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Women’s Media Training Toolkit

If you need to know more about how to communicate your campaign to others, this Media Training Toolkit will help you. It introduces basic ‘need to know’ information about telling your stories to new audiences using photography and social media, and gives advice on engaging with mainstream media. . Learn More

Informal Workers & Collective Action: A Global Perspective

Informal Workers and Collective Action features nine cases of collective action to improve the status and working conditions of informal workers. Adrienne E. Eaton, Susan J. Schurman, and Martha A. Chen set the stage by defining informal work and describing the types of organizations that represent the interests of informal workers and the lessons . Learn More

Eleven Women Facing War – Photo Exhibiltion, Stories

An exhibition of powerful photographs and films by award-winning photographer and filmmaker Nick Danziger tells the stories of 11 women living in conflict zones during the first decade of the 21st century. . Learn More

Survivors of Sexual Abuse by Peacekeepers Say UN Neglected Them

Shocking new revelations about what happened to children sexually abused in the Central African Republic by peacekeepers were revealed in a Code Blue Campaign press conference April 12. Credit: SVT By Tharanga Yakupitiyage UNITED NATIONS, April 14, 2017 (IPS) - Several survivors who were sexually abused by peacekeeping forces in the Central . Learn More

Jordan – Female Trained Plumbers Create Work Opportunity in Male Dominated Field for Jordanian Women & Syrian Refugee Women

Khawla al-Sheikh, a plumber and a certified trainer, poses in the basement of her home, where she gives training courses in plumbing to other women, in Amman, Jordan, Feb. 23, 2017. (photo by REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed) Author: Mohammad Ersan - April 12, 2017 AMMAN, Jordan — A number of Jordanian and Syrian women are defying social norms . Learn More

Ageing Women – Call for Inputs to UN Working Group on Ageing on a) Equality & Non-Discrimination & b) Neglect, Violence & Abuse Inbox x

Credit: Tom Weller/HelpAge International The eighth session of the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing will focus on "equality and non-discrimination" and "neglect, violence and abuse," two of the three cluster issues proposed as focus areas during discussions on the way forward at the seventh session. Please submit your responses – in English . Learn More

Six Muslim Women Prove Art Is More Powerful Than Hate

SIX MUSLIM WOMEN PROVING ART IS MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE “Art is needed more than war.” During this tumultuous time, it seems more pressing than ever to hear nuanced views of the world and foreign policy—and who better to present that than a woman? Here are six Muslim women artists and activists exploring women’s experiences in the six . Learn More

UK – Gender Pay Gap Must Be Declared by UK Companies with New Legal Requirement

April 7, 2017 - According to BBC News, companies with 250 or more employees will have to publish their gender pay gaps within the next year under a new legal requirement. The UK gender pay gap is 18.1% for all workers, or 9.4% for full-time staff. . Learn More

Palestine – Documentary Women’s Film – STITCHING PALESTINE

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/04/palestine-embroidery-documentary-lebanon-refugee-camp.html By Florence Massena – April 10, 2017 In “Stitching Palestine,” 12 high-profile Palestinian women living in Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine tell the stories of their exile and their current lives, with the stitching of a piece of . Learn More

Indigenous Women’s Empowerment – CSW 61

By Hadley DesMeules – April 14, 2017 On March 13-24, 2017, the 61st Commission on the Status of Women (CSW61) convened at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City to discuss three major issues: women’s economic empowerment in the changing world of work, challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals . Learn More

State of Crisis: Meeting Sexual & Reproductive Health Needs of Women in Humanitarian Situations

Fatatima* plays with her son, Mouath* in their makeshift home in the Ketermaya refugee camp, outside Beirut, Lebanon.Over 50 Syrian families have found safety and temporary shelter for last year and half in the refugee camp. (The families requested not to use their names because of security concerns) // Photo © Dominic Chavez/World Bank . Learn More

Sierra Leone – Visibly Pregnant Girls Are Banned from Mainstream Schools, But Separate Schools for Pregnant Students Raise Questions

A government programme for separate schools for pregnant students introduced two years ago in Sierra Leone is facing critical scrutiny. Pregnant students were not allowed to sit in the same class in the West African country as their peers because they are seen as a bad influence. In April 2015, schools in Sierra Leone reopened after a . Learn More

Child Suicide Bombers – GIRLS – Lake Chad Region – UNICEF Report

Since January 2014, 117 children, over 80 % of them girls, were used in suicide attacks in Nigeria, Niger, Chad & Cameroon. Direct Link to Full 13-Page 2017 UNICEF Report: SILENT SHAME – BRINGING OUT VOICES OF CHILDREN CAUGHT IN THE LAKE CHAD . Learn More

BURUNDI – UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ALARMED OVER BURUNDI MILITIA “RAPE SONG/VIDEO”

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BERLIN — April 18, 2017 - The U.N.'s top human rights official said Tuesday he is alarmed by what appears to be a "widespread pattern" of rallies in Burundi in which members of a pro-government youth militia chant a call to "impregnate" or kill opponents. An online video emerged this month of an incident in a rural . Learn More

Women’s NGOs Warn of UN’s Issues of Credibility in the Middle East

Photo: Ibtisam Majareesh, head of the refugee camp women’s committee and member of the camp refugee committee briefs UN Secretary-General António Guterres on cash-for-work opportunities available for Syrian refugee women at the UN Women-run centre in the Za’atari refugee camp. Photo: UN Women/ Benoît Almeras. By Jutta Wolf BERLIN (IDN) – . Learn More

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