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25 May 2021 - NPWJ News Digest on FGM & women's rights
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A Laser Focus on Women’s Rights Is Key to Sustainable Afghan Peace
Just Security, 24 May 2021
As the U.S. withdraws troops from Afghanistan, President Joe Biden has vowed to continue support for Afghan women and girls “by maintaining significant humanitarian and development assistance.” Further, on a visit to Afghanistan, Secretary of State Antony Blinken firmly stated that the U.S. will continue to advocate “for equal rights for women, including their meaningful participation in the ongoing negotiations and their equal representation throughout society.”
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The women fighting for digital equality
BBC, 22 May 2021
Lockdowns have forced people to spend the past year and more learning, working, and socialising online - but in many countries, women have been missing out. They are less likely than men to have access to the internet in nearly every region of the world, according to the latest figures from UN agency the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
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How Has COVID-19 Affected Women in the Global South?
Philanthropy Women, 20 May 2021
The Feminist Humanitarian Network released new findings and recommendations from its “Women’s Humanitarian Voices: Covid-19 through a feminist lens” report examining the role of Women’s Rights Organizations (WROs) in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The report shows the solutions WROs established to overcome funding challenges that worsened for organisations representing women and girls in the Global South, and illustrates the patriarchal humanitarian and government systems WROs operate within that continue to exclude them from decision-making in crisis response and recovery planning.
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Kenya set to appoint first female chief justice at sensitive moment
Reuters, 19 May 2021
Kenyan judge Martha Koome has defended dissidents and helped to write women's rights into the constitution - now parliament has confirmed her to be the first female chief justice in a country where the role is particularly sensitive. A child of subsistence farmers, she was chosen by a judicial panel in preference to the lawyer who argued President Uhuru Kenyatta's case in a 2017 battle with the Supreme Court that she will now lead.
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Greece: Safety of women and children at risk as MPs vote on law which would breach Istanbul Convention
Amnesty International, 18 May 2021
The Greek Parliament will today vote on proposed changes to the Civil Code which would allow perpetrators of domestic violence or sexual offences to retain child custody until they are convicted by a first instance court. Ahead of the vote, Amnesty International has joined women’s groups and civil society organizations to call on Greek authorities to reject the bill.
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There’s no way to vote for women’s rights in Peru’s presidential elections
Open Democracy, 18 May 2021
Anti-women rhetoric has entered national electoral politics in Peru – the country that is infamous for its policy of mass forced sterilisations of poor, indigenous women 20 years ago. Despite coming from opposite sides of the political spectrum, both candidates for the country’s presidential run-off elections to be held on 6 June are hostile to gender equality and reproductive rights.
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Malawi: Traditional Leaders Challenged to Safeguard Girls and Women's Rights
All Africa, 18 May 2021
Government has challenged traditional and community leaders in Dowa and Ntchisi to take a leading role in safeguarding and promoting the rights of girls and women in their societies. Gender Officer in the Ministry of Gender, Community Development and Social Welfare, Kondwani Mhone, observed that violence is contributed to rising levels of inequalities in Malawi.
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