“Various forms of discrimination against women not only exist in all societies, but are even codified by the very governments which should be fighting that injustice.” (Sarah Jones in Women Can’t Wait)
Category: Art, books and film
Discrimination enforced by law: women’s struggle around the world
Tuesday, 19 April 2011 14:57
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I Say No
Monday, 11 April 2011 15:05
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On 7 March a century of International Women’s Days was celebrated with the screening of “Die Fremde” at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels – a partnership event with UN Women, UNRIC, the European Parliament and UNRIC.
Africa Rising, a film produced by Equality Now
Wednesday, 06 April 2011 09:28
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Alice Cherop beams at the camera from her seat overlooking Kenya’s beautiful Rift Valley. Next to her sit sisters Edna and Beatrice Kandie. All have been spared female genital mutilation (FGM) through their own courage and the support of brave and committed human rights advocates.
REDLIGHT – FORCED INTO BROTHELS
Tuesday, 22 March 2011 11:59
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Sokha is gazing apathetically into space. Her sister Rena puts an arm around her, encourages her to talk about what happened to her. Sokha has been kidnapped and forced to work in a brothel, until her sister, an incredibly brave girl, manages to save her. The girls tell Sokha’s story to Cambodian politician Mu Sochua, a human rights activist. “The goal,” says Mu Sochua “is to turn them into survivors.”
- UN Women announces members of Global Civil Society Advisory Group
- UN Women welcomes increased number of women in Algeria’s Parliament
- Circles of life: Community groups in Zimbabwe turn early warnings into early action
- Women shine at Jordan’s Fifth National Technology Parade
- Michelle Bachelet 2012 Commencement Speech at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
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