Posts Tagged with ‘women’
BRIDGET
By: BridgetAkudo Nwagbara, Chair of the Youth Health Workers Advocates, Nigeria - MNCH
“I had a dream to be the best that I can at anything I want to be….I couldn’t because I became a mother ...
Barbara, The Nation
"Critical mass" -- that's a phrase heard in Africa to describe what is needed to begin making progress in the battle to stop violence against women not only in times of conflict but also in peaceti...
MADRE, MADRE
Like many Palestinian women living in the Gaza Strip, 40-year-old Maryam struggles to provide safe drinking water for her family.
Israel has restricted the movement of people and goods into G...
Karen, Green Prophet
It takes 400 gallons of water to grow enough cotton for an ordinary t-shirt. A pair of jeans? That's 1,800 gallons. And we all know that while some women spend 6 hours every day to get drinking water,...
Lisa, George Washington University
While the right to water and the right of water may seem to be the same thing to many people, the two are extremely different. I recently had the opportunity to attend a conference on the right t...
Jonathan, Anderson School of Management at UCLA
You may be woman, but I can’t hear you roar. In fact, I can’t hear you at all.
Maybe it is because you don’t really have time. No one can blame you. But maybe if you, and the hundreds of mi...
John, Water Advocates
There is a photograph that travelers inevitably take when they go to a developing country -- a picture of a woman carrying a large container of water on her head. The woman's posture is ramrod strai...
Sonam, Global Voices
If only governments would take a second look at religion and see how it stands in the way of improving the lives of its marginalized populations, it has the potential to hasten the process to achievi...
Toni
In this video award-winning artist Toni Blackman addresses 'invisible women' around the world. Toni Blackman is one of the artists of MDGfive.com, a website that harnesses the power of art and social ...
Maya
Imagine that life is a role-play game where the plot develops as a result of the decisions you have made and the puzzles you have solved.
So how could you win this game? What happens if someone st...
Jenna, Hands to Hearts Intl
What's the best way of investing in the developing world? One organization is empowering families by investing in mothers.
Hands to Hearts International (HHI) is a non-profit organization that seeks ...
Chris
How can we ensure that every woman who chooses can access the Pill or other appropriate contraceptive options? There are many technical factors to consider.
Health-Care System, regulations, manufac...
Bhumika, Freelancer
It's been fifty years since the Pill was introduced in America. How far have we come since then--and how far do we still have to go?
This year the revolutionary birth control pill will achieve a mi...
Zoneziwoh, zoneziwohshow
African women face many constraints and discrimination which affect them economically. Though women with economic power tend to make positive choices for their families and communities, too often they...
Don
This blog post is a response to the post "Invest in women -- it pays!"
If women we given equal status in all societies in the world, we would have not only a better life for women, but a drastic lo...
Bhumika, Freelancer
Women and young girls face harassment while using public transportation in Kathmandu, Nepal. It is common and tolerated, and there is no law to punish the culprits.
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Melanie, Women in Cities Intl
Violence against women occurs both at home (within the family) and in the public sphere (rape, robbery, etc.). To best help women, we need to stop treating public and private violence as separate issu...
Claire, Ashoka
A new technological platform called Ushahidi could be used to help women in labor experiencing complications all over the world.
As mobile and web technologies become increasingly accessible to tho...
Anusha, United Nations
Though many believe violence against women to primarily be a problem in other parts of the world, the situation for many women in the U.S. is still problematic.
The Washington Post’s recent artic...
Sarah, UNIFEM
Indonesia has made great strides against gender based violence, by setting up crisis centers for women and working with men and boys.
Violence against women has been recognized as a serious issue i...
IPS News, IPS
By Miren Gutierrez and Oriana Boselli
Robert Dijksterhuis, Jac SM Kee, Monia Azzalini,Paula Fray, Thenjiwe Mtintso and Laila Al-Shaik.
Credit:Miren Gutierrez/IPS
Violence aga...
Asteris, digitalrights.gr
Evidence of egregious police violence against a migrant woman in Greece has influenced a politician to punish the guilty officers.
