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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights visits Panzi Hospital
Noting that important advances have been made in the Democratic Republic of the Congo relating to impunity for sexual violence, the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, warned of increased human rights violations as tensions rise in advance of forthcoming elections.
At Panzi hospital, the High Commissioner met with women survivors of sexual violence and with Dr. Denis Mukwege who has treated more than 40,000 victims.
Feminism Slowly Gaining Support at United Nations
DDA Director Jessica Neuwirth says deeds are more important than words as Security Council holds first vote to decide if new UN Secretary-General will be a woman.
Afghanistan partner facilitates meeting between Afghan women partners and the head of UN Women
Najia Karimi (left), Executive Director of the Donor Direct Action partner organization Humanitarian Assistance for the Women and Children of Afghanistan (HAWCA), with Phumzile Mlambo…
Nigerians protest gender-based violence – 19 July 2016
Nigerians protest gender-based violence – 19 July 2016
Work of Kenyan partner Tasaru Ntomonok Initiative is featured by BBC
The BBC video features the rescue center and school run by Donor Direct Action partner Tasaru Ntomonok Iniative (TNI) for girls fleeing their families to escape female genital mutilation or forced marriage in the Maasai community of Kenya.
SPACE International briefs UK Parliament on need to decriminalize selling of sex
Space International, a DDA partner organization that gives voice to women who have survived the abusive reality of prostitution, held a symposium at the UK Parliament on 13 July 2016. Members of the UK Parliament are considering different legal models on prostitution, including the Nordic model advocated by SPACE International, that decriminalizes the seller of sex but not the buyer.
Meryl Streep speaks in support of sex trade survivors
“It’s never been as urgent as it is today to dismantle the lies perpetrated by the sex trade profiteers: that decriminalization of sex buying and pimping somehow benefits women and girls,” said Meryl Streep, the actress.
Sweden’s Foreign Minister, Margot Wallström, talks about peace and a feminist foreign policy
“The empowerment of women and girls is a true example of smart politics,” said Margot Wallström, Sweden’s Foreign Minister. “Gender equality is not only about women’s rights but is a matter of ensuring peace and security for all,” she said, explaining that this is the starting point, the platform on which her country’s feminist foreign policy is based.
May 2016 WCLAC News Bulletin
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