UN Women/Piyavit Thongsa-Ard - A migrant worker sews clothes in a factory in western Thailand. Working more than 12 hours a day, with overtime, they earn less than the minimum daily wage, leaving them with barely enough money for rent, food, or savings. 18 September 2020 - The United Nations is marking the first ever International Equal Pay Day, . Learn More
Women Are Key to Developing Solutions to Gender-Based Health Inequality
A woman reacts as a medical worker collects a swab sample for a Rapid Antigen Test for the novel coronavirus in Jammu & Kashmir, on Sept. 11. TAUSEEF MUSTAFA/AFP/GETTY IMAGES BY SHANNON KELLMAN – SEPTEMBER 11, 2020 Even in a year as bad as this one, there are still a few things worth celebrating. August marked the 100th anniversary of women . Learn More
Mexico – Women Call for More Political Action on High VAW & Seize Control of a Federal Building
Masked demonstrators outside the National Human Rights Commission office in Mexico City, which protesters have been occupying since Sept. 3. (Rebecca Blackwell / Associated Press) By KATE LINTHICUM – SEPTEMBER 9, 2020 MEXICO CITY — Dressed in black hoods and armed with spray paint, the women stormed into Mexico’s National Human Rights Commission . Learn More
USA – Women in Science May Suffer Lasting Career Damage from COVID-19
Photo: Getty Images By Jillian Kramer - August 12, 2020 On a recent weeknight, biochemist and postdoctoral researcher Emilia Arturo read to her two children, tucked them into bed, then slipped into her car and drove 15 minutes to the La Jolla Institute for Immunology in California, arriving just after 10 P.M. In the lab, Arturo prepared grids of . Learn More
Brazil – Announcement of Equal Pay for Women’s & Men’s Football Teams
© Provided by News18 Brazil's football federation announced on Wednesday it will pay men and women the same amount for representing the national team, one of the few countries to make such a pledge. "The CBF has equaled the prize money and allowances between men's and women's football, which means the women players will earn the same as the men," . Learn More
Lebanon – Post-Explosion “Dignity Kits” for Women & Girls
Distribution of dignity kits. © UNFPA Lebanon 6 September 2020 - A month after the Beirut Port explosion, essential needs of affected women and girls have changed. Initially, the top priority concerns were safe access to healthcare, food and shelter. Now that many have resettled in their homes or in temporary shelters, their worries have shifted . Learn More
Women’s Rights in Islam: Fighting for Equality Under the Law
In countries that practice Islamic law, legal reforms to advance the status of women tend to fail due to hard-liners who see it undermining religion. But a new wave of efforts views it as a fundamental part of Islam. Religious scholars largely agree that at the onset of Islam in the early 600s CE, the Prophet Muhammed expanded women's rights to . Learn More
Pakistan – Woman Lawyer Abducted & Raped 4 Days – Public Outrage on Social Media
Hashtag #JusticeforNasreenAdvocate trended online after the video from Okara circulated By Falah Gulzar, Social Media Reporter August 25, 2020 -#JusticeforNasreenAdvocate trends online after a video from Okara so a female lawyer who got abducted and raped circulated online.Image Credit: Twitter Pakistani tweeps are demanding . Learn More
COVID-19 Effect: New Data Predict Sharp Increases in Female Poverty
02 Sep 2020 – By Ginette Azcona, Antra Bhatt and Serge Kapto We’ve heard the dire economic predictions and warnings that COVID-19 is pushing more people into extreme poverty. But new poverty forecasts commissioned by UN Women and UNDP, and conducted by the Pardee Center for International Futures at the University of Denver, offer the first global . Learn More
Africa – Governments Could Face Lawsuits for Maternal Deaths under COVID-19 Lockdowns
A woman 8 months pregnant in Kibera Slums Nairobi. Due to the COVID-19 lockdown, threats have risen on marginalized people especially the teenagers living in high poverty communities. Photo by Donwilson Odhiambo / SOPA Images/Sipa USA By Lydia Namubiru & Khatondi Soita Wepukhulu 16 July 2020 - African governments could face lawsuits arising . Learn More
Belarus – CEDAW Committee Commends Role of Women in the Political Process & Protests – Belarus “Women in White Movement”
GENEVA (3 September 2020) – Reports of violence against women in Belarus, including sexual abuse and rape, received by UN human rights experts, are deeply concerning, the UN women’s rights committee said on Thursday. The Committee also underlined how women voices are not marginal, but central in political processes. In a statement, the Committee . Learn More
Ghana – 90-Year-Old Woman Accused as a “Witch,” & Lynched to Death – Woman Arrested in Video of Lynching
By Samuel Duodu July 31, 2020 - One of the main suspects said to have spearheaded the lynching of the 90-year-old woman at Kafaba in the East Gonja Municipality in the Savannah Region last week on the accusation that she was a witch has been arrested. The suspect Latifah Bumaye, 33, was arrested at Kejewu Bator, a fishing community near Salaga, . Learn More
Afghanistan – Taliban Prevents Girls from Taking Higher Education Entrance Exams
22 August, 2020 - The Taliban has prevented 200 girls in Mah-e-May and Nusay districts of Badakhshan from taking university entrance exams by threatening to charge them fines, according to the local officials in the province. The Taliban have so far not made a comment about the claims. Local officials in the area have said that the Taliban . Learn More
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Women May Develop a Stronger COVID-19 Immune Response: Yale University Study
Most countries have reported a higher number of deaths from the new coronavirus among men than women [File: Phil Noble/Reuters] August 27, 2020 - Women are more likely to develop a stronger immune response to the novel coronavirus compared with men, a new study has found, offering a possible explanation for the more severe illness of COVID-19 . Learn More
Challenges of Reporting Domestic Violence When Your Abuser Is a Police Officer, & Getting Justice
By REBECCA EVANS FOR THE DAILY MAIL 26 August 2020 - The man with his hands around Jodie's throat had a look of crazed determination as he began to tighten his grip. Escape was impossible. Towering almost a foot above her 5 ft 4 in frame, he was strong and muscular, weighing almost 19 st compared to her eight. 'He's going to kill me,' she . Learn More
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