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What if you could Marie Kondo or Tabula Rasa your entire life? Maybe the new Flickr changes and being offline made me wonder. I appreciate the Flickr community. But I am curious to ask friends in this community what they would be willing to do...
Also, I saw this empty billboard in Philadelphia amidst a striking beautiful sky. I am so used to ads, especially around industrial architecture, and so what a relief to appreciate the gorgeous blue sky and white puffy clouds without feeling like I was made to feel like I had to go buy something from a mass marketed product. I could really appreciate this blank billboard. I loved it more than any product.
How will you change your life today? Don't wait until tomorrow!
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A place of our own! Seabirds at rest. Islet at the tip of Waternish Peninsula, Isle of Skye, Scotland. Outer Hebrides on the horizon.
A permanent rainbow road was revealed on Hanlan's Point, the historic location of Canada’s inaugural Pride celebration in 1971.
"The Long Walk to Equality" was unveiled ahead of Pride Month in late May at Hanlan's Point in Toronto, Ontario. The rainbow pathway, crafted by artist Travis Myers, pays homage to the noteworthy queer past of Hanlan's Point while honouring themes of love, equality, and hope. The Weather Network's Michael Vann reports.
www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/lifestyle/community/tor...
Celebrating the World Photography Day - 19th Aug, 2016
Violence against women and girls is everyone's problem. It brings down an entire society. We are ALL touched by femicide in India. Census data shows that poverty and illiteracy are not key factors in India’s female genocide as many assume. The survival of girls is determined by a patriarchal politics of wealth control.
Save the Girl, Educate the Girl.
Photograph by Firoz Ahmad
RIP Nirbhaya. Delhi gang rape victim,"passed away peacefully at 4.45 a.m. (2.15 IST), 29-12-2012" with her distraught family and Indian diplomats by her side, Singapore's Mount Elizabeth Hospital's Kelvin Loh said. She died but she became a catalyst in making the nation to fig for the honor of women. Her words 'they should be punished' should ring in the corridors of power and any individual responsible for delaying or denying justice should also be suitably punished. Her death will further harden the demand of all right-thinking people to strengthen our laws against rapes, uphold the dignity and safety of girls and women, as well as the struggle for gender equality. Reactions on Twitter “here”.
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Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets across India , calling on authorities to stem the rising tide of violent sexual attacks on women, after a 23-year-old medical student was raped and beaten by six men on a Delhi bus. The condition of the woman is reported to be "critical". Delhi has one of the highest rates of crime against women in India. Delhi is often called the "rape capital of India" - police recorded more than 550 cases in the city last year.
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MIND THE GAP.
An interactive data game that lets you explore the progress and pitfalls of girls’ and women’s education around the world. “learn more”.
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The new Indian census(2011), which put the population at 1.2 billion, has revealed an alarming trend. Rising incomes only seem to accelerate gendercide – the evocative term for the selective abortion of girl foetuses. There were 945 girls per 1,000 boys in the 1991 census, 927 in 2001 and now 914. It's now a crisis and we need to move beyond just acknowledging the issue.The PC & PNDT Act 1994 prohibits any form of sex-determination practise and sex-selective abortion.
According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) of India; 89,546 cases of cruelty by husband and relatives; 21,397 cases of rape; 11,009 cases of sexual harassment and 5,650 cases of dowry harassment were reported in India during the year 2009.
Source: National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) India, 2009
Your voice matters. Say NO – UNiTE to End Violence against Women and girls!
Up to 70 percent of women may be abused in their lifetime. Tell governments that you want them to make ending violence against women a top priority. More than 5 million people already signed on to Say NO.
Add your name to become part of the global Say NO–UNiTE Network: “here”.
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Photo: Firoz Ahmad Firoz, Doosra Dashak, Rajasthan, India
UNiTE to End Violence against Women and girls!
“As we commemorate International Women’s Day, we must look back on a year of shocking crimes of violence against women and girls and ask ourselves how to usher in a better future.
One young woman was gang-raped to death. Another committed suicide out of a sense of shame that should have attached to the perpetrators. Young teens were shot at close range for daring to seek an education.
These atrocities, which rightly sparked global outrage, were part of a much larger problem that pervades virtually every society and every realm of life.
