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USA – Divergence on Gender Differences & Roles – Research

USA - On Gender Differences, No Consensus on Nature vs. Nurture December 5, 2017 - Americans say society places a higher premium on masculinity than on femininity. By Kim Parker, Juliana Menasce Horowitz & Renee Stepler Twenty-five years after the release of the bestseller “Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus,” the debate over . Learn More

State of the World’s Children 2017 – Children in a Digital World

As the debate about whether the internet is safe for children rages, The State of the World’s Children 2017: Children in a Digital World discusses how digital access can be a game changer for children or yet another dividing line. The report represents the first comprehensive look from UNICEF at the different ways digital technology is affecting . Learn More

2017 Nobel Peace Prize – ICAN Winner – Ceremony Video – Background

The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) is a coalition of non-government organizations in one hundred countries advocating for a strong and effective nuclear weapon ban treaty. Negotiations on this new global agreement will take place at the United Nations in New York in 2017. Nuclear weapons are the most destructive, inhumane . Learn More

Optional Protocol to the CEDAW Convention

Optional Protocol to CEDAW Convention- Information: https://opcedaw.wordpress.com/about-op-cedaw/ https://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/protocol/whatis.ht Text of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against . Learn More

The Displacement Continuum – The Invisible Majority – Women & Children

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre https://www.internal-displacement.org/library/publications/2017/thematic-series-the-invisible-majority?source=MailChimp Direct Link to Full 5-Page 2017 . Learn More

EU – Women’s Sexual & Reproductive Health & Rights in Europe

Progress needed to ensure women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights in Europe! Despite considerable progress, women in Europe continue to face widespread denials and infringements of their sexual and reproductive health and rights. Laws, policies and practices still curtail and undermine women’s sexual and reproductive health, autonomy, . Learn More

Protestors Say NYC Pornhub Shop Promotes Sexual Violence Against Women

By Sonia Rincon – December 8, 2017 NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Women’s rights groups and anti-human trafficking advocates spoke out against the Pornhub pop-up shop in SoHo. Demonstrators say the pornography website, which launched the store for a limited run late last month, promotes objectification, abuse, trafficking, violence and racial . Learn More

Canada – Unique Graphic Novel Written by Immigrant Women, to Support Immigrant Women

Direct Link to Full 44-Page 2017 Graphic Novel: https://www.ocasi.org/sites/default/files/ocasi-vaw-graphic-novel-english_0.pdf?utm_source=CCMW+Mailing+List&utm_campaign=54fca196b0-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_09_10&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_2b5d741f20-54fca196b0-74883373&mc_cid=54fca196b0&mc_eid=44763f7cee . Learn More

Schools – Places Of Violence, & To Prevent Violence, Against Girls

By Pierre Bremond - 30/11/2017 There is evidence that the education of women and girls has a positive impact on economic, social, cultural and public health development, particularly in developing countries. When women are educated, they become empowered to participate in family decision-making and community life; they are better prepared to . Learn More

Euromed Feminist Initiative Statement for an Independent Palestinian State with East Jerusalem as Its Capital

IFE-EFI, the Euromed Feminist Initiative, encompasses women’s rights organizations from the two shores of the Mediterranean and from Caucasus. As a policy network, the Euromed Feminist Initiative advocates for gender equality and women’s rights as full part of democracy and citizenship, for the right of people to self-determination, against . Learn More

Violence Against Women: Unacceptable & Unmeasured

By Yu-Chieh Hsu, Statistics Analyst, and Milorad Kovacevic, Chief Statistician, at the Human Development Report Office, UNDP 22 November 2017 - One third of women—and more than two-thirds in some countries—have experienced physical or sexual violence inflicted by an intimate partner or sexual violence inflicted by a non-partner, according to the . Learn More

Sharing Your Childhood Story of Domestic Violence

Direct Link to Full 2-PAGE 2017 Publication: https://vawnet.org/sites/default/files/assets/files/2017-11/NRCDV_ACEDV-SpeakersPocketGuide.pdf?utm_source=NRCDV+eNewsletter&utm_campaign=468354177b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_11_29&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_a72338d7f0-468354177b-30738909 . Learn More

More Than 20,000 Girls Married Illegally Every Day – Child Marriage Laws & Their Limitations

More than 20,000 girls are married every day below the minimum age permitted by national law, according to new research from Save the Children and the World Bank. In all, about 7.5 million girls are married illegally every year. In addition, close to 100 million girls are not protected against child marriage under the laws of their . Learn More

UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women Urges Worldwide Adoption of Femicide Watch

Gender-Related Killings Observatories GENEVA (7 December 2017) – A key global expert on violence against women and women’s rights, Ms Dubravka Šimonović , has reiterated her call for intensification of international, regional and national efforts to prevent femicides or gender related killings of women, and other forms of gender-based . Learn More

Building Inclusive Economies: How Women’s Economic Advancement Promotes Sustainable Growth

Direct Link to Full 49-Page 2017 Report: https://www.cfr.org/sites/default/files/report_pdf/Discussion_Paper_Lemmon_Vogelstein_Women_Economies_OR.pdf . Learn More

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