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Afghanistan – In the Taliban’s New Afghan Emirate, Women Are Invisible

Burqa-clad women shop at a market in Kabul following the Taliban’s military takeover of Afghanistan on Aug. 23. HOSHANG HASHIMI/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES By Lynne O’Donnell, an Australian journalist and author. AUGUST 27, 2021 - As the Taliban consolidate control over their new Islamic emirate in Afghanistan, women have largely disappeared from public . Learn More

Launch of the Global Observatory for Women, Sport, Physical Education

Lausanne, July 9th, 2021: the Global Observatory for Women, Sport, Physical Education and Physical Activity has been established as an incubating association in Lausanne, Switzerland, with UNESCO’s support. Thanks to the commitment of the Swiss authorities, including the Canton of Vaud, the City of Lausanne and the University of Lausanne, this . Learn More

Afghanistan – As Troops & Diplomats Leave, Remember Women’s & Girls’ Rights

Countries retreating from Afghanistan show little concern for the dark future they are leaving behind for women and girls. Let us not look away. By Nadia Hashimi July 1, 2021- With foreign troops and diplomats hastily fleeing Afghanistan and humanitarian aid withering, Afghan women face rapidly escalating crises of health, education, and violence . Learn More

Child Marriage & Domestic Violence: Study in 16 African Countries

By Anthony Idowu Ajayi * – The Conversation June 3, 2021 - The number of girls who marry before their 15th birthday has remained unchanged for 20 years in most countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The region has the highest rate of child marriage, with nearly four in 10 girls married before age 18. In Niger, for example, over 77% of girls are married . Learn More

Widowhood – Realities & Analysis

Rosalina Tuyuc Velásquez, (second from left) a human rights activist and co-founder of a widows association in the municipality of Comalapa, Guatemala has spearheaded the construction of a memorial for victims of the conflict in Comalapa. It’s called the “Center for the Historical Memory of Women”. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown For many women around . Learn More

South Korea – Internet Sexual Images Can Ruin Women’s Lives

June 16, 2021 (Seoul) – Widespread internet posting in South Korea of sexual images of women and girls without their consent is having a devastating impact on the victims, Human Rights Watch said today. The government should be doing more to prevent and respond to these digital sex crimes. The 96-page report, “‘My Life is Not Your Porn’: Digital . Learn More

Disaster Patriarchy: How the Pandemic Has Unleashed a Compounded Crisis for Women

In disaster patriarchy, women lose their safety, their economic power, their autonomy, their education, and they are pushed on to the frontlines, unprotected, to be sacrificed. Illustration: Hanna Barczyk/Purple Rain/The Guardian By V: Formerly Eve Ensler June 1, 2021 - As Covid-19 has swept the world there has been an explosion of violence . Learn More

India – Marginalised Girls Fighting Child Marriage

Priyanka Berwa convinced her parents to put off her marriage and started a movement [Devendra Kumar Sharma/Al Jazeera] By Parth MN 9 Jun 2021 - Rajasthan, India – “I want to study at least up to 12th standard (grade)” was Saira Bano’s heartfelt cry when her parents started looking for a groom for her in October 2020. It had been a tough year . Learn More

Muslim Women Are Using Sharia to Push for Gender Equality

Muslim women in India protesting against the use of Sharia as a tool for oppression. Anjay Purkait/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images Sharia is often portrayed as barbaric and particularly regressive in terms of women’s rights. Citing Sharia, lawmakers in some Muslim-majority countries have punished theft with amputation, and sex . Learn More

EU – Protecting the rights of migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women and girls

Protecting the rights of migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women and girls is a new strategic objective for the Council of Europe’s work to promote gender equality and women’s rights under the Gender Equality Strategy 2018-2023 Many migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women and girls have been exposed to various forms of gender-based violence, . Learn More

Careers have no gender, connect girls to tech, for a brighter future UN urges

ITU/R. Farrell 22 April 2021- Despite information and communication technology playing such a key role throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN chief said that half the world remains offline, in his message marking International Girls in ICT Day, on Thursday – most of whom are women and girls in developing countries. According to the . Learn More

Africa Young Women’s Manifesto

The Africa Young Women’s Manifesto is a political document that sets out critical issues of concern for young women of Africa and makes demands for addressing them. The Manifesto is the result of five Africa Young Women Beijing+25 Regional Barazas that convened over 1500 participants and over 30 partners with the objectives of FEM: . Learn More

Canada – About 160 Women & Girls Killed in Canada Last Year, Near All by Men

By Alyshah Hasham- Courts Reporter March 17, 2021 - Last year, 160 women and girls were killed in Canada — almost all by men. Where the relationship is known, half the accused killers were current or former partners and a quarter were family members. One in five women and girls killed by a man was Indigenous. The stark numbers shared in . Learn More

Afghanistan – Girls’ Singing Ban Dropped After Activist Outrage

Afghanistan's government has distanced itself from a plan to ban girls from singing after women's rights activists opposed education officials for promoting a "Taliban-like" policy. Afghanistan's Education Ministry is stepping back from a decision released in a memo that would apparently have banned girls older than 12 from singing in public. The . Learn More

Child Marriage Is Rising – In Nepal & Across the World

Sapana, 17, at home in Rapti Sonari, Nepal.Credit...Uma Bista for The New York Times By Bhadra Sharma and Jeffrey Gettleman March 8, 2021 - RAPTI SONARI, Nepal — Sapana dreamed of becoming a government official. Each night, in her hut along a bumpy dirt road, the 17-year-old lit a single solar-powered bulb dangling from the ceiling and hit the . Learn More

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