Five pregnant school girls were arrested in Tanzania over the weekend in the southeastern town of Tandahimba. By Aaron Brooks January 10, 2018 - The girls – aged between 16 and 19 – were arrested as part of a crackdown on child pregnancies. Rights groups have slammed the girls’ arrested, insisting that the men who impregnated them should have . Learn More
Child Marriage – Why Is It Important for Countries to Set 18 as the Minimum Legal Age of Marriage?
Photo credit: Kanishka Afshari | FCO/DFID It is important that children are recognised in the law as being children and that they are accorded the full protection of the law. Governments need to have clear and consistent legislation that establishes 18 as the minimum age of marriage. Adequate safeguards must be in place to ensure that . Learn More
Syria – Eastern Ghouta Conflict Disaster – Civilian Casualties & Injured – Women & Children – High Commissioner Condemns
How much cruelty will it take before the international community can speak with one voice to say enough dead children, enough wrecked families, enough violence? GENEVA (21 February 2018) – Since the Syrian Government and their allies escalated their offensive against opposition-held Eastern Ghouta on 4 February, there have been more than 1,200 . Learn More
India – Female Superintendent of Police Tackles Sexual Violence, Harassment + Inbox x
'Fighting the mindset of society is a huge battle for every woman in uniform' - Rema Rajeshwari Rema Rajeshwari is championing the rights of women in India, which she describes as a deeply patriarchal culture. “The society needs to own it up and they need to educate their boys to be responsible towards a woman.” (Rema . Learn More
Call for Women’s Leadership in the Korean Peace Process – Vancouver Women’s Forum
Vancouver Women’s Forum on Peace and Security on the Korean Peninsula On January 16, 2018, as Foreign Ministers from twenty nations gather in Vancouver to discuss security and stability on the Korean Peninsula, an international delegation of sixteen women representing feminist peace movements from Asia, Europe and North America will convene in . Learn More
Nepal – Child Brides – Inequality & Stolen Futures – Video
http://www.refinery29.com/2015/10/94675/nepal-child-marriage-young-widows PHOTO: COURTESY OF POULOMI BASU/VII MENTOR PROGRAM. CONSIDER CHILD BRIDES WHO CAN ALSO BECOME CHILD WIDOWS. The Nepal government has failed to take sufficient steps to end child marriage, in spite of promises to do so, and girls and boys across the country continue to be . Learn More
Kenya – She Ran from the FGM Cut & Helped Thousands of Other Girls Escape, Too
Maasai girls singing and dancing at a rite-of-passage ceremony, conducted as an alternative to genital cutting, in Lenkisem, Kenya. Credit Andrea Bruce for The New York Times By JINA MOORE - JAN. 13, 2018 LENKISEM, Kenya — The first time cutting season came around, Nice Leng’ete and her older sister ran away and hid all night in a tree. The . Learn More
Pakistan – Young Girl’s Rape & Murder – Public Outrage
People attend the funeral for Zainab Ansari, a Pakistani girl who was raped and killed in Kasur, Pakistan, Jan. 10, 2018. AP LAHORE, Pakistan -- The father of a 7-year-old Pakistani girl whose rape and killing shocked the nation accused the police on Thursday of being slow to respond when his daughter went missing in eastern Punjab province. The . Learn More
Saudi Arabia – Challenges But Progress & Empowerment for Girls in Sports
SOURCE MONA ALZUBAIR SAUDI ARABIA – CHALLENGES BUT PROGRESS & EMPOWERMENT FOR GIRLS IN SPORTS July 30, 2017 - A decade and a half into Lina Al Maeena’s fight for women’s sports in Saudi Arabia — the Education Ministry announced that physical education classes in public schools will begin this fall. “It’s a big, big deal,” Al Maeena tells OZY. . Learn More
Homeless Women: Vulnerability, Rising Number – UK +
ARCHIVE PHOTO: Dawn, a homeless woman from north Wales, sits huddled under a sleeping bag next to her dog Casper in a shopping arcade near the Victoria rail station in central London.Decem REUTERS/Chris Helgren Thousands of people are homeless across Britain every night By Varsha Saraogi LONDON, Jan 7, 2018 - (Thomson Reuters . Learn More
Turkey – Nearly 2,000 Women Killed in Eight Years
November 26, 2017 - Nearly 2,000 women have been killed over the past eight years in Turkey, according to statistics gathered by a website tracking femicides across the country based on reports by the Bianet news website. At least 1,915 women were killed since 2010 and the only province where no femicides were reported out of all of Turkey’s 81 . Learn More
Ukraine – Women’s Memory & Identity – Photos + CEDAW Committee 2017 Ukraine Review
A number of Ukrainians who participated in the project kept detailed family records and had carefully preserved hundreds of photographs. Alla Husarova, a Kyiv-based journalist, traces much of her family history back to the village of Bilky in the Vinnitsya region. Her grandmother, Lesia Babukha (bottom left), pictured here as a schoolgirl, spent . Learn More
USA – Girls Write About Female Heroes, Positive Role Models, Gender Equality, Tolerance
Sophia Hanson National Youth Foundation co-founder Sophia Hanson (center, back row) with students who participated in a book-writing project earlier this year. By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman – January 6, 2018 At a time when the news seems to be an endless cycle of stories about powerful men abusing women, one initiative is seeking to . Learn More
UN Women & The World Bank Unveil New Data Analysis on Women & Poverty
More women than men live in poverty, but the incidence of poverty differs by age, marital status, household composition and other factors. For the first time, UN Women and the World Bank have analyzed household survey data for 89 countries by sex, age, household composition and other relevant variables to better understand the profile of the poor. . Learn More
The India Woman Who Became the First Female Practicing Doctor in the UAE (United Arab Emirates)
Zulekha Daud began practising medicine in the UAE when the city had barely any infrastructure. 29 December 2017 - Indian national Zulekha Daud is widely understood to be the first practising female doctor in the United Arab Emirates and has played a crucial part in transforming its healthcare sector. She met BBC Hindi's Zubair Ahmed. Dr . Learn More
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