Trafficking in Women & Girls - Report of the UN SG 2020: Conclusions & Recommendations
Извор: WUNRN – 20.10.2020
V. Conclusions and Recommendations
A. Conclusions
46. Trafficking entails human rights violations, which disproportionately affect women and girls.
47. Women’s unequal economic and social status, lack of access to decent work and poverty, as a result of structural and systemic discrimination, increase their vulnerability to trafficking. At the same time, trafficking perpetuates and exacerbates women’s economic inequality and poverty.
48. The drivers of trafficking, in particular women’s unequal economic status, poverty and economic inequality, are expected to intensify and deepen as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, placing women and girls at increased risk.
Interpol Report Highlights the Impact of COVID-19 on Child Sexual Abuse
Извор: WUNRN – 20.10.2020
INTERPOL is the International Criminal Police Organization and we are an inter-governmental organization. INTERPOL has 194 member countries, and helps police in all of them to work together to make the world a safer place. Today’s crimes are increasingly international. It is crucial that there is coordination among all the different players in maintaining a global security architecture.
Scroll down website to click on full 18-page report in 4 language translations below.
Behaviour of both offenders and victims affected by measures to contain the pandemic.
Interlinkages Between Trafficking in Persons & Marriage
Извор: WUNRN – 17.10.2020
UNODC – UN Office of Drugs & Crime
Interlinkages between trafficking in Persons & Marriage
UN Human Rights Council Elections at the General Assembly
Извор: WUNRN – 14.10.2020
Earlier today, October 13, 2020, the UN General Assembly elected 15 new members to the Human Rights Council, the UN’s top human rights body, for the 2021-2023 term. With 16 candidates for 15 seats, only one candidate was not elected - Saudi Arabia. China and Russia, while elected, got the least number of votes of any candidate elected in their respective groups.
The Human Rights Council’s effectiveness relies on its members and their readiness to respond fully to the Council’s mandate set out in GA resolution 60/251. A commitment to the promotion and protection of human rights at home and abroad is essential criteria for membership.
Stop Sexism - Stop Gender Stereotypes
Извор: WUNRN – 13.10.2020
Council of Europe - STOP SEXISM BROCHURE
Right to Food & Nutrition Watch - Overcoming Ecological Crises: Reconnecting Food, Nature & Human Rights
Извор: WUNRN – 13.10.2020
Global Network for the Right to Food & Nutrition
Direct Link to Full 59-Page 2020 Publication
Translations: ENG, SPA, FRE & POR). Watch is accompanied by a supplement with the key messages, images & infographics.
Invisible Targets of Hatred: Socioeconomically Excluded Women from Religious Minority Backgrounds
Извор: WUNRN – 13.10.2020
https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/15614
This paper endeavors to make visible the targeting of poor women from religious minorities in contexts where society and/or the state both engage in religious ‘otherisation’. The paper seeks to contribute to addressing the blind spot in both feminist and freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) scholarship on the experiences of the intersection of religious marginality, economic exclusion, and gender inequality. The main arguments of this paper are presented in five key propositions which describe and analyse the ways in which the interface between targeting and vulnerability influence the position of women who belong to religious minorities. The final part of the paper elucidates the interconnections among the multiple threads informing these propositions and what accounts for their prevalence.
Nobel Peace Prize 2020 Awarded to The World Food Programme
Извор: WUNRN – 09.10.2020
India - A malnourished 3-month-old girl is fed at a rehabilitation center in Shivpuri in Madhya Pradesh. Photo: Ruth Fremson/The New York Times
The World Food Programme is the food-assistance branch of the United Nations and the world's largest humanitarian organization addressing hunger and promoting food security.
The need for international solidarity and multilateral cooperation is more conspicuous than ever. The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2020 to the World Food Programme (WFP) for its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict.
COVID-19 Has Not Stopped Sexual Harassment at Work: It Has Just Moved Online
Извор: WUNRN – 03.10.2020
Has workplace sexual harassment been curtailed by COVID-19? Advocates say no: for many women it has shifted online instead. Illustration by: Inge Snip.
When a high-profile journalist approached Emily* on Twitter with an offer of work, she recalls being “a bit star-struck”. Their direct messages and email conversations could be “very flirtatious”, but Emily continued talking to him as “I thought it might lead to something more, workwise.”
It wasn’t long before “flirtatious” became something else, however. “There was a demanding level of banter to keep up with, and I found it really stressful,” Emily told openDemocracy. “Then one evening he suggested sending me a picture of himself naked from his workplace.”
France - Growing Anger at Physical & Verbal Abuse Towards Women Over Their Dress in Public - Attack Example
Извор: WUNRN – 25.09.2020
A picture of Elisabeth’s bruised face was posted on the Twitter account of France Bleu Alsace. Photograph: Twitter/France Bleu Alsace
Agence France-Presse in Paris
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/23/frances-shame-thousands-protest-gender-violence
Student says she was punched in face in Strasbourg by three men who said ‘look at that whore’
24 Sep 2020 - French police have opened an investigation after a young woman said she was attacked by three men and beaten in public for wearing a skirt.
Consequences of the COVID-19 Lockdown on Stalking Victimisation
Извор: WUNRN – 21.09.2020
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7483056/ - Website Includes References.
Also Via SVRI – Sexual Violence Research Initiative
Kelly Bracewell, Paul Hargreaves, and Nicky Stanley – Published September 2020
Abstract
Stalking involves repeated unwanted communication, harassment, and intrusive behaviour. This brief report draws on a service evaluation undertaken immediately prior to and during the 2020 COVID-19 crisis. The pandemic creates a paradox when considering safety in the home, but it is important to recognise the dangers this presents to many victims of stalking. The information presented in this report is based on existing literature and early evidence from semi-structured interviews and discussions with 15 victims and six practitioners.