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Launch of the Global Observatory for Women, Sport, Physical Education

Lausanne, July 9th, 2021: the Global Observatory for Women, Sport, Physical Education and Physical Activity has been established as an incubating association in Lausanne, Switzerland, with UNESCO’s support. Thanks to the commitment of the Swiss authorities, including the Canton of Vaud, the City of Lausanne and the University of Lausanne, this . Learn More

It’s Time to Level the Playing Field in Sports for Girls & Women

Photo Via UN Foundation On April 19, 1966, Roberta Gibb finished the Boston Marathon ahead of nearly two-thirds of the male runners coursing through the city that day. She had requested an entry form from race officials two months earlier. They denied her request, adding, “Women are physiologically incapable of running 26.2 miles.” So Bobbi Gibb . Learn More

Czech Republic – Senate Approves Compensation for the Victims of Illegal Sterilization

Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic (PHOTO: www.senat.cz) Translated by Gwendolyn Albert July 22, 2021 - The Czech Senate today, by a large majority, approved a bill to compensate all those who have been sterilized unlawfully - of the 68 senators present, 55 voted in favor and none voted against. Once signed into law, the . Learn More

Afghanistan – 82% Increase in Women Killed & Injured – 2021 Midyear Report

Women comprised 14 per cent of all civilian casualties during this period, with a total of 727 women casualties recorded (219 killed and 508 injured), an increase of 82 per cent compared with the first six months of 2020. 8 Anti-Government Elements were responsible for 57 per cent of women casualties, while Pro-Government Forces were responsible . Learn More

Saudi Arabia – Women – Looking Back, Looking Forward – Analysis

Women wear face masks as they walk at the Hayat Mall, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (File photo: Reuters) By Hassan Yassin Mothers have always been the anchor of our families; everywhere they show an incredible ability and selflessness in caring for and educating the children that will become the future of our societies. Mothers are fully committed to . Learn More

Algeria – Violence Against Women & Femicide

By Dalia Ghanem – February 2021 On Jan. 26, an Algerian journalist from the public channel TV4 Tamazight, Tinhinane Laceb, was murdered by her husband. Just two days earlier, on Jan. 24, Warda Hafedh, a 45-year-old mother of five, was murdered by her spouse. Warda was hit in the head three times with a hammer and stabbed in the heart five times. . Learn More

Nigeria – Women Protesters Challenge Corporate Oil Leak in the Niger Delta

While out fishing with some other women one day, Onitsha Joseph saw oil bubbling to the river’s surface, and knew they had found the source of the spill. Text by Ruth Maclean - Photograph by Yagazie Emezi July 26, 2021- GBARAMATU, Nigeria — When the tide rose under the rickety wooden house-on-stilts of Onitsha Joseph, a fisherwoman who lives . Learn More

Myanmar – Women Give Birth in the Jungle though Military are Near

[JC/Al Jazeera] Heavily pregnant women displaced by fighting risk their lives to give birth after being forced from their homes in escalating conflict. By Emily Fishbein and Nu Nu Lusan 21 Jul 2021 - On a stormy night in June, Rosemary lay in the darkness of her home in a deserted village in Myanmar’s Mindat township, gripped by labour . Learn More

Syria – Hundreds Protest Honor Killings

Syrian Kurdish women attend a protest against so-called “honor killings” in Syria’s northeastern city of Hasakah on Tuesday. (AFP) July 6. 2021 - HASAKEH, Syria: Hundreds of women protested against so-called “honor killings” in northeast Syria on Tuesday after the latest murders of young women by relatives in the Kurdish-run region. The . Learn More

Fewer Women Than Men Will Regain Work During COVID-19 Recovery: ILO

ILO Photo/Marcel Crozet A garment worker inspects clothing in a factory in Nicaragua. 19 July 2021 - Fewer women will regain jobs lost to the COVID-19 pandemic during the recovery period, than men, according to a new study released on Monday by the UN’s labour agency. In Building Forward Fairer: Women’s rights to work and at work at the core of . Learn More

The Road to Resilience in a Post-COVID World: Stronger Land Rights for Women

Image by Tri Le from Pixabay By Shipra Deo, Director of Women’s Land Rights for Landesa in India, and My-Lan Dodd, Landesa Attorney & Senior Land Tenure Specialist, Gender The impact of the current COVID-19 pandemic on women and girls is disproportionate and devastating. The familiar patterns of gender inequality embedded in the world’s . Learn More

The ‘Reverse Selfie’: Blurring the Lines of Appearance Reality & Fantasy

Teen Voices “By design, these tools have led young women to fixate over supposed problems with their appearances that they’d never previously been concerned about,” By Mackenzie Waterfield July 22, 2021 - The Dove brand launched its ‘Reverse Selfie’ Advertisement Campaign that sparked a public conversation about social media and beauty standards . Learn More

Nepal – Huge Rise in Maternal Deaths as COVID Keeps Pregnant Women at Home

Nepal has no midwives so women give birth with the help of auxiliary nurses or skilled birth attendants. Photograph: Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images By Rojita Adhikari in Kathmandu 15 July 2020 - Earlier this month, 21-year-old Lakhu BK decided to have her baby at home in her village in the far west of Nepal. She had feared contracting Covid-19 . Learn More

Mattel Launches Environment Conscious Barbie Collection Made Out of Recycled Plastic to Fight Ocean Pollution

Courtesy of Mattel, Inc. By Jaxx Artz - June 10, 2021 Barbie is getting a makeover to help defeat ocean plastic and fight climate change. American toy company Mattel announced Thursday the arrival of its newest collection “Barbie Loves the Ocean,” which is made from recycled ocean-bound plastic. The collection is just one of several initiatives . Learn More

Arctic – The Indigenous Woman Who Survived a Desolate Arctic Island

Ada Blackjack pictured on Wrangel Island with her expedition teammates and the expedition cat, Vic [Creative Commons] By Eva Clifford 22 Jun 2021- On September 16, 1921, Ada Blackjack watched as four white men planted a British flag on the shore of a desolate Siberian island. The group had been sent by Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the Canadian-born . Learn More