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Central America – Indigenous Girls – Abriendo Oportunidades Skills & Support

Central America – Indigenous Girls - Abriendo Oportunidades (“Opening Opportunities”) http://www.popcouncil.org/research/abriendo-oportunidades-opening-opportunities Abriendo Oportunidades provides vulnerable Mayan girls in Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico with skills and support to improve their lives. Photo Credit: Mark Tuschman The . Learn More

Investing in the Care Economy: A Gender Analysis of Employment Stimulus in 7 OECD Countries

Investing in the Care Economy: A Pathway to Growth – A Gender Analysis of Employment Stimulus in 7 OECD Countries International Trade Union Confederation – ITUC http://www.ituc-csi.org/investing-in-the-care-economy-a?lang=en OECD – Organisation for Economic Co-Operation & Development - http://www.oecd.org/about/ A study released . Learn More

Global Nutrition Report 2016: Malnutrition Is Becoming the “New Normal” Across the Globe – Gender

Global Nutrition Report 2016: Malnutrition Is Becoming the “New Normal” Across the Globe - Gender Direct Link to Full 180-Page 2016 Report: http://ebrary.ifpri.org/utils/getfile/collection/p15738coll2/id/130354/filename/130565.pdf The Global Nutrition Report (GNR) is the only independent and comprehensive annual review of the state of the . Learn More

Child Marriage – Fragile Progress in Global Fight – While Percentage of Girls Marrying Drops, Overall Numbers Climb Higher

Fragile Progress in Global Fight Against Child Marriage While Percentage of Girls Marrying Drops, Overall Numbers Climb . Learn More

UN Summit for Refugees & Migrants – Women Refugees & Migrants

UN Summit on Refugees & Migrants – UN General Assembly - September 19, 2016 http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/in-focus/women-refugees-and-migrants Website Link Includes Women Migrant Stories & Photos + Videos. Women Refugees & Migrants Photo: UN Women/Catianne Tijerina The issue Today, around the world, people are on . Learn More

Manual For & About Women Human Rights Defenders: Gendering Documentation

Gendering Documentation : A manual for & about Women Human Rights Defenders http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/2016/09/04/gendering-documentation-a-manual-for-and-about-women-human-rights-defenders-2/ A publication of the Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition, this manual is motivated by the courageous . Learn More

Gender Inequity & Discrimination in Drylands Agriculture

WOMEN & GENDER IN DRYLANDS – Gender Inequity In Agriculture Global Forum on Agricultural Research – GFAR Direct Link to Full 8-Page 2016 Publication – Multiple Photos https://drylandsystems.exposure.co/women-and-gender-in-drylands Drylands cover approximately 41 percent of the world’s land surface and are a direct source of livelihood . Learn More

12 Activists Who Will Make You Hopeful For Feminist Futures

12 ACTIVISTS WHO WILL MAKE YOU HOPEFUL FOR FEMINIST FUTURES WITHOUT FUNDAMENTALISMS AWID: http://www.forum.awid.org/forum16/posts/12-activists-who-will-make-you-hopeful-feminist-futures-without-fundamentalisms By Isabel Marler Those of us who work on issues surrounding gender and religious fundamentalisms are faced with a problem of . Learn More

Nepal’s Child Brides & Grooms – Third Highest Rate of Child Marriage in Asia

Nepal’s Child Brides & Grooms Nepal Has The Third Highest Rate of Child Marriage in Asia. Manju M., 16, Tilmaya M., 18, and Sangeeta M., 19, wait with their children outside of a doctor’s office in Chitwan, Nepal. The parents of Manju M. arranged her marriage to a 19-year-old man when she was 15. Tilmaya M. eloped and married a . Learn More

India – Women Twins Break Records for Mountain Climbing

India - Women Twins Make Guinness Book for Records for Scaling World's 7 Tallest Peaks http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Women/WRGS/Pages/MaternalAndChildHealth.aspx Picture Courtesy: Tashi and Nungshi Malik's . Learn More

USA – Homeless in NYC – Default Shelter May Be a Train or Bus Station, Airport Terminal – Homeless Women

USA – Homeless in NYC – Default Shelter May Be a Train or Bus Station, Homeless Women http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/19/nyregion/among-travelers-and-commuters-the-homeless-stop-in-and-stay.html?action=click&contentCollection=N.Y.%20%2F%20Region&module=RelatedCoverage&region=Marginalia&pgtype=article Geraldine Shayne, right, . Learn More

French Court Overturns Burkini Ban

French Court Overturns Burkini Ban https://www.yahoo.com/news/french-court-anti-burqini-mayors-163350708.html http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/27/world/europe/france-burkini-ban.html?emc=edit_th_20160827&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=36377513&_r=0 Photo credit: ANOEK DE GROOT/AFP/Getty Images The reversal on burkini bans began on . Learn More

Italy – Major Earthquake Hits Central Italy – Women’s Courage with Losses of Life, Homes, Villages

ITALY – MAJOR EARTHQUAKE HITS CENTRAL ITALY – WOMEN’S COURAGE WITH LOSSES OF LIFE, HOMES, VILLAGES http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/24/world/europe/italy-earthquake-usgs.html?emc=edit_na_20160824&nlid=36377513&ref=cta Women residents amidst the earthquake debris. The mayor of Amatrice, Italy, said, “Half the town no longer exists.” . Learn More

Australia – New Domestic Violence Guidelines for Judges & Magistrates – Physical, Emotional,, Social , Economic, Cultural Abuse +

Australia - New Domestic Violence Guidelines for Judges - Physical, Emotional, Social, Economic, Cultural Abuse + News.com Australia http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/relationships/dating/new-domestic-violence-guidelines-include-social-abuse-such-as-silent-treatment-and-withholding-affection/news-story/6e66af19c0f63723b79f07905fbaea46 The . Learn More

Girls’ Self-Esteem – Importance of Relationships with Family & Friends, Especially During Adolescence

http://selfesteem.dove.us/Articles/Written/Friends_and_relationships.aspx How do relationships with family and friends affect girls’ self-esteem? How will your own relationship with your daughter during adolescence help her confidence as she grows? Offered are practical articles and activities to help you share a closer, more open . Learn More