Look around at the women you are with. Think of those you cherish in your families and your communities. And understand that there is a statistical likelihood that many of them have suffered violence in their lifetime. Even more have comforted a sister or friend, sharing their grief and anger following an attack.
This year on International Women’s Day, we convert our outrage into action. We declare that we will prosecute crimes against women – and never allow women to be subjected to punishments for the abuses they have suffered. We renew our pledge to combat this global health menace wherever it may lurk – in homes and businesses, in war zones and placid countries, and in the minds of people who allow violence to continue.
We also make a special promise to women in conflict situations, where sexual violence too often becomes a tool of war aimed at humiliating the enemy by destroying their dignity.”
--- Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General
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MIND THE GAP.
An interactive data game that lets you explore the progress and pitfalls of girls’ and women’s education around the world. “learn more”.
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The new Indian census(2011), which put the population at 1.2 billion, has revealed an alarming trend. Rising incomes only seem to accelerate gendercide – the evocative term for the selective abortion of girl foetuses. There were 945 girls per 1,000 boys in the 1991 census, 927 in 2001 and now 914. It's now a crisis and we need to move beyond just acknowledging the issue.The PC & PNDT Act 1994 prohibits any form of sex-determination practise and sex-selective abortion.
According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) of India; 89,546 cases of cruelty by husband and relatives; 21,397 cases of rape; 11,009 cases of sexual harassment and 5,650 cases of dowry harassment were reported in India during the year 2009.
Source: National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) India, 2009
Your voice matters. Say NO – UNiTE to End Violence against Women and girls!
Up to 70 percent of women may be abused in their lifetime. Tell governments that you want them to make ending violence against women a top priority. More than 5 million people already signed on to Say NO.
Add your name to become part of the global Say NO–UNiTE Network: “here”.
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Photo: Firoz Ahmad Firoz
Women of the world want and deserve an equal future free from stigma, stereotypes and violence; a future that’s sustainable, peaceful, with equal rights and opportunities for all. To get them there, the world needs women at every table where decisions are being made.
Photo by Firoz Ahmad Firoz
As the creature lay back in the safe space it had once left, it thought to itself of the grand adventure it had always wished for - and how his dreams had be quelled for now...
Taking the necessary steps to reach your goals and make new steps in life is always going to be slightly daunting, we cling on to the familiar and as people we are mostly afraid of change - afraid of moving to the next step because of all the uncertainty that comes with it
I am certainly feeling that right now - juggling three jobs soon, starting to look at moving out of my family home and all of these decisions are in fact stuff that I want to do but I also know that they are stuff that terrify me slightly because change is in order to make my life a better place.
What I hope that this image gives you is the motivation to say and to do those big changes - as something I have talked about personally with family is yes it’s good to take risks, as you could loose out on something or never know what could be around the corner that could help propel you’re future, but if things don’t work out and you need to retreat back into the safety of the familiar - there is always somewhere you can go! ☺️🙈
Please do comment on what scary steps you are going to make moving forward for the rest of this year as I would love to know ☺️
And also a massive big thank you to Alex for collaborating with me on this image! I think it’s turned out rather creepy and I love it!
Save the Girl, Educate the Girl.
Violence against women and girls is everyone's problem. It brings down an entire society. We are ALL touched by femicide in India. Census data shows that poverty and illiteracy are not key factors in India’s female genocide as many assume. The survival of girls is determined by a patriarchal politics of wealth control.
In recent years, the voices of survivors and activists, through campaigns such as #MeToo, #TimesUp, #Niunamenos, #NotOneMore, #BalanceTonPorc and others, have reached a crescendo that cannot be silenced any more.
Join the UNiTE Campaign’s Orange the World: #HearMeToo! Share your photos, messages and videos showing how you are participating in the campaign at facebook.com/SayNO.UNiTE and twitter.com/SayNO_UNiTE using #orangetheworld and #HearMeToo.
Photo by Firoz Ahmad
All Rights Reserved
Photo related to my article:
«Drop the top and free the nipples ⭕ ⭕» about freedom and women's rights against rape culture and sexual abuse.
Almost the same remodeled as B&W can be found in the back pages of the article in the blog.
