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G7 Gender Council Urges Women Be "at the Heart" of COVID Recovery: Weekend Reading on Women's Representation

G7 Gender Council Urges Women Must Be “at the Heart” of COVID Recovery: Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation

Weekend Reading for Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation.

This week: women’s representation on corporate boards; how women get selected as candidates and rise to positions of leadership; G7’s Gender Equality Advisory Council has a call to action to promote women’s health; women’s representation increased in Mexico after recent elections; how Argentina again became a leader in Latin America on progressive legislation; increases for women in office in jurisdictions with ranked-choice voting; and more.

Iran’s Presidential Election Threatens to Undo Decades of Feminist Organizing

The Election of Ebrahim Raisi in Iran Threatens to Undo Decades of Feminist Organizing

Pardis Mahdavi

With an unfair election selection and a conservative candidate as the winner, feminist and human rights groups in Iran are spreading their message and preparing to fight back.

Ms. Global: Women’s Resilience Around the World: Gendered Consequences of COVID, Combatting Digital Sex Crimes, Securing Paid Parental Leave and More

Ms. Global: Women in India Bear Brunt of COVID; Combatting Digital Sex Crimes in South Korea; U.K. Secures Paid Parental Leave

Juliet Schulman-Hall

The U.S. ranks as the 19th most dangerous country for women, 11th in maternal mortality, 30th in closing the gender pay gap, 75th in women’s political representation, and painfully lacks paid family leave and equal access to health care. But Ms. has always understood: Feminist movements around the world hold answers to some of the U.S.’s most intractable problems. Ms. Global is taking note of feminists worldwide.

The Weekly Pulse: G7 Pledges Billion Vaccines to Combat Growing Vaccine Gap; SCOTUS Protects Obamacare; N.C. Anti-Abortion Law Blocked

Kristen Batstone

World leaders pledge to donate a billion vaccine doses and recommit to cutting down on carbon emissions; Supreme Court dismisses the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act in a 7-2 decision; a federal district court struck down North Carolina’s 20-week abortion ban; the growing vaccination gap between wealthy and poor countries; will the U.S. need booster shots? and more

Women Carry An Undue Mental Health Burden. They Shouldn’t Have To

Rawan Hamadeh

We are facing a mental health crisis on top of all the other crises in the country. There is a widespread need for high-quality mental health services—especially for women and children.

G7, Gender Quotas and Increasing Women’s Leadership Worldwide: Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation

Cynthia Richie Terrell

Weekend Reading for Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation.

This week: how the G7 countries rank on women’s representation; the two women vying to be Virginia’s lieutenant governor; ranked-choice voting ramps up in New York City; and more.

Taliban Responsible for Great Majority of Attacks on Afghans, Says the U.N.

Makhfi Azizi

Signs of the Taliban reducing violence and committing to genuine and serious peace talks are far from sight, suggests a new report by the U.N. In the report, U.N. experts say that “unprecedented” level of violence from 2020 has carried onto 2021 and is likely to increase more this year. The “continues to strengthen its military position as leverage.”

On June 13, the Whole World Should Be Watching Iran, Demanding Justice and Calling to #FreeNahid and #FreeThemAll

Mariam Claren

“Propaganda against the state.” That’s one of the most frequent charges in politically motivated imprisonments in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Translated, it means “Thinking is forbidden and talking about your thoughts is a crime.”

My mother’s case burst my bubble and woke me up: Her case was not an exception, but a fate shared by hundreds if not thousands.

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Keeping Score: Most Mass Shooters Have History of Domestic Violence; Kristen Clarke to Lead Civil Rights Division; Simone Biles Wins Historic 7th Title

Sophie Dorf-Kamienny

This week in Keeping Score: commemorating the Tulsa Race Massacre; Kristen Clarke is confirmed to DOJ; Naomi Osaka withdraws from French Open; mass grave is discovered at Canadian residential school; and more.

Eastern Europe’s Anti-Gender Movement and What It Means for America

Alexandria N. Wilson-McDonald

Eastern European activists have some important lessons for American activists when it comes to resisting the rise of the right. The most important of which is the maintenance of broad-based organizations.

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