Category: National & Global Headlines

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued a judgment and ordered Peru to pay reparations for a woman who died as part of a forced sterilization program under the administration of the late Alberto Fujimori. https://www.wane.com/health-2/ap-health/ap-human-rights-court-orders-peru-to-pay-compensation-for-a-1997-forced-sterilization-death

A March 24 program co-hosted by the Clearinghouse on Women’s Issues and Ms. will explore attacks on reproductive freedom, voting rights and gender equality, as well as strategies for feminist resistance. https://msmagazine.com/2026/03/12/carrie-baker-abortion-democracy-womens-rights-webinar-cwi

“How do you describe something that feels like the slow suffocation of your people?” After four years of Taliban rule, the U.S. must take steps to be in solidarity with the women of Afghanistan. The Taliban has criminalized womanhood itself, erasing women from public life, strictly controlling them through hundreds of repressive decrees and orders.…

Current access: Today, nearly 40% of the U.S. population is without access to fundamental health services. The fight is not over. Sources: Center for Reproductive Rights; Guttmacher Institute; KFF; UCLA Law. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=807162771636340&set=a.238429811842975&__tn__=%2CO*F

As long as we don’t give up, humanity can — and will — win against violence and injustice. Read the article: https://www.amnestyusa.org/blog/8-wins-against-gender-based-discrimination-violence-and-injustice

https://www.unwomen.org/en/news-stories/speech/2026/03/speech-it-is-our-task-our-responsibility-to-make-real-the-commitments-and-promises-we-have-made-to-all-women-and-girls The Commission offers the promise of gender equality and women’s rights, that great, undisputable accelerator of the Sustainable Development Goals and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.