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India – Child Sexual Abuse Victims Face Serious Hurdles, Hardships for Justice – Report

By - Sonam Saigal – Mumbai – April 11, 2018 INDIA – REPORT BY MAJLIS NGO HIGHLIGHTS THE PROBLEMS CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE VICTIMS FACE AT POLICE STATIONS, HOSPITALS, COURTS, CHILD WELFARE COMMITTEES, & GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS Victims of child sexual abuse face hardships when they approach the police, hospital, child welfare committee (CWC), . Learn More

Tanzania – Radio & Mobile Phones Bring Life-Changing Solutions to Rural Women

March 7, 2018 - As thousands of farmers in central Tanzania battle with long spells of dry weather and erratic rainfall, with little hope of feeding their families, Juliana Yusuph is no longer worried. The 39-year-old mother of five is one of the many smallholder farmers who now successfully grow sorghum, thanks to a mobile phone and radio . Learn More

CSW 62 Women’s Perspectives on Why They Came & What They Take Back

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown Voices from CSW62 March 28, 2018 - More than 4,300 civil society representatives from 130 countries participated in the 62nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW62), which focused this year on rural women and girls. Why do they come and what do they take back with them from this UN meeting? Here are . Learn More

Spirit Aligned Indigenous Women Leadership Program

The Spirit Aligned Indigenous Women Leadership Program The eight Indigenous women Elders are acknowledged and celebrated for being vessels of their traditional ways and for leading in sustaining and creating legacies of strength and resilience for their own people, for all Native peoples and for all of humanity. We honor their gift of ancestral . Learn More

Women on the Front Lines of Climate Change: Empowerment in the Face of Climate & Displacement

Photo Credit: Woman and children in the Shangel Tubaya camp for displaced people in Darfur, Sudan. photo by UNAMID/Albert Gonzalez Farran February 28, 2018 - By Jessica Olson With a swiftly changing climate comes rapidly rising sea levels, more frequent storms, and rising inequality. Slow yet consistent events like sea-level rise, as well as . Learn More

Croatia – Ratification of the Istanbul EU Convention on Violence Against Women, Despite Protests

Croatia - Opponents of the Convention say it undermines Christian tradition. Croatia's parliament on Friday voted 110-30 in favor of ratifying the Istanbul Convention, the world's first binding treaty on preventing and fighting violence against women. The convention, agreed in 2011, has now been ratified by 29 countries, including 18 European . Learn More

Canada – Arctic Inuit Young Woman Leader’s Voice on Climate Change, Women’s Issues, Inuit Customs

President of the National Inuit Youth Council, Maatalii Okalik By Michela Rosano As president of the National Inuit Youth Council, Maatalii Okalik is a voice for Inuit youth, raising awareness for their issues and concerns, as well as the challenges faced by all Inuit. She brought that unique viewpoint to the COP21 climate change conference in . Learn More

India – How to File a Complaint if You Are Being Stalked

PHOTO SOURCE: BOKSBURGADVERTISER.CO.ZA By Meryl Garcia - February 10, 2016 Have you undergone the unpleasant experience of being stalked? It doesn’t matter if you’re a college student, a working professional, or a housewife — many women in India get stalked on a regular basis. Most of the time, the perpetrators hang around in the neighbourhood, . Learn More

Why 2018 Must Be the Year for Women to Thrive

What opportunities will 2018 bring for women? Image: REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci Christine Lagarde - Managing Director, International Monetary Fund Erna Solberg - Prime Minister of Norway, Office of the Prime Minister of Norway 19 January 2018 - The need for greater respect and opportunities for women is becoming an ever more prominent . Learn More

Tanzania – 5 Pregnant Schoolgirls Arrested – Crackdown on Child Pregnancies – Divisive Views

Five pregnant school girls were arrested in Tanzania over the weekend in the southeastern town of Tandahimba. By Aaron Brooks January 10, 2018 - The girls – aged between 16 and 19 – were arrested as part of a crackdown on child pregnancies. Rights groups have slammed the girls’ arrested, insisting that the men who impregnated them should have . Learn More

Child Marriage – Why Is It Important for Countries to Set 18 as the Minimum Legal Age of Marriage?

Photo credit: Kanishka Afshari | FCO/DFID It is important that children are recognised in the law as being children and that they are accorded the full protection of the law. Governments need to have clear and consistent legislation that establishes 18 as the minimum age of marriage. Adequate safeguards must be in place to ensure that . Learn More

Syria – Eastern Ghouta Conflict Disaster – Civilian Casualties & Injured – Women & Children – High Commissioner Condemns

How much cruelty will it take before the international community can speak with one voice to say enough dead children, enough wrecked families, enough violence? GENEVA (21 February 2018) – Since the Syrian Government and their allies escalated their offensive against opposition-held Eastern Ghouta on 4 February, there have been more than 1,200 . Learn More

India – Female Superintendent of Police Tackles Sexual Violence, Harassment + Inbox x

'Fighting the mindset of society is a huge battle for every woman in uniform' - Rema Rajeshwari Rema Rajeshwari is championing the rights of women in India, which she describes as a deeply patriarchal culture. “The society needs to own it up and they need to educate their boys to be responsible towards a woman.” (Rema . Learn More

Call for Women’s Leadership in the Korean Peace Process – Vancouver Women’s Forum

Vancouver Women’s Forum on Peace and Security on the Korean Peninsula On January 16, 2018, as Foreign Ministers from twenty nations gather in Vancouver to discuss security and stability on the Korean Peninsula, an international delegation of sixteen women representing feminist peace movements from Asia, Europe and North America will convene in . Learn More

Nepal – Child Brides – Inequality & Stolen Futures – Video

http://www.refinery29.com/2015/10/94675/nepal-child-marriage-young-widows PHOTO: COURTESY OF POULOMI BASU/VII MENTOR PROGRAM. CONSIDER CHILD BRIDES WHO CAN ALSO BECOME CHILD WIDOWS. The Nepal government has failed to take sufficient steps to end child marriage, in spite of promises to do so, and girls and boys across the country continue to be . Learn More