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Geography

Toward an End to Child Marriage

What Works to Prevent Child Marriage in development and humanitarian settings? A new Study from UC Berkeley’s Human Rights Center and Save the Children.

Thursday 20 September 2018

Violence against asylum seeker and refugee women in France

This study, conducted by F,rance terre d’Asile, has established a typology of the violence women residing in France may face.

Thursday 20 September 2018

The Accountability of ‘Major Powers’ for Alleged Serious Violations of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

The Accountability of ‘Major Powers’ for Alleged Serious Violations of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law: Challenges and Prospects. Conference and Launch of Discussion Paper, Hague Humanity Hub, Fluwelen Burgwal 58, 2511 CJ The Hague, Netherlands, 1 October 2018

Friday 14 September 2018

Report – Women on the Move, migration, care work and health

World Health Organization WHO has produced a new report on this population group, collating evidence across sectors. In so many homes and places around the world, women of all ages, ethnicities, cultures and backgrounds are providing […]

Friday 14 September 2018

Technical learning from the meta-analysis of women’s empowerment projects

OXFAM By Kristen McCollum Kristen McCollum, consultant at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), shares with us the learning from Oxfam’s meta-analyses on women’s empowerment. When we first decided to conduct a meta-analysis on […]

Wednesday 5 September 2018

It is time to teach colonial history in British schools

Growing up in Britain, I knew nothing of the many crimes the British Empire had committed against my Iraqi ancestors.

Monday 3 September 2018

Women’s bodies have become a battleground in the fight for Iran’s future

A regressive law to boost the population has restricted the reproductive choices and rights of all Iranian women. Though some suffer more than others.

Sunday 2 September 2018

Violence Against Women : A Determinant of Health

Cumberland Lodge Research Associate A report by Nicola Sharp-Jeffs. From a  conference held on 6-7 February 2017. Back in 1947, when the educational foundation at Cumberland Lodge was established to debate the ‘moral and spiritual […]

Saturday 1 September 2018

OPEN ASIA|Armanshahr among 127 Rights groups call for immediate release of Nabeel Rajab after UN group calls his detention arbitrary and discriminatory

OPEN ASIA|Armanshahr among 127 Rights groups call for immediate release of Nabeel Rajab after UN group (WGAD) calls his detention arbitrary and discriminatory.

Wednesday 29 August 2018

UNICEF Report A global initiative on out-of-school children in Afghanistan

UNICEF A global initiative on out-of-school children; All children in school and learning UNICEF Afghanistan/2017/Froutan Children in Afghanistan – and their households may face war, displacement, migration and natural disasters in trying to access education, in addition to more […]

Wednesday 29 August 2018