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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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