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

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

Fragile Progress in Global Fight Against Child Marriage While Percentage of Girls Marrying Drops, Overall Numbers Climb . Learn More

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

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