International News
Vietnam: Addressing Gender-Based Violence Alongside the COVID-19 Pandemic in Viet Nam
29 April 2020
Quang Ninh Province, Viet Nam – The “Anh Duong” (Sunshine) House Shelter for the provision of essential services to survivors of violence against women and girls was jointly launched this mornin...
Guatemala: Tejiendo Paz Addresses Environmental Issues, Conflict and the Pandemic
28 April 2020 | Janey Fugate
TOTONICAPAN, Guatemala — Wearing the brightly colored skirt typical of Maya women in the Western Highlands, Nicolasa Grasiela Checlan held up a baton with a black tassel hanging from the top. The ba...
Yemen: On the Frontline of War, Yemeni Women Are Building Peace
27 April 2020 | Kira Walker
It was the third year of the war when Muna Luqman heard of a conflict over water in Al-Haymatain, a remote area of Yemen’s Taiz governorate well-known for disputes over the scarce resource. Two comm...
Liberia: Gender Ministry’s Exempt During COVID-19 Lockdown, Increases Sex & Domestic Violence, Says Child Rights Activist
26 April 2020 | Obediah Johnson, FPA
Monrovia – Liberian child rights activist, Satta Fatumata Sheriff has frowned on the decision by the George Weah—led government to close the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection and...
Africa: Triple Threat - Conflict, Gender-Based Violence and COVID-19
26 April 2020 | Nontobeko Mlambo, AllAfrica
Johannesburg — The new coronavirus, officially called SARS-CoV-2, has infected more than three million people worldwide – 31,000 in Africa by 26 April – with Egypt, South Africa, Morocco and...
Girls are COVID-19 Victims in Developing Countries
23 April 2020 | Jackie Abramian, Grit Daily
COVID-19 has turned our world upside down, and girls in developing countries and refugee camps have become its frontline victims. Along with other countless international organizations, Plan Internat...
Vanuatu: How Some Pacific Women Are Responding to Climate Change and Natural Disasters
22 April 2020 | Neena Bhandari
Women in the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu are dealing with six crises currently – COVID 19, drought, scarcity of potable water, and volcanic ash, acid rain and sulphur gas as there are sev...
Displaced and Stateless Women and Girls at Heightened Risk of Gender-Based Violence in the Coronavirus Pandemic
22 April 2020 | UNHCR
Around the world COVID-19 is taking lives and changing communities but the virus is also inducing massive protection risks for women and girls forced to flee their homes, the Assistant High Commission...
Women and Girls Main Victims of Domestic and Gender Violence – SADC Secretariat
22 April 2020 | Namibia Economist
Addressing the sudden rise in domestic violence and gender violence is a key concern for authorities in all the Member States of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) where governments hav...
An Earth Day Profile: The Power of Action, Bringing African Women Environmentalists Together for Shared Learning
22 April 2020 | UN Environment Programme
As many civil society organizations come together to observe the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, plans have had to change since the COVID-19 global crisis and pandemic has led to lockdowns in many...