Shirley Kaye Randell is an Australian educator, advocate, mentor and leader. She is an Officer of the Order of Australia, having received the award in 2010 for her services to international relations through education, the public sector, institutional reform, and the economic empowerment of women in Australia, the Pacific, Asia, and Africa. She writes a regular newsletter, the last of which memorializes the great women in 2020, who revolutionized society with their inventions and achievements, and the contributions they made. Among them are U.S. Suprement Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg; singer Helen Ready; and NASA's Dr. Katherine Johnson. Shirley also gives credit to many other women who have contributed to society and won the 2020 Nobel Prize. To read her newsletter on the above, click here.
"Sudan criminalizes female genital mutilation (FMG)", BBC, https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-52502489
Violence against Women
UNWomen. 2019. "Global Database on Violence against Women." (searchable database.) New York: UnWomen.
National Research Organisation for Women's Safety (Australia). 2019. Domestic Violence, Social Security and the Couple Rule: Key Findings and Future Directions. Sydney: ANROWS.
World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, International Center for Research on Women. 2019. "Violence Against Women and Girls: Resource Guide" (online). This resource guide was developed and launched through a partnership between the Global Women’s Institute at George Washington University, Inter-American Development Bank, and World Bank Group in December 2014. The International Center for Research on Women joined the partnership in June 2015.
Girls and Education
George, Amika. 2019. "Girls are still missing school because of period poverty. There is an answer." The Guardian. January 2.
Tull, Kerina. 2019. "Period Poverty Impact on the Economic Empowerment of Women." K4D. January 23. Leeds, UK: University of Leeds Nuffield Centre for International Health and Development.
Oster, E., and R. Thornton. 2010. "Menstruation, Sanitary Products and School Attendance: Evidence
from a Randomized Evaluation." Chicago/Cambridge, Massachusetts: University of Chicago and National Bureau of Economic Research.
Female Imprisonment
Chartsbin. 2019. "World Female Prisoners." (Global rankings database.) Chartsbin.
Walmsley, Roy. 2017. "World Female Imprisonment List." Fourth Edition. Women and Girls in Penal Institutions including pre-trial detainees/remand prisoners. London: Institute of Criminal Policy Research, University of London. A comparison of female prisoner statistics worldwide, including Australia.
Inter-American Development Bank. 2018. Documentation Regarding the Establishment of Women's Justice Centers
Discussion Paper No. IDB-DP-582. Washington, DC: IDB. This study, an example of progress in Latin America, presents the findings that emerge from a Women’s Justice Center in Mexico, which was established within the policy framework of the Government of Mexico to create centers for women’s justice. In Mexico, such centers have been proposed in recent years as a means to guarantee women an access to justice.
"Sudan criminalizes female genital mutilation (FMG)", BBC, https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-52502489
Violence against Women
UNWomen. 2019. "Global Database on Violence against Women." (searchable database.) New York: UnWomen.
National Research Organisation for Women's Safety (Australia). 2019. Domestic Violence, Social Security and the Couple Rule: Key Findings and Future Directions. Sydney: ANROWS.
World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, International Center for Research on Women. 2019. "Violence Against Women and Girls: Resource Guide" (online). This resource guide was developed and launched through a partnership between the Global Women’s Institute at George Washington University, Inter-American Development Bank, and World Bank Group in December 2014. The International Center for Research on Women joined the partnership in June 2015.
Girls and Education
George, Amika. 2019. "Girls are still missing school because of period poverty. There is an answer." The Guardian. January 2.
Tull, Kerina. 2019. "Period Poverty Impact on the Economic Empowerment of Women." K4D. January 23. Leeds, UK: University of Leeds Nuffield Centre for International Health and Development.
Oster, E., and R. Thornton. 2010. "Menstruation, Sanitary Products and School Attendance: Evidence
from a Randomized Evaluation." Chicago/Cambridge, Massachusetts: University of Chicago and National Bureau of Economic Research.
Female Imprisonment
Chartsbin. 2019. "World Female Prisoners." (Global rankings database.) Chartsbin.
Walmsley, Roy. 2017. "World Female Imprisonment List." Fourth Edition. Women and Girls in Penal Institutions including pre-trial detainees/remand prisoners. London: Institute of Criminal Policy Research, University of London. A comparison of female prisoner statistics worldwide, including Australia.
Inter-American Development Bank. 2018. Documentation Regarding the Establishment of Women's Justice Centers
Discussion Paper No. IDB-DP-582. Washington, DC: IDB. This study, an example of progress in Latin America, presents the findings that emerge from a Women’s Justice Center in Mexico, which was established within the policy framework of the Government of Mexico to create centers for women’s justice. In Mexico, such centers have been proposed in recent years as a means to guarantee women an access to justice.