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According to Article 4 of the Decree of November 6, 1941, the Board's purpose was the "moral dignification of women, especially young women, to prevent their exploitation, steer them away from vice, and educate them according to the teachings of the Catholic Church." [1] However, this education was, in reality, minimal or non-existent. [3]
Women human rights defenders (WHRDs) are women who defend human rights, and defenders of all genders who defend the rights of women and rights related to gender and sexuality. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Their work and the challenges they face have been recognized by a United Nations (UN) resolution in 2013, which calls for specific protection for women ...
The Minister of Women & Child Welfare, is the head of the Department of Women & Child Welfare of the Government of Andhra Pradesh. The incumbent minister of the Women & Child Welfare department is the Gummadi Sandhya Rani from Telugu Desam Party .
L. M. Gillespie was one of the first women police officers to be employed by the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] She had previously partnered with Mary D. Diehl to rescue more than two thousand women and girls who had become victims of human trafficking .
The Office on Women's Health (OWH) is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and functions to improve the health and well-being of U.S. women and girls. The main headquarters, from which the OWH operate, is located in Washington, DC with ten other regional women's health coordinators positioned across the country to ...
The Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS) is one of the oldest Department of Defense (DoD) federal advisory committees and was established in 1951 by then-Secretary of Defense (SecDef) George C. Marshall. The committee is composed of civilian women and men appointed by the SecDef to provide advice and recommendations on ...
The United Nations Security Council adopted resolution (S/RES/1325) on women and peace and security on 31 October 2000. The resolution reaffirms the important role of women in the prevention and resolution of conflicts, peace negotiations, peace-building, peacekeeping, humanitarian response and in post-conflict reconstruction and stresses the importance of their equal participation and full ...
A women's shelter, also known as a women's refuge and battered women's shelter, is a place of temporary protection and support for women escaping domestic violence and intimate partner violence of all forms. [1] The term is also frequently used to describe a location for the same purpose that is open to people of all genders at risk.