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Sudan’s Female Revolutionaries Must Beware of Fate that Befell Women in Libya

Women wave national flags and chant slogans during an April demonstration against Khalifa Haftar in Martyrs Square, in the LIbyan capital Tripoli. Photograph: Mahmud Turkia/AFP/Getty Images By Zahra’ Langhi - CEO of the Libyan Women’s Platform for Peace 3 May 2019 - At the same time that images of female Sudanese revolutionaries were going viral, . Learn More

Bangladesh – Girl Student Burned to Death for Reporting Sexual Abuse by Teacher

Bangladeshi women hold banners and photographs of schoolgirl Nusrat Jahan Rafi at a protest in Dhaka [AFP] 19 April 2019 - A schoolgirl was burned to death in Bangladesh on the orders of her headteacher after she reported him for sexually harassing her, police said on Friday. The death of 19-year-old Nusrat Jahan Rafi last week sparked protests . Learn More

Unsafe on the Streets – Girls & Young Women Share Experiences of Group Harassment

1 April 2019 - This report looks at street harassment perpetrated by groups of men and boys across five major cities: Lima, Madrid, Kampala, Delhi and Sydney. Why is street harassment by groups of men towards women often viewed as harmless, part of normal, permitted, male behaviour when in fact for girls and young women it can be frightening, . Learn More

Northern Ireland – Lyra McKee: Murdered Belfast Journalist “Committed to Truth”

AFP/Jess Lowe - Lyra McKee was a "hero" to the LGBT comminity in Northern Ireland, says a friend By Laura McDaid BBC News NI - 19 April 2019 "Kid, it's gonna be okay... it's going to get better. "You're going to join a scheme that trains people your age to be journalists... for the first time in your life you'll feel like you're good at . Learn More

Spain – Citizens Stopping Housing Evictions in Spain’s Cities

Protest against evictions in Spain. Source: 20minutos By Melissa García Lamarca – April 18, 2019 As Spain's unemployment rate climbs above 25 percent and its social welfare system is meticulously dismantled, around 500 eviction orders are issued each day. Banks are repossessing the homes of those who can't meet their mortgage payments. This . Learn More

EU – Gender Employment Gap in the European Union

March 7, 2019 - In 2017, the employment rate of women aged 20 – 64 (66.5%) was 11.5 percentage points (pp) lower than that of men aged 20 - 64 (78.0%) in the European Union (EU). In other words, the gender employment gap in the EU stood at 11.5 pp. Among the EU Member States, the gender employment gap was lowest in Lithuania (1.0 pp), Finland (3.5 . Learn More

Afghanistan – Woman Whipped by Taliban for No Burqa Face Mesh, Lost Consciousness

The Taliban beat Aziza because the burqa she was wearing did not have a mesh to cover her eyes, like the one shown above. Photograph: Fayaz Aziz/Reuters Aziza’s story reflects the growing number of violent public assaults on women deemed to be in breach of sharia law in Afghanistan By Haroon Janjua – 18 April 2019 One of four women who was . Learn More

Saudi Arabia-Georgia – Runaway Saudi Sisters Apply For Asylum In Georgia

The Saudi sisters after arriving in Georgia By RFE/RL's Georgian Service – April 10, 2019 Two Saudi Arabia sisters, who say they fled their own country because of “oppression,” have applied for asylum in Georgia but still feared they could be reached by their family and forced back to Saudi Arabia. The sisters, Wafa al-Subaie, 25, and Maha . Learn More

Include Women in Nuclear Security & Policymaking Fields – End Male Gender Bias – Note Women’s Leading Roles in Peace Movements

Foreign Policy illustration By Xanthe Scharff - April 15, 2019 Nearly three decades after the end of the Cold War, nuclear conflict remains the single greatest immediate threat to global security. The United States, Russia, China, France, the United Kingdom, India, Israel, Pakistan, and North Korea are currently nuclear-armed states, and Iran, . Learn More

Libya – Protracted Conflict – Risks, Insecurities, Trauma for Women, Families, Civil Society Organizations

Today, Halima, her husband and eight of her nine children live in a small two-room shelter with a corrugated metal roof in a camp for IDPs.- OCHA Photo LIBYA – DISPLACEMENTS & SECURITY RISKS FOR CIVILIANS, CHILDREN + Thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes in and around the Libyan capital because of fighting between . Learn More

Protecting Women’s Space in Politics

Activists take part in a march on the eve of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, in Santiago, Chile, on 22 November 2018. Martin BERNETTI / AFP By Isabelle Arradon – Crisis Group Director of Research & Special Adviser on Gender March 6, 2019 - Women human rights defenders around the globe are facing . Learn More

Yemen – Parents “Sell” Young Daughters for Brides as Conflict Causes Family Starvation, Desperation

FILE PHOTO A girl suffering from malnutrition in Yemen. February 2019. © AFP / Essa Ahmed With the bloody conflict in Yemen raging on, desperate parents choose to make their daughters child brides, feeling it is the only way to let other relatives survive the famine and destruction on the ground, Oxfam told RT. The “man-made humanitarian . Learn More

Saudi Arabia: Arrests of 12 More Persons Supportive of Women’s Rights – Men & Woman

Associated Press – 5 April 2019 - Saudi Arabia detained 12 people, including two dual U.S.-Saudi citizens, in a new round of arrests in the kingdom targeting individuals supportive of women's rights and those with ties to jailed activists, people with knowledge of the apprehensions said Friday. Saudi Arabia detained 12 people, including two dual . Learn More

Rwanda: President Orders Pardon & Release of Women & Girls Jailed for Abortions

By Samuel Okiror – April 5, 2019 Women’s rights activists welcome the presidential pardon of 367 female prisoners as evidence of progress. The women are expected to be released immediately under the presidential prerogative. “Pursuant to the powers conferred upon him by the laws … the president of the republic informed the cabinet meeting that he . Learn More

UK: Not Yet Ratified the EU Convention Combating VAW + Accusations of Failure to Adequately Protect Victims of Domestic Abuse & Sexual Violence

The Centre for Women’s Justice (CWJ) has submitted a super-complaint to a national watchdog which accuses the police of a 'systemic failure' to protect a 'highly vulnerable section' of the population ( Getty ) Maya Oppenheim Women's Correspondent – March 23, 2019 Police forces are failing to protect victims of domestic abuse and sexual . Learn More