4 May 2017 - Violence against women and girls is still so deeply embedded in cultures around the world that it is almost invisible. Yet this brutality is not inevitable. Once recognised for what it is - a construct of power and a means of maintaining the status-quo - it can be dismantled. Jean-Luc Lemahieu, UNODC Director, quoted this . Learn More
Comparison of the EU Istanbul Convention & The UN CEDAW Convention – Measures to Prevent & Combat Violence Against Women
Direct Link to Full 14-Page Council of Europe Publication: https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=090000168059aa28 Document contains multiple charts for detailed comparisons of CEDAW & The EU Istanbul Convention. . Learn More
India -“Anti-Human Trafficking Caravan” Tours Villages & Towns
How music, street plays and puppet shows are being used to entertain and educate villagers about human trafficking Performers enact a play on human trafficking in Purnea district in eastern India's Bihar state as part of public awareness campaign organised by charities Banglanatak.org and Shakti Vahini in this photo. Shakti . Learn More
Migrant Mother Classic Photo Reflecting a Woman’s Despair & Poverty, Resonates in Today’s Social Turmoil
Dorothea Lange's “Migrant Mother,” taken in Nipomo, Calif., in March 1936, captured the despair of that era through the eyes of a 32-year-old mother who had just sold her car tires for food. (Dorothea Lange) Associated Press Dorothea Lange was driving by a pea pickers’ camp on the California coast when she stumbled across a weary mother and . Learn More
BRICS Feminist Watch W20 – Analysis – Not for Feminists, or Civil Society!
By Priti Darooka , Feminist policy expert and activist based in New Delhi, India. In April, I attended the W20 hosted in Berlin by Germany, representing a small but strong cohort of gender and policy experts, the newly formed BRICS Feminist Watch (BFW). I came away a bit disillusioned at the sheer lack of imagination and priority for what this . Learn More
Brazil – Rural & Peasant Women & The Struggle for the Right to Land – Case Study
https://feministallianceforrights.org/blog/2017/05/15/women-and-the-right-to-land-a-case-study-of-brazil/ . Learn More
Shrinking Space” for Activists, NGO’s, Civil Society – Analysis
Across the world, in both democratic and non-democratic states, many activists and social justice organizations face an increasingly repressive and securitized environment as well as unprecedented attacks on their legitimacy and security. The current emergency has been a long time in the making. But only recently has it galvanized a concerted . Learn More
Siberian Love – Generations of Women – Film
FILM SEGMENT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4DWcxosMQk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4DWcxosMQk&authuser=1 . Learn More
Colombia – “City of Women”
A refuge to only a small portion of the millions displaced by violence in Colombia, it still offers a powerful model of resistance and rebuilding. Joaquín Sarmiento/FNPI By Marie Doezema – May 19, 2017 The air in the courtyard is humid and still. As day turns to dusk, cooking smells waft through open windows and the sound of frying . Learn More
Transportation & Travel Industries & Public Programs Address Trafficking, But More Needed
Travis Olbrich on Flickr under Creative Commons By: Mellissa Withers – May 25, 2017 (WOMENSENEWS)—For those who are part of illegal industries such as human trafficking, living in the shadows and being on the move is a way of life. Whether participating by choice (as perpetrators) or by force (as victims), these people spend much of their . Learn More
NATO – GENDER EQUALITY?
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/25/world/europe/trump-brussels-nato.html NATO – BRUSSELS – MAY 25, 2017 President Trump and the United States delegation met in Brussels on Thursday with European representatives including Donald Tusk, president of the European Council; and Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the . Learn More
Critical Next Steps in Enhancing Women’s Equality & Empowerment
By Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury – 21 May 2017 Photo: Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury, former Under-Secretary-General and High Representative of the United Nations. Credit: Mitsu (Eric) Kimura, SUA Archivist. “I am proud to be a feminist … all of us need to be. That is how we make our planet a better place to live for all,” . Learn More
Women’s March to Ban the Bomb – June 17 – NYC
In one of its final acts of 2016, the United Nations General Assembly adopted with overwhelming support a landmark resolution to begin negotiations on a treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons. This historic decision heralds an end to two decades of paralysis in multilateral nuclear disarmament efforts. Throughout June and July of 2017, governments will . Learn More
India – Child Brides Are on the Rise in India’s Towns & Cities – Report
A girl makes a pigtail to another girl against the sunset in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh. REUTERS/Ajay Verma By Nita Bhalla | @nitabhalla | Thomson Reuters Foundation NEW DELHI, June 2, 2017 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - An increasing number of underage girls in India's towns and cities are being married off, a study has revealed, . Learn More
Egypt – UN Experts Condemn Egypt Clampdown on the Women’s Rights Movement
Egypt - UN Experts Condemn Egypt Clampdown on the Women’s Rights Movement GENEVA (15 December 2016) – A group of United Nations experts* has strongly condemned Egypt for escalating its action against women human rights defenders and women rights groups as part of a continuing clampdown on civil society. “The Government’s actions are . Learn More
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