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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

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

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