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Governments Need to Ensure Women Do Not Bear the Brunt of the Economic Crisis
Governments need to provide social protection and promote green jobs for women through alternative investments that provide decent employment, such as public-private and community-related partnerships… more →
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Governments Need to Ensure Women Do Not Bear the Brunt of the Economic Crisis
womensphere wrote 6 days ago: Governments need to provide social protection and promote green jobs for women through alternative i … more →
Women’s centres re-open in Darfur with help from AU-UN mission
womensphere wrote 6 days ago: Female internally displaced persons (IDPs) will again be able to learn job skills, take literacy cla … more →
Zimbabwe girls trade sex for food
womensphere wrote 2 weeks ago: Growing numbers of children in Zimbabwe are turning to prostitution to survive, the charity Save the … more →
Countries at war get little aid for mothers and children
womensphere wrote 2 weeks ago: Countries that are at war such as Afghanistan, Sudan and Iraq get only US$1.30 a person a year in ai … more →
End Rape in War
womensphere wrote 2 weeks ago: The United Nations Security Council is failing to make good on its promises to stop rape in war, Hum … more →
Pregnant women at serious risk among Pakistan's displaced population
womensphere wrote 3 weeks ago: Pregnant women and new mothers displaced by fighting in North West Pakistan are facing a potential h … more →
UN says 3 year old rape victim dies in Congo
womensphere wrote 1 month ago: A three-year-old girl has died after being raped by a rebel fighter in the Democratic Republic of Co … more →
UN Women Peacekeepers in Short Supply
womensphere wrote 1 month ago: Even as U.N. peacekeeping operations in the world’s battle zones continue to expand, women soldiers, … more →
Afghan women are killed for demanding their rights: MADRE responds
womensphere wrote 1 month ago: Women in Afghanistan are routinely denied basic human rights, including education, healthcare, freed … more →
IANSA Making gun control accessible to women
womensphere wrote 1 month ago: Women may be involved in development or other matters, but not necessarily aware of the impact of gu … more →
The United States led War in Afghanistan and the Implications of the Polarization of the Burqa as a Symbol of the Oppression of Afghani Women
womensphere wrote 1 month ago: The United States (US) led war in Afghanistan is one of the most controversial current events in tod … more →
Women Sidelined By Military Regime in Fiji
womensphere wrote 1 month ago: Fiji, a multi-racial, multi-cultural country of 300 islands in the South Pacific, has undergone anot … more →
Top UN Officials Announce First Ever Guidance on Safe Cooking Fuel for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons
womensphere wrote 1 month ago: Global Initiative Puts Fuel on Par with Food and Water as Urgent Needs in Humanitarian Assistance To … more →
Against Sexual Violence: Solidarity Among African Women
womensphere wrote 1 month ago: Akina Mama wa Afrika has launched a programme targeting sexual violence in conflict and post-conflic … more →
In Iraq, a story of rape, shame and 'honor killing'
womensphere wrote 1 month ago: A poster at a Najaf rally reads “Stop violence against women.” After prison guards assaulted an Iraq … more →
Iraqi women suffer regular domestic violence - UN
womensphere wrote 2 months ago: The vast majority of Iraqi women face domestic violence on a regular basis and many commit suicide b … more →
Developing Stronger Protection Against Gender-Based Violence in Uganda
womensphere wrote 2 months ago: When heads of districts describe efforts to fight sexual violence as a waste of resources, it raises … more →
Shelter for women and children fleeing violence and socio economic conditions in Zimbabwe
womensphere wrote 2 months ago: Father Adrian, a Catholic priest in Musina, a South African town on the border with Zimbabwe, establ … more →
Pregnant women at greater risk in conflict in Sri Lanka
womensphere wrote 2 months ago: Thousands of pregnant women caught up in the fighting between government forces and the Liberation T … more →
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