Photo: UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women/Phil Borges The UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (UN Trust Fund) awards grants to initiatives that demonstrate that violence against women and girls can be systematically addressed, reduced and, with persistence, eliminated. Since its creation in 1996, the UN Trust Fund has awarded . Learn More
Australia – Young Women Farmers Are Injecting New Ideas Into Agriculture
Anika Molesworth, Australia Young Farmer of the Year in 2015 Historical Photo from the Australia INVISIBLE FARMEER PROJECT - Invisible Farmer is the largest ever study of Australian women on the land. This three year project (2017-2019) is funded by the Australian Research Council and involves a nation-wide partnership between rural . Learn More
Women, Energy, & Economic Empowerment
With a “gender lens” approach to energy access programs, the millions of dollars flowing to energy access initiatives around the globe can have a greater impact on women’s empowerment. WRITTEN BY: Kathleen O’Dell, Sophia Peters & Kate Wharton There are two well-accepted narratives related to economic growth. First, . Learn More
Abkhazia – Caucasus Breakaway Region – Past Conflict Simmers – Isolation – Increase in Domestic Violence & Honor Killings
Members of the Association of Women in Abkhazia, an NGO promoting women’s advances socially and politically. Abkhazia remains deeply hobbled by isolation from the West. JOHANNA HIGGS BC By Johanna Higgs • June 22, 2017 SUKHUMI, Abkhazia — Here in the Caucasus region, hugging the Black Sea, this is what the capital . Learn More
Countries Where Women Outlive Men By More Than a Decade
In Russia, women can expect to live 11.6 years longer than men . Image: REUTERS/Olivia Harris By Rosamond Hutt – 20 May 2016 We know that women across the world live longer than men. But how much longer? Well, that depends on where they live. The World Health Organisation has released new data that shows the gap between men and . Learn More
Bolivia – Can New Government Measures Reduce High Violence Against Women? Low Reportage Culture
woman holds a double image showing her late daughter, a victim of a violent crime, in La Paz, Bolivia [Juan Karita/AP] By Peter Lykke Lind Brisa de Angulo was raped repeatedly as a teenager by an adult member of her own family. When she finally mastered the courage to seek help and report the sexual assault, she said her family . Learn More
Mohawk Girls Undertake Rite of Passage to Native Womanhood – Film
Ohero:kon - Under the Husk Film Segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nonxuTuSJe4 UNDER THE HUSK follows two Mohawk girls on their journey to become Mohawk women. Friends since childhood, Kaienkwinehtha and Kasennakohe are members of the traditional community of Akwesasne on the U.S./Canada border. . Learn More
Nepal – Single Women/Widows Discard Social Custom by Embracing Red Sari & Tika
Nepal - Red Tika Challenge, in Solidarity with Widows, Gets High Internet Response Lily Thapa, Founder of Women for Human Rights, Nepal Kathmandu, February 20, 2017 - Taking Nepal’s social media by storm is the Tika Challenge wherein women are posting pictures of themselves, wearing red clothes, to stand in solidarity with . Learn More
Women, Food, Land: Exploring Rule of Law Linkages: Using Law to Strengthen Food Security & Land Rights for Women
IDLO’s report provides an overview of the relationship between gender equality, food security and the rule of law. It examines a number of the key challenges that affect women’s food security and land rights . Learn More
Older Women Speak Out About Their Rights – Report – 19 Countries
Catherine's property rights have been threatened with violence in Magu, Tanzania – Photo by Ben Small, HelpAge By Ben Small – HelpAge International June 15, 2017 - Older women from around the world have spoken out about their human rights in a new report launched by HelpAge International. Entitled to the Same . Learn More
Changes in Roles of American Fathers
Elsiana Ruiz, 8, gets help learning to ride her bike from her father, Sinahy, at a playground in Aurora, Colorado. (Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images) Pew Research Center Fatherhood in America is changing in important and sometimes surprising ways. Today, fathers who live with their children are taking a more . Learn More
Guatemala – Women’s Empowerment through Nutrition Programming – Peer Advisors & Mother-to-Mother Support
Improving feeding and nutrition practices among Guatemala indigenous women IDS – Institute of Development Studies UK & World Food Programme Guatemala - Women's Empowerment through Nutrition Programming - Peer Advisors & Mother-to-Mother Support 14 June 2017 - Guatemala has one of the highest rates of chronic . Learn More
Afghanistan – Women Excluded Again from Afghan Peace Talks
Foreign delegation members listen as Afghan President Ashraf Ghani delivers a speech during a peace and security cooperation conference in Kabul, Afghanistan June 6, 2017. © 2017 Reuters By Heather Barr - Senior Researcher, Women's Rights Division-Human Rights Watch June 6, 2017 - Kabul’s citizens desperately need an end to the violence. The . Learn More
Countering Violent Extremism While Respecting the Rights Women – Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325
COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM WHILE RESPECTING THE RIGHTS & AUTONOMY OF WOMEN – PREVENTING CONFLICT, TRANSFORMING JUSTICE, SECURING THE PEACE IMPLEMENTATION OF UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1325 ON WOMEN, PEACE & SECURITY UN Security Council Resolution 1325 – Text . Learn More
Venezuela – Thousands of Women March Across the Country as the Political Crisis Deepens
CONTINUED VIOLENCE & POTENTIAL TOTAL BREAKDOWN IN VENEZUELA - International Crisis Group – June 19, 2017 The mass protests took place in most major cities around the country on Saturday, with tens of thousands of women reportedly taking part in what is the latest rally in five weeks of sustained protests against embattled President Nicolas . Learn More
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