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China – Advocacy for Women’s Rights & Feminism Is on the Rise Amidst Challenges

By Xuyang Dong March 22, 2022 - Advocacy for women’s rights is on the rise in China, whether the censors like it or not. And feminism is gathering more support, highlighted in recent weeks across China’s social media through debate on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in an uncomfortable exposition of the country’s struggle with sexism and gender . Learn More

France – French Court Rules to Ban the Burkini in Public Swimming Pools

Karima, wearing a full-body burkini swimsuit, swims in Cannes after the call to support the wearing of burkinis by businessman and political activist Rachid Nekkaz. - Copyright ERIC GAILLARD/REUTERS By Euronews with AFP • Updated: 21/06/22 France's highest administrative court has upheld a nationwide ban on the wearing of "burkini" . Learn More

Ukraine-Bosnia: Bosnia Women Survivors of Rape, War Crimes, Urge Ukrainian Women Victims to Document EVERYTHING

Nusreta Sivac, a Bosnian War rape victim, looks through a window in one of several camps where she was detained, in Trnopolje near Prijedor, Bosnia-Herzegovina. (file photo) By Milorad Milojevic & Meliha Kesmer April 27, 2022 - SARAJEVO -- Nusreta Sivac has spent decades recounting horrific episodes from a war that much of Europe has tried . Learn More

UK – New Law Raises the Legal Age of Marriage to 18 in England & Wales

Previously, people could get married at 16 or 17 as long as they had parental consent. The new law also applies to cultural or religious marriages that are not registered with the local council. Conservative MP Pauline Latham, who introduced the bill to Parliament, said it would "transform the life chances of many girls". Under the new rules, . Learn More

USA – Woman Joined ISIS & Trained Women Terrorists – Now US Prosecution

© Alexandria Sheriff's Office, via Associated PressAllison Fluke-Ekren provided investigators with details about her roles in Syria and Libya as part of a plea deal. By Adam Goldman June 7, 2022 - Syria was where the teacher, Allison Fluke-Ekren, ultimately made her mark: She rose through the ranks of the Islamic State, commanding a battalion of . Learn More

North Korea – Expectant Mothers at Risk for Stillbirths – Inadequate Medical Care, COVID, Quarantines

North Korea - Expectant Mothers at Risk for Stillbirths - Inadequate Medical Care, COVID, Quarantines May 23, 2022 - North Korea’s COVID outbreak may be leading to a rise in stillbirths as pregnant women thought to be suffering from the disease are shuttled into hotels, warehouses and other improvised medical facilities that lack proper treatment, . Learn More

Papua New Guinea – Addressing Serious Levels of Sexual Violence

7 May 2022 - Nearly 60 per cent of women and girls aged 15-49 in Papua New Guinea have experienced some form of physical sexual violence, almost twice the global average. A health support group, backed by the UN, is educating young people and supporting survivors. “Most of the survivors of gender-based violence that we see in the clinic are young . Learn More

Australia – New Government Makes History with Largest Number of Elected Women

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong smiles as she introduces newly elected Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at an event in Sydney, Australia, on Sunday, May 22, 2022. | Rick Rycroft/AP By Madeleine Keck June 1, 2022 - Numerous exceptional firsts have been made with the appointment of Australia’s government, with newly-elected Prime Minister . Learn More

Turkmenistan – Severe Restrictions on Women’s Beauty Appearance & Couples Showing Affection

Eyewitnesses say dozens of couples in Turkmenistan have been detained for merely holding hands in public. (file photo) May 14, 2022 – CITY OF MARY, Turkmenistan -- Dozens of couples have been detained in the Turkmen city of Mary and taken away in handcuffs for violating "social norms" by holding hands in public as the government tightens control . Learn More

Chile – Government Apology for Sterilizing HIV-Positive Women in Moment of ‘Reproductive Justice’

©UNICEF/UNI136081/Friedman-Rudovsky. Mother kisses her daughter at the Catalina Home in Santiago, Chile. 27 May 2022 - The head of the UN agency leading the fight against HIV/AIDS, welcomed on Friday a public apology from Chile on a landmark case of involuntary sterilization of women living with HIV. “This settlement is a significant moment for . Learn More

Women Peacekeepers Are Crucial for Protecting Human Rights, Maintaining Peace, & Promoting Justice

Captain Atupele Mbewe from Malawi, Major Bindeshwari from India, and Captain Ritu Pandey from Nepal, are all peacekeepers stationed at a United Nations Camp in Juba, South Sudan. Photo: Gregorio Cunha/ UN Photo May 17, 2022 - While women might be more vulnerable to the impacts of conflict, they are powerful agents of change who can play a critical . Learn More

Saudi Arabia Airline Hails First Flight with All-Female Crew

Hostesses of the Saudi Flyadeal company pose during the launching ceremony. [AMER HILABI/AFP via Getty] 22 May 2022 - A Saudi airline completed the country's first flight with an all-female crew on Thursday, the Saudi civil aviation authority announced on Saturday, framing the flight as a milestone for women's empowerment in the conservative . Learn More

Ending Period Shame & Poverty in Asia – Led by Women in Japan & China

A poster promoting a live theatrical performance called “Menstrual Human Library” in Beijing, hosted by Period Pride, a nonprofit organization in China focused on menstrual health and hygiene. (Image courtesy of Period Pride) By Noriko Akiyama, Fan Li & Wenqian Xu October 14, 2021 - British-Japanese artist Hiromi Ozaki (better known as . Learn More

Bangladesh – Women in Rural Bangladesh Pay More for Rising Cost of Climate Disasters

Poor households headed by women spend a higher share of their budgets on protecting their families from worsening floods, storms and other impacts of global warming. Reuters Photo By Md. Tahmid Zami DHAKA, May 18, 2022 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Rural families in Bangladesh are using a large chunk of their budgets to protect themselves from . Learn More

Tips to Address Challenges Facing Feminist Communicators

By Shiyam Galyon May 5, 2022 - Communication itself is a dynamic process between the sender and recipient: once a sender has a message, they must create the actual content to send, decide on format, send the message, and then ensure it is received. A misstep at any one of those phases (including miscalculations due to perception!) leads to . Learn More