Location: «Gialia», an unimportant little cove on the southern side of Ikaria where few people ever go. It's a big favorite of seals though... ᶘ ᵒᴥᵒᶅ 💙
[real date: summer 2019]
International Day of the Girl Child 2016
Today is International Day of the Girl Child, 2016. International Day of the Girl Child is an international observance day declared by the United Nations. The observation supports more opportunity for girls, and increases awareness of inequality faced by girls worldwide based upon their gender. This inequality includes areas such as access to education, nutrition, legal rights, medical care, working space and protection from discrimination, violence and child marriage.
Photo: Firoz Ahmad, Location: Smart Academy for Healthcare supported by Tech Mahindra Foundation. (www.facebook.com/TechMahindraFoundation/?fref=ts)
Original Painting Mixed media on paper. 30"x22" 2021 Acrylic and lightfast, waterproof ink on acid-free watercolor paper Learn more at www.CrowRising.com/gallery.
MIND THE GAP.
An interactive data game that lets you explore the progress and pitfalls of girls’ and women’s education around the world. “learn more”.
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The new Indian census(2011), which put the population at 1.2 billion, has revealed an alarming trend. Rising incomes only seem to accelerate gendercide – the evocative term for the selective abortion of girl foetuses. There were 945 girls per 1,000 boys in the 1991 census, 927 in 2001 and now 914. It's now a crisis and we need to move beyond just acknowledging the issue.The PC & PNDT Act 1994 prohibits any form of sex-determination practise and sex-selective abortion.
According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) of India; 89,546 cases of cruelty by husband and relatives; 21,397 cases of rape; 11,009 cases of sexual harassment and 5,650 cases of dowry harassment were reported in India during the year 2009.
Source: National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) India, 2009
Your voice matters. Say NO – UNiTE to End Violence against Women and girls!
Up to 70 percent of women may be abused in their lifetime. Tell governments that you want them to make ending violence against women a top priority. More than 5 million people already signed on to Say NO.
Add your name to become part of the global Say NO–UNiTE Network: “here”.
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“To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man's injustice to woman. If by strength is meant brute strength, then, indeed, is woman less brute than man. If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man's superior. Has she not greater intuition, is she not more self-sacrificing, has she not greater powers of endurance, has she not greater courage? Without her, man could not be. If nonviolence is the law of our being, the future is with woman. Who can make a more effective appeal to the heart than woman?”
― Mahatma Gandhi
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Photo by Firoz Ahmad at Room To Read (www.roomtoread.org/) programme
Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. March 2018.
Bangladesh has been hosting Rohingya refugees from Myanmar for nearly 30 years. Since August 2017, some 693,000 Rohingya’s have made their way to Cox’s Bazar in desperate conditions. Of them, 51 per cent are women. The refugee population in Bangladeshi settlements has more than doubled; camps are overcrowded, needs are immediate and enormous, and resources are stretched.
Pictured: Twenty-two-year-old Minara Begum walks through Balukhali camp on 5 March 2018. Minara Begum is another outreach worker for the Multi-Purpose Women’s Centre. Minara has helped pregnant women reach relief distribution points and carried relief items for them. She has learned to speak up and now presents the issues of other Rohingya women refugees to the authorities in charge of the day-to-day management of the camp.
As of January 2018, UN Women has set up the first Multi-Purpose Women Centre in the Balukhali refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, in partnership with Action Aid and with support from UN Women National Committee Australia. The Centre provides a safe space for Rohingya women and adolescent girls, where they can build a social network, access information and referral services for gender-based violence, and seek psycho-social counselling. The centre also offers skills training in literacy, livelihood options, leadership and disaster preparedness, and raises awareness about gender issues and risks.
Photo: UN Women/Allison Joyce
Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/multimedia/2018/5/phot...
And he secluded himself in his safe place, keeping himself guarded from the scary world that surrounded him...
The world is such a scary place, yet it’s wondrous beauty is intoxicating that sometimes it tempts is to leave the safe place you once you had in search of another one - yet taking that step or breaking out of the safe place is sometimes one of the hardest parts.
That something that I’ve been dealing with recently and didn’t realise until thinking about what to write for this post! 🙈 Im currently going through a phase of growth where the outside world is where I properly need to explore - to find a new home, to find new inspiration , to become a functioning adult (I know im growing up right!) 😂 but it’s something I think we all relate too.
