International News
New Study Details Overlooked Link Between Climate Breakdown and Violence Against Women
29 January 2020 | Julia Conley, Common Dreams
Women are often the "first to be targeted" when environmental shocks threaten natural resources, international conservation group says.
'Join Foces in Defense of Life, Territory and our Womanhood!' Statement Signed by Indigenous Women of the World, Present at COP 25
28 January 2020 | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Egypt: Mashat Prioritizes Women, Food Security in Davos Meetings
25 January 2020 | Egypt Today
CAIRO - 25 January 2020: On the sidelines of Davos 2020, Minister of International Cooperation Rania al-Mashat held meetings with heads of UN organizations to discuss plans on women empowerment and fo...
Syria: Health Services for Syrian Women Caught Up in War, Foster Safety and Hope
23 January 2020 | United Nations Population Fund
More than 70,000 people from the northeast remain displaced in Al-Hasakah, Ar-Raqqa and Aleppo governorates due to ongoing conflict in the area. Over 17,500 of the IDPs are women of reproductive age.I...
Kyenjojo Women Start Campaign to Conserve Environment
13 January 2020 | Wilson Asiimwe
The women groups along Matiri Central Forest Reserve have been mobilised by the Joint Effort to Save the Environment (JESE) and CARE International, with the aim of improving their household incomes, t...
Columbia: Colombian Court Recognises Victims of Sexual Violence Within Ranks of the FARC
10 January 2020 | Julia Zulver and Sanne Weber, Open Democracy
On the 11th December, the Colombian Constitutional Court ruled that a woman who was forcibly recruited by the FARC at 14 years old is to be included in the Victims’ Registry (RUV). Helena (a pseudon...
Malawi: Malawi Rights Activists Petition Police over Sexual Harassment
10 January 2020 | Lameck Masina, Voice of America
Human rights activists have given the Malawi Police Service five days to arrest police officers implicated in the sexual assault of 17 women and girls during post-election protests on the outskirts...
India: One Woman Reports a Rape Every 15 Minutes in India
9 January 2020 | Sudarshan Varadhan, Reuters
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - One woman reported a rape every 15 minutes on average in India in 2018, according to government data released on Thursday, underlining its dismal reputation as one of the worst p...
Tanzania: Women Crave for More Say Over Land Ownership
8 January 2020 | Tanzania Daily News
Struggling over land rights among women in Tanzania and Africa in general, has remained as one of the social challenges despite efforts by relevant authorities to solve the problem.
Vietnam: Strengthening Women’s Livelihoods and Resilience to Disasters and Climate Change in Viet Nam
8 January 2020 | Thao Hoang, UN Women
When Tran Thi My Linh, a 51-year-old rural woman first said that she would replace her rice fields with lotus fields, she raised many eyebrows. In the little commune of Hoa Dong in Phu Yen province, j...