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
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 & Women’s Rights
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
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 Girls – Little Flowers – Poem
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
Men & Gender Equality Need Each Other – EIGE
Men & Gender Equality Need Each Other EIGE – European Institute for Gender Equality http://eige.europa.eu/news-and-events/news/men-and-gender-equality-need-each-other 06 October 2016 - Gender equality discussions often engage mainly women, but actually men have a crucial role to play. In order to achieve gender equality, we need to . Learn More
Central America – Indigenous Girls – Abriendo Oportunidades Skills & Support
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
Investing in the Care Economy: A Gender Analysis of Employment Stimulus in 7 OECD Countries
Investing in the Care Economy: A Pathway to Growth – A Gender Analysis of Employment Stimulus in 7 OECD Countries International Trade Union Confederation – ITUC http://www.ituc-csi.org/investing-in-the-care-economy-a?lang=en OECD – Organisation for Economic Co-Operation & Development - http://www.oecd.org/about/ A study released . Learn More
Global Nutrition Report 2016: Malnutrition Is Becoming the “New Normal” Across the Globe – Gender
Global Nutrition Report 2016: Malnutrition Is Becoming the “New Normal” Across the Globe - Gender Direct Link to Full 180-Page 2016 Report: http://ebrary.ifpri.org/utils/getfile/collection/p15738coll2/id/130354/filename/130565.pdf The Global Nutrition Report (GNR) is the only independent and comprehensive annual review of the state of the . Learn More
Child Marriage – Fragile Progress in Global Fight – While Percentage of Girls Marrying Drops, Overall Numbers Climb Higher
Fragile Progress in Global Fight Against Child Marriage While Percentage of Girls Marrying Drops, Overall Numbers Climb . Learn More
UN Summit for Refugees & Migrants – Women Refugees & Migrants
UN Summit on Refugees & Migrants – UN General Assembly - September 19, 2016 http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/in-focus/women-refugees-and-migrants Website Link Includes Women Migrant Stories & Photos + Videos. Women Refugees & Migrants Photo: UN Women/Catianne Tijerina The issue Today, around the world, people are on . Learn More
Manual For & About Women Human Rights Defenders: Gendering Documentation
Gendering Documentation : A manual for & about Women Human Rights Defenders http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/2016/09/04/gendering-documentation-a-manual-for-and-about-women-human-rights-defenders-2/ A publication of the Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition, this manual is motivated by the courageous . Learn More
Gender Inequity & Discrimination in Drylands Agriculture
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12 Activists Who Will Make You Hopeful For Feminist Futures
12 ACTIVISTS WHO WILL MAKE YOU HOPEFUL FOR FEMINIST FUTURES WITHOUT FUNDAMENTALISMS AWID: http://www.forum.awid.org/forum16/posts/12-activists-who-will-make-you-hopeful-feminist-futures-without-fundamentalisms By Isabel Marler Those of us who work on issues surrounding gender and religious fundamentalisms are faced with a problem of . Learn More
Nepal’s Child Brides & Grooms – Third Highest Rate of Child Marriage in Asia
Nepal’s Child Brides & Grooms Nepal Has The Third Highest Rate of Child Marriage in Asia. Manju M., 16, Tilmaya M., 18, and Sangeeta M., 19, wait with their children outside of a doctor’s office in Chitwan, Nepal. The parents of Manju M. arranged her marriage to a 19-year-old man when she was 15. Tilmaya M. eloped and married a . Learn More
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