From this what I’d like to say is no matter that you feel is the next step you need to take - make sure you go with confidence as you’ll be able to do anything in this big scary world... just break out and take the first step!
Also just want to say a massive thank you to the fabulous Josh for being a model for me for the first time and dealing with my crazy vibes!
Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. March 2018.
Bangladesh has been hosting Rohingya refugees from Myanmar for nearly 30 years. Since August 2017, some 693,000 Rohingya’s have made their way to Cox’s Bazar in desperate conditions. Of them, 51 per cent are women. The refugee population in Bangladeshi settlements has more than doubled; camps are overcrowded, needs are immediate and enormous, and resources are stretched.
Pictured: A woman in a stands outside the Women's Centre in Balukhali camp March 6, 2018. As of January 2018, UN Women has set up the first Multi-Purpose Women's Centre in the Balukhali refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, in partnership with Action Aid and with support from UN Women National Committee Australia. The Centre provides a safe space for Rohingya women and adolescent girls, where they can build a social network, access information and referral services for gender-based violence, and seek psycho-social counselling. The centre also offers skills training in literacy, livelihood options, leadership and disaster preparedness, and raises awareness about gender issues and risks.
Photo: UN Women/Allison Joyce
Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/multimedia/2018/5/phot...
Gender Equality in Humanitarian Action: www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2018/6/em...
MIND THE GAP.
An interactive data game that lets you explore the progress and pitfalls of girls’ and women’s education around the world. “learn more”.
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The new Indian census(2011), which put the population at 1.2 billion, has revealed an alarming trend. Rising incomes only seem to accelerate gendercide – the evocative term for the selective abortion of girl foetuses. There were 945 girls per 1,000 boys in the 1991 census, 927 in 2001 and now 914. It's now a crisis and we need to move beyond just acknowledging the issue.The PC & PNDT Act 1994 prohibits any form of sex-determination practise and sex-selective abortion.
According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) of India; 89,546 cases of cruelty by husband and relatives; 21,397 cases of rape; 11,009 cases of sexual harassment and 5,650 cases of dowry harassment were reported in India during the year 2009.
Source: National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) India, 2009
Your voice matters. Say NO – UNiTE to End Violence against Women and girls!
Up to 70 percent of women may be abused in their lifetime. Tell governments that you want them to make ending violence against women a top priority. More than 5 million people already signed on to Say NO.
Add your name to become part of the global Say NO–UNiTE Network: “here”.
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Photo: Firoz Ahmad Firoz
MIND THE GAP.
An interactive data game that lets you explore the progress and pitfalls of girls’ and women’s education around the world. “learn more”.
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The new Indian census(2011), which put the population at 1.2 billion, has revealed an alarming trend. Rising incomes only seem to accelerate gendercide – the evocative term for the selective abortion of girl foetuses. There were 945 girls per 1,000 boys in the 1991 census, 927 in 2001 and now 914. It's now a crisis and we need to move beyond just acknowledging the issue.The PC & PNDT Act 1994 prohibits any form of sex-determination practise and sex-selective abortion.
According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) of India; 89,546 cases of cruelty by husband and relatives; 21,397 cases of rape; 11,009 cases of sexual harassment and 5,650 cases of dowry harassment were reported in India during the year 2009.
Source: National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) India, 2009
Your voice matters. Say NO – UNiTE to End Violence against Women and girls!
Up to 70 percent of women may be abused in their lifetime. Tell governments that you want them to make ending violence against women a top priority. More than 5 million people already signed on to Say NO.
Add your name to become part of the global Say NO–UNiTE Network: “here”.
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Photo: Firoz Ahmad Firoz
Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. March 2018.
Bangladesh has been hosting Rohingya refugees from Myanmar for nearly 30 years. Since August 2017, some 693,000 Rohingya’s have made their way to Cox’s Bazar in desperate conditions. Of them, 51 per cent are women. The refugee population in Bangladeshi settlements has more than doubled; camps are overcrowded, needs are immediate and enormous, and resources are stretched.
Pictured: Balukhali camp March 6, 2018. Noor Nahar, now 35, left her home in Bolibazar, Myanmar some 28 years ago. She was just a child at the time and had hoped to return to Myanmar one day. Now she lives in the Kutupalong registered camp in Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh and has decided to support other Rohingya women refugees by teaching them tailoring and motivating them to learn new skills. Her story reveals the protracted nature of the Rohingya refugee crisis and shows the need for sustained services for women, such as those provided by a UN Women-supported programme, so that they are able to support themselves and each other.
