Local girls attend a youth group meeting about sexual reproductive health in their community, Batey Yaco, on the outskirts of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Photo credit: IPPF Posted on Friday 7th Apr 2017 Child marriage is a big problem in the Dominican Republic, according to new research by Plan International. With 37% of girls married . Learn More
Call to Women Filmmakers – Short Film Competition: Religious Freedom Is Good For Business
The Middle East Women’s Leadership Network (MEWLN) and the Religious Freedom & Business Foundation (RFBF) are pleased the Religious Freedom Film Competition. The goal of the competition is to challenge women filmmakers around the world to create short films that showcase how religious freedom leads to innovation, peace, security, . Learn More
Gender Equality Can Save Women’s Lives in Disasters
Women in the western Haitian town of Les Cayes collect food and emergency supplies in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, which struck the Caribbean nation in October 2016. Photo: UN Photo/Logan Abassi By Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka,UN Under-Secretary-General and the Executive Director of UN Women, and Robert Glasser, UN Secretary-General’s . Learn More
Pakistan – Feminists Ride Bikes to Claim Public Space, Avoid Restrictions & Haarassment
By Saad Sayeed | ISLAMABAD – APRIL 2, 2017 Dozens of women in Pakistan took part in female-only bike races in major cities on Sunday, in an event organized to challenge male dominance of public spaces in the country. "Our strategy is simply to be visible in public spaces," said Meher Bano of Girls at Dhabas, a feminist group which organized . Learn More
The Birth of a Mother
Credit Getty Images By ALEXANDRA SACKS M.D*. MAY 8, 2017 - For most women, pregnancy and new motherhood is a joy — at least some of the time. But most mothers also experience worry, disappointment, guilt, competition, frustration, and even anger and fear. . Learn More
Quality of Care Network for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health – 9 Countries
Kantu Fanta, mother of 6, nurses her baby at home in Amari Yewebesh Kebele of Amhara Region in Ethiopia, in July 2013. ©UNICEF/Ose While the rate of skilled care during childbirth has increased from 58% in 1990 to 73% in 2013, mostly due to increases in facility-based births, giving birth in a health facility does not equate with a safe birth. . Learn More
UN Names Women to 2 High Level Posts: Special Envoy on Sexual Violence in Conflict & Special Envoy on Children in Armed Conflict Inbox x
Children in a temporary learning space in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, soon after the country collapsed into civil war in 2013, which continues unabated. UN PHOTO By Kacie Candela • April 30, 2017 . Learn More
Indonesia – Survey Shows Violence Against Women Widespread in Indonesia
A woman in Jakarta, Indonesia. A new survey reveals women in the country face high rates of violence. © CEphoto, Uwe Aranas Author: UNFPA - Maria Endah Hulupi JAKARTA, Indonesia – Dita* never imagined that she would be a single mother at the age of 33. But after enduring 10 years of an abusive marriage, she found herself alone and struggling . Learn More
Internal Displacement Global Report 2017 – IDP Women & Girls
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre – Norwegian Refugee Council The 2017 Global Report on Internal Displacement presents the latest data and trends of internal displacement by conflict and disasters worldwide, and includes spotlights on countries, regions and issues of particular concern. . Learn More
Lessons from Indigenous Women & Farmers: Cultivate Democracy & Food Sovereignty
Jennifer Allsopp - 15 May 2017 Learning to live in harmony with the land is co-constituent to human rights activism. Jennifer Allsopp reports for 50.50 from the second day of the 2017 Nobel Women's Initiative conference. . Learn More
Mexico – Sex Trafficking & Child Marriages Linked – Study
Wedding Dresses Exhibit in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico The researchers interviewed 603 women working in the sex industry in the Mexican cities of Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez. . Learn More
Syrian Women Experts Panel CSW 61 – Ensuring Women’s Participation in Future Political & Economic Decision-Making in Syria Now
Outcomes of the CSW 61 Syrian Women Experts Panel: “Ensuring Women’s Participation in Future Political and Economic Decision-Making in Syria Now” March 2017, UN NYC . Learn More
Syria Woman Aged Over 100 Years En Route as a Refugee to Join Her Family in Europe
Eida, who is over 100, was the last remaining member of her family in Syria – Photo: UNHCR/Yorgos Kvvemitis Aged over 100, Syrian great-grandmother Eida Karmi planned to live out her days in her home village in NE Syria. She doubted she would ever see her family again after they fled the war and settled in Germany. Now in Greece, she is . Learn More
Somalia – Conflict & Famine – Gender
Overview History is at risk of tragically repeating itself. Once again, conflict-wracked Somalia is faced with mass hunger, just six years after a man-made famine took the lives of 250,000 people, mostly children, and 25 years after another killed 300,000, triggering . Learn More
PALESTINE – HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE A WOMAN PRIMARILY LIVING IN THE DARK, IN GAZA?
By Yolande Knell - BBC News, Gaza City - 18 May 2017 Share Inside their apartment, south of Gaza City, the children of the Abu Shaban family are studying for their end-of-year exams by candlelight. "We have no electricity when we teach our children," says Suniya, their mother. "This problem will affect their grades a . Learn More
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