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| 09/09/2010 |
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This report examines the changing demographic characteristics of U.S. mothers by comparing women who gave birth in 2008 with those who gave birth in 1990. It is based on data from the National Center for Health Statistics and the Census Bureau. It also presents results of a nationwide Pew Research Center survey that asked a range of questions about parenthood. (...) |
| 08/09/2010 |
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This Global Overview provides a comprehensive review of the 2009 situation of internal displacement, based on the information on over 50 countries brought together on IDMC's website. It aims to provide
information on these different situations from regional and country-specific perspectives, while providing an analysis of the different situations of IDPs globally: those newly displaced, those living in continuing displacement, and those making progress towards durable solutions. (...) |
| 07/09/2010 |
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The Nobel Women's Initiative and the Women's League of Burma launched the report for the International Tribunal on Crimes Against Women of Burma. The Tribunal- which took place in New York on March 2, 2010- was a catalyst for action on the situation in Burma. The Tribunal featured testimony from twelve women of Burma. The report includes findings and recommendations aimed at the international community, the Burmese regime and civil society.
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| 05/09/2010 |
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Though significant progress has been made in increasing the quality of health care across the European Union, many inequalities persist. In particular, this report looks at the inequality in access to healthcare and long-term care between men and women in the EU. (...) |
| 04/09/2010 |
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Women are stereotyped as homemakers and mothers, with the negative effect of precluding them from other roles and functions. Legislation and judicial constructions show a history, and often a continuing practice, of confining women to these stereotypical functions. In access to reproductive and sexual health care, for instance, women's requests have been professionally subject to approval of their husbands, fathers or comparable males. (...) |
| 03/09/2010 |
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A l'heure de la crise économique mondiale, des femmes assument encore plus chaque jour, différemment selon les régions, et en particulier en Afrique du Sud, la responsabilité du rôle de re-production et de production. Elles assurent les soins de la famille au quotidien, en matière de santé ou d'éducation. Cette responsabilité, invisible, si elle était mise en lumière, notamment via les TIC, défierait un universalisme dominant, notamment en faisant émerger des savoirs ordinaires, non savants. (...) |
| 02/09/2010 |
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Despite longstanding international commitments to reducing maternal mortality, so far progress has been disappointing. This briefing illustrates how human rights – and the right to the highest attainable standard of health (“right to health”) in particular – can contribute new impetus, frameworks and strategies for reducing maternal mortality.
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| 01/09/2010 |
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La Marche mondiale des femmes est un mouvement mondial d'actions féministes rassemblant des groupes et des organisations de la base oeuvrant pour éliminer les causes qui sont à l'origine de la pauvreté et de la violence envers les femmes. Ce mouvement lutte contre toutes les formes d'inégalités et de discriminations vécues par les femmes. (...) |
| 31/08/2010 |
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This chapter considers the situation of people from or in the Arab countries who have no personal security at all. These groups- abused and coerced women, victims of human trafficking, child soldiers, internally displaced persons and refugees- are acutely vulnerable to threats arising from discrimination, exploitation or displacement. (...) |
| 30/08/2010 |
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This new book aims at exploring difficulties women face in working life and retirement - and what could be done to achieve more gender equality and fairness for women and men alike. How different are fe/male life courses, and why? And what is good, bad, best for women under these or probable future circumstances? It leads to complex, subtle, often ambiguous, and sometimes quite surprising policy conclusions.
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| 29/08/2010 |
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Dix ans après la plateforme d'action adoptée en 1995 à Beijing, ce numéro fait le point sur la situation et les droits des femmes aux points de vue social, économique, culturel et politique. (...) |
| 28/08/2010 |
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The International campaign to save Sakineh Ashtiaani from stoning has brought this savage, criminal punishment to the attention of the world. Hundreds of thousands have expressed their abhorrence of stoning through, among other things, signing petitions and taking part in protest actions worldwide. This millions strong movement must be organized. It must take its protest to the streets! A day of protest action is organized on August 28, 2010 (...) |
| 26/08/2010 |
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The advantages of a strong presence of female peacekeeper in conflict and post-conflict zones include creating a safer space for girls and women who have suffered sexual violence, said Marianne Mollman, advocacy director of women's rights at Human Rights Watch, a global watchdog organization.
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| 25/08/2010 |
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15 years have passed since the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing decided on a global platform for action on gender equality and women's empowerment. For poor women in developing countries, microinsurance coverage is an important safety net, providing a powerful tool to protect their households and productive assets. (...) |
| 24/08/2010 |
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Women as a group globally are more likely to suffer from persistent poverty. Women represent 70% of the worlds poor. As in other age groups, poverty does not affect older men and women equally. A lifetime of lower earnings due to wage discrimination, absence from the labour market due to care giving for the young and old, and jobs which are less likely to have pensions have all contributed to poverty among older women. (...) |
| 23/08/2010 |
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This One Pager discusses how age and gender affect workloads during the lifecycle of women and men in rural Ghana. The workload is disproportionately carried by women, while children enter the labour force prematurely and the elderly work beyond retirement. (...) |
| 22/08/2010 |
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Hollywood and the fashion, cosmetics and diet industries work hard to make each of us believe that our bodies are unacceptable and need constant improvement. Print ads and television commercials reduce us to body parts -- lips, legs, breasts -- airbrushed and touched up to meet impossible standards. TV shows tell women and teenage girls that cosmetic surgery is good for self-esteem.
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| 21/08/2010 |
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In commemoration of Mother's Day, Save the Children is publishing its eleventh annual State of the World's Mothers report. The focus is on the critical shortage of health workers in the developing world and the urgent need for more female health workers to save the lives of mothers, newborn babies and young children. (...) |
| 20/08/2010 |
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Launched in 2001, Ishraq, which means “sunrise” in Arabic, seeks to improve the educational, health, and social opportunities for vulnerable girls in rural Upper Egypt.
