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Yanar Mohammed, an Iraqi activist who founded an underground network of safehouses for women trying to escape violence, announced Wednesday that she plans to testify before the council on Oct. 13 about how Iraq’s ban on shelters of this type puts women and girls in danger.

This month, the UN marks 15 years since passing the Security Council’s Resolution 1325, mandating the participation of women in peace building.

As desperate refugees continue to stream into Europe in response to the Syrian Civil War and ISIS brutality, it’s easy to become overwhelmed or grief-stricken. But Yifat Susskind, sees a modicum of progressive social change on the horizon for those most affected by the crisis.

Vivian Stromberg, a founder and later the executive director of Madre, an aid and human rights organization that supports women’s groups around the world, died on Sept. 24 at her home in Brooklyn. She was 74.

What we’ve written, read, listened to, remembered, watched and been inspired by this month.

The report focuses on the situation of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) children and adolescents in relation to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), and examines the state of Chile’s compliance with its obligations under CRC. 

The report focused on the situation of LGBT children and adolescents in relation to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), and examines the state of Chile’s compliance with its obligations under CRC.

In this episode, Yifat Susskind, MADRE Executive Director, covers the resignation and arrest of Guatemala's former president; the current status of Colombia's peace talks; the growing global refugee crisis and also, September 11th.  

What we’ve written, read, listened to, remembered, watched and been inspired by this month.

“This is not an easy time. But today I feel that I am a productive woman in my community.”

After reading about ISIS’ systematic use of rape, I recoiled. Even after decades as a women’s rights activist, I find that my mind can still reel at the levels of atrocity that women and girls endure. But this story is incomplete without mention of Iraqi and Syrian women’s resilience.