South Africa’s Mail & Guardian Online highlights data from ICRW’s International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES) in a commentary about police brutality.
The June edition of National Geographic takes readers into the lives of child brides in India and Yemen and discusses programs to prevent the practice. The story features the photography of Stephanie Sinclair and includes interviews with ICRW experts on child marriage.
Faced with hunger, disease and a lack of economic opportunity, depression is pervasive in the developing world, particularly among young men. AfricanSeer quotes ICRW's Manuel Conrteras in an article that explores how depression contributes to violence and poverty in the developing world. This story first appeared in MediaGlobal.
Tamara Kreinin, executive director of women and population at the United Nations Foundation, discusses how the Foundation’s Girl Up campaign will join ongoing advocacy activities led by ICRW and other international organizations to bring an end to the destructive practice of child marriage.
Womenetics, a business platform that provides substantive information for and about women, interviews ICRW President Sarah Degnan Kambou about ICRW’s efforts to improve the lives of women around the world.
The Japan Times Online highlights ICRW research in a commentary that calls for women farmers to have equal access as men to opportunities and resources in order to alleviate global hunger. The opinion piece also was republished in the Pakistan Observer.
Wall Street Journal’s India Real Time blog reports on India’s 2011 census results and the nation’s continued preference for sons over daughters. Ravi Verma, who directs ICRW’s Asia Regional Office in New Delhi, is featured in the article.
Diksha Sahni of the Wall Street Journal's India Real Time blog reports on results from ICRW’s International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES) in India, which found that Indian men were among those who had the least gender-equitable attitudes and behavior. Ajay Singh, an ICRW technical specialist who co-authored the report, is quoted.