John B.Georges and his wife Mythily Kamath Georges married in 2015. Photo credit: John B. Georges BY CARMEN CUSIDO – May 18, 2017 In the nearly half century since the landmark Supreme Court decision Loving v. Virginia made it possible for couples of different races and ethnicities to marry, such unions have increased fivefold among . Learn More
Syria Peace Talks on De-Escalation Zones – Where Are the Women Negotiators? Where Are the Voices of Syria WOMEN?
KAZAKHSTAN – ASTANA PROCESS TO ESTABLISH DE-ESCALATION ZONES IN WAR-TORN SYRIA WHERE ARE WOMEN AT THE PEACE TABLE? WHERE ARE VOICES OF SYRIAN WOMEN IN THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS? . Learn More
Epidemic of Widowhood – Often a Vicious Cycle of Poverty & Discrimination
The Research There are an estimated 250 million in the developing world Over 115 million of these widows live in abject poverty With this level of pervasiveness, widowhood’s poverty entrapment is not just a problem, it is a problem of epidemic proportions. Indeed it is a global Epidemic of Widowhood. What is profound about the Epidemic . Learn More
Middle East & North Africa International Men & Gender Equality Survey – Understanding Masculinities
The International Men and Gender Equality Survey – Middle East and North Africa (IMAGES MENA) is the first study of its kind in the MENA region to take a wide-angle, comparative lens to the lives of men – as sons and husbands and fathers, at home and at work, in public and private life – to better understand how they see their positions as men, and . Learn More
EU – Women in the European Parliament
Direct Link to Full 24-Page 2017 Publication: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/publications/2017/0001/P8_PUB(2017)0001_EN.pdf . Learn More
African Union Officially Endorses Pan African Women’s Charter on Land Rights
‘Our land, our lives, women let us mobilize!’ The famous chant of the Women2Kilimanjaro hike which led to the mass assembly of rural women from across Africa to adopt a charter of demands that advocates for more inclusive land rights for women. . Learn More
Nigeria – 82 Abducted Chibok Schoolgirls Freed by Boko Haram
Some of the girls pictured in May 2014, shortly after their kidnapping- Getty/AFP Photo 6 May 2017 - At least 82 of the nearly 200 schoolgirls who were still missing after a mass Boko Haram abduction in northeast Nigeria in 2014 have been freed, a government official has told Al Jazeera. . Learn More
Venezuela – Women March in Caracas Against Government Repression
An anti-government protester challenges riot police blocking a women march against repression in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, May 6, 2017. Thousands of women wearing white and carrying flowers marched to ask for a stop of repression and to pay tribute to those who were killed in weeks of demonstrations calling on President Nicolas Maduro to step . Learn More
THE INDIGENOUS WORLD REPORT – CHALLENGES FACING INDIGENOUS CULTURES IN AFRICA & GLOBAL – INDIGENOUS WOMEN
By Baher Kamal ROME, May 3 2017 (IPS) - The cultures and very survival of indigenous peoples in Africa are seriously threatened. They are ignored, . Learn More
Food Security, Conflict & International Migration – Worsening Hunger Crises Trigger Global Migration – Women & Children
Internally displaced Somali people carry containers as they stand in a queue waiting to be served with cooked food from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) feeding program at the Sorrdo camp in Hodan district of Somalia's capital Mogadishu, March 11, 2017. REUTERS/Feisal Omar Number of people fleeing a country increases by 1.9 percent . Learn More
Middle East & North Africa – Study Shows Many Male Conservative, Traditional Attitudes on Women’s Roles
By Kate Lyons – 2 May 2017 Men’s views of equality between the sexes are woefully out of sync with the hopes of young women, according to a survey across the Middle East and north Africa. Male attitudes towards the role of women in the workplace and at home, and of their participation in public life, were stereotypically sexist in the study . Learn More
Kenya – In Maasai Herder Societies, Evolving Equality, Property, Inheritance Rights for Women
In Kenya's Rift Valley, Maasai women are beginning to gaining more rights that were once predominantly reserved to men. A few years ago, a single mother taking sole responsibility for her family would have been a rare sight among the pastoral Kipsigis and Maasai communities, but now it is becoming more acceptable. April 21, 2017 - ELENERAI, . Learn More
Indigenous Women Delegation Oral Statement at UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues 2017
MADRE/RLS -- NYC Office 16th Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues April 27, 2017 Item 3: Follow up on the Recommendations of the UN Permanent Forum Empowerment of Indigenous Women Thank you Madam Chair. May I take this opportunity on behalf of the African Indigenous Women’s organizations and all our Partners . Learn More
USA – 3 in 10 Workers Have No Paid Sick Leave: Major Challenge for Mothers – Paid Sick Days Have Significant Benefits, Low Costs
from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research April 26, 2017 - Unlike most nations in the industrialized world, the United States does not guarantee that workers receive paid sick leave. Some employees are eligible for unpaid time off to care for their own . Learn More
Rape by Terrorists: UN Report – Sexual Violence as a Weapon of Terrorism
Yazidi resistance fighters in Sinjar, Iraq, 2015. A new UN report documents sexual violence against women in war, including attacks by ISIS on a “horrific scale.” CREATIVE COMMONS . Learn More
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