Some things to help orient us for the meeting.
WEB ARTICLES
- Only men can inherit the title of chief in Lesotho. One woman is trying to change that
- Women move from samba’s sidelines to the center of the circle
- While women overseas face true oppression, Western feminists dream up petty hashtags
- How women are reconstructing their lives after the horrors of Boko Haram
- Sexism in the Middle Eastern workplace
- Why is forced marriage still getting a pass from the UK government?
- We’re African women and we’re feminists
- Venezuela – Women lacking birth control options turn to sterilization & abortions
- Iranian women risk arrest: Daughters of the revolution
GENERAL RESOURCES
IN THE NEWS
- China’s women-only subway cars, where men rush in
- Egyptian woman jailed after posting video complaining about sexual harassment
- Guatemala: Indigenous Mayan Ixil midwife and activist murdered
- Kenyan girls forced into sex in exchange for sanitary products
- Women are not ‘chattel,’ says India’s Supreme Court in striking down adultery law
- Russian deputy calls to prosecute feminists after viral ‘manspreading’ video
- Malaysia: PM Mahathir Mohamad Bans Child Marriage
- In the Maldives, ‘total regression’ of women’s rights, environmental protection, activists say
IN THE WAAC LIBRARY
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