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Mixing Politics and Religion, the US Stalls UN Work on Women’s Rights

November 26, 2019

It did not take long after the 74th General Assembly session opened this fall for the Trump team to signal that its strategy in key United Nations meetings would be to act as uncooperative and obstructive as possible, especially on human-rights agendas. The 2019-2020 UN year — September to September — is likely to be …

Health and Population, Women

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TOPIC: WOMEN

Trump’s Misogyny Stands Out During the Impeachment Hearings

November 24, 2019

by Laura E. Kirkpatrick

Although the first hearings by the Intelligence Committee in the House of Representatives in the Trump impeachment inquiry may be over, one remarkable aspect stands out: the heroic way the female foreign service officers and policy specialists who testified braved raw personal tweets by the president and the White House, often in real time. …

Gender-Based Violence, Women

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GEOPOLITICS

Russia in Africa and Frank Talk on Feminist Foreign Policies: Our Latest Podcast Episode

November 20, 2019

by Stéphanie Fillion and Kacie Candela

African summits may be in vogue worldwide, and Russia’s recent summit in Sochi in late October was no exception. A PassBlue correspondent, Joe Penney, traveled to the Black Sea resort to report on President Vladimir Putin’s pitch to African leaders, as he promoted a second African independence, this time a financial one, with offers …

Africa, Gender-Based Violence, Geopolitics, US Foreign Relations

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At the Nairobi Summit, Spotlighting the Reproductive Rights of Women and Girls

November 13, 2019

by Mantoe Phakathi

NAIROBI, Kenya — More than 6,000 delegates in the population development sector are gathering in the Kenyan capital here this week to renew the promise made to girls and women 25 years ago in Cairo. In firm voices, young girls from African countries called on delegates to ensure that young people have access to …

Africa, Health and Population, Women

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UN Women Declares Its Neutrality in the Sex Trade Debate

November 11, 2019

by Barbara Crossette

The surprising controversy over women in the sex trade — tangled in issues of legality, terminology and competing feminist visions — has produced an unequivocal statement from the executive director of UN Women that the agency is not taking sides in this debate. The acrimonious dispute has erupted just as the United Nations is …

Gender-Based Violence, Human Trafficking, Women

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SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENCY

Britain’s Plan for the UN Security Council Presidency: Forget About Brexit

November 7, 2019

by Stéphanie Fillion

While Britain struggles to find an orderly way to exit the European Union after several years of attempting to do so, the country will highlight how other world problems affect ordinary people in its role as Security Council president in November. That focus definitely means avoiding the subject of Brexit! Britain, which has been …

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WORLDVIEWS

Big Powers at the UN Are Hanging Western Sahara Out to Dry

November 5, 2019

by Fatma Medhi

A stunning policy reversal by the United States regarding Western Sahara occurred last week, but it didn’t make many headlines. What happened? When the United Nations Security Council adopted a new resolution on Western Sahara, renewing the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission —Minurso — there for another 12 months, the action meant America’s …

Africa, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations, WORLDVIEWS

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TOPIC: WOMEN

Margot Wallstrom’s Feminist Foreign Policy for Sweden Catches On Globally, She Says

November 4, 2019

by Barbara Crossette

Margot Wallstrom, as Sweden’s newly appointed foreign minister, announced in 2014 that her priority would be the creation of the world’s first feminist foreign policy. The concept left some in her diplomatic corps “gasping for air,” she said. Now, having recently completed a hectic five years in office despite numerous global crises, she is …

Gender-Based Violence, Human Trafficking, US Foreign Relations, Women

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‘Cowboys’ May Be Running the World Food Program, but Donations Keep Coming

October 27, 2019

by Dulcie Leimbach

The World Food Program may be receiving millions of more donations from the Trump administration than under past presidencies, but its management is skidding around amid complaints of sexual harassment, retaliation, abuse of authority and, most startling, rape, according to a new external survey. Under the leadership of David Beasley, a former South Carolina …

