Why Global Citizens Should Care Global Citizen campaigns on the United Nations Global Goals, including Goal 5 for gender equality. Governments, schools, women’s organizations, businesses, media and ordinary citizens must all work together to address gender-based violence and gender inequality. Join the movement and take action on this issue andRead More →
There’s a reason organizers walked into a trendy Lincoln Park restaurant on Chicago’s North Side during New Year’s Eve brunch in 2016, chanting the names of black Chicagoans killed by police, names like Rekia Boyd. Other police killings across the country were garnering attention, but this particular case — ofRead More →
For more than two years, Saudi Arabia has locked up women’s rights activists who fought for – and won – women’s right to drive. But as the country prepares to host the G20 World Leaders Summit virtually on November 21-22, it appears Saudi authorities are trying to change the narrative.Read More →
The Aronson Center for International Studies hosted the third event in its Fall 2020 Human Rights Lecture Series to discuss the theme “Women and Conflict” on Thursday, October 29. Sarah Parkinson, Assistant Professor of International Studies and Political Science, moderated the event. The webinar featured three guest panelists: Susan Rimmer,Read More →
Since the election of South Korean President Moon Jae-in in 2017, the global movement advocating for comfort women’s issues has proliferated around the world. These civic groups, which are dedicated to highlighting allegations of sexual abuse dating back to the Japanese occupation of Korea from 1910 to 1945, received strongRead More →