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VDAY – WHAT DID DANCING DO?
We Want To Hear From You: WHAT DID DANCING DO? Dancing insists we take up space, and though it has no set direction, we go there together. Dance is dangerous, joyous, sexual, holy, disruptive, and...
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Ending the Trafficking of Women and Girls in Canada
I am thrilled to be the new President and CEO of the Canadian Women’s Foundation. Since starting this position last month, I have traveled across the country meeting with our amazing board, donors,...
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Farheen Khan celebrates her Book Launch – March 21
A Celebration of Women™ is honored to launch Farheen Khan‘s: ‘A Hijabi’s Journey to Live, Laugh and Love’ YOU are Invited to Attend! In Our Words Inc. (IOWI) is proud to announce the...
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World Indigenous Domestic Violence Conference, 8-10 Dec 2014
INVITATION INDIGENOUS CONFERENCE SERVICES is proud to host the World Indigenous Domestic Violence Conference 8-10 December 2014 All conferences will be held at the Cairns Pullman International Hotel...
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UN Women responds to girl’s death
The Asia and the Pacific region contains some of the world’s most powerful economies—and two-thirds of its poorest people. Rich in political, cultural and other forms of diversity, it faces common...
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New York’s Lincoln Center stage April 3-5, 2014
What is Girl Rising? Girl Rising is a global campaign for girls’ education. We use the power of storytelling, leveraged through partnerships, to share the simple truth that educating girls can...
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Parents Fight for 200 Daughters, Nigeria
Girls in CARE program, Guzha Primary School, Zimbabwe. © Josh Estey/CARE Parents Fight For Missing Daughters It’s been three weeks since more than 200 schoolgirls in Nigeria were abducted from their...
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Why Do Some Girls Count more than others?
The young girls had finished their school work and settled in for the evening. It had been a long weekend of studying for everyone. On Monday, the entire school had an important exam on the workings...
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THE SURVIVOR STORIES PROJECT, VAW
THE SURVIVOR STORIES PROJECT: Christine Davis, 46, Germany and USA The Pixel Project is proud to present the Survivor Stories Blog Interview Project in honour of Mother’s Day 2014. The project runs...
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Need: Compelling Stories of Gender Based Violence
A call out to the World Pulse community, and an opportunity to be heard! We are looking for personal or personally-observed stories or articles within the topic of Violence Against Women/Gender Based...
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Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy – WOMAN of ACTION™
A Celebration of Women™ is elated to Celebrate the Life of this woman leader, film maker for social justice for all women, with a focus on the suffering of Muslim Women in Pakistan. WOMAN of...
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Top 10 Signs of an Abusive Man
Top 10 Signs of an Abusive Man by Larry James Stephany Alexander, Guest Author Abusive men are often survivors of abuse themselves. Signs of an abusive man can range from emotional, verbal, physical,...
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2014 Partners’ Forum – Johannesburg, (June 30/July1)
Violence against Women Intimate partner and sexual violence against women Introduction The United Nations defines violence against women as “any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is...
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Battered Women, “It’s in Your Hands”
Battered Women’s Support Services is making an impact one woman at a time. We contribute to the freedom and liberation of girls and women from violence and to empower our community through training...
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Iraq: Isis warns women to wear full veil or face punishment
Sunni insurgents issue guidelines in mosques on how clothes should be worn to prevent women ‘from falling into vulgarity’ ‘Anyone who is not committed to this duty and is motivated by glamour will be...
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How Safe Are Your Children from Human Trafficking?
Warning: This post is one of the most important we’ve ever featured, but it isn’t the easiest to read. Anti-human trafficking advocate, Deirdre Flynn, interviewed Holly Smith, a survivor and author,...
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Human Rights Day, celebrated DEC 10
10 December, is Human Rights Day and marks the end of the #16Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign. From oranging iconic buildings to launching a hotline for survivors, engaging the...
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Mental Illness, a very ‘taboo’ subject in Islam
Mental Health is an issue needing to be addressed in all communities and all countries in our world today. Below is just one story shared from a community that is plaqued by Stigma, in the realm of...
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Gender and Women’s Mental Health
Gender disparities and mental health: The Facts Mental illness is associated with a significant burden of morbidity and disability. Lifetime prevalence rates for any kind of psychological disorder are...
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Celebrating Ruth Garrett Taking Action, The Gilda’s Club
Ruth Garrett has spent most of her adult life in the field of transformation and change, both personal and working with others, individually and within organizations. She is an author of five books on...
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