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It is committed to promoting the rights of women within the framework of Islam. Their principels are: a) The universal and Islamic values of equality, non-discrimination, justice and dignity as the basis of all human relations. b)Full and equal citizenship, including full participation in all aspects of society, as the right of every individual. b) Marriage and family relations based on equality and justice, with men and women sharing equal rights and responsibilities.
The organisation Mukomeze tries to achieve to improve the lives of women and girls who survived rape and other forms of sexual violence arising from the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
Its main purpose is to produce, organize, and disseminate knowledge about sexuality from a human rights perspective, in order to help fight gender inequality and to contribute to the struggle against the discrimination of sexual minorities in the region.
Migrants are commonly seen as both unwanted intruders and powerless victims, but Laura Agustin own ideas work to break down this duality and think about power in different ways. Laura Agustín writes as a lifelong migrant and sometime worker in both nongovernmental and academic projects about sex, travel and work.
The Sonke Gender Justice project tries to address the social aspects of the HIV epidemic, with a particular focus on gender issues. South Africa.
Urgent solidarity needed with women in Nicaragua
Stand up and take action against poverty and for the MDGs
NEWS
Selected news
Strides and Setbacks for Domestic and Rural Workers
Mon Sep 28 2009 - Source:
IPS
In the last few years, several Latin American countries have attempted to improve labour conditions for rural workers and domestics, whose labour rights have long been ignored. But the new laws, even those with limited scope, are not always enforced.
Drastic shortfall in resources threatens women's safety
Thu Jul 23 2009 - Source:
UN Foundation
The UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women is a global source of support for country and local-level action to end violence against women and girls established by the General Assembly. Due to the global economic and financial crisis, the Fund is facing a dramatic shortfall in donor contributions.
Internal displacement at record high
Mon Jul 13 2009 - Source:
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
International efforts have failed to reduce the scale of internal displacement caused by conflict. According to Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre’s report, an estimated 26 million people were still displaced within their countries, the same number as in 2007 and the highest since the early 1990s.
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Choike is a project of the Third World Institute supported by Hivos
and the Mott Foundation
www.choike.org | Contact | Phone / Fax: +598 (2) 902-0490 | 18 de julio 1077/903, Montevideo URUGUAY |