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A Call to Action: It’s Time to End Violence against Women
This week, we mark the start of the annual 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence Campaign. 16 Days, an international campaign launched in 1991 by Rutgers University’s Center for Women's Global Leadership, mobilizes people and organizations to...
Call for House to Restore Funding for Life-Saving Humanitarian Programs
Last week, the House of Representatives passed a bill that slashes funding for refugee programs by more than 40 percent and international disaster assistance by more than 50 percent. These deep cuts to humanitarian aid are very concerning and...
Delayed Justice for Guatemalan Mother Encarnación Bail Romero
International Youth Day
Join Us in Support of the HELP Act (Humane Enforcement and Legal Protection for Separated Children Act)
Immigration enforcement has drastically increased in the United States over the last few years. And children have become victims of expanded detention and deportation policies that are carried out without adequate consideration of the consequences...
Mama: Together for Safe Births in Crises
One thousand women and girls die every day from pregnancy-related causes—that’s about one every 90 seconds. And the overwhelming majority of the countries with the highest rates of maternal mortality are conflict-affected. Yet, the numerous cam...
Stop Violence - Women Can Wait No Longer
The Movement for Clean Cooking Stoves Gathers Steam
In the Somali refugee camp in eastern Ethiopia where she has lived for over a decade, Habiba* uses firewood to cook food for her family. Even though the smoke it produces irritates her eyes and makes her children cough late into the night, she...
Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict urges U.S. administration to stop rewarding child soldier recruiters by waiving penalties
The Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict today urged the Obama administration to reverse its decision to waive the penalties for governments using child soldiers. The decision, announced October 4, undermines the
Working Hard for Their Money: Children in Crisis Settings
Hundreds of millions of girls and boys around the world are engaged in work that deprives them of education, health and basic freedoms. More than half are stuck in the worst forms of child labor—slavery, drug trafficking, war and sex work. This S...
