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
Gender, Climate Change & Food Security
Direct Link to Full 8-Page 2016 Publication: Gender, climate change and food security (542.0 kB) The agency of rural female farmers is essential for enhancing agricultural productivity and realizing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including ensuring food security (SDG 2) and addressing the perils of climate change (SDG 13). Despite . Learn More
Rights at Risk – Analysis
Direct Link to Full 146-Page 2017 Publication: https://www.awid.org/sites/default/files/atoms/files/ours_trends_report_2017_en.pdf RIGHTS AT RISK – ANALYSIS In international human rights spaces, religious fundamentalists are now operating with increased impact, frequency, coordination, resources, and support. Anti-rights . Learn More
EU – Gender Pension Gap: Differences Between Mothers & Women Without Children
Direct Link to Full 136-Page 2016 Study – European Parliament: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2016/571363/IPOL_STU(2016)571363_EN.pdf . Learn More
Addressing Myths About Why People Migrate Across the Mediterranean – Women Migrants + Migrant Journeys Report
A boat full of migrants is rescued by the Italian Navy. ITALIAN NAVY PRESS OFFICE / HAN /EPA Vicki Squire – May 30, 2017 As people on the move continue to make the dangerous journey across the Mediterranean, and as relations between the European Union and Turkey face imminent meltdown, fears that Europe is being “flooded” with . Learn More
USA – Historical 1967 Supreme Court Decision Struck Down Laws Prohibiting Interracial Marriage
50 YEARS OF MIXED-RACE MARRIAGE IN THE UNITED STATES …………………………………………………………………………………………….. http://www.peacebuttons.info/E-News/thisweek.htm USA – HISTORICAL 1967 SUPREME COURT DECISION STRUCK DOWN LAWS PROHIBITING INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE June 12, 1967 The U.S. Supreme Court in Loving v. . Learn More
UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women – Individual Complaints – Procedures
French | Spanish UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, Its Causes and Consequences Individual Complaints The Special Rapporteur is mandated to seek and receive information on violence against women, its causes and consequences from Governments, treaty bodies, specialized agencies, other special rapporteurs responsible for . Learn More
Child Labour in the Cocoa Sectors of Indonesia – World Day Against Child Labour – Girls
World Day Against Child Labour – June 12 - http://ilo.org/ipec/Campaignandadvocacy/wdacl/lang--en/index.htm Globally over 1.5 billion people live in countries that are affected by conflict, violence and fragility. At the same time, around 200 million people are affected by disasters. A third of them are children. A significant proportion of the . Learn More
Report on National Measures Taken to Prevent, Investigate, Prosecute & Punish Gender-Related Killings of Women & Girls – UNODC
UNODC – UN Office on Drugs & Crime Direct Link to Full 20-Page UNODC Text: https://www.unodc.org/documents/justice-and-prison-reform/IEGM_GRK_BKK/UNODC.CCPCJ.EG.8.2014.CRP.1.pdf . Learn More
Why Do Men Harass Women on the Street? New Study Offers an Explanation
Photo Credit: UN Women/Fatma Elzahraa Yassin By Coby Jones - June 7, 2017 Why do men harass women on the street? How prevalent is catcalling, ogling and stalking? And what do women think of this harassment? A first-of-its kind multi-country survey on attitudes of men and women on gender equality across the Middle East and North . Learn More
G7 Roadmap for a Gender-Responsive Economic Environment
Direct Link to FULL 8-PAGE Publication: http://www.g7italy.it/sites/default/files/documents/Gender%20Roadmap_0.pdf . Learn More
Iran – Teaching of Gender Equality Sparks Leadership Tensions in Iran
Iranian and Afghan girls gather at the Emam Hasan Mojtaba school in Kerman, Iran, Oct. 23, 2016. (photo by REUTERS/Gabriela Baczynska) Author: Zahra AlipourPosted June 7, 2017 A UN-devised global education agenda known as Education 2030 proved to be one of the biggest challenges for incumbent Hassan Rouhani in Iran’s May 19 presidential . Learn More
USA – Rise in Number of Multiethnic & Multiracial Babies
BY GRETCHEN LIVINGSTON – JUNE 6, 2017 One-in-seven U.S. infants (14%) were multiracial or multiethnic in 2015, nearly triple the share in 1980, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of Census Bureau data. This increase comes nearly a half century after the landmark Supreme Court case Loving v. Virginia legalized interracial . Learn More
Violence Against Girls in Flight – Refugee, Displaced, & Migrant Girls
In this volume of FEMICIDE we pay particular attention to girl refugees, displaced girls and migrant children, and the specific forms of violence and abuse occurring in the context of their flight. . Learn More
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