WC Desk: “I’ve been fighting injustice against women even before I was born. When Ma was…
Category: Activism/Campaigning
Happy Birthday, Women Chapter
Shucheesmita Simonti: What made me join Women Chapter? From a young age, I felt that as…
Meet Paris Meekis, Grassy Narrows First Nation, Canada
WC Desk: “I felt proud to be standing up for my community.” For 16-year-old Paris Meekis, her…
Meet Heejin Hong, South Korea
WC Desk: “I believe that we could get closer to creating peace through reunification when we…
The global fight to end FGM
Originally published at Medium.com/@UN_Women Each year, approximately four million girls undergo female genital mutilation (FGM), a…
Meet Marinel Sumook Ubaldo, Philippines
Via Noble Women’s Initiative: “I don’t need them to be touched by my story and I…
Meet Gladys Arthur, Liberia
Via Nobel Women’s Initiative: “If you don’t start the journey, you will never have anyone to…
Meet Lucía Ixchíu, Guatemala
Via Nobel Women’s Initiative: “It was, honestly, through practicing journalism that a door opened for…
Free Yasaman Aryani!
Via Noble Women’s Initiative: Twenty-four-year-old Iranian activist Yasaman Aryani has been unjustly imprisoned since April simply…
International Women’s Day 2019 campaign theme: #BalanceforBetter
WC Desk: The future is exciting. Let’s build a gender-balanced world. Everyone has a part to…