GSP Recommends: Issue 38
Featured Image: Indian suffragettes in the Women’s Coronation Procession, London, on June 17, 1911 [Museum of London/Heritage Images/Getty Images]
GSP Recommends is a weekly round up of news, reports, recommended readings, videos and podcasts from our desk to yours. If you think something should be up here but isn’t, do write to us on info@gendersecurityproject.com with your recommendation and we will make sure to review it, engage with it, and add it up to one of our forthcoming lists.
On our desk
Independent Accountability Is Crucial for Ending Sexual Harassment in the Aid Sector (Read)
In #MeToo era, ‘solidarity’ requires taking better care of the stories and survivors of sexual violence (Read)
Women Humanitarians – Undermined, Exploited, & Undervalued (Read)
Reports and Studies
Women Migrant Workers & COVID-19 – Impacts (Read)
Prioritizing Health – Gender – Multi-Country Analysis (Read)
News from around the world
Afghanistan – Woman Negotiator & Campaigner Shot by Gunmen (Read)
Austria – Austria issues first intersex birth certificate after four-year battle (Read)
Ecuador – Amidst the Pandemic, Women Speak in Code to Seek Protection from Domestic Violence (Read)
Egypt passes bill to give women anonymity in sexual abuse cases (Read)
India – A new Pan-India initiative for supporting the transgender community in these testing times (Read)
Iran – Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Daughter Detained: Persecution of Imprisoned Lawyer’s Family (Read)
Lebanon – Beirut Disaster in Lebanon – Women’s Statement of Mourning, Anger, & Hope (Read)
Pakistan – Gender Inequalities & COVID-19 (Read)
South Korea – Commemoration Memorial Day for World War II “Comfort Women” (Read)
Sudan – Sudan has abolished the death penalty for homosexuality (Read)
The Netherlands – Dutch town ends ties with Polish twin declared ‘gay-free zone’ (Read)
USA – COVID’S Impact on Women of Color: August Update (Read)
Venezuela – Monitoring Femicides (Read)