Rohingya women and children rest after crossing into Bangladesh at Cox’s Bazar, a day after the two governments signed a refugee repatriation deal. Photograph: Allison Joyce/Getty Images Sexual Violence in War Zones ‘Worst Ever’ as Drive to Protect Women Falters Fall in global funding and weak UK initiative hamper attempts to save Rohingya . Learn More
Ukraine – Women in East Ukraine Face the Hardships of Winter in the Protracted Conflict
Civilian elderly woman shows the impact on her house by shelling in the Trudivske area of Donetsk City. OSCE Photo A recent UN appeal targets 3-4 million East Ukraine people in need of humanitarian aid and protection. Of those, 70 percent are either elderly, women, or children. Many live in unbearable conditions such as abandoned . Learn More
Latin America – Conservative & Fundamentalist Onslaught Undermines Gender Advances
Three generations of women from an Argentine family hold posters with the slogan "Ni Una Menos", which means "Not one [woman] less", in one of the demonstrations against femicides in Buenos Aires. Credit: Fabiana Frayssinet / IPS By Fabiana Frayssinet - |En español BUENOS AIRES, Nov 23 2017 (IPS) - A “conservative and fundamentalist . Learn More
#ChurchToo – Abuse Survivors Speak Out with Hashtag on Social Media, on Harassment in Their Religious Communities
#ChurchToo has captured the attention of Christians. Carl Court/Getty Images By Tara Isabella Burton - Nov 22, 2017 A woman who revealed her rape during a youth group prayer section, only to be asked if she’d repented. Another who fled an abusive marriage, only to be told by her pastor to return home and “submit” to her husband’s . Learn More
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
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