Diwali in 2022 - The five-day event began on Saturday, October 22, and ends on Wednesday, October 26. The Diwali illuminations with lighted diyas bring the supernatural brightness and joy with the hope of finding light in darkness, achieving knowledge where there is ignorance, and spreading love amidst hatred. Diwali is also known as the . Learn More
Women & Transitional Justice
WOMEN & TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE “Why should a fight be played out on my body?” - Jacqueline Mutere, Founder of Grace Agenda, Kenya In periods of conflict or authoritarianism, women often become targets of human rights violations because of their gender and the marginalization they suffer in many societies. They may suffer physical and sexual . Learn More
North Korea – New UN Special Rapporteur to DPRK Will Focus on the Situation of Women & Girls
September 2, 2022 - Elizabeth Salmon, the newly appointed United Nations special rapporteur on the human rights situation in North Korea, said during her first press conference on Friday in Seoul that she would use her mandate to better protect the rights of women and girls in North Korea. “I am particularly determined to bring more attention to . Learn More
Gender & Climate Change: An Important Connection
Climate change has a greater impact on those sections of the population, in all countries, that are most reliant on natural resources for their livelihoods and/or who have the least capacity to respond to natural hazards, such as droughts, landslides, floods and hurricanes. Women commonly face higher risks and greater burdens from the impacts of . Learn More
Afghanistan – Woman Commits Suicide Before Taliban Could Stone Her for Running Away
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 16, 2022 (ANI): A woman in Afghanistan’s Ghor province died by suicide before Taliban forces could kill her for running away from home, local media reported citing local Taliban. According to Khaama Press, the Taliban planned to stone the woman, who ran away from home with a married man, on Friday, but before that, . Learn More
Philippines – In Informal Waste Work, Women Are Twice as Vulnerable, Invisible
September 30, 2022 - MANILA, Philippines – Even before the crack of dawn, the day’s work already begins for Riza Santoyo, as she pedals a bicycle with a light blue metal cart along relatively empty roads in Quezon City. To save time, the 34-year-old mother brings her four young children along her usual route. She would drop off her two older . Learn More
Arab Region & Africa – Karama – Wa’ed Network for Adolescent Girls
2022 - Karama is proud to announce the launch of the Wa’ed network led by and for adolescent girls in Africa and the Arab region. As its name suggests, Wa’ed is a solemn promise and a commitment from the girls who founded the network to each other, to themselves, and to the wider community. It also represents a commitment from Karama to . Learn More
The War Widow Population Grows with Increased & Protracted War & Conflict, Displacement & Refugee Status
Let us not forget the exponential increase in widowhood as in Ukraine and throughout the world, widows of all ages. Riada Asimovic Akyol – April 2022 “Your husband is a hero,” the priest said. But Oksana Dudar probably knew as she stared at the priest and several Ukrainian soldiers who stood on her doorstep that they did not come with good . Learn More
Girlfriends – Special Sharing
TO OUR GIRLFRIENDS What's so poignant about this picture? It shows a line of little girls holding hands facing the immensity of ocean waves. Alone they might be washed away, but together they stand strong! All of us girls.. Old and young... Near and far... Hold special memories of good times we've shared. We've had our share of hard . Learn More
International Day of Rural Women is on October 15.
International Day of Rural Women is on October 15. This day is dedicated to the millions of women living in remote, rural places and celebrates the achievements and contributions of these women towards rural development and agriculture. Direct Link to Full 12-Page Rural Women Strategy Publication: . Learn More
Conservative Nations Block UN Gender & Food Guidelines
By Teresa Welsh October 7, 2022 - Indonesia is leading a group of countries, including Russia and China, that oppose United Nations guidelines on gender and food systems, threatening to reverse progress on international gender equality. The directives are being developed in the U.N. Committee on World Food Security, or CFS, a Rome-based body . Learn More
Somalia – Prolonged Drought Brings Hunger, Pending Famine, Thirst, Displacement, Fear
By CARA ANNA October 5, 2022 - DOLLOW, Somalia (AP) — A man in a donkey cart comes wheeling through the dust, carrying two small, silent boys. The sky is overcast. It could rain. It won’t. It hasn’t for a very long time. Mohamed Ahmed Diriye is 60 years old, and he’s completing the grimmest journey of his life. He set off from a seaside city . Learn More
Lebanon – Economic Collapse Prompts Rise in Gender-Based Violence
More women are seeking help, just as it becomes harder to get. By Tessa Fox BEIRUT 0 October 4. 2022 - All through the first eight years of her marriage, Gouri’s husband abused her. But as Lebanon’s massive financial crisis plunged the household into economic distress, the violence got worse. Gouri, 23, who asked that her name be changed . Learn More
Abolishing Militarised Masculinities
Other structures of state violence – such as police, prisons and borders – utilise militarised masculinities to police, guard, enforce, control and kill on behalf of the interests of capital, privilege and power. Capitalism is at the heart of these institutions – the military, the carceral system and border “enforcement” are all meant to protect . Learn More
Senegal – Women Need to Express Their Anger. Silence Is the Friend of Injustice
Against protocol, I was passed over as president of the National Assembly for a man. It is time for female MPs to fight for equal representation By Aminata Touré* 5 October 2022 - Over the past 12 years, Senegalese women have made great strides in politics. In July’s elections, women won 73 parliamentary seats out of a total of 165 – the . Learn More
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