Special Rapporteur Full Report to the UN General Assembly: https://undocs.org/en/A/72/155 NEW YORK (25 October 2017) – The world must fight back against a growing threat to women’s rights fueled by rising fundamentalism and extremism, a UN human rights expert has told the General Assembly in New York. “Fundamentalism and extremism are giving . Learn More
Ireland – The Haunting Stories of the Tuam Mother & Baby Religious Home – Painful Discoveries, Tragic Memories & Losses
TUAM, Ireland Behold a child. A slight girl all of 6, she leaves the modest family farm, where the father minds the livestock and the mother keeps a painful secret, and walks out to the main road. Off she goes to primary school, off to the Sisters of Mercy. Her auburn hair in ringlets, this child named Catherine is bound for Tuam, the . Learn More
Women’s & Gender Studies Research Network
We are pleased to announce the creation of Women's & Gender Studies Research Network (WGSRN) with 17 eJournals focusing on major areas of scholarship. It will provide a worldwide, online community for women's & gender studies research and the intersection of these studies and other areas of research, following the model of SSRN's other . Learn More
Global Women, Peace & Security Index
Led by Marianne Dahl - May 2017 The index was launched 26 October in New York, as a side-event to the 2017 UN Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security. Women are at the heart of efforts to achieve sustainable peace through inclusion, justice, and security worldwide. This notion is explicit in the 2000 agenda . Learn More
UN Special Rapporteurs & Independent Experts with COUNTRY-SPECIFIC MANDATES
The Special Procedures of the UN Human Rights Council are independent human rights experts with mandates to report and advise on human rights from a thematic or country-specific perspective. The system of Special Procedures is a central element of the United Nations human rights machinery and covers all human rights: civil, cultural, economic, . Learn More
Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women in Africa
Lucy Asuagbor (Mrs) Appointed at 57th Ordinary Session, 4 - 18 November 2015 MANDATE AND BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES On the occasion of its 25th Ordinary Session held in Bujumbura, Burundi, from 26 April to 5 May 1999, the African Commission adopted resolution ACHPR/res.38 (XXV) 99 on the appointment of a Special Rapporteur on the . Learn More
Preventing Violence Against Women & Girls with Disabilities in Lower- & Middle-Income Countries
Direct Link to Full 6-PAGE 2017 Publication: https://www.whatworks.co.za/documents/publications/114-disability-evidence-brief-new-crop-3/file?ct=t(What_Works_Newsletter_October_201710_25_2017)&mc_cid=98dac8d7d4&mc_eid=94270f4ce4 . Learn More
Due Diligence & Accountability for Online Violence Against Women
Due Diligence and Accountability for Online Violence against Women Zarizana Abdul Aziz Due Diligence Project About the author: Zarizana Abdul Aziz is a human rights lawyer and is the Director of the Due Diligence Project and co-developed the Due Diligence Framework on State Accountability for Eliminating Violence against . Learn More
Over It Redux – Eve Ensler
By Eve Ensler – Eve Ensler is an American playwright, performer, feminist, and activist, best known for her play The Vagina Monologues. October 18, 2017 - I am over rape. I’m over women (cisgender, transgender and gender non-conforming) having to tell our stories over and over, traumatizing and re-traumatizing ourselves over and . Learn More
How Must Leaders Prevent Sexual Harassment at Work?
Film mogul Harvey Weinstein’s firm is in a tailspin following a barrage of sexual allegations against him. What should leaders do to keep harassment out of their organisations? Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein’s career has fallen apart following devastating New York Times allegations of improper sexual conduct towards female colleagues in the . Learn More
CHILDREN OF PEACE: STORIES & DREAMS OF CONFLICT-DISPLACED CHILDREN
Direct Link to Full IOM Document: https://features.iom.int/stories/children-of-peace/ . Learn More
Forced Sterilization of Young Women with Disabilities Must End: UN Expert on Rights of Persons with Disabilities
UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – Website: https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Disability/SRDisabilities/Pages/SRDisabilitiesIndex.aspx https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=22289&LangID=E Forced Sterilization of Young Women with Disabilities Must End: UN . Learn More
The Power of Parity: Toward a More Gender-Equal Society
The Power of Parity: Toward a More Gender-Equal Society, provides an agenda for action and investment, quantifying the progress needed on 15 gender-inequality indicators. It finds that while much of the $12 trillion opportunity comes from advancing gender equality in the world of work, progress there is closely tied to tackling gender gaps in . Learn More
USA – Single Mothers in College – Growing Enrollment, Financial Challenges & Benefits of Attainment
Direct Link to Full 10-Page IWPR 2017 Publication: https://iwpr.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/C460_Single-Mothers-Briefing-Paper-8.21.17-final.pdf . Learn More
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