Gender
- Fri Mar 07 2008
Statement on International Women’s Day
The following list of resources includes books, articles, reports, toolkits, websites, and films that provide information on women’s human rights. Readers can use this bibliography to raise awareness of research and advocacy already happening as well as help organizations develop their own knowledge and actions as they plan for the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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Human Rights
/Gender
- Thu Mar 06 2008
International Women’s Day: 8 March 2008
The international women's day, celebrated internationally each year on 8 March, has for a theme this year "investing in women and girls". See a complete review on how the different UN bodies and special agencies will mark the day prepared by the UN-non-governmental liaison service.
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Gender
- Wed Mar 05 2008
U.N.'s main women's body remains leaderless
When women activists lash out against gender discrimination, one of their longstanding complaints is also directed at the U.N. Secretariat, where senior level posts are still largely a virtual monopoly of men.
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Gender
- Wed Feb 27 2008
NGOs submitt annotations for the agreed conclusion on financing for gender equality
Women's and Human Rights organizations united in the Gender Equality Architecture Reform (GEAR) Campaign have submitted a series of language proposals to be included in the agreed conclusions on "Financing for gender equality and the empowerment of women" at the 52nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women. (doc)
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Gender
- Wed Feb 27 2008
DAWN panel: What happened to financing for gender equality?
Report on the panel organized by DAWN: What happened to financing for gender equality? A South Critical view of financing for development (FfD), debt relief, aid effectivenes and Aid for Trade (A4T).
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Gender
- Wed Feb 27 2008
Opening of the 52nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women
Marcela Hernandez from GEO/ICAE and Alejandra Scampini, Latin American Director of the Women's rights programme of Actionaid report from New York in the opening of the 52nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women.
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Gender
- Tue Feb 26 2008
Gender equality gets a drop of the funding bucket
The United Nations has never run out of statistics to reinforce its arguments against one of the most troubling issues the world over: gender discrimination. Perhaps one of the most neglected gender-oriented issues revolves round the under-funding of women's activities around the world - and also at the United Nations.
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Gender
- Tue Feb 26 2008
The ins and outs of NGO participation by the International Women's Tribune Centre
Due to the shortage of space at the UN headquarters and in the Church Center, there will be NGO workshops held in conference rooms located in close proximity to the UN that do not even appear on the “official” calendar.
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Sexual diversity
/Gender
- Fri Feb 22 2008
African lesbians, feminists to gather in Maputo
The Coalition of African Lesbians (CAL) with LAMBDA, which is a gay organisation in Mozambique, is hosting a third Leadership Institute conference from 24 to 29 February.
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Gender
- Fri Feb 22 2008
UN budgeting bypasses women
When the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) holds a two-week session beginning 25 February 2008, one of the lingering issues high on the agenda will be the continued under-funding of women’s activities at the United Nations.
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