Women and girls celebrating after their successful fistula repair surgeries at the Aberdeen Women’s Centre in Freetown © UNFPA Sierra Leone 2018/Angelique Reid UNFPA – 12 June 2018 FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – “When I became pregnant in December 2016, I never attended a health clinic,” said 19-year-old Katimu Kanneh. “I drank traditional . Learn More
Victims Behind Bars: Identifying & Addressing the Sex Trafficking of Women
By Barbara Granner, National Commission on Correctional Health Care 06/25/2018 The stereotypical “prostitute” as portrayed in movies and TV shows is a tough, hardened, street-smart professional. According to experts who spoke at the Spring Conference on Correctional Health Care in April, that image is far from reality. In fact, between 80% . Learn More
Journey of Hope & Resilience – Photo Exhibit – Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh
Photo Credit: Olly Burn By Eliza Theiss March 26, 2018 - The everyday heroes behind the ShelterBox disaster-relief organization have partnered up with four of the world’s leading photographers to pay tribute to the extraordinary strength, hope and resilience of people facing severe adversity. Photographers Veronique de Vigurie, Olly . Learn More
Standing with Rohingya Women – Video by Nobel Women
Around the time of World Refugee Day, we are spotlighting the plight of the Rohingya people with the ONLINE PREMIERE of our Standing with Rohingya Women short film. This five minute film follows our February delegation to Bangladesh with Nobel Peace laureates Tawakkol Karman, Shirin Ebadi, and Mairead Maguire, in partnership with Bangladeshi . Learn More
Guatemala & Nicaragua – Increased Risks for Women Human Rights Defenders
UN Photo/F. Charton - A Cakchiquel family in the hamlet of Patzutzun, Guatemala. 18 May 2018 - It’s becoming increasingly dangerous to defend the rights of indigenous people in Guatemala, the United Nations human rights office warned on Friday, following the murder of three activists over the past 10 days. “We are . Learn More
Israel – Many Israelis, Including Children, Under the Poverty Line – Report
An Israeli woman searches for objects of worth in a garbage container in the center of Jerusalem. (Nati Shohat/Flash90) By Marissa Newman - 6 December 2017 People walk by a homeless man sleeping on the street, near cafes in the center of Jerusalem. November 10, 2013. (Nati Shohat/FLASH90) Some 1.8 million Israelis, including . Learn More
Latin America – Impunity for Violence Against Women Defenders of Territory, Common Goods, & Nature
As they confront not only powerful economic and political interests, but the systematic and specific violence against them, women environmental activists face particular risks, threats and attacks, such as sexual violence and other gender-related offenses. However, documentation on this issue is insufficient and lacks of a feminist and . Learn More
Yemen – Civilians Trapped in Port City of Hodeidah – Panic & Fear as Armed Forces Close In – Women & Children
Yemeni women and children wait for food aid in the province of Hodeidah, whose port is the main entry point for aid and is now in the crosshairs of a Saudi-led coalition. Photograph: Abdo Hyder/AFP/Getty Images By Karen McVeigh Families in Hodeidah, Yemen, were trapped inside their homes “waiting for their destiny”, as Saudi-backed forces began . Learn More
Indonesia – Myths Fuel Malnutrition of Adolescent Girls
A woman picks up fruit at a vegetable market in Jakarta, Indonesia. REUTERS/Beawiharta "Adolescent girls don't know what healthy looks like, as health is understood as the absence of illness" By Emma Batha | Thomson Reuters Foundation LONDON, June 11, 2018 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - From fears that eating chicken wings makes it hard to . Learn More
Climate Change Is a “Man-Made” Problem & Must Have a Feminist Solution – Mary Robinson
Women wade through a flooded street in Jatinegara district in Jakarta, Indonesia February 6, 2018. REUTERS/Beawiharta Women are most adversely affected by disasters and yet are rarely "put front and center" of efforts to protect the most vulnerable. By Zoe Tabary LONDON, June 18, 2018 - (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Women must be at the heart . Learn More
North Korea – Childhood – Insights & Pictures – Girls
KCNA/Reuters Photo: Kim Jong Un organized a performance titled, “We Are the Happiest in the World” — a celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Korean Children’s Union. By Chris Weller– 1/12017 Childhood is a precious time in human life, so it can be jarring to see kids working in fields or blindly supporting dictators. But if . Learn More
Kashmir – First-Ever UN Human Rights Report on Kashmir Calls for an International Inquiry into Multiple Violations – Gender
Women of Kashmir – Photo: dw.com GENEVA (14 June 2018) – There is an urgent need to address past and ongoing human rights violations and abuses and deliver justice for all people in Kashmir, who for seven decades have suffered a conflict that has claimed or ruined numerous lives, a report by the UN Human Rights Office published on . Learn More
The Age Gap in Religion Around the World – Research
(Chad Springer/Image Source/Getty Images) In the United States, religious congregations have been graying for decades, and young adults are now much less religious than their elders. Recent surveys have found that younger adults are far less likely than older generations to identify with a religion, believe in God or engage in a variety of . Learn More
Afghanistan – Video – The First Afghan Woman to Bring a Case of Incest to Trial
When a 23-year-old Afghan woman, Khatera, confronts the will of her family and the traditions of her country to seek justice for years of sexual abuse from her father, she sheds light on the faulty Afghan judicial system and the women it. In Afghanistan where systematic abuses of girls rarely come to light, and seeking justice can be deadly, one . Learn More
Ecuador Politician & Poet Becomes the Fourth Woman to Preside Over the UN General Assembly
UN Photo/Loey Felipe - Foreign Minister María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés of Ecuador, newly-elected President of the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly, addresses Member States. 5 June 2018 - The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday elected Ecuadorean Foreign Minister María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, President of its upcoming . Learn More
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