IRAN – WOMEN MAKE IMPRESSIVE GAINS IN IRAN’S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/02/iran-parliamentary-elections-women-elected-double-mps.html A supporter of women candidates for the upcoming parliamentary elections, Parvaneh Salahshouri holds her electoral leaflets during a Reformist campaign event in . Learn More
Philippines – Comfort Women Want Justice as for Korean Women – Japan Apology + Compensation, & Recognition from Philippine Government
PHILIPPINES – COMFORT WOMEN WANT JUSTICE AS FOR KOREAN WOMEN – JAPAN APOLOGY + COMPENSATION, & RECOGNITION FROM PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT Credit: Iris C. Gonzales Some of the Filipina women who protested during Japanese Emperor Akihito's January visit to Manila By Iris C. Gonzales – February 28, 2016 MANILA, Philippines . Learn More
Guatemala – Landmark Court Ruling Sentences 2 Military for Murder, Rape, Sexual Enslavement of Indigenous Women
Guatemala – Landmark Court Ruling Sentences 2 Military for Murder, Rape, Sexual Enslavement of Indigenous Women http://www.bbc.com/news/world-35674893 Victims, who say they are still stigmatized, cheered as the men were sentenced A Guatemala court has sentenced two former members of the military to 360 years in jail for the murder, rape . Learn More
USA – How Social Media Is Disrupting the Lives of American Teenage Girls
USA – How Social Media Is Disrupting the Lives of American Girls http://time.com/americangirls/ Illustration by Rebecca Mock for TIME Once upon a time, only the wealthy and privileged could afford to have their portraits painted by a small, select circle of artists. With the advent of photography, parents of all backgrounds could have . Learn More
Algeria – Women-Only Tuareg Musical Tradition Is Reborn in Algeria
Algeria – Women-Only Tuareg Musical Tradition Is Reborn in Algeria http://english.alarabiya.net/en/variety/2016/01/26/Tuareg-women-only-musical-tradition-reborn-in-Algeria-.html A Tuareg woman who is an imzad instrument maker poses for a picture at the "Home of the Imzad" in Tamanrasset in Southern Algeria. (AFP) Video of Algeria Tuareg . Learn More
Asia – Women Farmers: In Asia, Supporting Women Farmers Is Crucial to Fighting Poverty, Hunger & Climate Change
In Asia, Supporting Women Farmers Is Crucial to Fighting Poverty, Hunger & Climate Change At the first Asia Women Farmers Forum, women farmers from 14 developing countries came together to exchange experiences On security their right to land and enhancing their resilience in the face of climate change. Photo: Diah Dwiandani - . Learn More
China – Couples Who Violated One-Child Policy Are Wary of Relaxed Rules
CHINA – COUPLES WHO VIOLATED ONE-CHILD POLICY ARE WARY OF RELAXED RULES http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/09/world/asia/china-one-child-policy-hukou.html A park in Beijing decorated for Lunar New Year. A push to register all citizens has raised fears in families that violated the old one-child limit. CreditAndy Wong/Associated Press By KIKI . Learn More
Forced Child Marriages on the Rise in the MENA Region
Forced Child Marriages on the Rise in the MENA Region Child Marriage in the Middle East & North Africa – White Paper: http://www.icmec.org/en_X1/icmec_publications/Child_Marriage_in_the_MENA_Region.pdf Daily Star – Lebanon - . Learn More
UK – FGM Case Reported Every 109 Minutes in England
UK – FGM CASE REPORTED EVERY 109 MINUTES IN ENGLAND https://news.vice.com/article/fgm-case-reported-every-109-minutes-in-england Website Link Includes Video. By VICE News and Reuters - February 5, 2016 A case of female genital mutilation (FGM) was reported every 109 minutes in England between April and September last year, yet there . Learn More
Pakistan – Deadly Assault on University
Pakistan - Deadly Assault on University WUNRN Breaking News - http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35359072 - Website Link Includes Two Videos. Distraught women students emerge from the university after the attack. Security forces have ended a gun and bomb attack on a university in north-west Pakistan in which 19 people were killed and 50 . Learn More
Eight Ways 2015 Was a Momentous Year for Girls
Girl Effect: http://www.girleffect.org/what-girls-need/articles/2015/12/8-ways-2015-was-a-momentous-year-for-girls/ EIGHT WAYS 2015 WAS A MOMENTOUS YEAR FOR GIRLS 12-16-2015 - What a year it’s been. From the Sustainable Development Goals and global support for girls’ education to commitments to end harmful practices that hold girls back, 2015 has . Learn More
WUNRN Europe is an Official EU NGO Association and has European Parliament Accreditation
This photo shows WUNRN EU Gender Policy Specialist, Sadia Mir (on right) and Lois A. Herman, WUNRN Coordinator (on left), in front of the European Parliament Building, September 2015. . Learn More
THE FEMALE FACES OF THE CRISIS IN YEMEN
The UN has declared its highest-level humanitarian emergency in Yemen, where months of fighting and a blockade by a Saudi-led coalition have left about 80% of the population in need of aid. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for a pause in hostilities until the end of Ramadan so that assistance can be delivered. A senior UN official warns . Learn More
SYRIA WOMEN SPOKE AT WUNRN CO-ORGANIZED PANEL AT UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
The Syria war, now in its 5th year, with over 4 million Syrian refugees, especially women and children, is considered the greatest humanitarian crisis of the century. WUNRN is co-organizer of a UN Human Rights Council panel that brings Syria women together to give personal crisis testimonies. See the Flyer UN Human Rights Council - Session 29 - . Learn More
WUNRN FOUNDER TO RECEIVE UN AWARD
The Spirit of the United Nations Award" is given to a person whose work is an expression of the core principles, spirit, and vision on which the United Nations was founded. It is awarded to one person each year from each of the following categories (1) A Diplomat (2) A UN Staff and (3) An NGO/Civil Society Organization Leader, and (4) A Youth . Learn More
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