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November 24, 2024

Violence Against Women

What will it take to end the violence

Human Trafficking

Health Care: The Frontline of Defense

Global News

Unite to End Violence Against Women

Gisele Pelicot's final testimony

Your body, my choice

States News

CU Boulder female faculty receive back pay

Georgia dismissed Maternal Mortality Committee

Texas hospitals required to ask patients for citizenship

Violence Against Women

Why we need to end sexual violence globally

Sexual violence remains one of the most pervasive and devastating human rights violations. Women all over the world are still facing a systemic abuse of power met with impunity. There is a global failure to address sexual violence against women.

Equality Now details the 7 ways laws are failing survivors, and is working in countries around world to guarantee protection and justice for all women.

7 ways sexual violence laws are failing survivors around the world - Equality Now

Despite global commitments to combat sexual violence, legal systems across various regions continue to fall short in protecting survivors and ensuring justice. Here are seven critical ways these laws are failing, perpetuating cycles of violence and discrimination:

Human Trafficking

Health Care: A Frontline Defense Against Human Trafficking

88% of trafficking survivors report passing through the health care system unrecognized. Learning the skin signs of trafficking will enable health care professionals to address the health and wellbeing of vulnerable patients.

Health Care: A Frontline Defense Against Human Trafficking | Think Global Health

Partnerships with the medical community can tap opportunities for intervention and public health data gathering

Global News

Unite To End Violence Against Women

Nearly one in three women experience violence in their lifetime. Every 10 minutes a woman is killed.

16 Days of Activism: #NoExcuse. UNiTE to End Violence against Women

Every 10 minutes, partners and family members killed a woman intentionally in 2023. The crisis of gender-based violence is urgent. That is why, during the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, the UNiTE campaign is drawing attention to the alarming escalation of violence against women under the theme, "Every 10 Minutes, a woman is killed.

State News

A $4.5 million settlement means CU Boulder female faculty will receive back pay CPR

Ballot board clears Ohio Voters Bill of Rights OhioCapJournal

Texas hospitals are now required to ask for patients' citizenship TxTribune

Georgia dismissed all members of Maternal Mortality Committee after internal details of 2 deaths reported Propublica

Climate News

The U S's easternmost city could be a model for the country's renewable future InsideClimate

Mass. House sends climate package to Gov Pluribus

31,000 acres at the front of a movement InsideClimate

These women are trying to humanize the climate crisis YaleClimateConnections

Global News

As we mark '16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence', Debora, a Learner Guide at a partner school in Tanzania, tells her story Camfed

Gisele Pelicot's final testimony: Shame must change sides DM

COP29: What happened at UN Climate Conference EuroNews

DE&I problem facing Australia ahead of second Trump presidency WomensAgenda

Governments must act to protect women, girls from toxic chemicals USRTK

For Your Information

The State Of Women's Economic Wellbeing And The Law LegalMomentum

Working families need an end to wage suppression more than new tax cuts EPI

Contraceptive Experience, Coverage, and Preference: A women's health survey KFF

Your body, my choice; Hate and harassment spread online ISD

16 Days to End Violence Against Women CDC

How a Violence Reduction Council works: Prevention, Community, Trust JohnsHopkins

The U S business community used to be a force for immigration reform. What happened? Propublica

The overlooked impact of immigration on the size of the future U S workforce MPI

Memorandum outlines U S government's role in AI development Lawfare

Fires, first aid and guns: Meet the Finnish women training for war with Russia TheGuardian

Segregation Academies in Mississippi are benefiting from dollars, as they did in the 1960s Propublica

What's Happening In Our Corner

These organizations listed on our website are offering workshops, virtual classrooms, new programs, updates on their initiatives, valuable resources, and news you can use.

Global Rights for Women: Ending gender-based violence GRW

Resources for violence against women OVW

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