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USA – A Century After Women Gained the Right to Vote, the Majority of Americans Still See Challenges for Gender Equality

By Juliana Menasce Horowitz and Ruth Igielnik A hundred years after the 19th Amendment was ratified, about half of Americans say granting women the right to vote has been the most important milestone in advancing the position of women in the country. Still, a majority of U.S. adults say the country hasn’t gone far enough when it comes to giving . Learn More

Afghanistan – Taliban – New All-Male Government – No Women!

© AP Photo/Muhammad Farooq - ASSOCIATED PRESS September 7, 2021 - KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban on Tuesday announced an all-male interim government for Afghanistan stacked with veterans of their hard-line rule from the 1990s and the 20-year battle against the U.S.-led coalition, a move that seems unlikely to win the international support . Learn More

Iceland – Women Win Majority of Parliament Seats in Iceland’s Election

Iceland's PM Katrin Jakobsdottir talks to supporters of her Left-Green Movement at a party event in Reykjavik [File: Tom Little/ AFP] 26 September 2021 - Iceland’s national election has, for the first time, seen more women than men elected to a European parliament. Final results on Sunday also showed the country’s ruling left-right coalition . Learn More

Internally Displaced Women & Girls

Who are ‘internally displaced persons’ and what is ‘internal displacement’? According to the 1998 Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement: “Internally displaced persons are persons or groups of persons who have been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their homes or places of habitual residence, in particular as a result of or in order to . Learn More

Mexico – Ten Women & Girls Murdered Every Day in Mexico

Activists demonstrate against domestic violence and femicides in the city of Culiacan, Sinaloa state, Mexico, in September. Photograph: Juan Carlos Cruz/EPA By David Agren in Mexico City 20 Sep 2021 - At least 10 women and girls are murdered every day in Mexico, according to a new report that says victims’ families are often left to carry out . Learn More

Afghanistan – Taliban Imposes New Dress Code, Segregation Of Women, At Private Afghan Universities

Afghan women take part in a protest for their rights under the Taliban in downtown Kabul on September 3. September 06, 2021 – By Frud Bezhan KABUL -- The Taliban has imposed a new dress code and gender segregation for women at private universities and colleges in Afghanistan, in line with a decree issued to educational institutions and obtained . Learn More

China – A Thin Fad Is Becoming Life-Threatening for Chinese Women

Contestants at the hit idol survival show Produce 101. Female celebrities in East Asia are expected to look pale and thin. Photo: Chen Zhongqiu/Visual China Group via Getty Images By Viola Zhou September 21, 2021 - SHANGHAI — Lou Wenjun, a 26-year-old office worker from central China, compared her body to a pear: The upper half was fine, but the . Learn More

Societies That Treat Women Badly Are Poorer & Less Stable

Via Professor Valerie M. Hudson Basra and Tororo - September 11, 2021. "A woman who drives a car will be killed,” says Sheikh Hazim Muhammad al-Manshad. He says it matter-of-factly, without raising his voice. The unwritten rules of his tribe, the al-Ghazi of southern Iraq, are clear. A woman who drives a car might meet a man. The very possibility . Learn More

Kyrgyzstan – Women Kidnapped, Raped, Wed Against Their Will

Dinara struggles as a relative of the man who abducted her tries to force a white scarf on to her head, signifying her submission to his demands to be married. Dinara, 22, finally accepted her lot, saying: ‘This is our tradition.’ Photograph: Noriko Hayashi/Panos May 30, 2021 - Aisuluu was returning home after spending the afternoon with her aunt . Learn More

Yemen – Protracted & Escalated Crises of Conflict, Hunger, Poverty – Acute for Women & Girls

19 August 2021 - Yemen remains the world’s largest humanitarian crisis and aid operation. A staggering 20.7 million people, 66 percent of the population, require some form of humanitarian assistance in 2021. The country situation, which is primarily driven by conflict and an economic blockade, has been exacerbated by COVID-19, heavy rains and . Learn More

Mexico – Bold Break with Machismo: Congress Is Now Half Female, & Gender Parity Is the Law

Claudia Pavlovich celebrates her victory as governor of Sonora, Mexico, in 2015. (Agencia el Universal/AP) By Mary Beth Sheridan September 9, 2021 - HERMOSILLO, Mexico — When Claudia Pavlovich ran for governor of Sonora, a vast swath of cowboy country south of Arizona, not a single Mexican state was led by a woman. Fewer than 10 percent of the . Learn More

Lebanon – Women Face Period Poverty as Lebanon’s Economic Crisis Deepens

A Lebanese woman inspects prices of female sanitary pads at a shop in the capital Beirut on June 23, 2021. © Jospeh Eid, AFP With prices soaring in crisis-hit Lebanon, Sherine can no longer afford sanitary pads. So instead each month, she is forced to make her own using baby nappies or even rags. "With all the price hikes and the frustration of . Learn More

Close the Crisis Gap on Contraception for Women in Crisis Settings

A woman receives health counseling at a women's center in Balukhali camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Photo by: Allison Joyce / UN Women / CC BY-NC-ND By Sarah Rich 14 June 2021 - We know the facts. Contraception saves lives. Access to contraception also allows women and adolescent girls agency over their reproductive decisions. And we know that . Learn More

Afghanistan – In Rare Public Display, Dozens of Afghan Women Protest Taliban Rule & Gender-Based Violence

Afghan women protest in Herat on Thursday. (-/AFP/Getty Images) By Ezzatullah Mehrdad September 2, 2021 - Despite the dangers, dozens of Afghan women took to the streets in western Afghanistan on Thursday in a rare public demonstration against Taliban restrictions on their right to work and seek education. Fed up with what participants said were . Learn More

Bangladesh – Solar-Powered Floating Schools – Girls

About the Project 12-23-2020 - The non-profit organization Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha introduced solar-powered floating schools in Bangladesh to ensure children’s uninterrupted education even during the height of the monsoon. In addition to ‘Transforming Education’, the initiative was judged to have best provided innovative financing of primary . Learn More