News & Stories
President Jimmy Carter speaks out on commercial sexual exploitation
“To curb prostitution, punish those who buy sex rather than those who sell it,” he says, citing evidence from DDA partner Rachel Moran of SPACE.
WRAPA to the rescue
With a new initiative under its Islamic Family Law program, WRAPA collaborates with religious leaders who talk about the need to preserve women’s rights during Friday prayers.
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Marta leads advocacy for Latvia to sign Convention to combat violence against women
Thanks to our partner, Marta, and its leader Iluta Lāce spearheading civil society advocacy efforts, the Latvian government has agreed to sign the Council of Europe’s Convention to prevent and combat violence against women and domestic violence. The treaty entered into force in 2014.
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“Existing health systems are failing our women and girls,” says Dr. Denis Mukwege
Obstetric fistula, all too common in the DRC yet virtually eradicated in the U.S. and Europe more than a hundred years ago, is an indication that existing health systems are failing women and girls, says the Founder and Medical Director of the Panzi Hospital and Foundations, Dr. Denis Mukwege.
WRAPA Intensifies Efforts To Defend Women’s Rights
WRAPA strategizes on ways to boost efforts promoting women’s rights in today’s Nigeria.
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April 2016 WCLAC News Bulletin
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“Women are more capable of achieving peace”
“Women are more capable of achieving peace,” according to our partner, Mouna Ghanem of the Syrian Women’s Forum for Peace. “If women were a critical mass in the delegations [at the Syrian talks], the negotiations would proceed much, much better.”
FGM is a men’s issue too
“The main reason why girls in Kenya undergo FGM is to increase their marriageability. If men said no to FGM, trust me, families wouldn’t get their girls cut,” says Kenyan farmer and community worker Tony Mwebia.
“Peace cannot be achieved at the expense of justice,” says Dr. Denis Mukwege in response to Beni massacres
(Bukavu, DRC) Since early May, more than 50 people have been brutally massacred in Beni, in North Kivu Province, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Since October 2014, the death toll in Beni has risen to more than 600. Photographs of these atrocities of masses are unbearable: pregnant women disemboweled, mutilated infants, human beings trussed up and their throats slit with a knife.
Is The New York Times endorsing legalization of prostitution?
“Irresponsible journalism resurfaced with the Times‘ magazine publication of Emily Bazelon’s feature piece, Should Prostitution be a Crime?,” says Taina Bien-Aime, Executive Director of the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women.
Gloria Steinem hosts WOMAN
Don’t miss DDA co-convenor Gloria Steinem hosting WOMAN, a new Viceland TV series premiering in USA 10 May.
Rachel Moran: winner of the Women’s eNews 21 Leaders award for 2016
Congratulations to our partner on winning this award!