International Migrants Day: December 18, 2022 280 million people leave home for ‘a better life’ - Migration is a gendered process and impacts women and men differently: It is entrenched in a globalized sexual division of labour in which there is a demand for women migrant workers in specific service sectors, such as domestic and care work. 18 . Learn More
UN Removes Iran from Women’s Rights Body over Protest Crackdown
UN Removes Iran from Women's Rights Body over Protest Crackdown The United Nations on Wednesday voted to remove Iran from a women's rights body over Tehran's brutal crackdown of women-led protests. Following a campaign led by the United States, 29 members of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) voted to expel the Islamic republic from . Learn More
Australia – Dowry Abuse by South Asians in Australia
AUSTRALIA – DOWRY ABUSE VY SOUTH ASIANS IN AUSTRALIA By Wendy Tuohy – November 22, 2022 Gold, cash, property, cars and women’s salaries are being demanded by the families of some grooms in the South Asian-Australian community, despite dowries being banned in India. Demands for gifts “were continuous and abusive, including instances of . Learn More
Climate Change Worsens Gender-Based Violence: Here’s How the WPS Agenda Can Help
Climate Change Worsens Gender-Based Violence: Here’s How the WPS Agenda Can Help 8 December 2022 - By Jenaina Irani* Climate change is a growing threat to progress, peace, security, and human rights. The negative impacts of climate change often have gendered impacts and are another barrier to achieving gender equality. The climate crisis is . Learn More
Women’s Woven Voices – Creativity – Art – Poetry
Women's Woven Voices - Creativity - Art - Poetry I AM A STRONG WOMAN. I HAVE A UNIQUE AND POWERFUL VOICE. I ACT CREATIVELY AND COMPASSIONATELY. I EMBRACE MY CREATIVITY AND USE MY IMAGINATION TO VISUALIZE POSITIVE CHANGES. I CONNECT WITH OTHERS WHO CARE ABOUT COMMUNITY. I USE MY AUTHENTIC VOICE TO AMPLIFY THE GOOD I WISH TO SEE. I CHOOSE TO . Learn More
Hungary – Officials Worry About ‘Too Feminine’ Education
Hungary - Officials Worry About ‘Too Feminine’ Education 27 August 2022 - Hungary’s State Audit Office has issued a report about the risks of the country’s education system being “too feminine”, warning it could hurt the development of boys and create demographic problems. The report was issued last month but had not caught public attention . Learn More
Child Webcam Sex Tourism – Computerized Girl Helps Track Predators
Child Webcam Sex Tourism - Computerized Girl Helps Track Predators Update 2022: Terre des Hommes stops undercover and cyber activities For many years, cyber related and undercover research have been central to Terre des Hommes' Sweetie and Watch programmes. After thorough analysis, we have come to the conclusion that this type of activity . Learn More
Haiti – Brutal Gangs Continue Trauma, Kidnapping, Raping & Killing at Will
Haiti - Brutal Gangs Continue Trauma, Kidnapping, Raping & Killing at Will By Orla Guerin - Senior International Correspondent In Port-au-Prince you cannot see the boundaries, but you must know where they are. Your life may depend on it. Competing gangs are carving up the Haitian capital, kidnapping, raping, and killing at will. They . Learn More
Afghans Increasingly Marrying Off Young Daughters To Avoid Forced Unions With Taliban + Video of Afghan Woman Flogged
Woman Flogged in Afghanistan for Going to Shop Without Male Guardian Edited By: Majid Alam December 4. 2022 - A woman in Afghanistan was brutally flogged in public for flouting the Taliban’s conservative rule that prohibits women from going to shops without a male guardian. In a video clip (scroll up link below}, posted on Twitter from the Takhar . Learn More
European Union – Equality Between Women and Men
European Union - Equality Between Women and Men Gender equality entails equal rights for women and men, girls and boys, as well as the same visibility, empowerment, responsibility and participation, in all spheres of public and private life. It also implies equal access to and distribution of resources between women and men. Although the . Learn More
The Philippines – Video Tribute to Women Human Rights Defenders
Tanggol Bayi is an association of women human rights defenders in The Philippines dedicated to advance women's rights as human rights. Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgfyciFjJ0M Video Tribute to Philippines Women Human Rights Defenders WUNRN . Learn More
Ukraine: Giving Birth Under Fire – Video
Ukraine: Giving Birth Under Fire - Video Maternity wards have been among the hundreds of healthcare facilities struck since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia. November 28, 2022 - A strike on a maternity ward in Vilniansk, close to Ukraine’s southern city of Zaporizhzhia, killed a newborn baby on November 23. Giving . Learn More
Woman to Woman – Art & Poem
WOMAN TO WOMAN – ART & POEM IN HONOR OF WOMEN The Women Who Walk Miles To Feed Their FamiliesThank YouWomen Who Love When No Love Is ReturnedThank YouWomen Who Dance The Stories Of The AncientsThank YouWomen Who Lose Their Children And Keep On GoingThank YouWomen Who Speak Their Truth To Educate OthersThank YouWomen Of Beauty Who . Learn More
Femicide – Estimated 45,000 Women & Girls Killed by Family Member in 2021, UN
Femicide - Estimated 45,000 Women & Girls Killed by Family Member in 2021, UN ‘Alarmingly high’ worldwide data on femicide shows that more than half of victims were killed by husband, partner or other relative November 23, 2022 - More than five women and girls were killed every hour by a family member in 2021, according to new UN . Learn More
Russia Accused of Using Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War in Ukraine
Russia Accused of Using Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War in Ukraine Nov 23, 2022 - There is evidence that Russian commanders in several instances were aware of sexual violence by military personnel in Ukraine — and in some cases, encouraged or even ordered it — according to an international criminal lawyer assisting Kyiv's war crimes . Learn More
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