Gender in the Media: October 2018

Gender in the Media: October 2018

The media review presents every month a selection of articles from different media sources on “gender and development” issues. the list of articles is regularly updated during the current month.
<h1>October 2018</h1>
<h2>16-31 October</h2>
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<li><span class="balancedHeadline"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/19/world/europe/norway-lebensborn-german-girls.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FWomen%20and%20Girls">Norway Apologizes, 70 Years Later, to Women Who Had Relationships With WWII Germans</a> (The New York Times)</span></li>
<li><span class="balancedHeadline"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/19/lens/photographing-maternal-mortality-africa.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FWomen%20and%20Girls">These Women Are Saving Lives, One Pregnancy at a Time</a> (The New York Times)</span></li>
<li><a href="https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement">The Informal Bank That Empowers Kenya’s Poorest Women</a> (News Deeply)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/articles/2018/10/18/menstrual-discrimination-is-illegal-in-nepal-but-no-one-is-listening">Menstrual Discrimination Is Illegal in Nepal – but No One Is Listening</a> (News Deeply)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/articles/2018/10/17/the-ugandan-sanitary-pad-factory-keeping-girls-in-school">The Ugandan Sanitary Pad Factory Keeping Girls in School</a> (News Deeply)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/articles/2018/10/17/the-women-engineers-solving-tanzanias-sanitation-problems">The Women Engineers Solving Tanzania’s Sanitation Problems</a> (News Deeply)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/articles/2018/10/17/the-indian-women-campaigning-for-clean-water">The Indian Women Campaigning for Clean Water</a> (News Deeply)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.bustle.com/p/the-2018-women-in-the-workplace-report-shows-that-promises-arent-enough-to-reach-gender-equality-12805560">The 2018 Women In The Workplace Report Shows That Promises Aren’t Enough To Reach Gender Equality</a> (Bustle)</li>
<li><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/66368936.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst">Women in agriculture in developed, developing countries feel removing barriers to equality will take decades</a> (Times of India)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/un-chief-decries-failure-to-bring-women-into-peacemaking/2018/10/25/112c8d90-d8b4-11e8-8384-bcc5492fef49_story.html?utm_term=.8bbbb4c6fd31">UN chief decries failure to bring women into peacemaking</a> (The Washington Post)</li>
<li><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/International/ethiopia-appoints-1st-woman-president-approving-gender-balanced/story?id=58741941">Ethiopia appoints 1st woman president, after approving gender-balanced Cabinet</a> (ABC News)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/articles/2018/10/30/how-daycare-and-savings-groups-empowered-women-in-a-nairobi-slum">How Daycare and Savings Groups Empowered Women in a Nairobi Slum</a> (News Deeply)</li>
<li><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2018/10/30/health/gender-inequality-child-deaths-study-intl/index.html">Gender inequality linked to deaths of girls under 5, new analysis says</a> (CNN)</li>
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<h2>1-15 October</h2>
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<li><a href="https://www.pajhwok.com/en/2018/09/25/lack-female-observers-negatively-impact-elections">Afghanistan – Lack of female observers to negatively impact elections</a> (Pajhwok)</li>
<li><a href="https://en.unesco.org/news/laureates-jamaica-and-egypt-receive-2018-unesco-prize-girls-and-women-s-education">Laureates from Jamaica and Egypt to receive the 2018 UNESCO Prize for Girls’ and Women’s Education</a> (UNESCO)</li>
<li><a href="https://muftah.org/the-voices-of-displaced-women-girls-must-be-heard/?utm_source=Muftah+Newsletter&utm_campaign=c9473b15f9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_07_07_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5449e93203-c9473b15f9-89416237%23.W7jCAO_8JrR#.W7xkYuQUkTM">Greece – Voices of Displaced Women & Girls Must Be Heard</a> (Muftah)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=23679&LangID=E">Malaysia – UN Expert Says Child Marriages Must End</a> (UN Human Rights)</li>
<li class="ng-binding"><a href="https://www.developmentaid.org/#!/news-stream/post/31246/a-call-to-protect-women-and-girls-on-the-move?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=NewsDigest">A call to protect women and girls on the move</a> (Development Aid)</li>
<li class="ng-binding"><span class="balancedHeadline"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/10/opinion/maybe-girls-will-save-us.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FWomen%20and%20Girls">Maybe Girls Will Save Us</a> (The New York Times)</span></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/aug/04/didnt-want-taboo-fight-kosovan-women-raped-war">Kosovo – After Two Decades, Women War Rape Victims Get Recognition & War Pensions</a> (The Guardian)</li>
<li><a href="https://psychcentral.com/news/2018/09/19/racial-discrimination-can-take-a-heavy-toll-on-latino-and-asian-teens/138825.html">USA – Racial Discrimination Can Take a Heavy Toll on Latino & Asian Teens</a> (Psychcentral)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/in-pictures-gaza-women-navigate-different-forms-of-siege-20601">Gaza/Palestine – Women Create New Work & Roles Amidst the Siege</a> (TRT World)</li>
<li><span class="balancedHeadline"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/30/us/the-old-rules-not-working-women.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage">The Old Rules of the Workplace Aren’t Working. At Least Not for Women.</a> (The New York Times)</span></li>
<li><a href="https://tribune.com.pk/story/1816834/1-chitral-incident-unicef-condemns-attack-girls-school/">Pakistan – Increase in Attacks on Girls’ Schools in Remote Chitral District</a> (Tribune)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.forum18.org/archive.php?article_id=2421">Tajikistan – Hijab-Wearing & Beards Ban Continues</a> (Forum 18)</li>
<li><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2018/10/04/africa/nigerian-girl-boko-haram-ultimatum/index.html">Nigeria – Boko Haram Threatens to Kill Schoolgirl Captive if Demands Not Met</a> (CNN World)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.developmentaid.org/#!/news-stream/post/31824/african-development-bank-to-host-seminar-on-promotion-of-gender-equality-in-africas-power-sector?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=NewsDigest">African Development Bank to host seminar on promotion of gender equality in Africa’s power sector</a> (Development Aid)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/international-day-of-rural-women-2018-5-problems-many-solutions-1368222-2018-10-15">International Day of Rural Women 2018: 5 problems, many solutions</a> (India Today)</li>
<li><a href="https://reliefweb.int/report/world/no-food-security-without-rights-rural-women-campaigners-launch-demands-rights-rural">‘No food security without rights for rural women’ – campaigners launch demands for rights of rural women ahead of World Food Security Summit</a> (Relief Web)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.ipsnews.net/2018/10/latin-american-rural-women-call-recognition-policies/">Latin American Rural Women Call for Recognition and Policies</a> (IPS News)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/govt-incorporates-rural-women-in-national-development/">Govt incorporates rural women in national development</a> (The Herald)</li>
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