http://www.choike.org a portal on Southern civil societies http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/informes/1665.html Ten years after the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing there is considerable interest among gender advocates and development institutions in reviewing how far the project of gender equality has progressed. According to a major review by the UN, the answers are not straightforward and at best ambiguous. Whereas there have been notable gains for women during this period, gender inequalities persist and today there is a less favourable economic and political environment for promoting equality than that which existed ten years ago. http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/informes/6416.html Women’s bodies are disputed territory, marked by a system present in all societies and responsible for the fact that today, in the first decade of the 21st century, women still are not autonomous enough to make free, responsible and informed decisions over the territory of their own bodies. This situation hinders their recognition as rights bearers and affects their lives and health. http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/informes/1763.html "Whether you are a transsexual, male or female, you may be able to be a sex worker for a while and not feel it is so horrible. I don’t try to argue that becoming a sex worker is always about making a free choice, but I don’t believe that most people who work in offices or service jobs, for example, always necessarily felt they had unlimited options or a vast number of possibilities available to them, either. So among all the messy situations people can find themselves in, some prefer to sell sex". http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/informes/2035.html Evidence from Latin America suggests that good trade performance and trade policy reforms alone cannot deliver growth and poverty reduction. If trade is to have a significant impact on broad-based growth and poverty reduction across the region, a raft of complementary policies, investment programmes and social protection measures needs to be designed, debated and implemented. http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/informes/6551.html Recent years have seen an increasing appreciation of the role and importance of indigenous knowledge (IK). The knowledge of farmers and indigenous people in using and conserving biological resources is now recognised as a treasure that is currently contributing enormous value to traditional and modern medicine and to agricultural productivity, and is critical for future development or even survival of humanity. http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/informes/1247.html The paper: "Working with the media on gender and education: A guide for training and planning" is designed to help education and gender campaigners, and organisations and coalitions, work more effectively with the media to promote gender-equitable education. It explores issues relating to gender equality in education and contains practical advice on working with the media.