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Tunisian Youth Activist Working To Make Women And Girls Feel Safe In Public Spaces

Guest ContributorFebruary 20, 2018

By UN Women - Salma Belhassine is an activist from Tunisia and part of the Youth Leadership Programme, an initiative by UNDP in partnership with UN Women. She r...

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Domestic Violence Homicide Is An Epidemic. Is A Hashtag Required To Capture The Media’s Attention And Our Nation’s Outrage?

wyskFebruary 13, 2018

By Lori Day - American women are in the midst of an unprecedented societal “moment.” #MeToo and #TimesUp shine a light on what women have endured from men throu...

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In The Words Of HIV/AIDS Advocate Baby Rivona: “Once I Fought For My Rights, The Other Women Followed”

Guest ContributorFebruary 5, 2018

By UN Women - Baby Rivona is a legend in Indonesia, loved widely, as well as feared by some. A passionate advocate of women living with HIV and AIDS, she is as ...

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Powerful Documentary “On Her Shoulders,” Featuring Yazidi Activist & Survivor Nadia Murad, Takes Home Director Sundance Prize

wyskJanuary 30, 2018

While the Grammy’s hashtag #GrammysSoMale continues to trend, women topped the winners list at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Among the women directors and...

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Hear Powerful Poem Halsey Delivered At NYC Women’s March, Recounting Her Friend’s Rape And Her Own Sexual Assaults

wyskJanuary 24, 2018

Before the hundreds of thousands of people gathered at the Women’s March in New York City this past Saturday, January 20, Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Hal...

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From Where I Stand: Afro-descendent Women Of Colombia Rise For Justice

Guest ContributorJanuary 22, 2018

UN WOMEN - Charo Mina-Rojas has worked for many years to educate grassroots Afro-descendant communities of Colombia on Law 70 of 1993, which recognizes their cu...

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Tanzania’s First Woman Miner On Disguising Herself As A Man To Gain Access To The Mines

Guest ContributorJanuary 4, 2018

By UN WOMEN - Pili Hussein, 60, is Tanzania’s first woman miner, who disguised herself as a man to access the Tanzanite mines. During the week, she worked along...

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Actor Sara Coates Excited To Buy Christmas Cards Supporting Planned Parenthood Women’s Health Biz… Gets Trolled By Anti-Choice News Org

Guest ContributorDecember 12, 2017

A friend was searching for holiday cards that support women-focused charities, like Planned Parenthood, but came up empty. So Sara Coates, an actor with a big s...

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16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence: End Violence Against Women and Girls

Guest ContributorNovember 29, 2017

By UN Women - The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, a global campaign spanning from 25 November through 10 December, is taking place this year ...

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