woman holds a double image showing her late daughter, a victim of a violent crime, in La Paz, Bolivia [Juan Karita/AP] By Peter Lykke Lind Brisa de Angulo was raped repeatedly as a teenager by an adult member of her own family. When she finally mastered the courage to seek help and report the sexual assault, she said her family . Learn More
Mohawk Girls Undertake Rite of Passage to Native Womanhood – Film
Ohero:kon - Under the Husk Film Segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nonxuTuSJe4 UNDER THE HUSK follows two Mohawk girls on their journey to become Mohawk women. Friends since childhood, Kaienkwinehtha and Kasennakohe are members of the traditional community of Akwesasne on the U.S./Canada border. . Learn More
EU – End FGM European Network & Next EIGE Study on Estimating Girls at Risk from FGM
EU - End FGM European Network & Next EIGE Study on Estimating Girls at Risk from FGM 21/06/2017 - We are pleased to announce that the End FGM European Network was successful in its application for the next EIGE study on estimating girls at risk from FGM and will be coordinating with the ICF and End FGM European Network members to carry out . Learn More
Nepal – Single Women/Widows Discard Social Custom by Embracing Red Sari & Tika
Nepal - Red Tika Challenge, in Solidarity with Widows, Gets High Internet Response Lily Thapa, Founder of Women for Human Rights, Nepal Kathmandu, February 20, 2017 - Taking Nepal’s social media by storm is the Tika Challenge wherein women are posting pictures of themselves, wearing red clothes, to stand in solidarity with . Learn More
Italy – CEDAW Alternative NGO Report 2017 – INWR
Direct Link to Full 22-Page 2017 CEDAW Alternative Report on Italy: http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CEDAW/Shared%20Documents/ITA/INT_CEDAW_NGO_ITA_27687_E.pdf . Learn More
Women, Food, Land: Exploring Rule of Law Linkages: Using Law to Strengthen Food Security & Land Rights for Women
IDLO’s report provides an overview of the relationship between gender equality, food security and the rule of law. It examines a number of the key challenges that affect women’s food security and land rights . Learn More
UN Expert Meeting on SDG Goal 5 – Gender Equality & Empowerment
VIA FAR – Feminist Alliance for Rights UN Expert Meeting on SDG Goal 5 – Gender Equality & Empowerment Ahead of next month’s High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), UN Women and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) brought together an expert group meeting on Sustainable . Learn More
Older Women Speak Out About Their Rights – Report – 19 Countries
Catherine's property rights have been threatened with violence in Magu, Tanzania – Photo by Ben Small, HelpAge By Ben Small – HelpAge International June 15, 2017 - Older women from around the world have spoken out about their human rights in a new report launched by HelpAge International. Entitled to the Same . Learn More
Changes in Roles of American Fathers
Elsiana Ruiz, 8, gets help learning to ride her bike from her father, Sinahy, at a playground in Aurora, Colorado. (Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images) Pew Research Center Fatherhood in America is changing in important and sometimes surprising ways. Today, fathers who live with their children are taking a more . Learn More
Fiji NGO Coalition CEDAW Shadow Report 2017
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European Network of Migrant Women Statement of Solidarity with Refugee Women & Girls
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Guatemala – Women’s Empowerment through Nutrition Programming – Peer Advisors & Mother-to-Mother Support
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Afghanistan – Women Excluded Again from Afghan Peace Talks
Foreign delegation members listen as Afghan President Ashraf Ghani delivers a speech during a peace and security cooperation conference in Kabul, Afghanistan June 6, 2017. © 2017 Reuters By Heather Barr - Senior Researcher, Women's Rights Division-Human Rights Watch June 6, 2017 - Kabul’s citizens desperately need an end to the violence. The . Learn More
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COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM WHILE RESPECTING THE RIGHTS & AUTONOMY OF WOMEN – PREVENTING CONFLICT, TRANSFORMING JUSTICE, SECURING THE PEACE IMPLEMENTATION OF UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1325 ON WOMEN, PEACE & SECURITY UN Security Council Resolution 1325 – Text . Learn More
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Direct Link to Full 89-Page 2017 Report: https://www.womenpeacemakersprogram.org/assets/TTPS-DUKE-FINAL-PRINT-AP-WEB.pdf . Learn More
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