Direct Link to 24-Page 2017 Report EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: http://www.civicus.org/documents/reports-and-publications/SOCS/2017/state-of-civil-society-report-2017-executive-summary-en.pdf Link to Full 2017 Report: http://www.civicus.org/index.php/state-of-civil-society-report-2017 CIVIL SOCIETY & THE PRIVATE SECTOR As business . Learn More
Empathy for Grieving Empty Nest Mothers
By Rosjke Hasseldine – https://www.rosjke.com/ - Mother-Daughter Coach/Therapist - Author September 7. 2017 - Last week, while I was at the post office, I overheard two women talking about how they had dropped off their child at college for the first time. As I heard one of them say with tears in her voice; “My job is done, it’s now time . Learn More
Golden Aging – Prospects for Healthy, Active, & Prosperous Aging in Europe & Central Asia – Women
Direct Link to Full 363-Page World Bank Publication: file:///C:/Users/Lois%20Herman/Downloads/9781464803536.pdf Computer Can Increase Type Size For Easier Reading. . Learn More
Seven Strategies for Ending Violence Against Children
Globally, hundreds of millions of children — up to one billion — have experienced physical, sexual or psychological violence in the past year. INSPIRE: seven strategies for ending violence against children identifies a select group of strategies that have shown success in reducing violence against children. They are: implementation and enforcement . Learn More
New DNA Swab Can Help Provide Evidence & Lead to Prosecution for Sexual Violence, Especially in War Zones, Remote Areas
The new kit will be welcomed in war zones, where sexual violence is often particularly high (Photo credit: DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP/Getty Images) By Tom Bawden -September 5th 2017 Scientists have created a self-testing DNA swab that could make it much easier to prosecute the perpetrators of sexual violence in poor and war-torn . Learn More
Colombia – Post-Conflict Former Female FARC Fighters Face Challenges, for Gender Equality & Reintegration Dignity
By Sruthi Gottipati - 7 September 2017 When Angie Rios, 27, left to join communist rebels as a teenager, she told her mother never to change her phone number. Nine years later, Rios is a seasoned guerrilla and sports a pierced eyebrow, a bandana, and gumboots, tempered by feminine flourishes – rhinestones dangle from her earlobes and . Learn More
USA – Muslim Women May Refuse to Remove Their Hijabs, Despite the Rise of Attacks
AP Photo January 25, 2017 - Yaqeen Institute On Wednesday, the New York Times reported that several imams in the U.S. told women in the Muslim community they can remove their hijab if they fear being targeted. This comes on the heels of several anti-Muslim attacks in the United States. Despite the alarming rate of anti-Muslim . Learn More
Politics of Food: Perspectives Asia
Direct Link to Full 40-Page 2017 Publication - https://www.boell.de/sites/default/files/perspectives-asia_politics-of-food.pdf?dimension1=as https://www.boell.de/en/2017/02/13/perspectives-asia-politics-food . Learn More
Afghanistan: Food Discrimination Against Women
This article is part of the publication Perspectives Asia: Politics of Food.- See Below. By Weeda Mehran – 07 August 2017 Afghanistan has been described as the world’s most dangerous country for women. Many civil society organisations working on women’s rights claim that violence against women (VAW) is on the rise in the country. VAW takes . Learn More
National SDG Advocacy Scorecard Global Report – Women’s Civil Society Engagement in the SDG Process
Women Thrive Alliance - Direct Link to FULL 2-PAGE Infographic: http://womenthrive.org/sites/default/files/docs/resources/nsc_globalreport2017en_0.pdf Women Thrive Alliance disseminated our National SDG Advocacy Scorecard to gauge the extent to which grassroots women’s rights and gender equality organizations (typically excluded . Learn More
Women, Faith & Human Rights
This is an overview of some of the most honest and critical thinking, by women and men of faith and human rights actors, on the relationship between human rights and their respective faith traditions. This publication provides a glimpse into the arguments made by these contributors, who are from different countries and faiths. Their views are . Learn More
France – Fashion Firms Pledge to Stop Using Underage & Size Zero Models – Issues of Health Concerns & Body Images
France’s top fashion houses have pledged to stop underage and size zero models from featuring in catwalk shows and advertising campaigns. Kim Willsher – 6 September 2017 The move, which comes on the eve of New York fashion week, was announced by French luxury groups LVMH and Kering, owners of some of the biggest labels in haute couture . Learn More
Ukraine – Internally Displaced Women in Ukraine Find Voice through Interactive Theatre
Olesya Arkhypova (right) participates in interactive theatre. Photo: UN Women/Alexander Alfyorov July 18, 2017 - Olesya Arkhypova left her home in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine shortly after the armed conflict broke out in May, 2014. A month later, her father died in the conflict. As the government forces lost control over her home town . Learn More
Tragedy of Enforced Disappearances – Convention – Women & Enforced Disappearances: Victims & Family
Scroll Down to Read Article - WOMEN OF ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES: OVERLOOKED & INVISIBLE ________________________________________________________________________________ http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CED/Pages/ConventionCED.aspx International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced . Learn More
Congo – City of Joy – Rape as a Weapon of War – Women Survivors – Video
VIDEO - https://vimeo.com/233319359 ________________________________________ http://news.trust.org/item/20170914203029-dvl8u/ Article – September 14, 2017: More than 400,000 Women Are Raped in Congo Every Year. . Learn More
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