(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
India – Youth Education Project Tackle’s Gender Discrimination & Stereotypes
India - Combating Sex Bias Against Girls by Changing the Minds of Youths In an after-school program in Haryana state in India, children are being taught to challenge gender stereotypes with positive effect. The state has the worst child-sex ratio in the nation. BREAKTHROUGH INDIA By Ariel Sophia Bardi – Februaru 26, 2018 HARYANA, India — In . Learn More
Moldova Dads – Photo Exhibit that Challenges Stereotypes, Showing Dads Alone with Their Kids
Petru Negura, 43-years-old, university professor. Photo: Mihai Turculeț 26 April 2018 - In Moldova, widespread patriarchal attitudes and gender-based stereotypes perpetuate the idea that women are responsible for child and home care, with fathers expected to be breadwinners. To challenge this widespread notion, the Embassy of Sweden organised in . Learn More
Access & Gender – Policies for Inclusive Transit-Oriented Development
This paper explores how transportation systems have failed to account for diverse mobility patterns and needs among genders. It provides an overview of the gender aspects of sustainable mobility for civil society, government officials, foundations, and transport experts, and it offers a set of recommendations to improve access for women. It further . Learn More
UK – Thousands Enslaved in Forced Marriages Across UK, Investigation Finds
Activists march in London to protest against modern slavery. Photograph: Mathew Chattle/Barcroft Images More than 3,500 reports of forced marriage were made to police over a three-year period, a Guardian investigation has found, as charities warned that there were thousands more victims living in conditions of modern slavery in homes across the . Learn More
Afghanistan – #MeToo at Home & Family Gatherings
Written by: Marjan Asadullah – April 2, 2018 The conversation about harassment, sexual assault, and rape in the workplace, on the streets, or even on college campuses has dominated headlines. It seems like every corner you turn, there is someone coming forward with a story or someone going on a hiatus from being accused of wrongdoings. The . Learn More
USA State of Illinois Ratifies the Equal Rights Amendment 36 Years After the Congressional Deadline
ELIJAH NOUVELAGE VIA GETTY IMAGES Illinois is the 37th state to approve the ERA. Ratification by just one more state, and the deadline removed could get it added to the USConstitution. By Dominique Mosbergen . More than 45 years after it was approved by Congress, Illinois has become the 37th state to ratify the Equal Rights . Learn More
Peru – Aymara Indigenous Women – A Matriarchal Culture
By Carolina Holado Balta - Spanish version I was raised in a middle-class family originally from Chimbote, Peru. In 1998, my family moved to Cusco, Peru as a result of the “Fujishock,” the 1990 economic adjustment announced by then-president Alberto Fijimori to quell the country’s unrest. The massive privatization of northern Peru had resulted in . Learn More
South Sudan Mothers, Displaced by War & Conflict, Are Building Homes in Refugee Camps that Give Them a New Sense of Security & Empowerment
Sharon Kide, a South Sudanese woman, sits with her children inside her home in Pagirinya, a refugee camp in Northern Uganda. South Sudanese mothers, amidst their own trauma, are creating homes for a generation of children growing up in camps for displaced communities. By Denise Hruby - Photographs by Hannah Reyes Morales May 11, 2018 - When the . Learn More
Climate Change ‘Impacts Women More Than Men’
Over 70% of those displaced by flooding in Pakistan in 2010 were women and children – Getty Photo By Mary Halton BBC - 8 March 2018 Women are more likely than men to be affected by climate change, studies show. UN figures indicate that 80% of people displaced by climate change are women. Roles as primary caregivers and providers of food and . Learn More
Climate Change “Impacts Women More Than Men”- Empowering Women on the Front Lines of Climate Displacement
Photo Credit: Woman and child in the Jowle camp for the displaced camp in Garowe, Somalia,, Courtesy of EU Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations, Photo by Agata Grzybowska. April 3, 2018 By Saiyara Khan “It is often expected that women care more, and therefore women are going to volunteer, and be the saviors” in times of crisis, . Learn More
A Remembrance of My Almost Daughter
The author’s sons dressed as superheroes on a rainy afternoon. (Theresa Vargas/The Washington Post) By Theresa Vargas – May 11, 2018 I am the mother of boys. High-energy, bug-loving, cross-stream-peeing-for-the-fun-of-it boys. But I also had a daughter. . Learn More
SDGs&Her Online Competition for Women Entrepreneurs
SDGs&Her is an online competition for women entrepreneurs to showcase how they are supporting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through their business operations. In 2015, all 193 United Nations member countries signed on to 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to "create the future we want in 2030." SDGs&Her is an online . Learn More
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