🗞 5 lessons from 2024 to ensure sexual and reproductive rights for all in 2025 Read: unfpa.org/news/5-lessons…

🗞 As winter bites, needs grow for refugees and displaced people Read: unhcr.org/news/stories/w…

We are deeply saddened by the recent femicide and stand in solidarity with all those affected. In our statement, we reaffirm our commitment to advocating for change and supporting survivors. Read our statement: thans.ca/urgent-call-to…

🗞 Woman, her father fatally shot by man in intimate partner violence attack: Halifax police Read: globalnews.ca/news/10939807/…

🗞 In Egypt, men and boys stand firm against female genital mutilation Read: unfpa.org/news/egypt-men…

🗞 “Marriage is a choice”: Working with people with disabilities to address gender-based violence in Madagascar Read: unfpa.org/news/%E2%80%9C…

New Publication Alert 🆕 CFOJA Director Myrna Dawson🇨🇦 University of Guelph asks why are women & girls, historically and today, consistently overlooked in the context of #hate crime paradigms and frameworks❓ Open Access Link: doi.org/10.1177/152483… #MVAWG #GBV #IPV #Femicide #Sex #Gender

🗞 ‘We must look to the future with hope’: Lebanese women work to rebuild and support each other amid ceasefire Read: unwomen.org/en/news-storie…

🗞 Underfunded and overlooked: The neglected crises on UNFPA’s radar in 2025 Read: unfpa.org/news/underfund…

🗞 Escalating violence in eastern DR Congo displaces more than 230,000 since start of year Read: unhcr.org/news/briefing-…

This is an invitation to mark the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) on February 6th. This is a hybrid event. Link to register: forms.office.com/Pages/Response…

Join our Mi'kma'ki community of survivors, advocates and allies to stand with those experiencing gender based violence, and to remember those lost to intimate partner homicides. Meet us outside HRP headquarters, and march to Nova Scotia Legislature on February 19. /

🗞 Three years into the war, women are powering Ukraine’s recovery Read here: unwomen.org/en/news-storie…

🗞 Three years of full-scale war in Ukraine roll back decades of progress for women’s rights, safety and economic opportunities Read here: unwomen.org/en/news-storie…

🗞 Giving birth under fire in North Kivu, as conflict grips the Democratic Republic of the Congo Read here: unfpa.org/news/giving-bi…

Büsra Yalcinoz-Ucan, Evangelia Tastsoglou, and Myrna Dawson published: "Tracing Individual Experiences to Systemic Challenges: The Re(Production) of GBV in Migrant Women's Experiences in Canada" in Frontiers in Sociology (Vol. 10, 2025). 🔗 Read it here: frontiersin.org/journals/socio…

Gender-Based Violence in a Migration Context: Health Impacts and Barriers to Healthcare Access and Help Seeking for Migrant and Refugee Women in Canada mdpi.com/3220724 #mdpisocieties via Societies

We are pleased to announce that Issue #21 of our GBV-MIG Newsletter is now available on our website! Click the link below to access the newsletter: smu.ca/gendernet/news…