9 Oct 2018 - NPWJ News Digest on FGM & women's rights

NPWJ press release

NPWJ is proud to present the photographic exhibition UNCUT - La rivoluzione delle donne contro le mutilazioni genitali femminili
NPWJ Press Releases, 09 Oct 2018, 08 Oct 2018

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Emma Bonino and NPWJ congratulate the newest Nobel Peace Prize Recipients, and urge the international community to live up to their ideals
NPWJ Press Release, 05 Oct 2018, 05 Oct 2018

Emma Bonino and NPWJ congratulate the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize recipients, Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad, two extraordinary individuals who have risked their lives and personal security to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict. In celebrating their work in defence of human rights, we call on the international community to breathe real life into their recognition by stepping up efforts in support of human rights defenders throughout the world, whose dedication to basic human rights for all is exemplified in the commitment of these two outstanding individuals.

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Articles

Kavanaugh Is Sworn In After Close Confirmation Vote in Senate
The New York Times, 06 Oct 2018

Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh was confirmed to the Supreme Court on Saturday by one of the slimmest margins in American history, locking in a solid conservative majority on the court and capping a rancorous battle that began as a debate over judicial ideology and concluded with a national reckoning over sexual misconduct.

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FGM awareness campaign launched across UK as illegal practice remains 'cloaked in secrecy'
Independent, 06 Oct 2018

A campaign raising awareness of the dangers of female genital mutilation (FGM) has been launched by the government as the practice remains “cloaked in secrecy”. As many as 100,000 women and girls in the UK are estimated to have undergone the illegal procedure, but a fraction of that number have disclosed it to the NHS. Despite the strengthening of laws, there has not yet been a successful prosecution over FGM and campaigners have said education will be a more effective way of stopping the practice.

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Nigeria: Exclusively Woman - Task Ahead of New Minister of Women Affairs
All Africa, 05 Oct 2018

Hajia Aisha Abubakar, former the Minister of State, Industry, Trade and Investment was early this week, appointed Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development. JOY YESUFU, in this report, takes a look at the task ahead of her as she settles in her new office and expectations from many Nigerian women on how she can go about handling issues that concern them.
 

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Human Rights Watch Submission to the CEDAW Committee on Nepal’s Periodic Report for the 71st Session
Human Rights Watch, 04 Oct 2018

We write in advance of the 71st session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, and its review of Nepal’s compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). This submission addresses issues related to articles 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 10, 12, 13a, and 16 of CEDAW, and includes suggested recommendations to put to the Nepal government.

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Once Optimistic, Poland’s Women’s Rights Activists Live in Climate of Fear
Human Rights Watch, 03 Oct 2018

On October 3, 2016, thousands of demonstrators took to the streets across Poland in defiance of the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party’s attempt to enact a complete abortion ban. #CzarnyProtest, or Black Protest, and #StrajkKobiet (Women’s Strike) became rallying cries for women’s reproductive freedom and rights at protests broadcast around the world. When parliament rejected the ban on October 6, it felt like a triumph for popular protest and women’s rights.

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