Afghanistan-Kandahar - Social Prejudice Limits Women in Media – Female Voices & Issues Silenced https://iwpr.net/global-voices/afghan-media-crying-out-female-voices Women are being prevented from pursuing careers in journalism.   By Rozuddin Ayazi – 16 August 2016 The lack of female journalists working in the conservative . Learn More

Adolescent Boys & Young Men: Engaging Them as Supporters of Gender Equality & Health, & Understanding Their . Learn More

INDIA’S FIRST PhD ON LAW & INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM – DR. GEETA MADHAVAN Women’s Feature Service As a foremost expert on international terror Dr Geeta Madhavan’s expert opinion is sought on various panels and working groups preparing policy papers on counter terrorism, piracy and extremism. By Kirthi Jayakumar Chennai (Women’s . Learn More

A Feminist Agenda for the New UN Secretary-General – Petition https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/a-feminist-agenda-for-the-new-un-secretary-general.html CLICK WEBSITE PAGE TO SIGN THIS PETITION. The world faces unprecedented challenges including violent conflict, spiraling inequality, environmental degradation and diminishing . Learn More

SCULPTURE ART INSTALLATION ABOUT PROSTITUTION & HUMAN TRAFFICKING BY JENS GALSCHIOT OF DENMARK http://www.galschiot.com/5501-2/  A working year in a prostitute’s life –Setting focus on human trafficking and prostitution. The 60 meters long sculpture- consists of 550 male figures and one female figure all unique and made of bronze. The . Learn More

Indonesia – Update on Mary Jane Veloso, Filipina Woman Who Was Temporarily Spared Execution in Indonesia on Drug Charges, But Remains in Prison with an Uncertain Future – Global Advocacy Has Tried to Save Her https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/28/mary-jane-veloso-indonesia-execution-reprieve Mary Jane Veloso was sentenced to death . Learn More

ISRAEL-JERUSALEM – PRAYER RIGHTS PROTEST AT THE WESTERN WALL, INCLUDING OVER GENDER, ERUPTS INTO CLASHES https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/02/prayer-rights-protest-at-jerusalems-western-wall-erupts-into-clashes Website Includes Video. Members of the Women of the Wall carry a Torah scroll after prayers in the women’s section of . Learn More

El Al Israel Airlines Flights Have Had Frictions with Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Male Passengers over Seats Near Women & “Immodest” In-Flight Films Jerusalem Post – 2/26/2016 - http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/El-Al-sued-for-asking-woman-to-move-seats-at-behest-of-ultra-Orthodox-man-446249 El Al Israel Airlines plane at the Venice Airport. . Learn More

Italy - Two More Powerful Earthquakes Hit Central Italy – Women All Ages Fear for Future Quakes http://edition.cnn.com/2016/10/26/europe/italy-earthquake/ October 27, 2016 - Campi, Italy (CNN)Two powerful earthquakes Wednesday struck central Italy about 50 miles north of the site of a deadly August quake that killed nearly 300 people, the US . Learn More

Japan - Many Married Women Choose to Use Their Own Surnames in Spite of Historic Law http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/25/world/asia/japan-women-married-name.html?_r=0 TOKYO — Japan’s Constitution promises gender equality, and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he wants a society where all women can “shine.” But many women say that is hard to do when . Learn More

Financing for Gender Equality and Women’s Rights Is Central to Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals Direct Link to FULL 2-PAGE DOCUMENT: http://www2.unwomen.org/~/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/library/publications/2016/fpi%20brief-gender-financing.pdf?v=1&d=20160125T163802 The recent twenty-year review of the Beijing . Learn More

Afghanistan – Film: FRAME BY FRAME – Reframing a Nation – Women Photojournalists  FILM SEGMENT: http://www.framebyframethefilm.com/ After decades of war and an oppressive Taliban regime, four Afghan photojournalists face the realities of building a free press in a country left to stand on its own – reframing Afghanistan for the world and . Learn More

Afghan Women's Writing Project http://awwproject.org/2012/09/little-flowers/ Afghan Girls - Little Flowers - Poem Photo by Emilio Morenatti We are little flowers, don’t let us die, we are fragile. If you throw stones our stems will break. Don’t hit us, we are precious in your life. We are little flowers that can make . Learn More

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