Photo: UN Women/Allison Joyce
Noor Nahar, From Where I Stand: www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2018/6/from-where-i-stand...
Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/multimedia/2018/5/phot...
Gender Equality in Humanitarian Action: www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2018/6/em...
An equal world is an enabled world. How will you help forge a gender equal world?
Celebrate girls and women's achievement. Raise awareness against bias. Take action for equality.
Photo by Firoz Ahmad Firoz
An interactive data game that lets you explore the progress and pitfalls of girls’ and women’s education around the world. “learn more”.
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The new Indian census(2011), which put the population at 1.2 billion, has revealed an alarming trend. Rising incomes only seem to accelMind The Gaperate gendercide – the evocative term for the selective abortion of girl foetuses. There were 945 girls per 1,000 boys in the 1991 census, 927 in 2001 and now 914. It's now a crisis and we need to move beyond just acknowledging the issue.The PC & PNDT Act 1994 prohibits any form of sex-determination practise and sex-selective abortion.
According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) of India; 89,546 cases of cruelty by husband and relatives; 21,397 cases of rape; 11,009 cases of sexual harassment and 5,650 cases of dowry harassment were reported in India during the year 2009.
Source: National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) India, 2009
Your voice matters. Say NO – UNiTE to End Violence against Women and girls!
Up to 70 percent of women may be abused in their lifetime. Tell governments that you want them to make ending violence against women a top priority. More than 5 million people already signed on to Say NO. Take action to Orange your day.
Add your name to become part of the global Say NO–UNiTE Network: “here”.
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Photo: Firoz Ahmad
Bathed in the soft glow of dusk, the historic headquarters of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) stands proudly at the intersection of 17th Street and Rhode Island Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. A landmark of advocacy and architecture alike, this Romanesque Revival stone mansion commands attention with its turreted tower, arched windows, and intricate stonework. The warm interior lighting glows through large ground-floor windows, casting an inviting radiance onto the street, while pink blossoms along the sidewalk soften the bold stone façade with a flourish of springtime color.
A vibrant rainbow crosswalk and pride banners further signal this building’s cultural significance. As the largest LGBTQ+ civil rights organization in the United States, the Human Rights Campaign has transformed this stately 19th-century residence into a symbol of inclusion, progress, and resilience. Originally designed as a private mansion, the building’s distinctive architectural details—including its cylindrical turret, decorative cornices, and red slate roof—exemplify the enduring grandeur of Washington’s Dupont and Logan Circle neighborhoods.
This image captures the intersection of history and hope—where classic architecture meets modern social justice. Whether you're drawn in by the commanding beauty of the stone structure or the quiet dignity of its mission, this building reminds us how far the LGBTQ+ movement has come—and how rooted it remains in community.
Today is the Teacher's Day in India. To all my friends who are connected with teaching, I send my best wishes.
MIND THE GAP.
An interactive data game that lets you explore the progress and pitfalls of girls’ and women’s education around the world. “learn more”.
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The new Indian census(2011), which put the population at 1.2 billion, has revealed an alarming trend. Rising incomes only seem to accelerate gendercide – the evocative term for the selective abortion of girl foetuses. There were 945 girls per 1,000 boys in the 1991 census, 927 in 2001 and now 914. It's now a crisis and we need to move beyond just acknowledging the issue.The PC & PNDT Act 1994 prohibits any form of sex-determination practise and sex-selective abortion.
According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) of India; 89,546 cases of cruelty by husband and relatives; 21,397 cases of rape; 11,009 cases of sexual harassment and 5,650 cases of dowry harassment were reported in India during the year 2009.
Source: National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) India, 2009
Your voice matters. Say NO – UNiTE to End Violence against Women and girls!
Up to 70 percent of women may be abused in their lifetime. Tell governments that you want them to make ending violence against women a top priority. More than 5 million people already signed on to Say NO.
Add your name to become part of the global Say NO–UNiTE Network: “here”.
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Photo: Firoz Ahmad Firoz
An equal world is an enabled world. How will you help forge a gender equal world?