Greece has been embroiled in a row over abusive migrant detention...
Firuzeh Shokooh, Global Voices
Although violence against women is a serious problem in Puerto Rico, feminist bloggers have been speaking out against this issue that affects women everywhere.
They are more than numbers. They are ...
Marietta
Despite the alarming frequency of domestic violence in Hungary, existing laws don't do enough to protect women.
"At least one woman a week dies in Hungary as a result of domestic violence," said Kr...
Fortune, Environ Synergy Services
Climate change has far reaching effects, but it particularly impacts women, especially those living in developing nations.
The serious changes in the global climatic conditions have significant con...
Mahnaz, UNFPA
In eight states in the United States, it is still legal for insurance companies to deny coverage to women who have been abused, as these women are considered a financial liability.
In some parts of...
Tanya, Halton Public Health
Many international non-governmental organizations focus on the empowerment and progress of women. Here are some of the most relevant ones.
On this past International Day for the Elimination of Viol...
Raphael, The Civil Rights Party
Many minority women in Canada who face the issue of abuse have to deal not only with the violence itself but with barriers involving race and gender that prevent them from seeking help.
The issue...
Rose, Ifendu for women
I will like to talk about religion, globalization and violence against women. Insights from my initial research for a doctoral degree in theology reveal a great deal of information on how women are tr...
Diego, Global Voices Online
On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Brazilian bloggers reignite the debate and campaign to end violence.
Following a series of special blog-posts on Global Voi...
Nicole, hangPROUD.com
Violence against women, as with everything else, begins with how we communicate. Through our language, we have created a culture in which women are seen as weaker, quieter, more submissive, and the le...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Juliana, Global Voices Online
When a woman dies during pregnancy, childbirth or due to complications after delivery, it affects not only the family, but also the whole community.
These videos, by different human rights organiz...
Daniel, DC Publications SB
Humanitarian activist mothers in Asia are becoming icons for human rights causes worldwide. What does a woman sacrifice for the cause she fights for?
Irene Fernandez is a women and migrant rig...
Juliana, Global Voices Online
Imagine a woman giving birth handcuffed and her feet shackled. Do pregnant women in prison deserve human rights, or can pregnancy become a way to avoid jail?
All over the world, pregnant women str...
Juliana, Global Voices Online
Are human rights related to motherhood reserved only for married women? Philippine men and women are blogging about a new legislation related to a pregnant woman's right to study and work.
In Phi...
Deni, Americans for UNFPA
The feminization of AIDS and poverty are linked in a cycle that practically ensures the spread of the disease, even if a vaccine were developed.
For the 51 million of girls around the world who wer...
Deni, Americans for UNFPA
Typically when women make a little money they invest it in their families (up to 90% by some estimates). When coffers wealthy nations run dry, investment in women’s issue is usually one of the first...
Gill, IPPF
In these turbulent times of financial crisis, rising food prices, climate change and political instability, it is women and girls who will be disproportionately affected, particularly poor women in po...
Ian, Author & Journalist
Although it remains to be seen how effectively they implement it, the G 8 agenda is, quite correctly, focusing on how to mitigate the effects of the crisis on the developing world. But an even tighter...
Jill, Women Deliver
At the moment the world loses 15 billion dollars every year in productivity that doesn’t happen because mothers and their newborns are dying – one mother a minute, four million newborns every year...
Mark, Mark Tuschman Photography
Women and children do bear the brunt of economic hardship during any economic downturn. I witnessed this during the course of 2007 and 2008 when I made several trips to Ghana to photographically doc...
Neil, UNFPA
One of the people who helps me understand the impact of the economic crisis on women is Graca Machel, the passionate advocate for women and children and a former Minister of Education and Culture in M...
Kimberly
Investing in Women is a Smart Choice
We echo the words of the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on the Observance of World Population Day: In the midst of the worst global economic crisis in generatio...
Alex
Who’s responsible for globalization? Probably a woman called Ug. Ug recognised that the woman in the next cave made better mammoth-skin shoes than she did. She also knew that Mr. Ug threw a pretty h...
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