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4 weeks ago | 
cfr.org | Noel James |Diya Mehta
New Study Reveals Stark Increase in Maternal Mortality in the U.S. in Year After Childbirth The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a new study showing that maternal deaths worldwide remain stubbornly high. In 2023 alone, approximately 260,000 women—92 percent from low and lower-middle-income countries—died from complications during and after childbirth.
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1 month ago | 
cfr.org | Noel James |Diya Mehta
Trump Administration Cites “Possible Violations” of Executive Orders Last week, the Trump Administration moved to withhold federal funding from several Planned Parenthood clinics citing “possible violations” of federal civil rights laws and executive orders on immigration and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI).
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1 month ago | 
cfr.org | Noel James |Diya Mehta
UN Rights Body Says Measures are Becoming Increasing Intrusive A new report from the UN Human Rights Council-backed Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran alleges that Iranian authorities are increasingly using electronic surveillance to ensure that women cover their heads in public.
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2 months ago | 
cfr.org | Noel James |Diya Mehta
Cut to Lifesaving Care Alarms Aid Workers The Trump administration has ended all for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the UN’s reproductive and sexual health agency. In total, forty-eight grants totaling $377 million were cut. These grants were meant to provide urgent maternal healthcare, protection from violence, rape treatment, psychosocial support, and other lifesaving care, mainly in emergency settings.
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2 months ago | 
cfr.org | Linda Robinson |Noel James
A global organization based in Geneva, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) works to promote democratic governance around the world. One of its objectives is to advance parity in the world’s parliaments. The IPU maintains a global database on women’s parliamentary representation. In a just published report, IPU warns that women’s gains in parliament have slowed to their lowest rate since 2017.
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2 months ago | 
cfr.org | Noel James |Diya Mehta
Three Years Since Invasion Shows Significant Humanitarian Impact UN Women is calling for a scale-up of assistance to women in Ukraine in light of the conflict’s profound impact on women and girls. Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has reversed decades of progress for women and girls. The war has forced more than 1.8 million women out of their homes and has led to approximately 6.7 million women requiring humanitarian assistance.
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2 months ago | 
cfr.org | Noel James
Human Rights Watch Report Documents Thousands of Cases A report published by Human Rights Watch (HRW) this week has documented the serious impact that pervasive and systemic sexual violence is having on girls under the age of fourteen in Guatemala. While official figures vary, between January 2018 and June 2024, the National Institute of Forensic Sciences (INACIF) examined 27,660 cases of sexual violence or child pregnancies in Guatemala.
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2 months ago | 
flipboard.com | Noel James
2 hours agoFormer Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey is among a number of clergy facing disciplinary action over safeguarding failures after a report into prolific abuser John Smyth, the Church of England has announced. The list also includes the former Bishop of Durham Paul Butler and Rev Andrew Cornes - …
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2 months ago | 
cfr.org | Noel James |Diya Mehta
Haitian Girls Experiencing Alarming Rise in Sexual Violence A report published by Amnesty International this week shows the grave impact that gang violence has had on children in Haiti since the assassination of the president in 2021. The percentage of gang members who are recruited as children has increased by 70 percent, and more than one million children live within areas controlled or under the influence of gangs.
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Feb 11, 2025 | 
cfr.org | Noel James
Federal Agencies Work to Remove DEI References In response to President Donald Trump’s executive orders (EO) terminating funding for diversity initiatives, federally funded agencies—as well as certain corporations—are removing mentions of keywords related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) from materials and websites. Over the weekend, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention removed any articles under consideration for publication that included the banned terms.