Celebrate girls and women's achievement. Raise awareness against bias. Take action for equality.
Photo by Firoz Ahmad Firoz
All Rights Reserved
An equal world is an enabled world. How will you help forge a gender equal world?
Celebrate girls and women's achievement. Raise awareness against bias. Take action for equality.
Photo by Firoz Ahmad Firoz
All Rights Reserved
"Save The Girl child"
Twenty years ago, the Nobel prize-winning economist Amartya Sen studied countries with skewed gender ratios and calculated that there were 100 million missing women in the world as of 1990. His study appeared in the New York Review of Books that year. In October 2011, demographers at the United Nations Population Fund revised that number upward to 117 million.
Some scholars, reporters, and United Nations officers, have circulated the figure of 163 million. Christohe Guilmoto, a demographic expert, explains that this number, “does not correspond to ‘missing women’ per se but to the number of additional women these countries would have if they had the same population sex ratio as the rest of the world. A real estimate of missing women consists in comparing sex ratio by age between affected countries and the rest of the world. … Doing so indicates that there were in 2010 about 115 million women missing from the countries most affected by sex imbalances at birth and excess female mortality.”
Gendercide affects women of all ages but bears down especially hard on the youngest. In the last twenty years, sex-selective abortion has displaced infanticide as the primary method for eliminating baby girls. After birth, baby girls are more often neglected to death than actively killed, but families still continue to drown, smother, strangle, and abandon baby girls. Currently, we lose about 2 million baby girls per year to gendercide. This is almost four baby girls every minute.
Filmed & Edited by Firoz Ahmad
Music Track Courtesy: B.Sivaramakrishna Rao
Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. March 2018.
Bangladesh has been hosting Rohingya refugees from Myanmar for nearly 30 years. Since August 2017, some 693,000 Rohingya’s have made their way to Cox’s Bazar in desperate conditions. Of them, 51 per cent are women. The refugee population in Bangladeshi settlements has more than doubled; camps are overcrowded, needs are immediate and enormous, and resources are stretched.
Pictured: Twenty-two-year-old Minara Begum in her shelter in Balukhali camp on 5 March 2018. Minara Begum is an outreach worker for the Multi-Purpose Women’s Centre. Minara has helped pregnant women reach relief distribution points and carried relief items for them. She has learned to speak up and now presents the issues of other Rohingya women refugees to the authorities in charge of the day-to-day management of the camp.
As of January 2018, UN Women has set up the first Multi-Purpose Women Centre in the Balukhali refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, in partnership with Action Aid and with support from UN Women National Committee Australia. The Centre provides a safe space for Rohingya women and adolescent girls, where they can build a social network, access information and referral services for gender-based violence, and seek psycho-social counselling. The centre also offers skills training in literacy, livelihood options, leadership and disaster preparedness, and raises awareness about gender issues and risks.
Photo: UN Women/Allison Joyce
Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/multimedia/2018/5/phot...
Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. March 2018.
Bangladesh has been hosting Rohingya refugees from Myanmar for nearly 30 years. Since August 2017, some 693,000 Rohingya’s have made their way to Cox’s Bazar in desperate conditions. Of them, 51 per cent are women. The refugee population in Bangladeshi settlements has more than doubled; camps are overcrowded, needs are immediate and enormous, and resources are stretched.
Pictured: Noor Nahar, now 35, left her home in Bolibazar, Myanmar some 28 years ago. She was just a child at the time and had hoped to return to Myanmar one day. Now she lives in the Kutupalong registered camp in Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh and has decided to support other Rohingya women refugees by teaching them tailoring and motivating them to learn new skills. Her story reveals the protracted nature of the Rohingya refugee crisis and shows the need for sustained services for women, such as those provided by a UN Women-supported programme, so that they are able to support themselves and each other.
Photo: UN Women/Allison Joyce
Noor Nahar, From Where I Stand: www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2018/6/from-where-i-stand...
Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/multimedia/2018/5/phot...
Gender Equality in Humanitarian Action: www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2018/6/em...
Every year, 24th of January is celebrated National Girl Child Day in India with an objective to raise consciousness of Indian society towards the girl children.
