Announcements
Joint Action by the Take Back the Tech and Violence is Not Our Culture Campaign
Take Back The Tech! partners with the "Violence is Not our Culture" global campaign to mark this year's International Day on Women Human Rights Defenders and the 16 Days of Activism to End Violence Against Women (VAW) . On 29 November 2010, we join hands in solidarity and call for all of our campaigners and allies in different parts of the world to support the work of women human rights defenders to demand an end to violence against women justified in the name of "culture", "religion" or "tradition".
Read more...Report: Moroccan women lobby for legal abortion: Religion, gendered power and women’s health rights
Abortion continues to foster passionate debate about women’s reproductive rights.
Read more...Report: BAOBAB - Extending Nigerian women’s rights through Sharia law
Western feminists are challenged by gendered cultural practices such as female circumcision, arranged marriage and sentences like public lashing or stoning for women.
Read more...UN Officials: Chile's Ex-leader Bachelet Favored for New UN Body Promoting Women's Equality
UNITED NATIONS — Chile's former president Michelle Bachelet is the front-runner to head the new U.N. agency to promote women's equality, several U.N. officials said.
Read more...AWID Statement on the Post-Floods Humanitarian Crisis in Pakistan, August 2010
The Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID) is gravely concerned by the tremendous losses of life and livelihoods and ongoing humanitarian crisis triggered by the worst floods in Pakistan’s history.
We stand in solidarity with all the women, men and children of Pakistan during this difficult time. In particular, we send a message of solidarity to the women of Pakistan, who for many years have contributed to upholding the struggle for peace and democracy throughout the country, and who continue to struggle for survival in the face of this unprecedented crisis.
Read more...New Resource: Human Rights Implicatations of Mandatory Premarital Hiv Testing in Nigeria
Journal article by Ebenezer Durojaye and Victoria Balogun (International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family 24(2), (2010): 245–265)
Read more...Announcement and link to "Women's Empowerment in Muslim Contexts - Final report
Women's Empowerment in Muslim Contexts: Gender poverty and democratisation from the inside out
1 July 2006 - 30 June 2010
Joint Statement: DAW, INSTRAW, OSAGI and UNIFEM: Establishment, by the General Assembly, of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
"We enthusiastically welcome the unanimous decision by the General Assembly to establish the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, to be known as UN Women. UN Women will be a dynamic and strong champion for women and girls around the world, providing them with a powerful voice at the global, regional and local levels. Its establishment will boost the United Nations’ ability to support and work with Member States in accelerating progress towards achieving the goals of gender equality and the empowerment of women, expanding opportunity and tackling discrimination against women and girls.
Read more...Statement from the NGO representatives at the ECOSOC High Level Segment: Development Cooperation Forum
The Development Cooperation Forum (DCF) has an important role to play in contributing to shaping the economic and development architecture. Current DCF work on policy coherence should be strengthened in shaping a new development architecture grounded in human rights, including women’s and workers’ rights
Read more...The Impact of the Crisis on Women: Main Trends across Regions
We are pleased to announce the launch of Brief 11: The Impact of the Crisis on Women: Main trends across regions, from our series:The Crisis’ Impact on Women!
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