Excerpted from the course materials for International Women's Health and Human Rights: Stanford University Online Course

“Investing in girl’s education is the highest return on investment available in the world.” World Bank

They shot my father right in front of me. . . . It was nine- o’clock at night. They came to our house and told him they had...

What if today’s media messages included more positive female role models and less hyper-sexualization of women?

by Betsy Speer

Actresses Geena Davis (more info HERE) and Dame Helen Mirren (more info HERE) and Keira Knightly (more info HERE) have recently spoken out on the importance of female parity in the film and television industry, specifically, about the need to increase female writers, directors,

Human Rights Issues in the Forefront at the FAWCO Biennial Conference in Rome
by Therese Hartwell

Achievements since Beijing 4^th World Conference on Women:

1. The passage of better laws promoting gender equality, protecting women from violence and reversing discriminatory laws. Unfortunately, passage of the laws does not guarantee that they are being enforced.
   
   
2. More girls are getting an education and more girls and...

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Protecting Yourself from Domestic Violence (a guide)

Blijf Grope

FAWCO IWHHR Group
8 February 2015
Week 1 Discussion

Participants:
Yolanda Henry (Canadian who winters in America)
Juliet Cutler (American currently living in The Netherlands)
Johanna Dishongh (American currently living in The Netherlands)
Mary Adams (American currently living in The Netherlands)

Introductions
The profiles of the participants ranged from active and long-term involvement in community projects in Cambodia (Tabitha – wells) and Tanzania (Masai - Secondary Schools) to...

The Girls Prevention Program specifically targets middle and high school girls who demonstrate at risk behavior. The idea is to educate them on the seriousness of sexual exploitation that can lead to victimization. The 10-session curriculum is aimed at keeping the most vulnerable adolescent girls from sexual exploitation and prostitution. UAHT has also found it important to add the component...