“Feeling depressed for a long time,” Song Yang, known on 40th Road as SiSi, posted. “Coming out to bask in the sunshine.” Todd Heisler/The New York Times By DAN BARRY and JEFFREY E. SINGER - Photographs and video by TODD HEISLER - OCT. 12, 2018 A woman begins to fall. With her long dark hair in a ponytail and her black-and-red scarf loose . Learn More
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International Day of Rural Women – October 15
This project, “Evaluation, recovery and conservation of the genetic resources of the Suri alpaca strain in Peru”, started in 2001 and was the first collaboration between SGP Peru and the alpaca-raising communities in the country’s highland areas. Now, the municipality counts five urban artisan collectives and eight in rural areas, for a total of 13 . Learn More
Women & Children with Disabilities Marginalized & More Likely to Face Discrimination
Women with disabilities in Afghanistan protest for their rights. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPS. By Carmen Arroyo and Emily Thampoe |En español UNITED NATIONS, Aug 13 2018 (IPS) - Children with disabilities are up to four times more likely to experience violence, with girls being the most at risk, according to the United Nations Children’s . Learn More
Empowering Girls Through Sport
Sport empowers. Over the last decade, sport has increasingly been used as a tool for empowering youth in developing countries. However, opportunities to participate in sport are often designed for, and dominated by, boys and men. Gender inequity and discrimination remain deeply entrenched and widely tolerated throughout the world, resulting in a . Learn More
Nepal – Strategies to Address Menstruation Taboos for Girls in Nepal
Education Plus Development By Ganga Gautam - September 21, 2018 “I used the sanitary pad upside down for about a year because I was neither told by anyone how to use it properly, nor did I ask anyone due to the fear of humiliation. It leaked and I was so embarrassed. One day, I saw my friend using the pad in the restroom and I realized that I . Learn More
Kenya – Girls Pressured for Sex in Exchange for Sanitary Products
Periods are shrouded by stigma and systemic misinformation in Kenya ( Unicef Kenya - Gangale ) Girls in Kenya are forced to have in sex in exchange for sanitary products due to the prevalence of period poverty and the shame, stigma and public health misinformation which surrounds menstruation. New exclusive research by Unicef found 65 per cent of . Learn More
Israel – Bill Aims to Crack Down on Those Hiring Prostitutes + Slavery & Prostitution Analysis
Politicians from both right and left supported the bill of Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked to fine those who hire prostitutes. READ IN: עברית Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked speaks at the president's residence, Jerusalem. Mazal Mualem - August 10, 2018 It is not an exaggeration to use the word “historic” when describing the . Learn More
Afghanistan – Up to 60% of Girls Not in School – Major Drop for Girls’ Education
Despite efforts to improve girls' education in Afghanistan, just one in three currently attends school, UNICEF reports. Nearly half of all children in Afghanistan are out of school due to conflict, poverty, child marriage and discrimination [Parwiz/Reuters] Just one in three girls are currently attending school in Afghanistan, . Learn More
8 Young Women Around the World Share How They Are Taking Action In Their Communities
8 Young Women Around the World Share How They Are Taking Action In Their Communities These are the leaders the world needs. By Angela Singh and Valeriia Voshchevska August 12 - For International Youth Day, Amnesty International asked eight young women how they’re taking action in their communities. From gun violence and police brutality . Learn More
FGM – Ending FGM By Creating New Rituals – Community Involvement – Generational Dialogue – Celebrating Uncut Girls
It takes a village: ending FGM by creating new rituals Uncut girls wear t-shirts with the message 'An uncut girl is pure and complete’. Rural communities in Guinea are creating new rituals that bring together the whole community with the aim of abolishing female genital mutilation (FGM) - for good. Uncut girls wear t-shirts . Learn More
Pakistan Sets Up a Life-Saving Helpline for Women in Need
August 13, 2018- PESHAWAR: When Durdana married for a second time and to a man of her own choosing, her parents threatened to kill her if she tried to see her new husband. They imprisoned her in their home, but she still had her mobile phone and had learned that a helpline for women had been set up. She noted the number and then one day when she . Learn More
Sudan – TV Program Debate on Women’s Rights Sparks Outrage & Threats
Yosra Sabir - 7Dnews Abu Dhabi 23 September 2018 - A TV programme debating women’s rights sparked outrage between affiliates with Islamist groups and women rights activists in Sudan. Death and rape threats against the programme host and one of the female guests appeared in videos and posts in social media and were made by some of the groups in . Learn More
Shadow of Persistent Inequality Is Growing – UN Human Development Report – Women’s Empowerment a Continuing Challenge
FAO/Andrew Esiebo - A woman tends to her herd of goats in Niger, a country in Sub-Saharan Africa that recorded the lowest Human Development Index (HDI) value in 2017. As a region, Sub-Saharan Africa fared poorly on development indicators, including health, education and income. 14 September 2018 - While health, education, and income levels have . Learn More
International Day of Indigenous Peoples – Women & Girls- Video +
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES – WOMEN & GIRLS – VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLtimjdkenc http://www.un.org/en/events/indigenousday/ “On this annual observance, let us commit to fully realizing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including the rights to self-determination and . Learn More
Uganda – Married Women Now Undergoing FGM
Traditionalists have now shifted to circumcising married women. In Uganda, only 24 per cent of girls aged 10 to 14 have experienced some form of female genital mutilation. 76 per cent of women between 25 and 35 have undergone the procedure. By DAVID MAFABI – January 19, 2018 KAMPALA - Faced with the new law against Female . Learn More
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