Equal rights for women worldwide: March 2016

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Hortence Lougué

Ouagadougou, January 13, 2016, Leila Alaoui She empowers through education. Hortence Lougué’s Association d’appui et d’eveil PUGSADA works on gender-based violence, education and human rights. She works with young girls and women who have been forced into marriage, including at a very young age, or have suffered female genital mutilation. Her organisation also supports education for girls who face...

Saturday, March 26, 2016

Angèle Gondombo

Ouagadougou, January 12, 2016, Leila Alaoui She is working for an independent future. 24-year-old Angèle Gondombo and her 3-year-old son have been at a shelter in Ouagadougou for a year. Banished by her family when she fell pregnant, Angèle was taken in by an aunt but as she did not want to be a burden on her aunt, she confided in a priest who brought her to the shelter. She earns a living as a waitress...

Thursday, March 10, 2016

IN HONOR OF WOMEN

IN HONOR OF WOMEN The Women Who Walk Miles To Feed Their Families Thank You Women Who Love When No Love Is Returned Thank You Women Who Dance The Stories Of The Ancients Thank You Women Who Lose Their Children And Keep On Going Thank You Women Who Speak Their Truth To Educate Others Thank You Women Of Beauty Who Know Their Power Is To Share Thank You Women Who Mother When Mothering...

Monday, March 7, 2016

International Women's Day 2016

The 2016 theme for International Women’s Day is “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality”. The United Nations observance on 8 March will reflect on how to accelerate the 2030 Agenda, building momentum for the effective implementation of the new Sustainable Development Goals. It will equally focus on new commitments under UN Women’s Step It Up initiative, and other existing commitments on...

CHINA MAKES DOMESTIC ABUSE A CRIME

Critics say legislation does not go far enough in country where violence at home is widely regarded a private matter. A new law that makes domestic abuse a crime has come into effect in China. It is hoped the legislation will encourage more victims to take their abusers to court in a country where violence at home is still widely regarded as a private matter. The...

Thursday, March 3, 2016

The right to freedom of education 9/9

40. The principle of non-discrimination that obliges the State to provide free and compulsory education (the right to education as a social right) entails another aspect of the right to education, which puts it more on a par with the classic individual freedoms: the right to freedom of education. A quality education should not only aim to enable all persons to participate effectively in a free society...