By Saeda Bilkis BaniReprint * DHAKA, Bangladesh, Dec 21 2020 (IPS) - I recently visited rural areas of Bangladesh amid the COVID-19 pandemic and returned to Dhaka with a new understanding of the impact that COVID-19 is having on child marriage, a harmful practice that is a global challenge. The fundamental shift that I saw was that child marriage, . Learn More
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Afghanistan – Rare UN-Taliban Agreement to Set Up 4000 Schools in Insurgent-Held Afghan Territory – Girls
Internally displaced Afghan girls and women study at a class near their temporary homes on the outskirts of Kabul. By Ayaz Gul December 19, 2020 - ISLAMABAD - UNICEF has struck a rare agreement with the Taliban in war-ravaged Afghanistan to establish thousands of informal schools in areas controlled by the Islamist insurgent group. The program . Learn More
10 Years from the Arab Spring, Remembering the Women Who Gave Their Lives for Change
Hibaaq Osman & the late Salwa Bugaighis - On the day of the last general election to be held in Libya, Salwa urged her supporters to the polls (Picture: Karama) By Hibaaq Osman, Founder of Karama Network of Women’s Organizations Friday 18 Dec 2020 - Of course it was women who were front and centre – so many had nothing to lose (Picture: LWPP) . Learn More
Geospatial Dashboard on Intimate Partner Violence – Young Women at High Risk
UNFPA's new data dashboard shows who are most vulnerable to intimate partner violence. Younger women face some of the greatest risks. © UNFPA Zimbabwe UNITED NATIONS, New York – 2 December 2020 - A new data dashboard launched by UNFPA today shows that young women face the greatest risk of intimate partner violence. Yet partner violence is rampant . Learn More
India – How Might Raising the Legal Age of Marriage from 18 to 21 Change the Lives of Girls?
By Aarushi Khanna, Regional Coordinator Equal Measures 2030 and Sahaj** India is home to the highest number of child brides in the world. UNICEF estimates that almost half of the child marriages in the world happen in South Asia, 1-in-3 of which are in India[1]. The existing legal framework sets the minimum legal age of marriage for girls in India . Learn More
Latin America – Increased Violence Against Women, Sexual Violence & Femicide During the Pandemic & Under Lockdown
Women demand justice for Mexico’s many murdered women at a protest against gender violence in Mexico CIty, Aug. 15, 2020. Nadya Murillo / Eyepix Group/Barcroft Media via Getty Almost 1,200 women disappeared in Peru between March 11 and June 30, the Ministry of Women reported. In Brazil, 143 women in 12 states were murdered in March and April – . Learn More
African First Ladies Peace Mission Calls for Greater Protection, Equal Opportunity & Celebrates The Girl Child
The African First Ladies Peace Mission (AFLPM), known by its French Acronym MIPREDA, is a product of the World’s 4th Women Conference organized by the United Nations in Beijing, China in 1995, otherwise known as the Beijing Conference. The AFLPM in its conceptualization, is designed as an umbrella body of wives of African Heads of State/Presidents . Learn More
Iran – Images of Girls Removed from the Cover Of a Math Textbook
Many Iranians have been angered by the removal of the images of several girls from the cover of a math textbook. Authorities said the cover was “overcrowded" and erased the girls, though three boys still appear on the new edition of the textbook (image on left). September 15, 2020 - There's outrage among Iranians over the removal of the images . Learn More
USA – Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Passes Away – Was a Champion of Women’s Rights
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died at 87. She became the second woman on the high court in 1993 and was a legal pioneer for gender equality. (Joyce Sohyun Lee, Elyse Samuels/The Washington Post) By Robert Barnes & Michael A. Fletcher September 19, 2020 - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second woman to serve on . Learn More
Right to Food: Discrimination Against Women – Looking Back, Looking Forward
WUNRN just sent a release on The State of the Right to Food & Nutrition 2020. Recently published information / reports / references are always significant, but this article PUBLISHED IN SEPTEMBER 2014 - and 6 years ago! - shows the continuing / protracted serious issue of women, food security, right to food, and discrimination. Now, in 2020, we . Learn More
Stigma & Discrimination Against Women Living with HIV
Do any of these sound familiar to you? "I don't tell people I have HIV because I don't want them to judge me." "I was told that people living with HIV should not have children. Because I have HIV, I was sterilized." "They kept me out of the kitchen and stopped talking to me because I have HIV." "I know I got this through sex. I feel really . Learn More
India – Coronavirus Fallout: Impact of School Closures on Girls
Amid the many impacts of implementing the world’s biggest lockdown, India’s cohort of adolescents (aged 10-19)—the largest in the world—face unique challenges as schools close across the country. (World Bank Photo) 4/14/2020 - By SHARMISHTHA NANDA At 21-day lockdown in India halted operations for all but essential services—bringing a country with . Learn More
How Data Can Stop Women from Going Hungry
A woman prepares a tray with lentils and cereals at a food distribution center in Tawilla, North Darfur, Sudan. Photo by: Albert Gonzalez Farran / UNAMID / CC BY-NC-ND By Helen Castell // 13 July 2020 LONDON — Good data is key to understanding — and ultimately dismantling — the complex relationships between hunger, inequality, and disempowerment . Learn More
Cameroon & Region – Forced Child Marriages Increase Amidst COVID-19, Poverty, Internal Conflicts
Girls walk to school in the morning in Cameroon. (Ryan Brown/UN Women, Kylee Pedersen/TNH) By Emeline Fonyuy - Cameroon 11 June 2020 - NGAOUNDÉRÉ, Cameroon - Sixteen-year-old Inna won’t be returning to school in Cameroon, even though coronavirus restrictions have eased. During the lockdown, she was married off to a 55-year-old cattle herder. . Learn More
Transforming Counter-Terrorism: From Securitization to Women-Led Peace
June 30, 2020 by Agnieszka Fal Dutra Santos and Mallika Iyer While “violent extremism” escapes an agreed-upon definition, acts recognized as violent extremist by both the international community and local populations continue to pose a threat to international peace and security. Violent extremism conducive to terrorism transcends national borders . Learn More
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