November 26, 2017 - Nearly 2,000 women have been killed over the past eight years in Turkey, according to statistics gathered by a website tracking femicides across the country based on reports by the Bianet news website. At least 1,915 women were killed since 2010 and the only province where no femicides were reported out of all of Turkey’s 81 . Learn More
Ukraine – Women’s Memory & Identity – Photos + CEDAW Committee 2017 Ukraine Review
A number of Ukrainians who participated in the project kept detailed family records and had carefully preserved hundreds of photographs. Alla Husarova, a Kyiv-based journalist, traces much of her family history back to the village of Bilky in the Vinnitsya region. Her grandmother, Lesia Babukha (bottom left), pictured here as a schoolgirl, spent . Learn More
USA – Girls Write About Female Heroes, Positive Role Models, Gender Equality, Tolerance
Sophia Hanson National Youth Foundation co-founder Sophia Hanson (center, back row) with students who participated in a book-writing project earlier this year. By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman – January 6, 2018 At a time when the news seems to be an endless cycle of stories about powerful men abusing women, one initiative is seeking to . Learn More
UN Women & The World Bank Unveil New Data Analysis on Women & Poverty
More women than men live in poverty, but the incidence of poverty differs by age, marital status, household composition and other factors. For the first time, UN Women and the World Bank have analyzed household survey data for 89 countries by sex, age, household composition and other relevant variables to better understand the profile of the poor. . Learn More
The India Woman Who Became the First Female Practicing Doctor in the UAE (United Arab Emirates)
Zulekha Daud began practising medicine in the UAE when the city had barely any infrastructure. 29 December 2017 - Indian national Zulekha Daud is widely understood to be the first practising female doctor in the United Arab Emirates and has played a crucial part in transforming its healthcare sector. She met BBC Hindi's Zubair Ahmed. Dr . Learn More
Haiti – Mothers Seek Support from UN Troops for “Peacekeeper Babies”
Women who claim they were sexually exploited by UN soldiers file lawsuit claiming paternity and maintenance payments A young girl stands next to a UN soldier in front of the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Photograph: David Zentz/Alamy By Karen McVeigh – 15 December 2017 The lawsuit is the latest development in a protracted . Learn More
Japan – Saying #MeToo in Japan in a Culture of Silence on Sexual Assault
When it comes to sexual assault and harassment in Japan, a culture of silence prevails. POLITICO photo illustration/Source images via Tsutomu Harigaya By Shiori Ito - 1/2/18 TOKYO — In late May, at a press conference in the Tokyo District Court, I went public about being raped. In Japan, it’s unthinkable for a woman . Learn More
Muslim Women Around the World – Photos
click the link for pictures: http://www.2muslims.com/books/2discoverislam_com_MuslimWomenAroundtheWorld.pdf . Learn More
8 Child Marriage Myths/Misconceptions
Classmates say no to child marriage in Rajasthan, India © Girls Not Brides December 18, 2017 - From the halls of the United Nations to communities around the world, much has been done to raise awareness of child marriage. But sometimes the myths about what drives child marriage persist. Here are eight common misconceptions about child marriage – . Learn More
Congo (DRC) – Traumatic Realities of the Congo Army’s Rape & Looting in South Kivu
Congo gender violence survivor By MAKOBOLA/SEBELE - 18 December 2017 Her face was tired and bruised, her arms bone-thin, her dress torn in several places. “Look at my body,” she whispered. “Is this the body of somebody who is normal?” There was a short pause before she responded herself: “This is death.” The 36-year-old, who asked not be . Learn More
Suggestions for Raising Confident, Strong, High-Achieving Daughters – From USA Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Ruth Bader Ginsburg.- CREDIT: Getty Images October 2016 - Ruth Bader Ginsburg is perhaps an unlikely rock star: an 83-year-old U.S. Supreme Court justice who was described as "dour," "quiet and reserved," and a "late-blooming feminist" when she was nominated to the court in 1993. But if you have a daughter, and you love her, and you want her to . Learn More
Nigeria – Last Hope: A Doctor Who Fixes “Inoperable” Obstetric Fistulas
At Evangel fistula center in Jos, Dr. Sunday Lengmang performs a complicated surgery, always for free, to cure cases of fistula that most surgeons can’t or won’t even try to treat. JOS, NIGERIA – When Zainab Sani went into labor about 13 years ago, her husband refused to take her to hospital. They lived just 3 miles from a health center in . Learn More
Japan – A Pioneering Woman Botanist Broke Down Japan’s Historic Gender Scientific Barriers
Kono Yasui at Tokyo University. (Ochanomizu University archive) Kono Yasui was the first Japanese woman to publish in an academic journal, forging a new path for women in her country. By Leila McNeill – Smithsonian Magazine – December 21, 2017 When Kono Yasui received her doctoral degree in 1927 from the Tokyo Imperial . Learn More
Kenya – Widows Unite to Fight Harmful Traditional Practice of “Widows Cleansing”
A group of women in western Kenya are fighting "widow-cleansing", a traditional ritual practised by Luo ethnic communities in some of the poorer, more rural areas of the country. The ritual requires women to have sex - often with strangers - when their husbands die. The men who "cleanse" them are sometimes HIV-positive and do not use . Learn More
Practicing Individual & Collective Self-Care – FRIDA Young Feminist Fund
The following article has been penned by all team members of FRIDA with special guidance and support by María Díaz Ezquerro As you know, FRIDA team members work from all around the world. And in order to ensure that we support each other in this journey, we value the critical importance of taking time out for ourselves and . Learn More
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 54
- 55
- 56
- 57
- 58
- …
- 84
- Next Page »
