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EU – Declaration of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers on the Need to Intensify the Efforts to Prevent & Combat Female Genital Mutilation & Forced Marriage in Europe

Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH) Declaration of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers on the Need to Intensify the Efforts to Prevent and Combat Female Genital Mutilation and Forced Marriage in Europe The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe,         Recalling the member States’ obligation to secure for . Learn More

Girls’ Challenges for Equality – Gender Violence Seems Normalized – Report Interviews Teen Girls & Boys in 3 Countries about Gender Roles & Stereotypes

DOWNLOAD THE FULL REPORT English (2.19 MB) Français (2.13MB) Español (2.13 MB) Download the accessible executive summary version in English (672Kb) By Anastasia Moloney BOGOTA, Oct 2, 2017 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - From girls being coerced to have sex in exchange for school books to being forced into marriage, violence against . Learn More

Homeless Women Face Unique Gender Challenges

Image: Scott Barbour/Getty Images   By Katie Dupere - April 13, 2016 Uncertainty, struggle and stigma are just some of the threads that knit together the shared experiences of the homeless community. But for women who are homeless, there are several unique challenges only they know: What it's like to have a period without access to . Learn More

Nigeria – More Than Half of All Schools Closed in Boko Haram Controlled Area of NE Nigeria – Loss of Learning for Girl Students

29 September 2017- The UN warns the conflict in northeastern Nigeria threatens to create "a lost generation of children". Most schools in the state worst-hit by the Boko Haram conflict remain shut, the UN children's agency said on Friday, blaming the jihadists for deliberating targeting education. Unicef said at least 57 percent of schools in . Learn More

WOMEN: UNTAPPED SOURCE OF PEACE

Untapped source of peace, The only real hope Is to draw upon the collective wisdom of women. Those with direct experience of the cost of war: The life of child, grandchild, sibling, spouse. The loss of limb or mind of someone near and dear, The loss of laughter, the pervasiveness of fear, The loss of hope for the future. Untapped source . Learn More

The World Food Crisis: The Way Out – 2017 10th Anniversary Issue of the Right to Food & Nutrition Watch

When the world food crisis exploded in 2007–2008, international prices of all major food commodities reached their highest level in nearly 30 years, pushing the number of people living in hunger to one billion, and compromising the human right to adequate food and nutrition of many more. The ‘crisis’—which many have described as a multifold food, . Learn More

Trafficked – Film

  In this 2017 story inspired by real characters, three girls from America, Nigeria and India are trafficked through an elaborate global network and enslaved in a Texas brothel, and must together attempt a daring escape to reclaim their freedom. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi7li4WgTrI&authuser=2 . Learn More

Forthcoming Election for New Member States of the UN Human Rights Council – Important Review & Analysis

Country Members of the UN Human Rights Council have a major responsibility to impact policies, resolutions, economic and human rights, social justice. The elected new States Parties, with the existing group, can absolutely help shape attention to human rights and social justice, and very much for women and children, and affect momentum for . Learn More

Canada – New Feminist Foreign-Aid Policy

Canada's International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau speaks in the House of Commons in Ottawa. Photo: CHRIS WATTIE/REUTERS By Michelle Zilio June 9, 2017 - The federal government has unveiled what it is calling "Canada's first feminist international-assistance policy," with plans to eventually ensure that at least 95 per cent of . Learn More

Nepal – Women’s Rights Activist Accused of Being a “Witch” & Beaten + WUNRN Power Point on Witchcraft Accusations I

NEPAL – WOMEN’S RIGHTS ACTIVIST ACCUSED OF BEING A “WITCH” & BEATEN The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that 55-year-old Mrs. Raj Kumari Upadhaya, resident of Birgunj Metropolitan city, has been accused of being a witch. She was beaten by her neighbors Sarita Shrestha (20), her sister Sonu Karki (24), Sonu’s . Learn More

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