(Photo: AP) Köksal Baltaci, Special for USA TODAY September 27, 2017 - Austria on Sunday becomes the fifth European country to ban wearing full face veils such as the burqa and niqab in public, a move prompted by the recent wave of migrants from Muslim countries seeking asylum. . Learn More
Pakistan – One Widow’s Resolve to Break Tradition Changed the Lives of Hundreds of Pakistani Women
Zubaida Janwri changed people's perceptions and now has women and men from 14 villages standing by her. PHOTO: EXPRESS By Sarfaraz Memon – March 17, 2017 SUKKUR: Born and brought up in an environment where women, even preteens, were not allowed to go out without wearing a white shuttlecock burqa, Zubaida Janwri, a widow and mother of five . Learn More
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Rohingya – Midwives Deployed as Hundreds of Thousands of Rohingya Refugees Cross into Bangladesh
UNFPA is providing dignity kits, which contain hygiene and safety supplies, as well as deploying midwives and establishing safe spaces. © UNFPA Bangladesh . Learn More
El Salvador – Lawmakers Abolish Law That Allowed Men to Marry Underage Girls They Had Made Pregnant, & Avoid Criminal Prosecution
Girls watch a procession during the "Fiesta de las Palancas" celebration to ask for blessings and abundance during the new year in Panchimalco, El Salvador, January 5, 2017. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas TPX SAN SALVADOR, Aug 17, 2017 (Reuters) - El Salvador lawmakers on Thursday unanimously voted to abolish a controversial, 23-year-old law that allowed . Learn More
ater & Women – “Dear Water” Poem & Video by Kenya Schoolgirls + Pending Global Water Crisis
It can be easy to take clean water for granted. But for millions of children around the world, not having easy access to clean water robs them of time, energy, health, and opportunity. It means so much to these schoolgirls in Kenya that they wrote a poem — “Dear Water” — to share how life-changing it is: . Learn More
Afghanistan – First Female Street Artist Risks Her Life to Empower Women
July 27, 2017 - Afghanistan-based feminist graffiti artist risks her life to show her perspective of hope for the world she lives in. Her name is Shamsia Hassani, and she is the first female 3-D street artist and female graffiti artist in Afghanistan. Her art is meant to bring about positive change . Learn More
Empowering Women Can Be Key to Development
Women’s economic empowerment has the potential to foster and accelerate substantial gains in human development and in the economy — at both the local and global level In conjunction with formal work, women perform up to 3 times more unpaid work than men 8-16-2017 - By Joanna Nappi – Currently, 836 million people are living in extreme poverty, . Learn More
4 Myths about Refugee & Migrant Women & Girls on the Move to Europe
Migration to Europe 8 March 6, 2017 - On a global scale, women and girls make up half of the world’s refugees and half of global migrants, but when it comes to those travelling to Europe, the story is quite different, Megan Passey writes on the Mixed Migration . Learn More
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India – Hyderabad Madrassa Empowers Girls with Training on Fatwa to Become Muftias
MOHAMMED WAJIHUDDIN - JANUARY 09, 2017 Over a dozen students, all clad in burqas, are in a small classroom. Their teacher, dressed identically, keeps a close watch. Everyone is on the floor while books on Hadith (traditions of the Prophet), commentaries on the Quran and tomes on fatwas line the walls. This is the Madrassa Jamiatul Mominath in . Learn More
Latin America – Indigenous Women Defending the Environment
Indigenous Women at the UN - UNDESA-DSPD/Jimmy Kruglinski Spanish – By Carolina Herrera – August 9, 2017 We celebrate the successes of indigenous peoples in Latin America in protecting their lands and communities. . Learn More
Peril of Pesticides for Women’s Health, Food Security – Report of UN Special Rapporteur on Food + Pan Ap Submission on Pesticides
The use of pesticides has had detrimental effects not only on the environment but also on human health, both from direct and indirect exposure. What are the successful and unsuccessful measures taken by Governments and businesses to prohibit, ban, restrict and phase out pesticides that are harmful to human health? . Learn More
Gender Equality & Development for LGBTI People
LGBTI pride parade in Guayaquil (Ecuador), June 2013 – Photo: Silvia Buendía 29/08/2017 - By Saionara König-Reis When the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were agreed upon in 2015, many vulnerable groups were left out of the text. . Learn More
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