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Afghanistan – Girls’ Access to Education in Afghanistan

This report examines the major barriers that remain in the quest to get all girls into school, and keep them there through secondary school. These include: discriminatory attitudes toward girls by both government officials and community members; child marriage; insecurity and violence stemming from both the escalating conflict and from general . Learn More

Radio: The Original Social Media – Women & Radio

Radio Bundelkhand, based in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, has about 250,000 listeners, of whom 99 percent are farmers. Credit: Stella Paul/IPS By Lyndal Rowlands Each year on February 13, World Radio Day, the UN brings attention to the humble wireless, which was invented back in 1895, more . Learn More

HIV/AIDS – Nothing Without Us: The Women Who Will End AIDS – Film

A Film by Harriet Hirshorn From New York to Nigeria - From Burundi to the American South - How HIV-positive women on two continents have spent 30 years fighting for treatment, survival—and a place at the table. http://womanatthereel.com/the-film/?csspreview=true Scroll down website to click on film segment. Nothing Without Us . Learn More

LEGO Honors NASA’S Pioneering Women

The famous brick building brand unveiled a new box set inspired by female trailblazers. Next week will mark the release of a LEGO box set celebrating women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The set, aptly named Women of NASA, features figurines of Margaret Hamilton, Sally Ride, Mae Jemison, and Nancy Grace Roman. . Learn More

Cambodia – Film By/About Cambodia Garment Workers & Their Realities – Series Coming with 6 Films on Labour Behind the Label

The garment industry turns over almost $3 Trillion a year. Yet garment workers, 80% of them women, work for poverty pay, earning as little as $21 a month. Human rights abuses are systemic throughout the industry. Poverty wages, long hours, forced overtime, unsafe working conditions, sexual, physical and verbal abuse, repression of trade union . Learn More

South Africa – Black Mambas – The World’s First All-Female Anti-Poaching Unit

The all-female Black Mambas guard South Africa’s most precious wildlife with their lives. Members of the all-female Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit perform a routine patrol through a wildlife reserve in South Africa's Limpopo province. Photograph by Mujahid Safodien, AFP/Getty Images By Cristina Goyanes - October 12, 2017 It's 6:40 a.m. . Learn More

U. S. Women in the Armed Services

US Air Force/Tech. Sgt. Keith Brown November 11, 2017 - Veteran’s Day is a time to give our thanks to current and former members of the US armed forces. That includes women, who joined up in disguise during the American Revolution and today serve openly in every branch. WUNRN notes that women are now serving in the military in multiple . Learn More

Philippines – 17 Women Rights Defenders Killed Under Current Presidency

Contributed photo. By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL- November 29, 2017 - Bulatlat MANILA – At least 17 women rights defenders were killed under the administration of President Duterte, according to the Association of Women Human Rights Defenders in the Philippines, Tanggol Bayi. The latest victim, Elisa Badayos of Karapatan-Central Visayas, was . Learn More

Rural Women Across Europe & Central Asia Empower Their Communities Despite Challenges

Kyrgyzstan, 2016. Photo: UN Women Europe and Central Asia/Rena Effendi Women are central to the development of rural areas and to national economies. They account for a significant proportion of agricultural labour, play a key role in food production, especially in subsistence farming, and perform most of the unpaid care work in rural areas. . Learn More

The Hidden Costs of Child Marriage

Hussein Younis Ali, 14 walks with his bride Nada Ali Hussein, 17, during the wedding party at his home in Tikrit, 150 km (93 miles) north of Baghdad. REUTERS/Bakr al-Azzawi By Emma Batha LONDON, June 27, 2017 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Child marriage will cost developing countries trillions of dollars by 2030, seriously hampering global . Learn More

Nivea Product Ads for “Fairer Skin” Spark Controversy in West Africa – Questions on Racial Sensitivity

The Nivea ad features Omowunmi Akinnifesi, a beauty pageant winner in Nigeria, promoting a lotion that promises "visibly fairer skin." October 20, 2017 - Dove isn't the only skin-care company caught up in a controversy about its ads. Nivea, a German company with global reach, has been called out on social media for ads in West Africa that . Learn More

Afghanistan – Kabul University Announces First Graduates in Women’s Studies

(MENAFN - AFP) Afghanistan's first graduates in women's studies donned caps and gowns on Sunday to collect their unusual qualifications in the patriarchal country. November 5, 2017 - Kabul University is the country's first higher education institute to offer a degree focused on gender and women's issues, according to the United Nations . Learn More

Widows Share Their Stories of Grief & Survival

June 23, 2017 - (CNN) -The UN calls widows the "invisible women." In many countries, they're forced into marriage to retain their social status. In some cultures, they're stigmatized. And around the world, millions of them live in poverty and endure violence. . Learn More

Saudi Arabia Will Allow Women/Families into 3 Sports Stadiums

There was a conservative backlash when women were allowed to celebrate National Day in a Riyadh stadium last month- AFP Saudi Arabia will allow women to attend sports events in stadiums for the first time from next year, officials say. . Learn More

The Season of Giving

WUNRN List Serve and WUNRN website provide important information regarding the status of human rights, oppression and empowerment of women and girls globally, Donate just $10 to keep this valuable service to a world wide group in existence. We need your help to make a difference! Thank you. . Learn More