Reformist legislator Parvaneh Salahshuri cites lower-level gains but blames discrimination and sexism for an absence of women in leadership positions in parliament. By Golnaz Esfandiari June 11, 2019 - Iranian lawmaker Parvaneh Salahshuri, a sociologist, says that when she decided to apply for one of a handful of influential posts in parliament, . Learn More
KENYA – CALL FOR ACCOUNTABILITY & ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS ON GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
One month ago, a 17 year old girl in Kenya’s Busia County went to fetch water – 300 meters away from her grandmother’s house. Three days later, her body was discovered by her seven year old cousin and her grandmother lying in a bush. Her right hand had been chopped off and her tongue was missing. She had also been defiled. Since then, only one of . Learn More
Canada Names First Ambassador for Women, Peace & Security
Ambassador for women, peace, and security Jacqueline O’Neill. Image Narcity Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada has said that when women play an active role in conflict prevention and peace building, and when their rights are respected, we are better able to achieve long-term, sustainable peace. As Canada’s first Ambassador for Women, Peace . Learn More
Swiss Women Strike for More Money, Time & Respect
Women demonstrate in Lausanne ahead of a nationwide strike in Switzerland – Getty Image By Imogen Foulkes BBC News, Geneva Women across Switzerland have begun a day of demonstrations against what they say is the country's unacceptably slow pace to equality. June 14, 2019 - Friday's protest comes 28 years after similar action saw half a million . Learn More
Nigeria – Our Girls Need You!
Photo: Chika Oduah/VOA - The Dapchi students went back to school after they were kidnapped (file photo). By Dr. Eleanor Nwadinobi* 12 June, 2019 - Five years ago, in April 2014, the world gasped in horror at the news that Boko Haram insurgents had swarmed out of the Sambisa Forest in northeastern Nigeria's Borno State to kidnap some 200 girls in . Learn More
ANNE FRANK’S DIARY READING HONORED HER 90TH BIRTHDAY IN VENICE’S GHETTO
Anne Frank in 1940. (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons) Ninety people, as many as the years she would have celebrated, took turns reading the entire Italian translation over several hours. June 12, 2019 - Had the Holocaust never happened, Anne Frank could have turned 90 on June 12. To honor the occasion, a marathon reading of her well-known diary . Learn More
Sudan – Doctors Say Dozens Raped During Sit-In Attack
Demonstrators block a main road in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, during a general strike. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Hospitals in Khartoum record more than 70 cases of rape in aftermath of attack on protest. Many rapes also were not reported. Zeinab Mohammed Salih in Khartoum & Jason Burke June 11, 2019 - Doctors believe . Learn More
Iran – Launch of 2,000 New Morality Police Units in Response to Women’s Hijab Protests
Young Iranian women in Tehran CREDIT: GETTY IMAGES By Ahmed Vahdat - 7 June 2019 Iran has introduced 2,000 new morality police units in reaction to what officials call an “increasing defiance” of the compulsory wearing of hijabs. The units, called “resistance groups for verbal and practical response to bad-hijabi women”, were launched recently . Learn More
ALGERIA – RURAL POOR WOMEN, ESPECIALLY WIDOWS, TAKE CHARGE OF THEIR OWN LIVES & EMPOWER OTHERS
Houria Belouahri (third from the right) after a meeting with women from a cooperative created in the Bordj Bou Arreridj Province, Algeria. Photo courtesy of El Ghaith Association In remote and rural Algerian communities, poverty among women is high. For vulnerable groups, such as widows, it’s even higher. A project funded by UN Women Fund for . Learn More
Cambodia – Surrogate Mothers Risk Criminal Trafficking Charges/Prison with New Law
More than 30 Cambodian women paid to carry babies for clients have been released on bail after agreeing to keep the children. — Reuters picture By Matt Blomberg Dozens of surrogates have been charged under human trafficking laws in the Southeast Asian nation and face up to 20 years in prison PHNOM PENH, May 17, 2019 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) . Learn More
PAKISTAN – CALL FOR PASHTUN TRIBAL REGION TO CHANGE STRICT GENDER SEGREGATION IN SCHOOLS, IN LIFE
Photo Flickr - Adeel Anwer 27th February 2019 - By Gulla Afridi – Voice of a Remote Region of Pakistan Pashtun culture insists upon a strict gender regime, separating women from men. Women are not permitted to compete with men, or even to speak with them. When women have to go out of their homes, for instance to the market, they feel hesitant . Learn More
Japan – Women Reject High Heels & Other Clothing Rules at Work
June 4, 2019 - Thousands of Japanese women have joined a social media campaign against rules for what kind of clothing is acceptable at work. The campaign also rejects expectations that women wear high heels in the workplace. The movement is called #KuToo. The term #KuToo is a play on the Japanese word “kutsu” for shoes and “kutsuu,” meaning . Learn More
AFGHANISTAN – WOMEN NEWLY RELEASED FROM PRISON FOR “MORAL CRIMES” FIND REFUGE & SUPPORT IN TRANSITIONAL HOUSES, FOR SOCIETY REINTEGRATION
By J.S. von Dacre - 25 May 2019 Gulnaz, a demure and quiet Afghan woman, gained public attention in 2011. At 16-years-old, a male relative had raped and impregnated her. When she reported the incident, she was promptly arrested and jailed for 12 years for adultery since her attacker was married. When media interest in her case intensified, her . Learn More
Sierra Leone – ECOWAS Court Fines Sierra Leone $10,000 in Pregnant School Girls’ Ban Case
Summary: Sierra Leone banned pregnant girls from going back to school in 2015 following the deadly Ebola outbreak. Children rights groups say the ban violates international charters that Sierra Leone is a signatory to. The regional court awarded the costs to the rights groups after the government sought to file a defense when case was . Learn More
El Salvador – “Black Widows” Gangs Warned after Forced Marriage Bust
A woman wears a veil during a protest to commemorate the U.N. International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women at the Attorney General's Office in San Salvador, El Salvador November 26, 2018. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas El Salvador - “Black Widow” Gangs Warned after Forced Marriage Bust The unprecedented case involved three young women . Learn More
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