By Daniel Gutman |En español BUENOS AIRES, June 16 2017 (IPS) - In January 2008, Rosana Galliano was shot to death in Exaltación de la Cruz, a rural municipality 80 km from Argentina’s capital, Buenos Aires. Her ex-husband, José Arce, who was sentenced to life in prison, had hired hitmen to kill her. Nine years later, Arce was put under . Learn More
Advocacy for Inclusive Security Curriculum Guide
Direct Link to Full 40-Page 2017 Inclusive Security Curriculum Guide: https://www.inclusivesecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Advocacy-Curriculum-Curriculum-User-Guide.pdf Advocacy for Inclusive Security is a skills curriculum that introduces a step-by-step, strategic framework for designing, executing, and learning from . Learn More
Missing Children in the EU – Missing Girls
Facts & Figures 250,000 children are reported missing every year in the EU, 1 child every 2 minutes. Despite this huge number, it is hard to collect comprehensive data about why these children go missing and what happens when they do, in Europe due to differing data collection methods. However Missing Children Europe's has supported the . Learn More
Africa – Commemoration of the Day of the African Child – AFRICAN GIRLS
he Day of the African Child (DAC) 2017 is commemorated on the theme “The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development for Children in Africa: Accelerating protection, empowerment and equal opportunity”. The Child friendly version is “Accelerating protection, empowerment and equal opportunities for children in Africa by 2030″. Direct Link to FULL . Learn More
Reducing the Gender Gaps Would Significantly Benefit Women, Society & The Economy – ILO Report
New ILO report shows closing the gender gaps by 25 per cent by 2025 could add US$ 5.8 trillion to the global economy and boost tax revenue. 14 June 2017 - GENEVA (ILO News) – Gender gaps remain one of the most pressing challenges facing the world of work. Women are substantially less likely than men to participate in the labour market, and once . Learn More
THE MENNONITES – GLIMPSE INTO A CONSERVATIVE LIFE – MODERN CHALLENGES – WOMEN & GIRLS
The documentary tells the stories of four traditional Mennonites (Aganetha, Cornelio, Pedro and Jacobo) living in two different communities. The colonies of El Sabinal and El Capulin are settled in the Mexican state of Chihuahua and look like typical communities of conservative so-called "Russian" Mennonites, who formed as an ethnic group in . Learn More
U – EmpowerWOMENt – Successful Entrepreneural Empowerment for Women in Startup Businesses
EmpowerWOMENt Successful Entrepreneurial Empowerment for Women in Startup Businesss Guidance Collection for Partners 01 [Present graphics used until the project has developed its own graphics] RATIONALE About 50% of new businesses fail during their first five years. If European entrepreneurs are to be able to deliver the growth we . Learn More
Call for Submissions on ONLINE Violence Against Women – UN Special Rapporteur VAW
UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women - Call for Submissions on ONLINE Violence Against Women In her vision-setting report to the Human Rights Council last year (A/HRC/32/42), the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Ms. Dubravka Šimonović decided to address in her thematic work new challenges . Learn More
Hungary – Parliament Approves Law Imposing Strict Regulations on Foreign-Funded NGO’s
Activists have held protests against the law in Hungary. Photo: Reuters 13 June 2017 - Hungary's Parliament has approved a law imposing strict regulations on foreign-funded non-government organisations. The new rules increase reporting requirements for the groups, which risk closure for non-compliance. Critics say the move is a . Learn More
UN Expert on Human Rights of Older persons Urges Action to End Abuse of Older Persons by Relatives + Power Point on Violence Against Older Women
GENEVA (12 June 2017) – Many older persons are at risk of being abused by their own relatives, a United Nations human rights expert has warned. Rosa Kornfeld-Matte, Independent Expert on the human rights of older persons, is urging greater vigilance and more reporting of suspected cases. Speaking ahead of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day on 15 . Learn More
State of Our Feminist Movements – Video & Analysis
© Antonia Eklund - Illustration at the 2016 AWID Forum "This is why we need movements" 12 June 2017 - The State of Our Feminist Movements animation is the first of “Movement Sparks”, a series of animations exploring key topics facing our movements for justice and liberation today; . Learn More
Australia – Civil Society Statement to the Australian Government Calling for a Royal Commission on Violence, Abuse, & Neglect of People with Disability – Disabled Women & Girls
May 18, 2017 by DPO Australia In May 2017 Disabled People’s Organisations Australia (DPO Australia) coordinated a civil society statement to The Hon Malcom Turnbull, Prime Minister of Australia, calling for the immediate establishment of a Royal Commission into all forms of violence, abuse and neglect against people with disability. The Civil . Learn More
A New Functional Human Rights Paradigm – Analysis
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady of the United States from 1933-1945, holds a poster of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This photo was taken almost one year after the adoption of the Declaration by the UN General Assembly on 10 December 1948. By ALFRED DE ZAYAS,* OHCHR The time has come to shift the human rights paradigm away . Learn More
FGM – Even for Girls in the USA, Female Genital Mutilation & “Vacation Cutting” Are Risks
By Alison Bowen - Chicago Tribune Elizabeth Ralyea remembers people holding her arms and legs while she screamed and kicked at the woman who approached with a razor blade. She thinks she was about 6, or maybe 8, and she was living with her family in the West African country of Burkina Faso. The elder woman began to cut between Ralyea's . Learn More
UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Freedom of Expression Demands Urgent Boost for Online Rights Amidst Rampant State Censorship – Gender
GENEVA (12 June 2017) – Urgent action is needed to safeguard people’s online rights in the face of unprecedented and worsening State clampdowns, a United Nations human rights expert has warned in a new report. Governments and companies should act now to tackle major threats such as the deliberate shutdown of internet access, censorship and data . Learn More
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