#ENDFGM SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR ZERO TOLERANCE FOR FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION #FGM

According to the United Nations, “Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) comprises of all procedures that involves altering or injuring the female genitalia for non-medical reasons and is recognized internationally as a violation of human rights of girls and women”.

This practice shows inequality between the sexes, it is an extreme form of discrimination against women and girls. “it violates their right to health, security and physical integrity, right to be free from torture and cruelty, inhuman and degrading treatment, and can lead to death.

Amnesty International Indigenous Rights and the Human Rights Innovation Fund 2017

*Deadline: November 30, 2017*

Amnesty International, through the Human Rights Innovation Fund will
provide at least one grant each year to Indigenous organisations working
to end youth incarceration. In June 2015, Amnesty International
Australia launched the report /A Brighter Tomorrow: Keeping Indigenous
kids in the community and out of detention in Australia./ Indigenous
youth detention in Australia is a national crisis – Indigenous young
people are 26 more times more likely to be in detention than
non-Indigenous young people. Western Australia detains Indigenous
children at 53 times the rate of their non-Indigenous peers.

Women Deliver Diabetes in Pregnancy Photo Contest 2018

*Deadline: January 17, 2018* 

Women Deliver is inviting photo entries for their Diabetes in Pregnancy

Photo Contest 2018. Together with the World Diabetes Foundation, Women

Deliver seeks to elevate the issue of gestational diabetes. Diabetes

triggered by pregnancy affects 1 in 7 births — and the vast majority of

women affected live in low-and middle-income countries. Women with

unmanaged diabetes in pregnancy run a higher risk of having infants with

excessive birth weight, or macrosomia, which can lead to complications

such as obstructed labor and an increased risk for maternal and newborn

death and disabilities.