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Women’s March & Rally to Ban the Bomb – June 17 – March to Support a Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons

Saturday June 17th – New York City- Support the UN in Adopting a Treaty to Ban Nuclear Weapons Women Ban the Bomb is a women-led initiative building on the momentum of movements at the forefront of the resistance, including the Women’s March on Washington. . Learn More

Japan – “Womenomics” Encourages Women’s Labor Force Participation & Support for Working Mothers

Aozora Bank managing executive officer Michiko Achilles (C) talks with her subordinates at the bank headquarter in Tokyo. Achilles blasted through the "iron ceiling" that blocks many Japanese women's careers when she became a director at a bank this year, but an international survey shows her compatriots are falling behind. REUTERS/Toru Hanai . Learn More

Peru – Women Face Torrential Rains – Floods – Landslides – Displacement – Painful Losses – Heartaches

PERU - Native Women’s Radio in Aymara Language Reaches Rural Peru Women in Emergencies, for Optimism, for Indigenous Women’s Rights . Learn More

Australia – Domestic Violence – Responses & Practices with & for Aboriginal Women

This project concentrated on how workers and services listened to Aboriginal women—what they see and hear, what they have learnt, and how they apply this in practice. Produced by working closely and collaboratively for more than a year with three specialist DFV services — Alice Springs Women’s Shelter, Domestic Violence Crisis Service, and . Learn More

EU – Strategy for Rights of the Child – Gaps in Child Protection Frameworks – Special Risks for Migrant Children – GIRLS

Protecting the rights of migrant and refugee children is a key priority of the Council of Europe, and an area particularly targeted for action in its Strategy for the Rights of the Child (2016-2021) and the Secretary General's proposal for priority actions (4 March 2016). . Learn More

If We Are Serious about Peace & Development, We Must Take Women Seriously – Ambassador Chowdhury

By Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury – March 26, 2017 Photo: Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury. Credit: Mitsu (Eric) Kimura, SUA Archivist. Without peace, development is impossible, and without development, peace is not achievable, but without women, neither peace nor development is possible, writes Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury, former . Learn More

Canada – Canadian One-Year Private Sponsorship Contracts for Syria Refugees Come to Year’s End

Carole Atkins, with children from the Syrian refugee family she sponsored, at an ice rink in Toronto. Credit Damon Winter/The New York Times By JODI KANTOR and CATRIN EINHORN - MARCH 25, 2017 TORONTO — One year after Canada embraced so many Syrian refugees, a reckoning was underway. Ordinary Canadians had essentially adopted thousands of . Learn More

Acid Attack Survivors – Photo Series: Sacred Transformations

By Kriti Tulsiani March 8, 2017 - A protest at Jantar Mantar in 2014 saw the presence of various acid attack survivors and that’s when the Delhi-based photographer Niraj Gera decided to do something more than just sympathising with them and bring to canvas a photo series as captivating and powerful as the Sacred Transformations. . Learn More

Morocco – Photography by a Woman, of Women, as an Art Form

By Amanda Sealy and Daisy Carrington, CNN – November 7, 2016 (CNN)Photography has, traditionally, been a somewhat contentious art form in Morocco. Design, architecture, fashion -- these are areas where the country shines. Photographs, however, seem to make many Moroccans uncomfortable. . Learn More

Central African Republic – Can a Special Hybrid Criminal Court Prosecute for Sexual, Gender-Based Violence, Genocide?

By Philip Kleinfeld – March 23, 2017 Central African Republic - The first time the Séléka rebels captured Danielle* she was visiting the shallow grave where her husband, father, and brothers were all buried. Danielle had witnessed the rebels kill the men outside her home just a few hours earlier. . Learn More

Turkey Offers Legal Assistance to Turkish Citizens Affected by the European Court of Justice Ruling That Companies Can Ban Employees from Wearing Visible Religious Symbols as the Muslim Headscarf

European Court of Justice Ruling on Headscarves Sparks Ire in Turkey By Riada Asimovic Akyol - March 21, 2017 On March 14, the European Court of Justice made a controversial ruling, stating that companies are permitted to ban employees from wearing visible religious symbols such as the Islamic headscarf. The decision from Europe’s top . Learn More

Water & Children in a Changing Climate – UNICEF – Girls

Climate change is one of many forces contributing to an unfolding water crisis. In the coming years, the demand for water will increase as food production grows, populations grow and move, industries develop and consumption increases. This can lead to water stress, as increasing demand and use of water strain available supplies. One of the most . Learn More

Women’s Advocacy How-to Guides – AAUW

From a young age, we’re taught that most of what we need to know can be found by answering the five W’s (who, what, when, where, and why). But the most important, and often the most elusive, question to answer is the H . Learn More

Women in Politics: 2017 – Map Resource – Progress of Women in Government Leadership Continues to Be Slow

Inter-Parliamentary Union & UN Women - A unique visual tool to capture women’s participation in executive government and in parliament, the map of Women in Politics not only provides a country ranking for both ministerial and parliamentary representation, but also statistics on women in political leadership positions – Heads of State or . Learn More

HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS AT RISK – WELLBEING, RISK & HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICE – WOMEN

Direct Link to FULL 4-PAGE 2017 Document: https://www.york.ac.uk/media/cahr/documents/Wellbeing,%20Risk,%20and%20Human%20Rights%20Practice,%20Human%20Rights%20Defender%20Policy%20Brief%201.pdf . Learn More

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