On December 18, 1979, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW); an international agreement designed to codify standards that would eliminate all forms of economic, political, and social discrimination against women and hold nations around the world accountable for injustices visited … Read more
Saha Global (formerly known as Community Water Solutions) empowers women in rural communities to solve their village’s need for clean water and electricity by providing business opportunities. How do we do it? We bring leaders from around the world to Ghana through our Global Leadership Program where they train local women to launch profitable social … Read more
http://www.readunwritten.com/2016/02/02/mens-rights-group-make-rape-legal/ I have seen this “men’s rights” group all over social media recently. This leader is getting a lot of publicity recently and has been trying to set up meetings in different countries. His viewpoint is that “rape should be legal if it is done on private property.” One of the current strategies that is … Read more
Why are governments telling women in Central America not to get pregnant when there are few health facilities available and women have limited access to contraception and/or abortion? Wouldn’t it make more sense for governments like the one in El Salvador to do a campaign for men, telling them to use condoms and not get … Read more
With the Super Bowl coming up, I found this article to be interesting to read in relation to how we talked about human trafficking not too long ago. The article questions whether there is a strong relationship between major sporting events and human trafficking. This is something I didn’t realize has been happening in the United … Read more
On February 1, The World Health Organization declared a global emergency over the rapidly spreading Zika virus. The WHO was quoted as saying that it is an “extraordinary event” and that it poses a threat to the rest of the world. This statement was made after an emergency meeting was called because of the unusually … Read more
This issue would make a good paper topic. We know women die from cervical cancer in large numbers in many developing nations. Mandatory HPV vaccination would cut this death rate, but at what cost? It is projected that it would take up most of the entire health budget in India. If not, then decisions have … Read more
We all know that human trafficking exists, but we tend to think it’s “over there,” not here in the U.S. How do you feel about trafficking being a problem in our own backyard? I just saw this article about Human Trafficking in Charlotte, NC and how it’s becoming an increasingly large problem. Apparently, as Charlotte … Read more
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/womens-blog/2015/dec/08/rapenot-punchline-sell-christmas-presents-tasteless-advertising This article examines ways that the severity of rape is undermined in pop culture and advertising campaigns. A survey of 1000 adults living in the UK revealed that 38% reported hearing jokes about sexual assault or sex crimes in general on a regular basis. Casual use of the word “rape,” rape jokes and using … Read more
Blog post Dec 7 A non-profit organization in India has started a program where low-income females, living in the slums of major cities are getting trained to become cab drivers. Female taxi drivers are very uncommon, especially in India, with the highest rate of sexual assault of women in a public place in the world. … Read more