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15 Year Review of Violence Against Women Mandate
15 years of the United nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, its Causes and Consequences
Read more...Podcast - We Moroccan women: we are not impatient, we know that it will come
The reform of the Moroccan Family Code (Mudawana) in 2004 was a watershed in the campaign for women’s rights. The change ushered in a new era in which it was possible to talk openly about such issues as violence against women.
Read more...The Women's Human Rights Agenda...
What do funding and mainstream human rights organizations have to do with it? By Sunila Abeysekera.
Read more...Headscarves: the Wrong Battle
Excluding Muslim women who wear headscarves from the public sphere does nothing for gender equality or peaceful integration
Read more...Spain: Church anti-abortion campaign launched
Spanish government plans to ease restrictions on abortion have triggered a new dispute with the Roman Catholic Church, with the clergy launching a campaign suggesting animals are better protected than unborn babies.
Read more...All God's children
The Quiverfull movement saddles women with a life of submission and near-constant pregnancies.
Read more...Pope: Condoms 'Aggravate' HIV/AIDS
Pope Benedict XVI made his take on condoms quite clear yesterday, when he insisted that such prophylactics do nothing to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS.
Read more...Transforming the Landscape of Leadership in Microfinance: Maintaining the Focus on Women
This publication introduces WWB’s new methodology for helping MFIs support gender diversity at all levels of their institution. WWB has expanded its Women’s Leadership Development Program, which works with individuals, to include a tool that focuses on the challenges and opportunities microfinance institutions face in the attraction, retention, and promotion of qualified women staff members - the Organizational Gender Assessment.
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