Direct Link to Powerpoint: The Impact of Violent Extremism on Human Rights of Women & Girls The Impact of Violent Extremism on Human Rights of Women & Girls . Learn More
The Indigenous World 2017 – Indigenous Women
Direct Link to Full 652-Page 2017 Report: http://www.iwgia.org/iwgia_files_publications_files/0760_THE_INDIGENOUS_ORLD_2017_eb.pdf . Learn More
Guide to Measuring Women’s Empowerment – Oxfam
Direct Link to Full 42-Page 2017 Oxfam Guide: http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/gt-measuring-womens-empowerment-250517-en.pdf . . Learn More
Security Council June Action Points on Women’s Issues – NGO Working Group on Women, Peace & Security
The NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security is a coalition of 14 international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working to advance the Women, Peace and Security agenda at the United Nations and around the world. . Learn More
Guide on Sexual & Reproductive Health & Rights of Women Living with HIV
Full 2017 Guide – 144 Pages - http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/254885/1/9789241549998-eng.pdf?ua=1 Executive Summary – 12 Pages - http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/254634/1/WHO-RHR-17.03-eng.pdf?ua=1 . Learn More
Saudi Arabia – Royal Decree Loosens Guardianship Rules on Saudi Women
The new decree was tentatively welcomed by women's advocates [Faisal Al Nasser/Reuters] 6 May 2017 - A Saudi royal decree allowing women greater access to government services without the consent of a male relative has drawn positive, but cautious, responses from human rights advocates. The decree by King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, issued . Learn More
Women Small-Holder Farmers Are Key Drivers for Sustainable Production
Through the Productive Assets Creation Programme (PAC), WFP in Zimbabwe supported 95,000 people in 2016 through the rehabilitation or creation of community assets, such as water harvesting systems. Photo courtesy of WFP. By Sally Nyakanyanga . Learn More
EU – Observatory on Violence Against Women – European Women’s Lobby
EWL Observatory on Violence against Women 20 years monitoring progress towards a Europe free from male violence against women The European Women’s Lobby (EWL) Observatory on Violence against Women is a unique structure in Europe which brings together a dynamic group of women from more than 30 countries in Europe . Learn More
Nisaa Network – Women’s Multimedia Platform – Middle East & North Africa
Nisaa Network – Connect, Inspire & Empower Women Across the Arab World Nisaa Network is scaling up from Radio Nisaa FM, the first women commercial radio station in Ramallah Palestine, The NN project came in partnership and creation of Womanity Foundation; a philanthropic foundation dedicated to women's empowerment based in . Learn More
One Woman Walks Wales – A Personal Journey Beyond Cancer
The entire walk took Ursula eight months Ursula Martin Written by Ursula Martin – 15 May 2017 Ursula Martin never thought she would walk 3,700 miles around Wales, but following a cancer diagnosis it seemed like the only reasonable thing to do. Walking didn’t cure my cancer, the NHS did that. But walking both healed me and made me feel normal . Learn More
Sexual Discrimination, Abuse, Exploitation, Harassment – Marine Corps/Military
Marine Capt. Erin Demchko is shown in this still image from a recent TV advertisement released by the U.S. Marines as part of an effort to recruit women. (U.S. Marine Corps via AP) By H. Patricia Hynes - http://www.truthdig.com/staff/patricia_hynes “Unlike other habits that the military efficiently drills out of its members, there’s . Learn More
India – Campaign to Curtail Wedding Dowries – Illegal But Persist – Muslim Families
A bride with henna-decorated hands waits to participate in a mass marriage. Such ceremonies are organised to cut costs in India, where dowries are banned but remain common. Photograph: Sajjad Hussain/AFP/Getty Images A successful drive to curtail the practice of wedding dowries in certain Muslim areas of India is reaping dividends – and even . Learn More
GIRL Center – For Global Girl-Centric Innovation, Research, & Learning
The Girl Innovation, Research, and Learning (GIRL) Center is a new global research center that generates, synthesizes, and translates evidence to transform the lives of adolescent girls. Through rigorous research about what works — and what doesn’t — we can better direct limited resources to supporting evidence-based solutions that improve girls’ . Learn More
CEDAW for Change International Institute – Oxford
Are you a changemaker? A feminist activist, scholar, community organizer? Are you ready to join other transnational women’s human rights defenders in using CEDAW, the UN Women’s Convention, as a tool for analysis, activism, and scholarship? CEDAW for Change Institute, Oxford, UK: September 25 – 30, 2017 Learn about CEDAW from a feminist . Learn More
USA – Child Marriage Across States – Call for Laws to Prevent
Credit Anna Parini By Nicholas Kristof - MAY 26, 2017, NY Times When she was a scrawny 11-year-old, Sherry Johnson found out one day that she was about to be married to a 20-year-old member of her church who had raped her. “It was forced on me,” she recalls. She had become pregnant, she says, and child welfare authorities were . Learn More
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