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Women & Girls With Disabilities: Sexual & Reproductive Health & Rights

Direct Link to Full 4-Page 2018 Publication: https://womenenabled.org/atk/WEI%20SRHR%20Fact%20Sheet%20Jan%208%202018.pdf . Learn More

UN Security Council Adds 6 New Non-Permanent Members

FILE- The United Nations Security Council meets on the situation in North Korea, at U.N. headquarters, Dec. 15, 2017. January 02, 2018 - The U.N. Security Council has welcomed six new non-permanent members — Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kuwait, the Netherlands, Peru, and Poland. The six new countries, voted on by the 193-member General . Learn More

Greece – Winter Returns in the Overcrowded Refugee Camp on the Island of Lesbos – Tragedy for Women & Children

Rubbish at the camp in Moria on the Greek Island of Lesbos. Photograph: Petros Tsakmakis/AP By Helena Smith in Lesbosd 22 December, 2017 - High in the hills of the Greek island of Lesbos, in a former military camp now filled with containers and tents, the onset of winter has elicited particular dread. In the countdown to its official . Learn More

UN Human Rights Treaty System – Importance – Listing + Analysis of Why This System Should Be Continued

Leave the UN’s Human-Rights Treaty System Alone By Bertrand Ramcharan • January 7, 2018 ……………………………………………………………….. Article Author -Dr.Bertrand Ramcharan - https://www.ohchr.org/EN/AboutUs/Pages/Ramcharan.aspx Dr. Bertrand Ramcharan was Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights and Assistant Secretary-General when Mr. Sergio . Learn More

Egypt “She & Her Sister” Radio Show – Rural & Urban Women’s Media Outreach

Direct Link to Full 4-Page Radio Project Overview - https://ecwronline.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/WVs-radio-success-story.pdf Media has been one of the very important tools that Women’s Voices Programme has been relying on to get its message circulated and conveyed to the largest proportion of the Egyptian public. With this regard, the . Learn More

FGM Film – “The Cut” – Female Genital Mutilation

Published October 5, 2017 - At least 200 million girls and women alive today have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM), the partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, also known as "cutting". It's a practice most prevalent in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, but it also happens in Europe, the United States and Latin . Learn More

Iceland Becomes the First Country to Legalise Equal Pay for Women & Men

Iceland legalises equal pay between men and women in a world first. 2 Jan 2018 - A new law making it illegal to pay men more than women has taken effect in Iceland. The legislation, which came into force on Monday, the first day of 2018, makes Iceland the first country in the world to legalise equal pay between men and . Learn More

NGO’s & Risk – How International Humanitarian Actors Manage Uncertainty – New Threats & Higher Stakes – Gender

Direct Link to Full 32-Page 2016 Report: https://www.interaction.org/sites/default/files/NGO%20RISK%20REPORT%202016.pdf . Learn More

The Global Epidemic of Unnecessary Cesarean Section Births

(Part 1)The Global Epidemic By: Sarah Hodin, Project Coordinator II, Women and Health Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health January 24, 2017 - Cesarean section surgery, when medically indicated and performed by trained staff with the necessary equipment and supplies, can be a life-saving procedure for the mother and baby. However, . Learn More

Afghanistan – A Struggle to Leave No Woman or Child Behind

Gender-based violence is pervasive in Afghanistan, but activists are hopeful for change By Tadamichi Yamamoto for The Diplomat - Tadamichi Yamamoto is the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan and the Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). December 04, 2017 - Gender-based violence in Afghanistan can . Learn More

Venezuela – How Venezuela’s Protracted Crisis Has Affected Women’s Lives

By Gabrielle Rocha Rios – September 11, 2017 Situations of conflict and crisis are not gender neutral. Luz Patricia Mejía, a Venezuelan expert in women’s rights working at the Organization of American States, made this point in an interview when saying that in any kind of crisis, women’s rights are disproportionately affected. Three areas in . Learn More

Feminist Theories of Patriarchy

Malte Mueller / Getty Images By Linda Napikoski, with contributions by Jone Johnson Lewis Updated December 01, 2017 Definition: Patriarchal (adj.) describes a general structure in which men have power over women. Society (n.) is the entirety of relations of a community. A patriarchal society consists of a male-dominated power structure . Learn More

Preventing Violent Extremism, Protecting Rights & Community Policing – Women

Direct Link to Full 19-Page 2017 Report: https://www.icanpeacework.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2017-PVE-and-Security-Brief.pdf . Learn More

Iceland – Positive Feminist Laws, Policies

By Meghan Werft - March 29, 2017 By a lot of measures, Iceland is the best place to be a woman. Iceland starts gender equality lessons in preschool. The country has not just one, but three, laws protecting women at work. Sick of media, treating women as sex objects? That doesn’t fly in Iceland, where a law bans gender discriminatory advertising. . Learn More

USA – Migrant Women Farmworkers Struggle with Poverty, Overwork, Wildfires, Sexual Abuse +

Hidden in the Ashes: Migrant Women Farmworkers are Invisible During California Wildfires : Konane M. Martínez – 12/29/17 Migrant farmworkers in California contribute to an economically profitable agricultural system. Yet they are among the most vulnerable communities. Most migrant farmworkers are members of the working poor with limited to no . Learn More