The new Indian census (2011), which put the population at 1.2 billion, has revealed an alarming trend. Rising incomes only seem to accelerate gendercide – the evocative term for the selective abortion of girl foetuses. There were 945 girls per 1,000 boys in the 1991 census, 927 in 2001 and now 914. It's now a crisis and we need to move beyond just acknowledging the issue.
According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) of India; 89,546 cases of cruelty by husband and relatives; 21,397 cases of rape; 11,009 cases of sexual harassment and 5,650 cases of dowry harassment were reported in India during the year 2009.
(Source: National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) India, 2009)
An interactive data game that lets you explore the progress and pitfalls of girls’ and women’s education around the world. “learn more”.
Photo by Firoz Ahmad at Room To Read (www.roomtoread.org/) programme
Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. March 2018.
Bangladesh has been hosting Rohingya refugees from Myanmar for nearly 30 years. Since August 2017, some 693,000 Rohingya’s have made their way to Cox’s Bazar in desperate conditions. Of them, 51 per cent are women. The refugee population in Bangladeshi settlements has more than doubled; camps are overcrowded, needs are immediate and enormous, and resources are stretched.
Pictured: Senuara, 17, works on a tailoring project at the Women's Center in Balukhali camp 5 March, 2018. As of January 2018, UN Women has set up the first Multi-Purpose Women Centre in the Balukhali refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, in partnership with Action Aid and with support from UN Women National Committee Australia. The Centre provides a safe space for Rohingya women and adolescent girls, where they can build a social network, access information and referral services for gender-based violence, and seek psycho-social counselling. The centre also offers skills training in literacy, livelihood options, leadership and disaster preparedness, and raises awareness about gender issues and risks.
Photo: UN Women/Allison Joyce
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Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. March 2018.
Bangladesh has been hosting Rohingya refugees from Myanmar for nearly 30 years. Since August 2017, some 693,000 Rohingya’s have made their way to Cox’s Bazar in desperate conditions. Of them, 51 per cent are women. The refugee population in Bangladeshi settlements has more than doubled; camps are overcrowded, needs are immediate and enormous, and resources are stretched.
Pictured: Senu Ara, 17, stands outside the Women's Centre in Balukhali camp March 6, 2018.
Senu Ara arrived in Cox’s Bazar the same way as many other Rohingya refugees: On foot.
After a week of walking barefoot, Senu and her three sisters reached Bangladesh, tired, hungry and thirsty, having left their home in fear of the escalating violence in Rakhine State, Myanmar.
“I saw the military in Myanmar burn down a lot of houses, and kidnapping and killing others. We fled to Bangladesh to save our lives,” says 17-year-old Senu. “We only had food with us for two days. We went on for another four/five days without food and drank water from the canals. At night we slept in the forest and were constantly afraid of the military finding us, especially because our father was too old and we were four sisters without any other male family member who could protect us.”
“After entering Bangladesh, local villagers gave us food and like the other Rohingya before us, we entered the camp.”
As of January 2018, UN Women has set up the first Multi-Purpose Women's Centre in the Balukhali refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, in partnership with Action Aid and with support from UN Women National Committee Australia. The Centre provides a safe space for Rohingya women and adolescent girls, where they can build a social network, access information and referral services for gender-based violence, and seek psycho-social counselling. The centre also offers skills training in literacy, livelihood options, leadership and disaster preparedness, and raises awareness about gender issues and risks.
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Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. March 2018.
Bangladesh has been hosting Rohingya refugees from Myanmar for nearly 30 years. Since August 2017, some 693,000 Rohingya’s have made their way to Cox’s Bazar in desperate conditions. Of them, 51 per cent are women. The refugee population in Bangladeshi settlements has more than doubled; camps are overcrowded, needs are immediate and enormous, and resources are stretched.
Pictured: A woman sits for a photo with her children in Balukhali camp March 6, 2018. As of January 2018, UN Women has set up the first Multi-Purpose Women's Centre in the Balukhali refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, in partnership with Action Aid and with support from UN Women National Committee Australia. The Centre provides a safe space for Rohingya women and adolescent girls, where they can build a social network, access information and referral services for gender-based violence, and seek psycho-social counselling. The centre also offers skills training in literacy, livelihood options, leadership and disaster preparedness, and raises awareness about gender issues and risks.
Photo: UN Women/Allison Joyce
Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/multimedia/2018/5/phot...
www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2018/6/em...