Category: Women’s Rights

Day 1 After International Women’s Day – Still Celebrating, Still Advocating

March 9, 2017

At only 17-yr old, Malala Yousafzai was the youngest recipient, at the time in 2014, as a Nobel Peace Prize laureate for her courageous advocacy of girls education in her home region of Swat District, Pakistan. Blogged for BBC as early as 11-yr old and almost died from being assassinated by a Taliban soldier when … More Day 1 After International Women’s Day – Still Celebrating, Still Advocating

Sudanese Forces Committed Mass Rape; Women Attacked in Hospitals

September 15, 2015

Originally posted by Cara Anna for The Associated Press on September 9, 2015— “Human Rights Watch is accusing the Sudanese military of another mass rape in Darfur. Members of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces raped at least 60 women in the country’s troubled western region, after taking over the town of Golo in January, according to … More Sudanese Forces Committed Mass Rape; Women Attacked in Hospitals

UNDERGROUND IN AMERICA: Female Genital Mutilation

July 22, 2015

Originally posted by Olivia Smith and Teri Whitcraft on July 20, 2015 for ABCNews.com— “”Sarah was 7 years old when her parents took her to visit their family in India. Born in Iowa and raised in California, Sarah remembers taking trips to see relatives abroad frequently. But this time was different. “I wish it didn’t … More UNDERGROUND IN AMERICA: Female Genital Mutilation

U.N. Reveals ‘Alarmingly High’ Levels of Violence Against Women

March 18, 2015

By SOMINI SENGUPTA for NYTimes.com on March 9, 2015— “The evidence is ubiquitous. The gang rape of a young woman on a bus in New Delhi sets off an unusual burst of national outrage in India. In South Sudan, women are assaulted by both sides in the civil war. In Iraq, jihadists enslave women for sex. And American … More U.N. Reveals ‘Alarmingly High’ Levels of Violence Against Women

What Will Shape Women’s Rights Over the Next 15 Years?

February 4, 2015

By Carlo Kweifio-Okai on January 14, 2015 for http://www.theguardian.com— “Decisions made in 2015 will help shape the women’s rights agenda for the next 15 years. In September, world leaders will endorse a new set of development goals at the UN. The proposed sustainable development goals (SDGs), which will replace the millennium development goals (MDGs), feature … More What Will Shape Women’s Rights Over the Next 15 Years?

Women in Mauritius Making ‘Geminist’ T-shirts Earning Less than the ‘Living Wage’ Set by the Government

November 28, 2014

By BEN ELLERY AND NICK CRAVEN FOR THE MAIL ON SUNDAY on November 8, 2014— “The women paid 62p an hour in Mauritius making £45 ‘feminist’ T-shirts earn less than the ‘living wage’ set by the government of the Indian Ocean island. After our revelations last week about the ‘sweatshop’ conditions endured by workers producing the … More Women in Mauritius Making ‘Geminist’ T-shirts Earning Less than the ‘Living Wage’ Set by the Government

“Even One Case Is Too Many”: Vice President Biden Marks the 20th Anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act

September 12, 2014

Originally published by Tanya Somanader on http://www.whitehouse.gov/ on September 9, 2014— “Twenty years ago this week, President Clinton signed into law the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) — a landmark law that empowered women and children to expose and prosecute domestic violence. The signing of the law marked the end of an arduous road to pass … More “Even One Case Is Too Many”: Vice President Biden Marks the 20th Anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act

US Army General Reaches Deal on Sex Counts

March 18, 2014

By Richard A. Oppel Jr. for The New York Times on March 16, 2014— “The senior Army officer prosecuted in the military’s most closely watched sexual assault case, Brig. Gen. Jeffrey A. Sinclair, has agreed to plead guilty to sharply reduced charges, including that he disobeyed a commander’s order, misused his government charge card and … More US Army General Reaches Deal on Sex Counts

TOKYO: Japan Won’t Alter Apology to World War II Sex Slaves

March 17, 2014

By Martin Fackler for The New York Times on March 10, 2014— “Japan will not revise a landmark apology to women forced to work in military brothels during World War II even as it moves ahead with a review of the testimony used to create that apology, a spokesman for the Japanese government said Monday. … More TOKYO: Japan Won’t Alter Apology to World War II Sex Slaves