Courtesy: The Guardian | Image Credit: rfi May 17, 2017 - French President Emmanuel Macron has unveiled a gender-balanced cabinet in accordance with an earlier pledge, with 11 of 22 posts taken by . Learn More
Childhood Sexual Abuse – Lifetime Consequences – Girls/Women
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-6elfGAWLY CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE – LIFETIME CONSEQUENCES – GIRLS/WOMEN - VIDEO USA - Child Abuse is much more common than we think. The statistics are staggering, with 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys being molested by the age of 18. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-6elfGAWLY&authuser=2 . Learn More
Women, Energy, & Economic Empowerment
With a “gender lens” approach to energy access programs, the millions of dollars flowing to energy access initiatives around the globe can have a greater impact on women’s empowerment. WRITTEN BY: Kathleen O’Dell, Sophia Peters & Kate Wharton There are two well-accepted narratives related to economic growth. First, . Learn More
Abkhazia – Caucasus Breakaway Region – Past Conflict Simmers – Isolation – Increase in Domestic Violence & Honor Killings
Members of the Association of Women in Abkhazia, an NGO promoting women’s advances socially and politically. Abkhazia remains deeply hobbled by isolation from the West. JOHANNA HIGGS BC By Johanna Higgs • June 22, 2017 SUKHUMI, Abkhazia — Here in the Caucasus region, hugging the Black Sea, this is what the capital . Learn More
Countries Where Women Outlive Men By More Than a Decade
In Russia, women can expect to live 11.6 years longer than men . Image: REUTERS/Olivia Harris By Rosamond Hutt – 20 May 2016 We know that women across the world live longer than men. But how much longer? Well, that depends on where they live. The World Health Organisation has released new data that shows the gap between men and . Learn More
Impact of International Counter-Terrorism on Civil Society Organizations
For some years now, we have been observing that, throughout the world, civic engagement is getting riskier for activists, employees and volunteers working for associations, NGOs and social movements. In addition to this personal threat, their organizations face systematic restrictions on their abilities to conduct their work. An increasing number . Learn More
Bolivia – Can New Government Measures Reduce High Violence Against Women? Low Reportage Culture
woman holds a double image showing her late daughter, a victim of a violent crime, in La Paz, Bolivia [Juan Karita/AP] By Peter Lykke Lind Brisa de Angulo was raped repeatedly as a teenager by an adult member of her own family. When she finally mastered the courage to seek help and report the sexual assault, she said her family . Learn More
Mohawk Girls Undertake Rite of Passage to Native Womanhood – Film
Ohero:kon - Under the Husk Film Segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nonxuTuSJe4 UNDER THE HUSK follows two Mohawk girls on their journey to become Mohawk women. Friends since childhood, Kaienkwinehtha and Kasennakohe are members of the traditional community of Akwesasne on the U.S./Canada border. . Learn More
EU – End FGM European Network & Next EIGE Study on Estimating Girls at Risk from FGM
EU - End FGM European Network & Next EIGE Study on Estimating Girls at Risk from FGM 21/06/2017 - We are pleased to announce that the End FGM European Network was successful in its application for the next EIGE study on estimating girls at risk from FGM and will be coordinating with the ICF and End FGM European Network members to carry out . Learn More
Nepal – Single Women/Widows Discard Social Custom by Embracing Red Sari & Tika
Nepal - Red Tika Challenge, in Solidarity with Widows, Gets High Internet Response Lily Thapa, Founder of Women for Human Rights, Nepal Kathmandu, February 20, 2017 - Taking Nepal’s social media by storm is the Tika Challenge wherein women are posting pictures of themselves, wearing red clothes, to stand in solidarity with . Learn More
Italy – CEDAW Alternative NGO Report 2017 – INWR
Direct Link to Full 22-Page 2017 CEDAW Alternative Report on Italy: http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CEDAW/Shared%20Documents/ITA/INT_CEDAW_NGO_ITA_27687_E.pdf . Learn More
Women, Food, Land: Exploring Rule of Law Linkages: Using Law to Strengthen Food Security & Land Rights for Women
IDLO’s report provides an overview of the relationship between gender equality, food security and the rule of law. It examines a number of the key challenges that affect women’s food security and land rights . Learn More
UN Expert Meeting on SDG Goal 5 – Gender Equality & Empowerment
VIA FAR – Feminist Alliance for Rights UN Expert Meeting on SDG Goal 5 – Gender Equality & Empowerment Ahead of next month’s High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), UN Women and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) brought together an expert group meeting on Sustainable . Learn More
Older Women Speak Out About Their Rights – Report – 19 Countries
Catherine's property rights have been threatened with violence in Magu, Tanzania – Photo by Ben Small, HelpAge By Ben Small – HelpAge International June 15, 2017 - Older women from around the world have spoken out about their human rights in a new report launched by HelpAge International. Entitled to the Same . Learn More
Changes in Roles of American Fathers
Elsiana Ruiz, 8, gets help learning to ride her bike from her father, Sinahy, at a playground in Aurora, Colorado. (Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images) Pew Research Center Fatherhood in America is changing in important and sometimes surprising ways. Today, fathers who live with their children are taking a more . Learn More
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