Pakistan - Tribal Area Girls' Schools Influenced by Taliban Extremism Schools are the best weapon against extremism: That’s why the militants fear them. May 14, 2024 - The long, rugged border running along Pakistan’s northwestern tribal areas that separates Afghanistan provides no barrier to the influence of the Taliban and its radical . Learn More
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Afghanistan – Girl Students & Teachers Poisoned in School
Afghanistan - Girl Students & Teachers Poisoned in School Kabul, May 17, 2024 (EFE).— Nearly 80 students and teachers fell ill after consuming an unknown poisonous substance at a school in Afghanistan, authorities said on Friday. The sick included 64 female students and 15 teachers from a school in the Kiti district of Daikondi province, . Learn More
Afghanistan-Taliban Mistreatment & Control of Women
AFGHANISTAN - TALIBAN MISTREATMEMT OF WOMEN HAS GLOBAL RAMIFICATIONS The Taliban’s well-documented oppression is more than just a problem for the women and girls of Afghanistan. The country’s misrule is a signal to the world that gender-based discrimination can be ignored—even condoned. This perpetuates impunity and poses a grave risk of . Learn More
UNESCO Report on Harmful Effects of Social Media on Young Girls
UNESCO Report Spotlights Harmful Effects of Social Media on Young Girls 25 April 2024 - Digital technologies and algorithm-driven software - especially social media - present high risks of privacy invasion, cyberbullying and distraction from learning to young girls, according to the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) . Learn More
Violence Against Women Is the Cause & Effect of Gender Inequality: Analysis
Violence against women in the world and its naked and impudent face in Iran By Elahe Amani 22 November 2023 - Despite the fact that sixty-three years after the Mirabal sisters were killed during the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo in the Dominican Republic – which marked the political violence against women and the subsequent adoption of this . Learn More
Ending Discrimination Against Women in Family Law Is Vital
ENDING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN IN FAMILY LAW IS VITAL FOR ECONOMIC PROGRESS By Hyshyama Hamin April 3, 2023 - Discriminatory family laws and policies that restrict women’s access to educational opportunities, employment, inheritance, property ownership and equal pay are making women disproportionately vulnerable to the impacts of the . Learn More
Afghanistan – Afghan Women & Girls Face Grim Future After Expulsion From Pakistan
Afghanistan - Afghan Women & Girls Face Grim Future After Expulsion From Pakistan By Khujasta Kabiri - Fayeza Ibrahimi Since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, thousands of Afghan families have fled to neighboring Pakistan. Some escaped their homeland so that their daughters could continue their education, following the . Learn More
Afghanistan – Freedom for Afghan Women Fades & Suffering Remains
AFGHANISTAN – FREEDOM FOR AFGHAN WOMEN FADES & SUFFERING REMAINS BY KHORSHIED NUSRATTY AND JULIE RAY November 10, 2023 - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Prospects remain grim for women and girls inside Afghanistan in 2023, as well as the hundreds of thousands of undocumented refugee women and girls whom Pakistan is currently forcing to return to the . Learn More
Women & Girls in Sport for Gender Equality
Women & Girls in Sport Sport has the power to change lives. The ability to drive gender equality by teaching women and girls teamwork, self-reliance, resilience and confidence. Women in sport defy gender stereotypes and social norms, make inspiring role models, and show men and women as equals. Led by UN Women, the Sport for Generation . Learn More
India – Radio Station Empowers Women in a Rural Heartland
India - Radio Station Empowers Women in a Rural Heartland With shows that encourage listener participation, a community radio station in the Indian state of Haryana is helping women overcome deeply patriarchal attitudes. By Karan Deep Singh Reporting from Ghaghas, Bhadas, Sakras, Mandapur and Hamzapur, India Oct. 10, 2023 - The women . Learn More
Women & Hunger – Gender Inequality Is Fueling the Food Crisis
Women & Hunger How gender inequality is fueling the food crisis Here’s what you need to know about women and hunger. November 4, 2022 - There’s no way around it: Hunger is sexist. More women and girls around the world go hungry every day than men and boys. In many countries, that’s by design. Women and hunger: Fast . Learn More
Iran – Suspension of Licenses for Prenatal Screening Kits & Increase Declining Population
Iran - Suspension of Licenses for Prenatal Screening Kits & Increase Declining Population Iran's Health Ministry has suspended the issuance of licenses for the production and import of first trimester prenatal screening kits, in what critics in the medical community called a thinly veiled attempt to help boost flagging population growth and . Learn More
Women & Girls Bear the Brunt of Global Eater & Sanitation Crisis
Women & Girls Bear the Brunt of Global Eater & Sanitation Crisis July 6, 2023 - Women and girls are primarily responsible for water collection in seven out of 10 households that lack supply, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a new report . The study provides the first in-depth analysis of . Learn More
North Korea (DPRK) – Call for Women to Have Children + Report for the CEDAW Committee Review
North Korea – Call for Women to Bear Children for the Motherland. They Aren’t. The DPRK’s fertility rate is sliding down and its population aging despite the state’s pro-natalist policies. Andrei Lankov January 17, 2022 South Korea is experiencing a demographic disaster these days: Its total fertility rate (TFR), the average number of . Learn More
Africa – Commitment of COTLA Council of Traditional Leaders of Africa Towards the Elimination of Violence Against Women & Girls
Africa - Commitment of COTLA Council of Traditional Leaders of Africa Towards the Elimination of Violence Against Women & Girls Commitment of the Council of Traditional Leaders of Africa (COTLA) towards the elimination of violence against women and girls. UN Women It is a reality that our region carries the . Learn More
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