By Hadley DesMeules – April 14, 2017 On March 13-24, 2017, the 61st Commission on the Status of Women (CSW61) convened at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City to discuss three major issues: women’s economic empowerment in the changing world of work, challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals . Learn More
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State of Crisis: Meeting Sexual & Reproductive Health Needs of Women in Humanitarian Situations
Fatatima* plays with her son, Mouath* in their makeshift home in the Ketermaya refugee camp, outside Beirut, Lebanon.Over 50 Syrian families have found safety and temporary shelter for last year and half in the refugee camp. (The families requested not to use their names because of security concerns) // Photo © Dominic Chavez/World Bank . Learn More
Food Security & Gender Equity through Humanitarian Aid & Development Assistance
Presented at CSW 61 Panel on Women-Food Security-End Hunger-Political Will & Public Will Dr. James F Oehmke, Ph.D. Senior Food Security and Nutrition Policy Advisor USAID/Bureau for Food Security The US government supports improvements in food security and gender equity both through humanitarian aid and through development . Learn More
Tunisia – Teens & Society Respond with Theatre, Videos, Marches, Against Rape & Rapist Impunity with Marriage
By: Tharwa Boulifi – March 20, 2017 TUNIS, Tunisia (WOMENSENEWS)—Rania Bel Haj, a teen actor in Tunisia, didn’t consider women’s rights high on her list of priorities until she played a teen girl who was raped and forced to marry the older man who assaulted her in a high school video. . Learn More
How Are Gender Equality & Human Rights Interventions Included in Sexual & Reproductive Health Programmes & Policies: Review of Existing Research & Gaps
Miriam Hartmann - Rajat Khosla - Suneeta Krishnan - Asha George - Sofia Gruskin - Avni Amin Published: December 21, 2016 http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0167542 Website includes charts and graphs. Abstract The importance of promoting gender equality and human rights in sexual and reproductive health . Learn More
Combating Inequalities Within & Among Countries Is Key to Women’s Empowerment: Women’s Rights Without Borders
By Barbara Adams and Karen Judd – 14 March 2017 The economic empowerment of women is the priority theme for the 2017 UN Commission on the Status of Women with special attention to the empowerment of indigenous women. The struggle to empower women and to combat gender inequality goes hand in hand with the struggle for women’s human rights. The . Learn More
International Women’s Day 2017
"On International Women’s Day, let us all pledge to do everything we can to overcome entrenched prejudice, support engagement and activism, and promote gender equality and women’s empowerment." — UN Secretary-General, António Guterres . Learn More
Women’s Rights Are a National Security Issue
Women’s Rights Are a National Security Issue http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/26/opinion/womens-rights-are-a-national-security-issue.html?emc=edit_th_20161226&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=36377513&_r=0 By VALERIE M. HUDSON* and DARA KAY COHEN*- DEC. 26, 2016 The Trump transition team asked the State Department last week to submit . Learn More
Palestine-Gaza Women’s Organizations Engage Men to Advocate for Women’s Rights
Palestine-Gaza Women’s Organizations Engage Men to Advocate for Women's Rights http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/11/palestine-gaza-center-women-affairs-role.html?bt_ee=H1amAZ40HYh5eGaOlcDmbgr5EF0keI7xqMGrQHHRECB/Q/XPoZBppNpHcQ0n87Em&bt_ts=1480700365261 A meeting of the Women's Affairs Center organization takes place in . Learn More
Israel – From Locked Apartments to the Public Space – The Phenomenon of Trafficking in Women in the Past & Now
Isha L’Isha Website/Newsletter: https://haifafeministcenter.wordpress.com/2016/12/07/from-locked-apartments-to-the-public-space-the-phenomenon-of-trafficking-in-women-in-the-past-and-now/ Direct Link to Full 6-PAGE 2016 Report: http://isha2isha.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Isha-LIsha-Trafficking-in-Women-Report-November-2016.pdf Isha . Learn More
India – Women & Girls with Disabilities Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review of India in 2017
Direct Link to Full 16-PAGE 2016 Submission for India UPR Review in 2017: http://womenenabled.org/pdfs/WEI%20WWDIN%20India%20UPR%20Submission%20September%202016.pdf Joint Submission to the United Nations Universal Periodic Review: India Women & Girls With Disabilities Third Cycle Prepared by: Women Enabled International . Learn More
10 Highlights for Women’s Rights in 2016 & Inspiration for the Year Ahead
10 Highlights for Women’s Rights in 2016 & Inspiration for the Year Ahead Global Fund for Women - https://www.globalfundforwomen.org/10-best-moments-for-womens-rights-2016/#.WFBRrbIrLIU As we look back at these major breakthroughs for women’s rights around the world, we are determined not to go backwards. Take action to help build . Learn More
EU – 2017 Focused Actions to Combat Violence Against Women
EU - Focused Actions to Combat Violence Against Women http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/just/item-detail.cfm?item_id=37131 24/11/2016 Violence against women is endemic in the European Union. Since the age of 15: One in three women has experienced sexual and/or physical violence; One in three has experienced psychologically abusive . Learn More
Humanitarian Aid Grapples with Growing Funding Gap – Challenge of Priorities – Impact on Women & Girls
Humanitarian Aid Grapples with Growing Funding Gap – Challenge of Priorities - Impact on Women & . Learn More
UK – Inquiry into the Operations & Status of Sharia Muslim Courts – Vs. British Civil Law – Gender
UK – INQUIRY INTO OPERATIONS & STATUS OF SHARIA MUSLIM COURTS – VS. BRITISH CIVIL LAW - GENDER http://www.sedaa.org/2016/12/british-subjects-did-not-deserve-legal-equality-with-their-colonial-masters-interview-with-marieme-helie-lucas-on-sharia-courts-in-britain/ http://www.siawi.org/article13176.html Protest against Sharia in the . Learn More
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