JOIN PMC IN CELEBRATING WOMEN’S EQUALITY DAY ON AUGUST 26TH
On August 26, 1920, the United States Congress certified an amendment granting women the right to vote. The signing of the 19th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution followed a rugged 40-year history in which activists faced ostracism, brutality, and criminal records in their fight to procure women this fundamental right.
Ninety-nine years later, we celebrate this victory through Women’s Equality Day. On Monday, August 26, please join Population Media Center in recognizing the historic achievements of the suffrage movement in the United States, and acknowledging areas worldwide where the battle for equal rights for women is still active today.
PMC-NEPAL’S RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE ANSWERS QUESTIONS ON CHILD MARRIAGE, GIRLS’ EDUCATION
Rajan Parajuli, Resident Representative ofPopulation Media Center’s (PMC)Nepal team, has spent years working with PMC to create social change around diverse issues faced by Nepalese people, including gender equality, access to education, and child marriage. We sought his insight on child marriage in Nepal, including public opinion, contributing factors to the practice, and the effectiveness of efforts to curb Nepal's high child marriage rates.
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The Trump administration on Monday announced that it would change the way the Endangered Species Act is applied, significantly weakening the nation’s bedrock conservation law and making it harder to protect wildlife from the multiple threats posed by climate change.
