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Myanmar Women Fleeing War Find Solace in Soccer in Thailand

Myanmar Women Fleeing War Find Solace in Soccer in Thailand For dozens of women who fled Myanmar and settled in Thailand, soccer has become a refuge from both the troubles of daily life and conservative cultural norms. By Sui-Lee Wee - Reporting from Mae Sot, Thailand Sept. 23, 2024 - It was just a regular practice, but the players were . Learn More

Russia – Ban on Child-Free ‘Propaganda’ Impacts Human Rights

Russia - Ban on Child-Free ‘Propaganda’ Impacts Human Rights By Ed HoltReprint BRATISLAVA, Jan 6 2025 (IPS) - “A lot of people are very scared,” says Zalina Marshenkulova. “This is obviously another tool of repression. The state is waging war on the remnants of free-thinking people in Russia and trying to suppress all dissent and . Learn More

Lebanon – Many Migrant Women Workers Lef Behind as War Raged

Lebanon - Many Migrant Women Workers Lef Behind as War Raged Visuals by Diego Ibarra Sanchez - Text by Alissa J. Rubin Dec. 16, 2024 - In September, when hundreds of thousands of Lebanese fled Israeli bombing, some left behind the migrant women who cleaned their houses, washed their clothes and cooked their meals. Some workers say they . Learn More

Guatemala Women’s Message to Nobel Laureates for Peace, Justice, Rights

WUNRN Link to Full 6-Page 2024 Document: English-MESSAGE-FROM-THE-ORGANIZED-WOMEN-OF-GUATEMALA.pdf . Learn More

Immigrants to America Historically Arrive on Ellis Island & NYC

Immigrants to America Historically Arrive on Ellis Island & NYC IMMIGRANTS TO AMERICA HISTORICALLY ARRIVE ON ELLIS ISLAND & NEW YORK CITY January 1, 2025 - Between 1892 and 1954, most immigrants arriving in the United States passed through New York’s Ellis Island control center. For those fleeing poverty and war, the “island of . Learn More

Gaza – Women-Led Agribusinesses – A Cornerstone of Community Food Resilience

Gaza - Women-Led Agribusinesses Are a Cornerstone of Community Food Resilience October 16, 2024 - This World Food Day, RUAF shines a spotlight on community food resilience. We share the experiences of our colleagues at the Gaza Urban & Periurban Agriculture Platform (GUPAP), whose strong networks, forged over a decade, have been crucial in . Learn More

Canada -Reports on Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls

In Canada, statistics show that Indigenous women and girls are much more likely to experience violence than non-Indigenous women. According to Statistics Canada, between 2001 and 2015, homicide rates for Indigenous women were nearly six times higher than for non-Indigenous women. A risk of such magnitude requires us all to take responsibility, to . Learn More

Centering Disability – Gender

Achieving diversity, equity, and inclusion means putting disability justice in every policy discussion and making it part of the continuing struggle for civil rights. WUNRN Direct Link to Full 16-Page Publication: Centering Disability (ebookhost.net) . Learn More

Rohingya Muslim Refugees Trapped in New Ethnic Violence

Rohingya Muslim Refugees Trapped in New Ethnic Violence Brutally persecuted for years by the military in Myanmar, the Rohingya ethnic minority has now become the target of one of the junta’s most formidable rivals in the country’s civil war. By Hannah Beech & Photographs by Adam Ferguson Dec. 28, 2024 - When the bombs started falling, . Learn More

Kalingrad – Russia-Controlled “Island” in Lithuania – Moscow & Europe Tensions

Kalingrad - Russia-Controlled "Island" in Lithuania - Moscow & Europe Tensions Residents of Kaliningrad have been urged not to panic buy after tensions ramped up this week. Benjamin Furst/Hans Lucas/Reuters CNN — Tensions are mounting around the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, an isolated but strategically significant territory on the . Learn More

Contentious COP29 Deal Shows Fraying Climate Cooperation

Contentious COP29 Deal Shows Fraying Climate Cooperation Witnessing Anger, Fear at COP29 Finance Deal By Bhasker Tripathi What’s the context? November 25. 2024 - As Global South nations lament the new climate finance goal, our climate correspondent's notes show the writing was on the wall A new climate finance deal to fight global . Learn More

One Woman – A Song for UN Women, For All Women

ONE WOMAN – A SONG FOR UN WOMEN, FOR ALL WOMEN WUNRN http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dnq2QeCvwpw . Learn More

Deepfake Image-Based Sexual Abuse, Tech, the Law

WUNRN EN-AUDRi-Briefing-paper-deepfake-06.pdf – 9 Pages . Learn More

Beyond Our Differences – Film on Spirituality, Compassion, Peace

Beyond Our Differences – Film on Spirituality, Compassion, Peace With all of the problems facing the world today including war, poverty, weapons, environmental degradation, starvation, overpopulation and severe desperation among millions, people are longing for meaning. Many seek answers in spirituality, but often faith and religion are hijacked . Learn More

The Future Is Female!

WUNRN Free Vector | The future is female vector . Learn More