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Eddie, Global Voices Online
Climate change is affecting the way of life of Mongolian nomadic families. A new citizen media project is teaching Mongolians how to use internet tools to tell these stories.
A local project called...
Joao Luis
We cannot maintain the level of consumption of resources we have today with 6, 7 or 8 billion people. Sooner or later we will have to make the difficult choice between reducing the population or our s...
Belen, Global Voices
Even in the most extreme circumstances when survival is at stake, Bangladeshi women stand out for their capacity to unite and together overcome climate change’s effects on their lives.
A summar...
Radha, UNFPA
Sexual violence in armed conflict is increasingly reported with state and non-state individuals. What strategies can help prevent such an affliction?
In the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, the UN Secreta...
Radha, UNFPA
‘Conversation starters’ answered the questions: “What are some of the best practices in preventing trafficking?” and “How do we protect victims from further abuse and violence?” Below is a...
Imran Ahmed, MFA, Pakistan
Economic and political policies made at international, regional and national levels strongly affect the fight against trafficking. The approach to build a strategy must be holistic.
There are cer...
Juliana, Global Voices Online
November 25th is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, and through videos, many people and organizations around the world are expressing their need to end the violence a...
Sonam, Global Voices
What connection does finishing the food on your plate in New York, saving the water and the energy here, have to children and women in third world countries? Many.
Like a spider web our lives are a...
Radha, UNFPA
'Conversation starters' answered the question: "Can you share any stories of men and boys mobilizing to stop domestic violence?" Below is a brief summary of the thoughts shared at Conversations for a ...
Radha, UNFPA
It's shocking: Between 500,000 to 2 million people, mostly women and children, are trafficked every year according to a UN study on violence against women.
There is an urgent need to eradicat...
Belen, Global Voices
It is a popular saying in Latin America that women always get what they want. For 20 years, fearless women from the Kichwa community, an indigenous group in Ecuador, have been resisting against oil co...
Imran Ahmed, MFA, Pakistan
I have dealt with this and other female issues in my country. There are various trends that perpetuate domestic violence. I have listed some of my conclusions.
Domestic violence is one of th...
Victor, Youth Coalition
Let the champions be champions
This year’s Youth Supplement to the State of the World Population bears the title At the Frontier, signalling urgency. Victor Bernhardtz, co-author of the report, giv...
Elga, Delt@
Violence against women, above all domestic violence, should be addressed from different perspectives.
At the governmental level in all countries, violence against women should be prevented with pr...
William
Men must be protected from being pressured by traditions and macho culture into committing violence again women or other men.
Domestic violence seems to have been part of a sex war that has been ...
Daniel, DC Publications SB
A teenaged mother in Singapore discusses her decision to see her pregnancy through.
The one person who helped her through the experience? Her mother. Watch on!
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Elisa, Designmatters atArtCenter
Art and policy joined forces as the Art Center College of Design launched a campaign to spread awareness.
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As a community of visual...
Bhumika, Freelancer
In this video I talk about Nepal's high maternal mortality rate. Here's a quote from the video:
Unless the Nepalese Government and the people decide that maternal mortality is an issue of national im...
Remmy, UNAIDS
A response to the blog-post "HIV thrives on poverty". The young volunteers who are involved in the fight against HIV get nothing in return.
I come from a country whose HIV prevalence is one of the...
Jane, 34 Million Friends of UNF
A response to the blog-post "Are pregnant women expendable?"
Everything we talk about, maternal mortality, the breaking of promises such as those made at Cairo in 1994, the lack of family planning ...
Juliana, Global Voices Online
The Alzar las Voces (Raise the Voices) project in Nicaragua brings farmers in rural communities the possibility to speak out through video.
There are six organizations in Matagalpa Honduras who a...
Farzana, NRCDV
Want to know more about violence against women? Here are some useful links and resources.
I read the blog-post "A call to action: Your views on men and domestic violence". Here are links to sever...
Wahid, Womanshade Pakistan
Society must change its way of thinking in order to eliminate domestic violence. My experience is that Pakistan has a long way to go in order to fix this problem.
Violence against women, particular...
Richard, UNFPA
While everyone’s talking about carbon credits and technological solutions to climate change, no one’s talking about the people who are going to be affected most: women.
One of the rewards of be...
Sarah, UNIFEM
Image by Robert Miller via Flickr
The new book and documentary Diamonds tells the stories of ten women and one girl who are all HIV-positive.
Globally, the incidence of HIV/AIDS among women is r...
Eddie, Global Voices Online
Activist Ursula Rakova has been leading the way to raise funds to help relocate the residents from the Cataret Islands in Papua New Guinea, where it is estimated that by the year 2015 all of the islan...
Radha, UNFPA
Can you share any stories of men and boys mobilizing to stop domestic violence?
Domestic violence is the most common form of violence that is inflicted on a woman - usually by an intimate partner o...
Jillian C., Global Voices Online
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Aicha Ech Chenna has just been awarded the world's largest faith-based pr...
Mahnaz, UNFPA
Women are particularly vulnerable to climate change. Al Gore speaks about how to empower women and make a difference.
Climate change affects people all over the world, but in particular, it negativ...
Belen, Global Voices
A group of women in India have demonstrated that despite the existing gender inequity and their low economic status, they can become a powerful resource to tackle climate change and reduce the emissio...
Eddie, Global Voices Online
Is there a difference between the negative effects of climate change felt by African American and African women?
Invisible Women Melting is the title of a play written by a graduate student in th...
Fortune, Environ Synergy Services
With good planning, focus and commitment, our natural environment can survive the economic meltdown.
I have some questions for you: What is the relationship between the economic meltdown and enviro...
Robert, Population Institute
Imagine that the year is 2040 and climate-related stressors, including stronger storms, drought, and desertification have increased the demand on developed nations for aid and relief services.
Nort...
Gail, UNDP & ENERGIA consultant
We must press for more attention to women's roles in clean energy and 'green' economies.
For more than twelve years I have been working on planning and advocacy activities related to expanding acc...
Belen, Global Voices
Desertification is silently but rapidly spreading around the world and Latin America is not escaping its devastating effects.
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Alex
Sometimes you wonder. In December the world’s leaders will meet in Copenhagen to discuss urgent action in the next decade to protect the planet. Yet commentators are busy scaling down expectations. ...
Taiwo, APYIN
Women and young people have the skills to adapt to climate change and can be powerful actors.
There is no doubt that the consequences of climate change could be devastating. Climate change and glo...
Eddie, Global Voices Online
The disappearance of glaciers is causing a concern because the future water shortages will affect the availability of drinking water for a vulnerable migrant population.
350.org activists climb...
Lisa, Governess Films
"The baby is not breathing". Poor women and their babies are dying in childbirth because of a lack of resources. This film captures one Nigerian woman's story.
The above is Lo...
Bhumika, Freelancer
In some places, caste discrimination continues to plague Indian mothers. Indian women are now standing up for their rights.
Caste system, which is still widely practiced in Hindu communities in ...
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