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How to Raise a Feminist Son

We raise our girls to fight stereotypes and pursue their dreams, but we don’t do the same for our boys? By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER and ILLUSTRATIONS BY AGNES LEE - JUNE 1, 2017, NY Times We’re now more likely to tell our daughters they can be anything they want to be — an astronaut and a mother, a tomboy and a girlie girl. But we don’t do the same . Learn More

Ukraine – Conflict-Displaced Ukrainians Surviving on Just USD 2.50 Per Day – Women

Half of IDP households in Ukraine are families with children. Photo: IOM / V.Shuvayev 5/16/17 - On average, income per IDP in Ukraine is 1,991 Ukrainian Hryvnia (UAH) or USD 75 per month, or approximately USD 2.50 per day. But some are even worse off, with 21 per cent surviving on less than two dollars a day. The average price of a loaf of bread . Learn More

Migrant Mother Classic Photo Reflecting a Woman’s Despair & Poverty, Resonates in Today’s Social Turmoil

Dorothea Lange's “Migrant Mother,” taken in Nipomo, Calif., in March 1936, captured the despair of that era through the eyes of a 32-year-old mother who had just sold her car tires for food. (Dorothea Lange) Associated Press Dorothea Lange was driving by a pea pickers’ camp on the California coast when she stumbled across a weary mother and . Learn More

Women’s March to Ban the Bomb – June 17 – NYC

In one of its final acts of 2016, the United Nations General Assembly adopted with overwhelming support a landmark resolution to begin negotiations on a treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons. This historic decision heralds an end to two decades of paralysis in multilateral nuclear disarmament efforts. Throughout June and July of 2017, governments will . Learn More

India – Child Brides Are on the Rise in India’s Towns & Cities – Report

A girl makes a pigtail to another girl against the sunset in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh. REUTERS/Ajay Verma By Nita Bhalla | @nitabhalla | Thomson Reuters Foundation NEW DELHI, June 2, 2017 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - An increasing number of underage girls in India's towns and cities are being married off, a study has revealed, . Learn More

We Need to Think Harder About Terrorism & Gender

Police officers join members of the public to view the flowers and messages left in honor of the victims of the recent terrorist attack in Manchester. Oli Scarff / AFP / Getty By Heather Hurlburt and Jacqueline O'Neill – June 1, 2017 Was the Manchester attack explicitly an attack on girls and women — on female culture? The apparently . Learn More

UNICEF – One in Four Children in the Middle East & North Africa Lives in Poverty – Girls

FILE - Mothers wait for their children to be examined for signs of malnutrition at a walk-in nutrition clinic in Africa May 16, 2017 - A study by the United Nations children's agency UNICEF shows that one in four children in the Middle East and North Africa lives in poverty and deprivation, lacking even the most basic necessities, such as proper . Learn More

Nicaragua – Indigenous Women’s Radio Addresses Gender Violence, Trafficking, Health

"Her husband listened to the show and realised she had rights too, that she had the right to leave the house and meet with other women." By Anastasia Moloney BOGOTA, May 22, 2017 - (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Huddled around solar-powered radios, generations of Miskito women in Nicaragua tune in almost daily to the first and only radio . Learn More

Afghanistan – Factors that Most Impact Support for Women’s Rights in Afghanistan

More than 100,000 Afghans have been forced to leave their homes because of war in 2017, the United Nations reported on May 29, 2017. http://asiafoundation.org/2017/05/17/factors-drive-support-womens-rights-afghanistan/ What Factors Most Impact Support for Women’s Rights in Afghanistan? By Fahim Ahmad Yousufzai* My 17, 2017 - At the . Learn More

Keepers of the Earth Fund for Indigenous Peoples Launched by Cultural Survival

Cultural Survival Announces Keepers of the Earth Fund for Indigenous Peoples May 26, 2017 - Today, Cultural Survival, an Indigenous Peoples’ rights advocacy organization based in Cambridge, MA, publicly announced its administration of the Keepers of the Earth Fund, a small grants fund designed to support Indigenous Peoples’ advocacy and . Learn More

Uganda Soldiers in Central African Republic Accused of Raping, Deserting, Women & Girls – Exploitation – Blatant Impunity

Jolie Nadia Ipangba, 18, wants the Ugandan government to provide financial support for her child. Credit Zack Baddorf for The New York Times. By ZACK BADDORF - MAY 14, 2017 OBO, Central African Republic — The hunt is officially over. “Joseph Kony is dead,” announced American-made leaflets dropped from a helicopter in the Central African . Learn More

Lebanon – Wedding Dresses Seafront Display Part of Activists’ Campaign to Change Rape Law Giving Impunity if Rapist Marries Victim

Activists campaigning to change Lebanon's law on rape have staged a macabre protest on Beirut's famous sea front. 22 April 2017 - What appeared to be more than 30 white wedding dresses were hung from nooses, strung up between the palm trees. Lebanese law currently allows a rapist to be exonerated if he marries his victim. The activists are . Learn More

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