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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
The Center for Reproductive and Family Health (RaFH)
RaFH is committed to the improvement of reproductive, family health and gender imbalances for poor, minority and disadvantaged people. Vietnam.
The Coalition on Violence Against Women (COVAW)
The Coalition on Violence Against Women based in Kenya is a women's human rights organisation that is committed to the eradication of all forms of violence against women and the promotion of women's human rights.
The International Working Group on Gender, Macroeconomics and International Economics
This international network of economists that was formed in 1994 for the purpose of promoting research, teaching, policy making and advocacy on gender-equitable approaches to macroeconomics, international economics and globalization.
The Kudirat Initiative for Democracy - KIND
The organization offers programs that accelerate the emergence of a critical mass of service-oriented women leaders.
The Regional Network of Women and Energy in Africa
The mission of the Network is to empower women and to engender energy for sustainable development.
The Sexual Offences Bill 2006
Women in Law and Development in Africa (WILDAF), together with Nairobi Women's Hospital are already preparing a nationwide campaign to educate Kenyans on the bill.
Third World Organization for Women in Science (TWOWS)
TWOWS is the first international forum to unite eminent women scientists from the South with the objective of strengthening their role in the development process and promoting their representation in scientific and technological leadership.
Tostan
Organisation focused on empowering villagers to take charge of their own development and participate fully in society. Senegal.
Tshwaranang Legal Advocacy Centre (TLAC)
Tshwaranang Legal Advocacy Centre is an organisation established to work towards the eradication of the victimisation of women by the legal system. TLAC aims to make the legal system a vehicle of social change for women by influencing policy and legislation through training, research, advocacy and information. South Africa.
Ugnayan ng Kababaihan sa Pulitika (UKP)
A broad alliance of women from the academe, non-governmental organizations, and the various branches of government which aims to increase the participation of women in politics and public policy. The main activities of UKP are focused on undertaking research and establishing a database on women in politics in the Philippines, conducting training for women on electoral politics and advocating for the elimination of barriers and all forms of discrimination which prevents women from seeking and winning elective positions both national and local. Philippines.
Union Nationale de la Femme Tunisienne
They promote women’s advancemen and work to eliminate all forms of discrimination against women.
Via Campesina
Via Campesina is an international movement which coordinates peasant organizations of small and middle-scale producers, agricultural workers, rural women, and indigenous communities from Asia, Africa, America, and Europe.
Western Cape Network on Violence Against Women
Collective of organisations and individuals across the Western Cape, committed to working together against violence against women.
Woman and Society Institute
The Institute offers legal and psychological assistance to poor women and to victims of violence. Uruguay.
Women and AIDS Support Network (WASN)
WASN deals specifically with women’s issues in the advent of HIV/AIDS, advocating for policies in favor of women in various issues related to their reproductive health rights. Zimbabwe.
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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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