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Beneficiaries of a UNICEF Livelihood Empowerment against Poverty (LEAP) programme in Ghana.
UN chief calls for global action to defend women’s rights amid disturbing trends | UN News
March 2024Women - The UN Secretary-General on Monday highlighted the urgent need to defend women's rights which are under threat, citing a reversal in hard-won progress, increasing violence against women and a growing digital gender divide.
Addressing the opening of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), the pivotal forum dedicated to promoting and safeguarding the rights of women and girls worldwide, Secretary-General António Guterres stressed the disproportionate impact of wars on women.
Direct Link to Full 8-Page Publication: WomenAndWaterPolicyBrief.pdf (bricsfeministwatch.org)
Water is a human lifeline! Water has also been recognised as a human right and the right to water includes rights to receive safe, affordable, and clean accessible water and sanitation services. It is a critical natural resource which underpins all social and economic activities by sustaining livelihoods and is seen as the basis for social and economic development, including the achievement of many of the SDGs. Conversely, water insecurity presents an immense hindrance to poverty reduction and sustainable development in the coming decades. One third of the world’s population is currently experiencing some kind of physical or economic water scarcity. A growing competition for water from different sectors, including industry, agriculture, power generation, domestic use, and the environment, is making it difficult for poor people to access this scarce resource for productive, consumptive and social uses. This particularly affects poor rural people, especially women. Managing disparities in access and availability of water effectively and fairly constitutes one of the great imperatives of governance and water resource management. Everyone, including the private sector, agrees in principle with people’s needs and claims for adequate water. However, making this a reality for all continues to be a challenge.
Source: WUNRN – 12.03.2024
Direct Link to Full 16-Page Guide for Girls to Challenge Stereotypes:
Lean In Girls - Challenge Stereotypes Session.pdf (hubspotusercontent-na1.net)
France votes to enshrine abortion rights in constitution, a reaction to U.S. - The Washington Post
By Karla Adam
March 4, 2024 - PARIS — With the endorsement of a specially convened session of lawmakers at the Palace of Versailles, France on Monday became the first country in the world to explicitly enshrine abortion rights in its constitution — an effort galvanized by the rollback of protections in the United States.
It passed by a vote of 780 in favor and 72 against, far above the required threshold of support from three-fifths of lawmakers, or 512 votes.
French President Emmanuel Macron announced that a “sealing ceremony,” a tradition reserved for the most significant laws, would take place Friday, coinciding with International Women’s Day.
Financial Literacy for Women: How to Raise a Fearless Woman | Kiplinger
Financial Literacy for Women: How to Raise a Fearless Woman
Being open with your daughters about your own financial planning and focusing on the areas of financial literacy, budgeting and investing can help her become a financially secure woman.
From an early age, I’ve been interested in money and how it works. As a lifelong member of the Girl Scouts, I have fond memories of selling those iconic cookies.
But not only did selling Thin Mints and Samoas help my troop achieve its objectives, but it also supported my financial literacy — I learned how to set my own financial goals and prepare a plan to achieve them. After all, that trip to HQ in Savannah, Ga., wasn’t going to pay for itself!
