Women attend Friday prayers during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in the courtyard of Sultanahmet Mosque, also known as the Blue Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey. REUTERS/Murad Sezer By Pinar Tremblay - April 26, 2018 In October 2017, a group of Muslim women launched a campaign on social media called Women in Mosques with the hashtag . Learn More
China – Tech Companies Pledge to Delete Gender Discriminatory Job Ads, Following HRW Report
https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/04/26/chinese-tech-companies-delete-gender-discriminatory-job-ads By Sophie Richardson – HRW China Director April 26, 2018 - The response to the release this week of a major Human Rights Watch report on gender discrimination and sexual objectification in Chinese advertising has been surprisingly quick. Alibaba, . Learn More
India – Death Penalty for Child Rape Unlikely to Deter Traffickers
April 12, 2018. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton A series of child rape cases has sparked outrage in India but an increase in the sex trafficking of children has failed to ignite a similar national outcry By Roli Srivastava MUMBAI, April 24, 2018 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - People selling children into India's sex trade are unlikely to be . Learn More
South Africa – Women in the Mining Industry
Photo Credit: Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images) By Andrew Green - 2017 It has been 15 years since South Africa introduced its first proposed quotas to encourage the mining industry to hire women. The quotas, which were included in the country’s draft mining charter, were a marked change in a country that once prevented women from even entering . Learn More
Nepal – Woman to Woman Success – Village Women Emerging from Poverty to Better Skills & Pay, Social Progress & Status
Photo of Nepal Village Women Agriculture Training I am Prativa Subedi, - prativasub@gmail.com founding President of Women Awareness Centre Nepal. Women Awareness Center Nepal (WACN) is a social and economic justice non-profit organization entirely run by women which promotes social and economic empowerment, development opportunities and equality . Learn More
Syrian Women in a Turkish Border Town Empower Each Other with Language & Vocational Skills
A vocational training center is helping Syrian refugees build new lives in the peaceful Turkish border town of Kilis, but more funding is needed to keep it going. Women smile at the Kareemat community center in Kilis, Turkey, in this picture posted on Facebook. By Tara Kangarlou - April 12, 2018 KILIS, Turkey — On March 24, the Turkish army . Learn More
India – Child Sexual Abuse Victims Face Serious Hurdles, Hardships for Justice – Report
By - Sonam Saigal – Mumbai – April 11, 2018 INDIA – REPORT BY MAJLIS NGO HIGHLIGHTS THE PROBLEMS CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE VICTIMS FACE AT POLICE STATIONS, HOSPITALS, COURTS, CHILD WELFARE COMMITTEES, & GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS Victims of child sexual abuse face hardships when they approach the police, hospital, child welfare committee (CWC), . Learn More
Tanzania – Radio & Mobile Phones Bring Life-Changing Solutions to Rural Women
March 7, 2018 - As thousands of farmers in central Tanzania battle with long spells of dry weather and erratic rainfall, with little hope of feeding their families, Juliana Yusuph is no longer worried. The 39-year-old mother of five is one of the many smallholder farmers who now successfully grow sorghum, thanks to a mobile phone and radio . Learn More
CSW 62 Women’s Perspectives on Why They Came & What They Take Back
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown Voices from CSW62 March 28, 2018 - More than 4,300 civil society representatives from 130 countries participated in the 62nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW62), which focused this year on rural women and girls. Why do they come and what do they take back with them from this UN meeting? Here are . Learn More
Spirit Aligned Indigenous Women Leadership Program
The Spirit Aligned Indigenous Women Leadership Program The eight Indigenous women Elders are acknowledged and celebrated for being vessels of their traditional ways and for leading in sustaining and creating legacies of strength and resilience for their own people, for all Native peoples and for all of humanity. We honor their gift of ancestral . Learn More
Women on the Front Lines of Climate Change: Empowerment in the Face of Climate & Displacement
Photo Credit: Woman and children in the Shangel Tubaya camp for displaced people in Darfur, Sudan. photo by UNAMID/Albert Gonzalez Farran February 28, 2018 - By Jessica Olson With a swiftly changing climate comes rapidly rising sea levels, more frequent storms, and rising inequality. Slow yet consistent events like sea-level rise, as well as . Learn More
Croatia – Ratification of the Istanbul EU Convention on Violence Against Women, Despite Protests
Croatia - Opponents of the Convention say it undermines Christian tradition. Croatia's parliament on Friday voted 110-30 in favor of ratifying the Istanbul Convention, the world's first binding treaty on preventing and fighting violence against women. The convention, agreed in 2011, has now been ratified by 29 countries, including 18 European . Learn More
Canada – Arctic Inuit Young Woman Leader’s Voice on Climate Change, Women’s Issues, Inuit Customs
President of the National Inuit Youth Council, Maatalii Okalik By Michela Rosano As president of the National Inuit Youth Council, Maatalii Okalik is a voice for Inuit youth, raising awareness for their issues and concerns, as well as the challenges faced by all Inuit. She brought that unique viewpoint to the COP21 climate change conference in . Learn More
India – How to File a Complaint if You Are Being Stalked
PHOTO SOURCE: BOKSBURGADVERTISER.CO.ZA By Meryl Garcia - February 10, 2016 Have you undergone the unpleasant experience of being stalked? It doesn’t matter if you’re a college student, a working professional, or a housewife — many women in India get stalked on a regular basis. Most of the time, the perpetrators hang around in the neighbourhood, . Learn More
Why 2018 Must Be the Year for Women to Thrive
What opportunities will 2018 bring for women? Image: REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci Christine Lagarde - Managing Director, International Monetary Fund Erna Solberg - Prime Minister of Norway, Office of the Prime Minister of Norway 19 January 2018 - The need for greater respect and opportunities for women is becoming an ever more prominent . Learn More
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