Tag Archives: UN
In Timor-Leste, communities mobilize to confront domestic violence
TweetCross-posted at the Community Blog, from UN Women. “If the dispute is not that serious, if it is just slapping and there is no blood, we just let the family work it out,” says an elderly customary leader, Norberto Tomas, addressing a group of 50 community members gathered for the inauguration of a community space [...]
Also tagged community, conflict, domestic violence, Gender-Based Violence, Law, liberation, sexual violence, Timor, Timor-Leste, Un Women Comments closed
New maternal mortality estimates released; maternal health still a feminist issue
TweetWe deal with a lot of issues related to motherhood on the blog, and in feminism writ large: paid maternal leave, work/life balance, stay-at-home moms, single moms, mother’s day, breastfeeding. And the list goes on. But an aspect of motherhood that is sometimes overlooked in feminist spaces is maternal death, when a woman dies in [...]
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New UN Agency for gender equality opens its doors
TweetHeaded up by former Chilean president, Michelle Bachelet, and still hundreds of millions of dollars short of its funding goals, UN Women opened its doors this month. Via Women’s eNews: The new United Nations gender agency, known as U.N. Women, quietly opened on Jan. 3 without any publicity or announcements. The superagency’s midtown Manhattan headquarters [...]
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With some electoral gains in Iraq, women candidates work towards change
Originally posted in Community Blog