Global Fund for Widows - http://globalfundforwidows.org/epidemic-of-widowhood/
The Research
There are an estimated 250 million in the developing world
Over 115 million of these widows live in abject poverty
With this level of pervasiveness, widowhood’s poverty entrapment is not just a problem, it is a problem of epidemic proportions. Indeed it is a global Epidemic of Widowhood.
What is profound about the Epidemic of Widowhood is it’s direct link to the of a vicious cycle of poverty.
March 15, 2016 - As work demands more of employees' time, many are asking: How can I earn a living while making sure my family doesn't fall behind? Workers across all income brackets struggle with the United States’ outdated work-life policy framework, but the balancing act is particularly challenging and risky for low- and moderate-income workers and their families who have smaller financial margins and a weak safety net.
In the Q&A below, Heather Boushey, economist and author of the new book "Finding Time: The Economics of Work-Life Conflict," explains how generous work-life balance policies benefit everyone, including employees, businesses, and the economy as a whole.
Direct Link to Full 203-Page Publication:
https://polarisproject.org/sites/default/files/Polaris-Global-Toolkit.pdf
It doesn’t take a genius to realize that gender diversity is a good thing. But getting there isn’t always so easy.
Jacqueline O’Neill* - March 8, 2016
On International Women’s Day, conference rooms and auditoriums across the globe, panels of predominantly female experts tackle pressing issues. It’s a refreshing picture, to be sure. But we shouldn’t have to designate a date to get women on stage.
In most fields, it’s becoming harder and harder for event organizers to justify all-male speaker lineups. From tech summits to, yes, conferences on women’s rights, the public is taking notice.
Foreign-policy circles, however, have been slow to come around. While overall numbers are hard to come by, a Washington Post article noted that, at more than 200 Middle East-focused events hosted by six leading D.C. think tanks in 2014, a stunning 65 percent featured no women on stage. At this year’s World Economic Forum, only 23 percent of the speakers and moderators were women, and 20 percent of the panels — on topics as varied as energy, global debt, refugees, and the European financial outlook — were composed entirely of men. Despite (or perhaps because of) this, “women” was the third-most tweeted topic at Davos with more than 10,000 tweets.
SEVERAL YEARS AGO RURAL WOMEN WERE A THEME AT THE UN CONVENTION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN – CSW. SINCE THEN, SPECIFIC UN AGENCIES AS FAO IFAD, AND NGO’S HAVE ADVOCATED AND FOCUSED ON RURAL WOMEN, AND VERY MUCH RURAL WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE, RURAL WOMEN’S RIGHT TO FOOD, WATER & LAND, AND RURAL WOMEN’S INTERSECTIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS. BUT MUCH MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE!
When you click to read the Draft Declaration on the Rights of Peasants & Other People Working in Rural Areas, (in the UN Official Language Offered), you will be pleased to see (and coming up in a Microsoft Word File) extensive INCLUSION ON WOMEN.
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/RuralAreas/Pages/WGRuralAreasIndex.aspx
