South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon and the head of North Korean delegation, Ri Son Gwon, meet at the Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone in Paju, South Korea. By James Griffiths, Euan McKirdy & Taehoon Lee, CNN January 9, 2018 - Seoul, South Korea (CNN)Negotiators from South and North Korea arrived at the Demilitarized Zone . Learn More
Social Dimension of Europe – Looking at 2018 – Addressing Inequalities – Building Consensus for Strong Societies – Gender
Direct Link to Full 36-Page European Commission 2017 Document: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/sites/beta-political/files/reflection-paper-social-dimension-europe_en.pdf . Learn More
Slovakia – Roma Women’s Experiences in Reproductive Health Care in Slovakia
SLOVAKIA – ROMA WOMEN’S EXPERIENCES IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE “There are approximately 400,000 Roma in Slovakia, comprising 7.45% of the country’s population. The Roma community in Slovakia has faced long-term and systemic discrimination and racism. Despite some progress, Roma remain one of the most marginalized and disadvantaged groups in . Learn More
UN Geneva – Important Information for UN ECOSOC NGO’s for Annual Geneva Accreditation + Guide for ICSO New Database System
Letter Also Available in French & Spanish OFFICE DES NATIONS UNIES A GENEVE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA _________ ___________ Office of the . Learn More
Shari’ah, Fiqh, & State Laws – Clarification
Direct Link to FULL 3-PAGE Musawah Publication: http://www.musawah.org/sites/default/files/Musawah%20Paper_Issue%201_Eng_FA_2016Dec16.pdf . Learn More
How to Make the Global Compacts on Migration & Refugees Work for Uprooted CHILDREN – UNICEF
https://www.unicef.org/publications/index_101735.html Recent large-scale movements of refugees and migrants have drawn attention to the need for global and coordinated action for peaceful, orderly and comprehensive approaches to refugees and migrants. UNICEF has joined the voices of many who have called for policies and programmes that address . Learn More
Egypt – ECWR Announces First “Ask Your Lawyer” Online Interactive Website for Legal Consultancies
(Cairo, Dec 25th, 2017) ECWR launches the first interactive website offering legal consultancies “Ask Your Lawyer” – http://ask-mylawyer.com/ Through the use of new technologies; the website aims to receive legal questions and inquiries from women, men and all members of the society facilitating their access to justice, especially in light of . Learn More
Afghanistan – War Widows Pay a Heavy Price for Loss of Their Husbands
Janat Bibi talks with a reporter during an interview in the village of Shemol in AFP-JIJI December 4, 2017 - SHEMOL, AFGHANISTAN – Widowed Afghan grandmother Janat Bibi has no adult males left in her family after the Taliban killed her son and two grandsons during an attack on their police base a few months ago. Such . Learn More
UN Open-Ended Intergovernmental Working Group on Transnational Corporations & Other Business Enterprises with Respect to Human Rights
Mandate At its 26th session, on 26 June 2014, the Human Rights Council adopted resolution 26/9 by which it decided “to establish an open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights, whose mandate shall be to elaborate an international legally binding instrument . Learn More
Technology’s “Programmed Gender Equality” – A Historical Sequence
In computing’s early years, when it was considered women’s work, all six programmers of America’s first digital computer, Eniac, were women December 10, 2017 – By Christopher Mims Sexism in the tech industry is as old as the tech industry itself. Memos from the U.K.’s government archives reveal that, in 1959, an unnamed . Learn More
Inclusive Security Curriculum – Introduction to Advocacy
Direct Link to Full 68-Page 2017 INTRODUCTION to Advocacy for Inclusive Security Curriculum: https://www.inclusivesecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Advocacy-Curriculum-Module-1-Introduction-to-Advocacy.pdf . Learn More
Lessons from Farmers & Indigenous Women: Cultivate Democracy
Learning to live in harmony with the land is co-constituent to human rights activism. Women from Casamance on a march for peace in Senegal. Credit: USOFORAL. We have stood in defense of lands, of waters, for our sons, for our daughters for something bigger than ourselves – Beginning of the poem ‘For the Mamas on the . Learn More
Woman to Woman – Art & Poem
“I CELEBRATE YOU” – ART BY SHILOH SOPHIA MCCLOUD http://www.shilohsophiastudios.com/ __________________________________ IN HONOR OF WOMEN The Women Who Walk Miles To Feed Their Families Thank You Women Who Love When No Love Is Returned Thank You Women Who Dance The Stories Of The Ancients Thank You Women Who . Learn More
Refugee Women Film – Al Mafroud – Effects of the War in Syria on Conventional Gender Roles
This documentary film Al Mafroud (meaning “the imposed” and “what should be”) was produced by ABAAD with the financial support of the European Union. This highlights the effects of the war in Syria on conventional gender role transformation through focusing on first-hand narratives of families from Syria. Each of the different stories takes us on a . Learn More
Israel – Women Authorized for the First Time for Israel Defense Forces Tank Crews
MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images - An Israeli tank at an army position overlooking southern Lebanon in the northern Metula, Israel, Nov. 16, 2017. By Ben Caspit - December 13, 2017 The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) made history Dec. 5. For the first time since the founding of the State of Israel, 13 women completed the Tank Corps' training . Learn More
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