International News
Mexico: Violence Against Women in Mexico Rises
9 March 2021 | Mat Youkee, The Fair Observer
Home is not a safe space for many women around the world and coronavirus-era quarantines and lockdowns have increased the risk of gender-based violence. In Mexico, statistics reflect this reality and...
Myanmar: Women's Clothes Help Protesters Skirt Myanmar's Junta
5 March 2021 | AFP, Deccan Herald
Sarong-like cloths strung out on lines may seem innocuous, but long-held superstitions around women's clothes appear to have stopped security forces in their tracks as they move to quell an upris...
UNDP Calls for Temporary Basic Income to Help World’s Poorest Women Cope with Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic
4 March 2021 | UNDP
A temporary basic income (TBI) given specifically to hundreds of millions of women in the world’s developing countries could prevent rising poverty and widening gender inequalities during the COVID-...
Women Fighting Wildlife Crime
3 March 2021 | UNDP
Through positions they occupy in all walks of life – as influencers in their communities, frontline defenders and wildlife managers, government decision-makers, legislators, scientists, and business...
Iraq: In Oil-Rich Iraq, a Few Women Buck Norms, Take Rig Site Jobs
28 February 2021 | Samya Kullab, Associated Press
Zainab Amjad and Ayat Rawthan, both 24, are among just a handful who have eschewed the dreary office jobs typically handed to female petroleum engineers in Iraq. Instead, they chose to become trailbla...
Promoting Peace and Protecting Women’s Rights in Contexts Affected by Violent Extremism, Especially During COVID-19 Pandemic
16 February 2021 | UN Women
In 2020, even as governments around the world rallied to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, a large number of countries and their populations continued to face insecurities spurred by violent extremist...
Women Bear the Brunt of Climate Change
12 February 2021 | Michelle Langrand, Geneva Solutions
Women are among the most affected by climate-related insecurity, and yet they’re often absent from the conversation. Experts hope that by understanding how they are affected but also by including th...
Ghana: Empowering Women in Climate Action with Alternative Livelihood Options
12 February 2021 | Praise Nutakor, GhanaWeb
Like many people in rural communities in Ghana, Mali Yakubu and her family in Tampion in the Northern Region are not able to farm during the dry season. This situation is deteriorating as agriculture...
Ethiopia: Pregnant Women Struggle to Find Support, Stability After Displacement From Tigray Region in Ethiopia
11 February 2021 | UNFPA
GONDAR, Ethiopia – “When you think about your future, you never plan to be uprooted from the comfort of your home and find fragile safety in a tent,” said Hiwot, 24, from Ethiopia’s embattle...
UNFPA Elevates Climate Action to Safeguard the Wellbeing of Women and Girls During the Decade of Action
10 February 2021 | UNFPA
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—The impact of climate change is already being felt and is projected to intensify significantly over the next 10 years. During the Nairobi Summit in Kenya in 2019, a si...