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
Guatemala – Break the Cycle of Discrimination Against Indigenous Peoples – Indigenous Women & Girls in Guatemala
Photo by Sarah Bones - International Photojournalist WUNRN notes that for INDIGENOUS WOMEN and GIRLS in Guatemala, the discrimination, marginalization, human rights violations, and abuses, are pervasive and compounded. http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=23070&LangID=E Guatemala Must Break Cycle of . Learn More
Bulgaria – Promotion of Gender Equality Has Become a Contentious Issue, Especially for Political Leaders & Other Influential Public Figures
EFE/Vassil Donev Fighting the Backlash Against Feminism in Bulgaria May 2, 2018 - In Bulgaria, feminism has become a divisive word. In its communist past, Bulgaria had attitudes and policies that were quite open to women’s rights, but in recent years, despite membership in the European Union, the context has shifted. Today, there is . Learn More
Guatemala – Indigenous Women Abused by the Military at Last Get Justice in Court – Convictions & Reparations
Women look on during the trial in Guatemala’s High-Risk Court in February 2016. Photo: Cristina Chiquin October 22, 2917 - Demecia Yat de Xol was just 28 years old when she was forced into sexual slavery in the small village of Sepur Zarco by the Guatemalan military. On 26 February 2016, at age 61, Doña Demecia sat in Guatemala’s High-Risk Court, . Learn More
Addressing the Needs of Rural Women & Girls Is Essential, Vital, to Our World & Economy
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
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