2024 is an election year for nearly ½ the global population with immigration still a hot topic in politics. In the news, men remain the main faces of migration. Yet 48% of international migrants are women (2020). Deep dive in our In the Balance newsletter: http://mailchi.mp/sparknews.com/in-the-balance-17
From Lebanon, for #TowardsEquality: Women-led peacebuilding creates bridges across rival Tripoli neighborhoods
📌 [#InternationalWomensDay] Residents of the Jabal Mohsen and Bab al-Tabbaneh neighborhoods used to wage bloody clashes against one another. Now they’re coming together for civic projects thanks to this NGO.
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From Afghanistan, for #TowardsEquality: “Wearing a white school uniform has always been one of my dreams. Girls didn’t go to school in our area. We didn’t have a girls’ school, but I understood that education isn’t exclusive to boys.”
Portrait of a Rural Afghan Woman
https://8am.media/eng/portrait-of-a-rural-afghan-woman/
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From Lebanon, for #TowardsEquality: Metle Metlik, the first women’s sexuality platform in Lebanon and the Arab world
📌 [#InternationalWomensDay] Two female doctors, Sandrine Atallah and Gaël Abou Ghannam, are on a mission to inform Arab women about sexuality and reproductive health, in an innovative way.
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http://olj.me/1370761