United Nations Women and partners in Colombia organised a public concert in November and lit public buildings in orange calling for women’s right to live a life free of violence. However, despite the rise in women’s resistance, women’s rights continue to be sidelined and increasingly face blatant attacks, according to Amnesty International. . Learn More
Joint UN Statement for the 2018 International Day on Elimination of Violence Against Women
Statement by the Heads of UN agencies, UNDP, UNICEF, UN Women and UNFPA, calling for solidarity with survivors and survivor advocates and women’s human rights defenders who are working to prevent and end violence against women and girls. November 25, 2018 - To commemorate this year’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against . Learn More
Towards A Feminist Security Council for Feminist Peace
Can the Security Council Work for Women? WILPF Launches a “Towards a Feminist Security Council” Guidance Note to Accelerate Action on Women, Peace and Security For more than 100 years, WILPF has been at the forefront of https://www.peacewomen.org/why-WPS/solutions/integrated-approach based on equality, justice and demilitarised security for . Learn More
Violence Against Women: A Cause & Consequence of Inequality
By Selim Jahan, Director of the Human Development Report Office, UNDP 19 November 2018 - The lack of women’s empowerment is a critical form of inequality. And while there are many barriers to empowerment, violence against women and girls (VAW) is both a cause and a consequence of gender inequality. Estimates by the World Health Organization . Learn More
IFJ Global Survey Shows Massive Impact of Online Abuse on Women Journalists
Author: IFJ Almost two-thirds of women journalists have been subjected to online abuse according to a new survey published today. Ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls (25 November), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has published the preliminary results of its global survey on . Learn More
5 Issues That Keep Girls Out of the Work Force
Kavita (centre) was married at 17, but is able to stay with her parents until she finishes school. Credit: Allison Joyce/Girls Not Brides 10th Oct 2018 - 600 million girls will join the workforce by 2028. If girls are educated and empowered, they will find skilled work to support themselves and their families. But too often, girls are seen as an . Learn More
Senegal – Sexual Exploitation, Harassment & Abuse in Secondary Schools in Senegal
"It's Not Normal!" Sexual Exploitation, Harassment, and Abuse in Secondary Schools in Senegal In Senegal, girls face high levels of sexual and gender-based violence, including sexual exploitation, harassment and abuse, by teachers and other school officials. Unfortunately, these girls have few options for justice. Such cases are not often . Learn More
Older Women Spend Twice as Much Time on Unpaid Work as Do Older Men – Research in 31 Countries
A Nepalese woman waits to refill her cooking gas cylinders, in Kathmandu. The report’s authors are urging governments to refocus social protection policies to support older women. Photograph: Narendra Shrestha/EPA By Karen McVeigh November 16, 2018 - Older women spend twice as much time as older men on unpaid work, research has found. A . Learn More
Orphan Trafficking – Analysis: Modern Slavery Act in Australia
Image by Chris Devers BY KATHRYN (KATE) E. VAN DOORE AND REBECCA NHEP July 13, 2018 - Recent estimates suggest that there are over 40 million victims of modern slavery in the world today. Modern Slavery is an umbrella term encompassing the offences of human trafficking, slavery, debt bondage, forced labour and other slavery-like practices. . Learn More
The Anti-Semitism that Led to the “Night of Broken Glass” in Germany, Has Not Gone Away
Parts of the Holocaust memorial project “Stolpersteine” (stumbling blocks) in Berlin. By Jill Petzinger in Berlin - November 9, 2018 Eighty years ago November 9, the Nazis instigated a horrific two-day mob attack against Germany’s Jews, smashing and looting thousands of Jewish homes and businesses and destroying more than 1,000 synagogues. . Learn More
USA – The Year of the Woman in USA Midterm Elections
By Eli Watkins, CNN - November 7, 2018 Washington (CNN) - From a pair of Native American women to a Somali refugee to the first openly gay man elected governor, the 2018 midterm elections brought a series of history-making votes that marked major accomplishments for women and LGBT candidates. Here's a rundown of the history made Tuesday night . Learn More
Gender Violence: A Major Driver of the Central American “Caravan”
Photo of woman and child in Honduras by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Mike Hammond UN Agencies Back Asylum Rights of Central American Migrants in Exodus to US By Cecilia Menjívar and Shannon Drysdale Walsh | November 5, 2018 “If you have any dignity, you will get out of here” – The Salvadoran police telling Ms. A.B. that she should leave her . Learn More
No Women, No Progress, Development Experts Warn
The fingers of malnourished one-year-old Alassa Galisou are pressed against the lips of his mother Fatou Ousseini at an emergency feeding clinic in the town of Tahoua in northwestern Niger. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly Inequality in development presents a "grave challenge to progress" and could fuel extremism. By Emma Batha LONDON, Sept 14, . Learn More
India – Women Are Voting More Than Ever. Will They Change Indian Society?
(c) Getty Images By Milan Vaishnav November 08, 2018 - Women in India are casting their ballots more frequently, and in greater numbers. Today, women’s turnout has actually been higher than that of men in two-thirds of India’s state elections. This is a remarkable turn of events in a deeply patriarchal, conservative society. Why is this so . Learn More
Pakistan – Supreme Court Acquits Asia Bibi on Alleged Blasphemy Case – Orders Immediate Release from Prison
AFP, October 31, 2018 The Supreme Court on Wednesday acquitted Asia Bibi, a Christian woman condemned to death on blasphemy charges, after accepting her appeal against her sentence. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar, Justice Asif Saeed Khosa and Justice Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel had reserved its . Learn More
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