UN Agencies, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

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Russia, Iran, the US and Visas: The Cold War Heats Up at the UN, a Podcast Explains

October 23, 2019

by Stéphanie Fillion and Kacie Candela

While Turkey has carried out its plan to invade northeast Syria and the United Nations Security Council has failed to react in a unified way, Russia and Iran have been making their own moves in the UN headquarters in New York, to achieve a political goal: disrupting crucial General Assembly committees. Welcome back to …

Disarmament, Gender-Based Violence, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

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A New UK Hotline for Victims of Sexual Harassment Is ‘Constantly Ringing’

October 21, 2019

by Rhona Scullion

A new hotline is offering free, confidential legal advice to women in England and Wales who are experiencing sexual harassment at work. Launched in August, it is the only hotline of its kind dedicated to addressing a problem affecting women from all walks of life. Already, the hotline has been inundated with calls from …

Health and Population, Human Rights, Women

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UN Women Is Criticized for Appearing to Take Sides on Decriminalizing ‘Sex Work’

October 17, 2019

by Barbara Crossette

A group of civil society organizations is warning that a growing global movement to decriminalize and rebrand prostitution as “sex work” could lead to more, not less, violence against the world’s most vulnerable women and girls. The critics are petitioning UN Women, which is leading a review of the results of the 1995 Fourth …

Human Trafficking, Women

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Hillary Clinton on Trump’s Foreign Policy: It’s All About Waiting for His Next Tweet

October 16, 2019

by Dulcie Leimbach

Hillary Clinton glided onto a stage in Manhattan with the luxury of now being a cool-eyed outsider who can sharply question foreign policy decisions being made by the Trump administration on such controversial places as China, Syria, Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan. Clinton was the keynote speaker at the Carnegie Corporation of New York’s daylong …

Asia, Human Rights, Syria, US Foreign Relations

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WORLDVIEWS

A Plan From Darfuri Women to Make Sudan’s New Democracy Work

October 15, 2019

by Mona Ali Khalil

Niemat Ahmadi, the founder and director of the Darfur Women Action Group, has a plan for the new Sudan. The Strategic Framework for Sustainable Change was presented to the country’s prime minister, Abdalla Hamdok, during his participation in the opening session of the United Nations General Assembly in September — only three weeks after …

Africa, Peace and Security, WORLDVIEWS

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SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENCY

Africa Will No Longer Be Sidelined: South Africa’s Goal on the UN Security Council

October 9, 2019

by Stéphanie Fillion

Jerry Matthews Matjila, South Africa’s point man at the United Nations, took the hot seat on the Security Council as its president for October with busy days now in sight. “There are 40 meetings already planned before we start the month,” he told the press, noting the month covers five weeks. “It’s going to …

Africa, Peace and Security, Security Council Presidency

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gender equality

Mixing Politics and Religion, the US Stalls UN Work on Women’s Rights

Trump’s Misogyny Stands Out During the Impeachment Hearings

Russia in Africa and Frank Talk on Feminist Foreign Policies: Our Latest Podcast Episode

At the Nairobi Summit, Spotlighting the Reproductive Rights of Women and Girls

UN Women Declares Its Neutrality in the Sex Trade Debate

Britain’s Plan for the UN Security Council Presidency: Forget About Brexit

Big Powers at the UN Are Hanging Western Sahara Out to Dry

Margot Wallstrom’s Feminist Foreign Policy for Sweden Catches On Globally, She Says

‘Cowboys’ May Be Running the World Food Program, but Donations Keep Coming

Russia, Iran, the US and Visas: The Cold War Heats Up at the UN, a Podcast Explains

A New UK Hotline for Victims of Sexual Harassment Is ‘Constantly Ringing’

UN Women Is Criticized for Appearing to Take Sides on Decriminalizing ‘Sex Work’

Hillary Clinton on Trump’s Foreign Policy: It’s All About Waiting for His Next Tweet

A Plan From Darfuri Women to Make Sudan’s New Democracy Work

Africa Will No Longer Be Sidelined: South Africa’s Goal on the UN Security Council

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