UNAIDS WORLD AIDS DAY MESSAGE 2016
1 December 2016 Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of UNAIDS, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Today, we commemorate World AIDS Day—we stand in solidarity with the 78 million people who have b...
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Internship on sexual and reproductive health and rights
We have a vacancy! Internship in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) networking in Southern Africa The Hivos Regional Office Southern Africa is offering an opportunity to work on SRHR. The objective of the in...
Argentina: hundreds of thousands of women set to protest against violence
Organizers urge women to stop work and other activities for an hour in Wednesday ‘women’s strike’ following rape and torture of a 16-year-old girl. By Uki Goñi for The Guardian Hundreds of thousands of women in...
International Day of the Girl Child
From UN Women. The Issue There are 1.1 billion girls today, a powerful constituency for shaping a sustainable world that’s better for everyone. They are brimming with talent and creativity. But their dreams and potentia...
Webinar: Providing an integrated SRHR/HIV health sector response to violence against women and girls
Please join the Human Reproduction Programme and the World Health Organisation on October 17, 2016 from 1530-1700 (Geneva Time) / 9:30-11:00 (Washington Time) for a webinar discussion on Providing an integrated SRHR/HIV h...
Concluding Session, Women’s Commission Agrees on Approach for Gender-Responsive Implementation of Sustainable Development Agenda
UN The Commission on the Status of Women, closing its sixtieth session today, approved a robust set of Agreed Conclusions that the top United Nations gender official said would pave the way for a gender-responsive implemen...
'Progressive Prudes' - how homophobic is South Africa?
The findings of the first scientific, nationally representative survey of attitudes towards homosexuality and gender non-conformity in South Africa have just been released by the Other Foundation. The survey, commissioned...
The female condom: Soft, stimulating and sexy sheaths open up a new world for couples
From Bhekisisa.org Article by Pontsho Pilane Read the article here...
Bitch Media Fellowships for Writers
APPLY HERE Bitch Media is a nonprofit, independent, feminist media organization dedicated to providing and encouraging an engaged, thoughtful feminist response to mainstream media and popular culture. We are best known ...
Gender gap costs sub-Saharan Africa $US95 billion a year
Aug 28, 2016 Nairobi, Kenya – Gender inequality is costing sub-Saharan Africa on average $US95 billion a year, peaking at US$105 billion in 2014– or six percent of the region’s GDP – jeopardizing the continent...