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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 https://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

European Pillar of Social Rights – 20 Principles – Gender

The European Pillar of Social Rights in 20 principles The Pillar of Social Rights is about delivering new and more effective rights for citizens, built upon 20 key principles. The Pillar of Social Rights is about delivering new and more effective rights for citizens. It builds upon 20 key principles, structured around three categories: . Learn More

Migrants’ Vulnerabilities to Human Trafficking & Exploitation en Route to Europe – Gender

Direct Link to Full 94-page 2017 IOM (UN Migration Agency) Publication: https://publications.iom.int/system/files/pdf/migrant_vulnerability_to_human_trafficking_and_exploitation.pdf Description: Over the past years, public attention has gradually turned to the experiences of migrants along the precarious Mediterranean . Learn More

Syria – The Man-Made Disaster of Eastern Ghouta for Suffering Women & Children

The Syrian government’s refusal to permit aid and commercial traffic into the besieged Eastern Ghouta is having a disastrous impact on the tens of thousands of civilians trapped there. In the words of UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura, it is the “epicentre of suffering”. Just a few kilometres from the affluent central neighbourhoods of Damascus . Learn More

Joint Declaration on Trade & Women’s Economic Empowerment at the World Trade Organization Conference December 2017 + Analysis

Please continue reading to 2nd part of this WUNRN release, an Analysis via Social Watch. Direct Link to FULL 2-PAGE WTO DECLARATION: https://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/minist_e/mc11_e/genderdeclarationmc11_e.pdf The WTO Declaration on Women & Trade: barrier breaker OR MORE GENDER INEQUALITY - ANALYSIS Published on . Learn More

The Economic Impacts of Child Marriage

https://www.costsofchildmarriage.org/ This report summarizes the economic impacts of child marriage, and documents the extent to which keeping girls in school could help end child marriage. . Learn More

Do Men Really Want More Gender Equality at Work? Survey Results

Direct Link to Full 15-Page Survey Results: https://jump.eu.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Do_Men_Really_Want_Gender_Equality_at_Work.pdf Scroll Down Slides. . Learn More

Cambodia – Children for Sale – Sexual Exploitation, Violence, Trafficking – Documentary Film

Documentary Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Mr5eWXsM84 CAMBODIA – CHILDREN/GIRLS FOR SALE – SEXUAL EXPLOITATION, VIOLENCE, TRAFFICKING How does such traffic in humans, in children, happen? How can this be stopped? It emerges from abject poverty. Why do parents sell their children, or let them be used for . Learn More

Mental Health & Climate Change – Impacts, Implications, & Guidance – Women

Direct Link to Full 36-Page 2017 Publication: https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2017/03/mental-health-climate.pdf . Learn More

Dominican Republic – Teen Pregnancy Rate Soaring – Clear Link to Poverty – Deters Development Goals

December 8, 2017 - Santo Domingo.- Adolescent pregnancy in the Dominican Republic is a “complex” and “high concern” problem, which requires “urgent attention”, according to a report released Thursfay in Santo Domingo by the UN Development Program (UNDP). ). The ‘National Human Development Report 2017: Adolescent Pregnancy: a multidimensional . Learn More