Meanwhile, gender pay gap is "the biggest robber" of women: "No one fights for women to be paid equally." By Ellen Wulfhorst | @EJWulfhorst | Reuters NEW YORK, March 6, 2017 - (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Violence is the biggest challenge facing women around the world as progress in gender equality is erratic and at times a baffling . Learn More
Vulnerability & Resilience-Based Approaches in Response to the Syrian Crisis: Implications for Women, Children & Youth with Disabilities
Recognizing the increased attention to resilience in the Syria response, the WRC undertook a project to examine how vulnerability and resilience-based approaches are supporting the protection and empowerment of Syrian refugee women, children, and youth with disabilities. . Learn More
Guide to Reporting on Civic Space – Media Toolkit – Gender
According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, all people, everywhere in the world, have the right to speak out, to organise, and to take action. These rights – the freedoms of association, assembly and expression . Learn More
Syrian Young Women’s Empowerment Report
We Asked: What Do Syrian Young Women Want? Driven by Syrian young women themselves, this is the very first Syrian young women’s empowerment report. In the midst of unimaginable human suffering, bold young women in nearly 20 countries of refuge have spoken. . Learn More
Glossary on Gender Issues – IFAD
Direct Link to Full 44-Page 2017 IFAD Glossary: https://www.ifad.org/documents/10180/d6027426-91b2-48d2-bb29-0c0ebbc05f5c . Learn More
UN Refugee Agency Review of Gender Equality in Operations
Direct Link to Full 32-Page 2016 Report Summary: http://www.unhcr.org/57f3b9a74.pdf Computer can adjust type size for easier reading. . Learn More
International Women’s Day 2017
"On International Women’s Day, let us all pledge to do everything we can to overcome entrenched prejudice, support engagement and activism, and promote gender equality and women’s empowerment." — UN Secretary-General, António Guterres . Learn More
EU – Gender Balance: Five Areas for Improvement
Check out the facts in our infographic . Learn More
Global Women’s Call for Climate Justice
WE ARE WOMEN AND GIRLS OF ALL AGES, IN ALL OUR DIVERSITY, FROM EVERY REGION OF THE WORLD We are gravely concerned about the lack of just and sufficient action on climate change by the world’s leaders; . Learn More
Gender Disparity at the UN – Report +
By Thalif Deen - En español UNITED NATIONS, Mar 8 2017 (IPS) - The United Nations has frequently been accused of vociferously preaching gender empowerment and women’s rights to the outside world — but failing miserably to practice what it preaches in its own political backyard. The charge is usually made against the 193-member General . Learn More
Somalia – Fears of Full Famine – Desperate Needs – Severe Humanitarian Crisis
A malnourished and dehydrated child lies on a bed in Banadir Hospital in the Somali capital Mogadishu. . Learn More
Shelter Me Project – Fairer Recruitment, Conditions of Migrant Domestic Workers
Each year, hundreds of thousands of Asian (and increasingly African) women migrate to become a domestic worker in Gulf countries to make a living for their families. About one in three female wage workers in the Middle East (31.8 %) is a domestic worker. . Learn More
Ghana – Witchcraft Accusations Put Women’s Lives at Risk
Many elderly women in northern Ghana have fled their homes to live in so-called witch camps. . Learn More
Musawah Vision for the Muslim Family – New Publication – 3 Translations
MUSAWAH VISION FOR THE FAMILY – NEW PUBLICATION – 3 TRANSLATIONS Musawah Vision for the Family proposes a model of Muslim family relations that upholds equality . Learn More
Women Workers Rising
On March 8: Massive Women’s Rally at Department of Labor in DC #WOMENWORKERSRISING MEDIA ALERT FOR MARCH 8, 2017 Contacts: CJ Frogozo, cj(a)drakecomms.us, 310 570 2622 Tim Rusch, ruschtk(a)gmail.com, 917 399 0236 On March 8: Massive Women’s Rally at Department of Labor in DC #WOMENWORKERSRISING: A RALLY WITH WOMEN WORKERS ON . Learn More
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