Gender
- Tue Apr 08 2008
Experienced gender official from Spain chosen to head UNIFEM
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) announced today that Inés Alberdi of Spain has been appointed as the new Executive Director of the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM).
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Gender
- Mon Apr 07 2008
30 Years on: are Latin American women riding the political wave?
This report finds that, although the number of women in politics has improved overall, real progress is highly uneven and limited to only some countries. Indeed, even within these countries progress is largely confined to only some elected offices.
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Gender
- Wed Mar 26 2008
Re-thinking the crime of abortion in Brazil
On March 12, Ipas Brazil and the National Feminist Network for Sexual and Reproductive Rights and Health launched a new campaign calling for a review of the law against abortion.
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Gender
/Economy and Financial Affairs
- Wed Mar 12 2008
Global employment trends for women 2008
More women are working than ever before, but they are also more likely than men to get low-productivity, low-paid and vulnerable jobs, with no social protection, basic rights nor voice at work according to a new report by the International Labour Office (ILO) issued for International Women’s Day.
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Gender
- Mon Mar 10 2008
U.N. confident of new agency for women
As the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) concluded its two-week session in New York Friday, United Nations officials remain hopeful that the proposal for a new U.N. agency for women would become a reality.
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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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