders Speak Out Against US Border Militarization
Florence, AZ – April 24, 2018 – A delegation of Indigenous women climate defenders from Cameroon, Guatemala, Kenya, Nepal and Nicaragua spoke out from in front of Eloy detention center in Florence, Arizona to demand human rights for Indigenous Peoples and for others impacted by border militarization. The women, whose own lands and ways . Learn More
Egypt – Women Make Progress in Traditionally Male-Dominated Technology Field
Samira Negm, the CEO of Raye7, talks to attendees of the Egyptian Women in Technology conference, Cairo, Egypt, March 10, 2018. READ IN: العربية By Fatma Lotfi - April 4, 2018 CAIRO — Amid difficult economic circumstances and a job market where the participation of male workers is considerably higher than their female counterparts, Egyptian . Learn More
India – Dignity & Respect of India Women Are Personal, Family, Social & Cultural Issues That Must Be Addressed & Enforced
Tragic rape cases have shocked India. But the everyday suffering of 650 million Indian women and girls goes unnoticed Women protest against violence against women and children in Bangalore, April 2018. Photograph: Jagadeesh Nv/EPA By Deepa Narayan* - April 27, 2018 India is at war with its girls and women. The planned rape of eight-year-old . Learn More
Closing the Gender Gap in Politics
By Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Under Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women This op-ed was originally published in the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2018 Report April 16, 2018 - Equality between women and men, and opportunities for women’s voices and leadership at all levels of decision-making have been globally . Learn More
Turkey – Women Demand Safer, Cleaner Spaces in Mosques
Women attend Friday prayers during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in the courtyard of Sultanahmet Mosque, also known as the Blue Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey. REUTERS/Murad Sezer By Pinar Tremblay - April 26, 2018 In October 2017, a group of Muslim women launched a campaign on social media called Women in Mosques with the hashtag . Learn More
China – Tech Companies Pledge to Delete Gender Discriminatory Job Ads, Following HRW Report
https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/04/26/chinese-tech-companies-delete-gender-discriminatory-job-ads By Sophie Richardson – HRW China Director April 26, 2018 - The response to the release this week of a major Human Rights Watch report on gender discrimination and sexual objectification in Chinese advertising has been surprisingly quick. Alibaba, . Learn More
India – Death Penalty for Child Rape Unlikely to Deter Traffickers
April 12, 2018. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton A series of child rape cases has sparked outrage in India but an increase in the sex trafficking of children has failed to ignite a similar national outcry By Roli Srivastava MUMBAI, April 24, 2018 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - People selling children into India's sex trade are unlikely to be . Learn More
South Africa – Women in the Mining Industry
Photo Credit: Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images) By Andrew Green - 2017 It has been 15 years since South Africa introduced its first proposed quotas to encourage the mining industry to hire women. The quotas, which were included in the country’s draft mining charter, were a marked change in a country that once prevented women from even entering . Learn More
Nepal – Woman to Woman Success – Village Women Emerging from Poverty to Better Skills & Pay, Social Progress & Status
Photo of Nepal Village Women Agriculture Training I am Prativa Subedi, - prativasub@gmail.com founding President of Women Awareness Centre Nepal. Women Awareness Center Nepal (WACN) is a social and economic justice non-profit organization entirely run by women which promotes social and economic empowerment, development opportunities and equality . Learn More
Syrian Women in a Turkish Border Town Empower Each Other with Language & Vocational Skills
A vocational training center is helping Syrian refugees build new lives in the peaceful Turkish border town of Kilis, but more funding is needed to keep it going. Women smile at the Kareemat community center in Kilis, Turkey, in this picture posted on Facebook. By Tara Kangarlou - April 12, 2018 KILIS, Turkey — On March 24, the Turkish army . Learn More
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