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GL is committed with media, governance and gender justice. Working with partners at local, national, regional and international level to promote gender equality in and through the media and effective campaigns for ending gender violence, HIV and AIDS.
The Sonke Gender Justice project tries to address the social aspects of the HIV epidemic, with a particular focus on gender issues. South Africa.
Women's human rights organization, which focuses on women's legal rights issues under the three systems of law - customary, statutory and religious laws in Nigeria.
ASWAT (which means Voice in Arabic) is a courageous and dynamic group of Palestinian gay women who have decided to organize to challenge the status quo and to improve their lives and hopefully secure these rights for the coming generations.
WiLDAF is a pan-African network of organisations and individuals working in the area of women's rights. It was established in 1990 with the aim of promoting and strengthening action-strategies that link law to the development and empowerment of women.
NGO sites
Arab Women's Solidarity Association - AWSA
AWSA believe that the struggle for freedom from economic, cultural and media domination cannot be separated from the liberation of Arab women.
Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development - APWLD
Organization committed to enabling women to use law as an instrument of social change for equality, justice and development. Thailand.
Asian Women's Resource Exchange (AWORC)
Internet-based women's information service and network in Asia.
Asian-Pacific Resource & Research Centre for Women - ARROW
ARROW’s vision is for women in Asia and the Pacific to be better able to define and control their lives, particularly in the area of women's health and rights. Malaysia.
Association Najdeh
Association Najdeh is a Lebanese NGO that works in and around the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, targeting primarily women and children. Najdeh has projects in Beirut, Tripoli (north), Sidon (south), Tyre (south-south) and Beqaa (central north).
Association of Media Women in Kenya - AMWIK
The Association uses the media as a tool to advance issues that affect women. It also recognizes that gender inequality and inequity undermines the effectiveness of development, that media is a powerful tool for social change and agenda setting.
Association of Uganda Women Lawyers
Initiative to assist women and children, especially widows and orphans to attain effective protection under the law. The Association provides free legal aid services in Uganda.
Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE)
Advocacy feminist group working at securing women's rights & gender parity in Singapore.
Bat Shalom
Bat Shalom is a feminist peace organization of Israeli women. They work toward a just peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors, the recognition of a Palestinian state and Jerusalem as the capital of both.
Bhutan Women and Children Organisation (BWCO)
BWCO was established in 1990 in exile by the Bhutanese women to organise themselves for the protection, promotion and defence of women’s and child rights, and advancement and empowerment of women in Bhutan.
Caribbean Association for Feminist Research and Action (CAFRA)
Regional network of feminists, individual researchers, activists and women’s organisations. Its activities include programmes on Women in Caribbean Agriculture; Women and the Law; Women’s History and Creative Expression; Women, Development and Sustainable Livelihood; Women’s Health and Reproductive Rights; and Gender and Youth.
Center for Asia-Pacific Women in Politics - CAPWIP
Regional organization (NGO) dedicated to promoting equal participation of women in politics and decision-making.
Center for Gender and Development Studies
University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus (Barbados).
Center of Arab Women for Training and Research - CAWTAR
CAWTAR’s main mission is to contribute to the improvement and promotion of Arab women’s role and status in development process.
Centre for African Family Studies (CAFS)
CAFS is an African institution working in the field of population and development, and reproductive health in order to contribute to improve the quality of life of families in sub-Saharan Africa. Kenya.
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Selected news
Gender - Tue Jun 17 2008
Deputy Secretary-General notes need to improve U.N. system-wide coherence on gender issues
The Deputy Secretary-General says that gender equality and women’s empowerment are core elements of fostering peace, achieving development, protecting the environment, promoting human rights and reaching so many of the UN’s goals.
Source: U,N,

Human Rights /Gender - Fri Jun 13 2008
Woman murdered by relatives to "mantain family honor"
The Palestinian Centre for Human (PCHR) condemns in the strongest possible terms the murder of a woman in Rafah on Tuesday 3 June, allegedly to maintain “the honor” of her family.
Source: Palestinian Centre for Human (PCHR)

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The UN reform... and what about women? - Fri Jul 04 2008
In the international seminar "Women in motion for the right to education" organized by the Gender and Education Office (GEO) of the International Council for Adult Education (ICAE), feminist activist and scholar Dr. Gita Sen gave a speech on advocacy spaces for the women's movement based on her experience at DAWN (Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era). The new changes in the political and economic global context as well as the new spaces for advocay within the changing UN structure, namely the Human Rights Council, were among the points mentioned.
Fuente: Choike

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