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Mauritania – Human Slavery Persists Even Though Illegal – Women & Girls – Many Born Into Slavery

MAURITANIA FAILING TO TACKLE PERVASIVE SLAVERY – AFRICAN UNION January 29, 2018 - The African Union has reprimanded Mauritania for failing to take action against widespread slavery within its borders and ordered the government to give financial compensation to two child slaves who were failed by its legal system. The landmark ruling is the first . Learn More

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Will Not Seek a Second Term – Cites Challenges Addressing Human Rights, Including Access to Some Member States

Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein assumed his functions as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on 1 September 2014, following the General Assembly’s approval on 16 June 2014 of his appointment by the United Nations Secretary-General. He is the sixth High Commissioner to lead the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the . Learn More

Nigeria – Preventing Boko Haram Abductions of Schoolgirls in Nigeria

Four years after the abductions in Chibok, and months after more kidnappings in Dapchi, over 100 schoolgirls are still missing. Nigeria must act to make schools safe – beefing up security, learning from past mistakes and, ultimately, working to end the Boko Haram insurgency. 12 April 2018 - In February, a faction of the jihadist Boko Haram . Learn More

Women’s & Gender Studies Research Network

https://www.genderfiveplus.eu/single-post/2018/03/12/Announcing-New-Womens-Gender-Studies-Research-Network New Women's & Gender Studies Research Network March 12, 2018 - Repost from Tomorrow's Research Today GENDER 5+ is pleased to announce the creation of Women's & Gender Studies Research Network (WGSRN) with 17 eJournals focusing on . Learn More

North Korea – Sexual Discrimination, Violence & Harassment Are Rampant In All Society Sectors, But Without Advocacy of a “Me Too” Movement

Women wash cabbage in a river near Raksan on North Korea's northeast coast. (ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) By Anna Fifield – March 8, 2018 TOKYO — Many North Korean women would say “Me Too” — if they knew that this was a movement and if she knew that sexual violence was something she could fight. Sexual assault and harassment are rife across . Learn More

2017 Was So Very Challenging, But Human Rights Movement Leaders Have High Hopes for 2018

By Beverly Bell January 17, 2018 - Across the globe, 2017 brought human rights movement leaders to new lows. Yet, even as crisis after crisis shook us to the ground, they also inspired many to rise up and take to the streets and other venues of popular power. Across the world, those who never had the luxury of complacency continued their . Learn More

USA – New Law Against Online Sex Trafficking + Justice Department Seizes Backpage.com, Accused as a Haven for Online Prostitution

From left, Backpage.com Chief Executive Carl Ferrer, former owner James Larkin, Chief Operating Officer Andrew Padilla, and former owner Michael Lacey are sworn in before a 2017 congressional hearing. (Cliff Owen / Associated Press) By Joseph Tanfani April 7, 2018 - In the climax of a fight that pitted foes of sex trafficking against . Learn More

Responding to t he Early Childhood Education & Care Needs of Children of Refugee & Asylum Seekers in North America & Europe

Direct Link to Full 70-Page 2018 Report: file:///C:/Users/Lois%20Herman/Downloads/ECECforRefugeeChildren_FINALWEB.pdf Responding to the ECEC (Early Childhood Education & Care) Needs of Children of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Europe & North America By Maki Park, Caitlin Katsiaficas, and Margie McHugh DOWNLOAD REPORT In Europe and . Learn More

Assessing Austerity & Human Rights Impacts – Heavy Burden on WOMEN of Austerity Policies

Direct Link to Full 56-Page 2018 Publication: https://www.cesr.org/sites/default/files/Assessing%20Austerity%20Online.pdf In the decade since the 2008 global economic crisis, fiscal austerity has become the new normal. In the name of fiscal discipline, governments in more than two-thirds of countries throughout the world have enacted drastic . Learn More

USA – Status of Women of Color in US News Media 2018

The Women’s Media Center report “The Status of Women of Color in the U.S. News Media 2018” offers a rare look at where women journalists of color are — and aren’t — in legacy print, radio, TV, and digital news. It is an important extension and extrapolation of data previously published in the Women’s Media Center’s annual “The Status of Women in . Learn More

1 June 2018 Is the Deadline to Apply for UN ECOSOC NGO Consultative Status, for Consideration in 2019

NGO Branch Department of Economic and Social Affairs Apply for ECOSOC NGO Consultative Status Now in Order to Be Considered by the 2019 NGO Committee (Deadline: 1 June 2018 - Late submissions will not be accepted.) 1 June 2018 is the last day for Non-Governmental Organizations to apply for consultative status with the Economic and Social . Learn More

FEMPOWER Magazine – Violence Against Undocumented Migrant & Refugee Women in Europe & Their Rights

Direct Link to Full 28-Page FEMPOWER Magazine: https://fileserver.wave-network.org/fempowermagazine/Fempower_Magazine_28.pdf . Learn More

Venezuela – International Call on Humanitarian, Protracted Crisis – Women Desperate as Crisis Is NOT Gender Neutral!

Venezuelans arrive in Pacaraima, border city with Venezuela, and wait at the Federal Police, the entity responsible for receiving Venezuelans seeking asylum or special stay permits in Brazil, 16 February 2018. Credit: UNHCR/Reynesson Damasceno UNITED NATIONS, Apr 10 2018 (IPS) - One year into the most recent series of protests and a humanitarian . Learn More

Internal Displacement – IDP Women & Children

Yemeni children at a makeshift camp for IDPs after they were forced to flee their homes due to the fighting in the country, in the Nehm region, west of Marib city CREDIT: ABDULLAH AL-QADRY/AFP/GETTY IMAGES VIA THE TELEGRAPH https://crowd360.org/fact-sheet-on-internal-displacement/ Fact Sheet on Internal Displacement April 16, 2018 What is . Learn More

Aarhus Convention on Access Info, Public Participation, & Access to Justice in Environmental Matters + Concerns for Civil Rights at Poland Climate Talks – Gender

Aarhus Convention The UNECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters was adopted on 25th June 1998 in the Danish city of Aarhus at the Fourth Ministerial Conference in the 'Environment for Europe' process. The Aarhus Convention is a new kind of environmental . Learn More