Women & Girls Rising IAWRT – International Association of Women in Radio & Television http://www.iawrt.org/women-and-girls-rising By Nonee Walsh Many years ago in my university days, I was taken by this famous Chinese propaganda picture, based apparently on the late Chairman Mao’s quote, “women can hold up half the sky” . Learn More
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Bangladesh – Good Practices to Prevent Child Marriage & Improve Life Opportunities for Girls in Rural Bangladesh & City Slums
BANGLADESH – PUSH TO WARD OFF DISASTERS IN DHAKA SLUM DETERS EARLY MARRIAGE Full Article: http://news.trust.org/item/20160425090454-sxeme/ Residents of Medical Slum, in Dhaka's Tongi district, watch a community theatre performance on the problems of child marriage and dowry payments. TRF/Laurie Goering By Laurie Goering – April 25, . Learn More
CEDAW Committee Statement on the Refugee Crisis & The Protection of Women & Girls
Statement of the Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) on the Refugee Crises & the Protection of Women & Girls http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CEDAW/Shared%20Documents/1_Global/INT_CEDAW_STA_7845_E.pdf Adopted on 20 November 2015 during its Sixty Second Session The United Nations Committee on the . Learn More
Malawi – Female Chief Is Breaking Up Child Marriages & Sending Girls Back to School
MALAWI – FEMALE CHIEF IS BREAKING UP CHILD MARRIAGES & SENDING GIRLS BACK TO SCHOOL http://qz.com/658229/a-female-chief-in-malawi-is-breaking-up-child-marriages-and-sending-kids-back-to-school/ Malawi’s Chief Theresa Kachindamoto has led the push against child marriage.(UN Women) Child marriage is still common in Malawi. (AP . Learn More
Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues Report to the UN Human Rights Council 2016 – Women & Girls
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON MINORITY ISSUES REPORT TO THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL SESSION 31 2016 – WOMEN & GIRLS UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON MINORITY ISSUES – WEBSITE - http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Minorities/SRMinorities/Pages/SRminorityissuesIndex.aspx Scroll Down to Link to Full Report. Situation of Caste-Affected Women and Girls . Learn More
Afghanistan – Conflict Escalates – Many Schools Forced to Close – Girls’ Education Especially at Risk with Taliban
AFGHANISTAN – CONFLICT ESCALATES – MANY SCHOOLS FORCED TO CLOSE – GIRLS’ EDUCATION ESPECIALLY AT RISK WITH TALIBAN http://www.wacotrib.com/as-afghan-war-escalates-schools-forced-to-close/image_5b175ba8-4ccb-56f1-8212-c27239942b9a.html In this Jan. 13, 2016 file photo, an Afghan man carries two schoolgirls away from a clash site, in Jalalabad, . Learn More
Passover 2016 – Jewish Passover Seder Designed By & For WOMEN
PASSOVER 2016: April 22-30 Passover is a Jewish festival of freedom. It commemorates the Israelites’ Exodus from Egypt, and their transition from slavery to freedom. The main ritual of Passover is the seder, which occurs on the first night (or, outside of Israel, the first two nights) of the holiday — a festive meal that involves the . Learn More
Boko Haram – Women as Symbols & Swords in Boko Haram’s Terror
Women as Symbols & Swords in Boko Haram’s Terror http://cco.ndu.edu/Publications/PRISM/PRISMvolume6,no1/tabid/20716/Article/685093/women-as-symbols-and-swords-in-boko-harams-terror.aspx Women and children comprise the majority of those living in internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in Nigeria. (Photo by Isabel Coello) By Mia . Learn More
Water & Women – Path to Women’s Empowerment through Water Benefits, Rights
For Women, Water Is Personal GLOBAL WATER SUMMIT 19-20 2016 - http://www.watermeetsmoney.com/about/ European Parliament Research Service – WATER: AN INCREASINGLY SCARCE RESOURCE - https://epthinktank.eu/2016/04/19/water-an-increasingly-scarce-resource/ http://water.org/water-crisis/womens-crisis/ WEBSITE LINK INCLUDES . Learn More
How Boko Haram Trains Abducted African Women & Girls to Be Suicide Bombers
HOW BOKO HARAM TRAINS ABDUCTED AFRICAN WOMEN & GIRLS TO BE SUICIDE BOMBERS http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/08/world/africa/boko-haram-suicide-bombers.html?emc=edit_na_20160407&nlid=36377513&ref=cta&_r=0 Rahila Amos, a Nigerian grandmother, said she was abducted by Boko Haram and forced to take classes on how to carry out a . Learn More
Syrian Women, Fleeing Violence, Try to Cope in Turkey & Lebanon
Syrian Women, Fleeing Violence, Try to Cope in Turkey & Lebanon http://passblue.com/2016/04/06/fleeing-violence-to-violence-syrian-women-cope-in-turkey-and-lebanon/?utm_source=PassBlue+List&utm_campaign=128ff01fe7-Passblue_SHRI&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_4795f55662-128ff01fe7-54981461 Syrian refugees visiting a private . Learn More
Prostituted & Sexually Trafficked Women Are Rape Victims, Too
PROSTITUTED & SEXUALLY TRAFFICKED WOMEN ARE RAPE VICTIMS, TOO http://www.sane-sart.com/prostituted-and-sexually-trafficked-persons-are-rape-victims-too/ Authored By: Lisa Thompson, Vice President and Director of Education and Outreach, National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) As former Manhattan sex crimes prosecutor Linda . Learn More
Cuba Needs a Law Against Gender Violence – Include Prevention, Judicial & Law Enforcement Education
http://www.ipsnews.net/2015/12/cuba-needs-a-law-against-gender-violence/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cuba-needs-a-law-against-gender-violence CUBA NEEDS A LAW AGAINST GENDER VIOLENCE – INCLUDE PREVENTION, JUDICIAL & LAW ENFORCEMENT EDUCATION Members of the Red de Artistas Únete artists network, which organised a “no . Learn More
USA – Increase in Single-Sex Public Education – Analysis re: Sex Stereotyping & Discrimination
http://www.feminist.org/education/SexSegregation.asp USA – Study Shows Increase in Nationwide Single-Sex Public Education – Analysis re: Sex Stereotyping + The Feminist Majority Foundation (FMF) released its second national study “Identifying US K-12 Public Schools with Deliberate Sex Segregation (2011-14) (PDF). FMF found that instead of . Learn More
Nigeria – Boko Haram Seized Girls & Women – Trauma for Escapees – IDP Camp Sexual Abuse
Nigeria – Boko Haram Seized Girls & Women – Trauma for Escapees – IDP Camp Sexual Abuse #BringBackOurGirls should be more than a hashtag. By Hilary Matfess - MAIDUGURI, 31 March 2016 The world united in a campaign to demand #BringBackOurGirls after the abduction of the Chibok school girls two years ago by the Nigerian jihadist group . Learn More
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