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| 19/08/2010 |
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On May 5 2010 the results of a European study - commissioned by DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities - investigating initiatives such as prizes, awards, labels, charters, rankings etc. targeted at promoting gender equality in businesses and organisations were presented.
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| 18/08/2010 |
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Throughout the Symposium, both men and women reiterated that it is of utmost importance that individuals and organizations working with men and boys engage in dialogue and collaborate even more with women's rights groups, and ensure that their work furthers women's empowerment and gender equity in the most effective ways possible. (...) |
| 16/08/2010 |
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This report reflects the longstanding commitments of this 36 year old feminist organisation in advancing women's rights and gender equality through participation in media and communication, as well as highlights of its latest achievements in voicing women's struggles in the most prominent issues such as
peace and conflict, climate change, food security or fundamentalisms and intolerance. (...) |
| 15/08/2010 |
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The UNICEF Humanitarian Action Report 2010 - Partnering for children in emergencies highlights the most severe crises impacting children and women around the world and the innovative partnership approaches to meet the needs of children and families affected. (...) |
| 14/08/2010 |
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Despite increased attention to the women, peace and security agenda since the UN Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1325 in October 2000, major analytical and implementation gaps remain. One such gap is the effort to combat conflict-related sexual violence and the potential of uniformed peacekeepers to help fight such violence.
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| 13/08/2010 |
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Non seulement les femmes ont toujours travaillé, mais elles luttent aussi depuis longtemps pour atteindre des positions de pouvoir. En comparant à l'échelle européenne les progressions et les résistances à l'égalité professionnelle, Sylvie Schweitzer dévoile les procédures récurrentes de mise à l'écart des femmes depuis le XIXe siècle. (...) |
| 12/08/2010 |
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The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) presents one of its flagship publications, the 2009 African Women's Report. The report highlights difficulties that countries are facing with respect to the full realisation of women's rights due, among other things, to the persistence of negative
cultural and religious beliefs and attitudes towards women. (...) |
| 11/08/2010 |
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The Gender and Disaster Network started as an educational project initiated by women and men interested in gender relations in disaster contexts. It advocates for gender mainstreaming in disaster risk reduction using the World Wide Web. (...) |
| 10/08/2010 |
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The Impact of the Crisis on Women is a series presenting different perspectives on the impact of the crisis on women and women's rights. Brief 11 presents the main trends emerging from a cross-regional analysis of the impact of the crisis on women's rights. Both the similarities across regions – as well as the differences – are drawn out. (...) |
| 09/08/2010 |
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This article had been written by Deepa Krishnan, a journalist who traveled to Uganda as part of The Africa Reporting Project, to present the situation of women who work as small chicken farmers to empower themselves and to improve their children wellbeing. (...) |
| 08/08/2010 |
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The Women's Economic Opportunity Index is a pilot effort to assess the laws, regulations, practices, and attitudes that affect women workers and entrepreneurs. It uses 26 indicators, selected and validated by a panel of gender experts, to evaluate every aspect of the economic and social value chain for women, from fertility to retirement. (...) |
| 07/08/2010 |
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In this paper, authors present compelling arguments for doing more to protect and promote women's and girls' sexual and reproductive health, and make the case for why adolescent girls require special attention in order to accelerate progress on international health goals.
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| 06/08/2010 |
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Women produce most of the developing world's food, yet receive virtually no support. This short video was used to open a session during the 2010 UN Economic and Social Commission Annual Ministerial Review as it reviewed progress on Millennium Development Goal 3: Empowering women and promoting gender equality.
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| 05/08/2010 |
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On 27 June 2010 the Minister for Youth, Kate Ellis, announced new Australian Government initiatives to promote positive body image among young Australians. The new initiatives aim to build young people's resilience to negative body image pressures and promote leadership on this issue in the fashion, media and advertising industries.
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| 04/08/2010 |
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A two-year-old government scheme offering financial incentives to parents in the rural areas of two of the country's poorest governorates to send their daughters to school or to prevent them from dropping out is paying off as girls' enrollment rates have increased by around 9 percent in the targeted schools, according to education officials.
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| 03/08/2010 |
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The sharing and commitments achieved in the workshop and at the multi-stakeholder dialogue comes very timely as states and other actors prepare for the 10th year celebration of UNSCR 1325. They serve as a resounding reminder of how women's participation in all areas of peacebuilding is a concern not only of women but of various stakeholders in peace and development work cutting across the local, national and international levels (...) |
| 02/08/2010 |
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Domestic chores and paid work are unequally distributed between men and women. Elena Stancanelli shows that the taxation system has an impact on the allocation of chores between spouses. Joint taxation system discourages wives who earn much less than their husbands from working. Moving to a separate taxation system would tend to equalize the time devoted to professional activities and domestic work between spouses. (...) |
| 01/08/2010 |
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This is the official United Nations Study on Freedom of Religion or Belief and the Status of Women from the Viewpoint of Religion and Traditions (E/CN.4/2002) by Mr. Abdelfattah Amor, Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief (E/CN.4/1999/58) that led to his Study on Freedom of Religion or Belief and the Status of Women From the Viewpoint of Religion and Traditions (E/CN.4/2002/73/Add.2). (...) |
| 31/07/2010 |
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A success story that details the development and use of a simple, scalable gender equity tool that girls and women in Madagascar use in uncomfortable situations with boys and men. Mass media in the form of TV and radio spots modeled the transformation of women from fear to self-confidence and was a critical component for creating awareness about the tool in the general Malagasy population.
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| 30/07/2010 |
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Women in the Middle East are on the move, but in decidedly different directions, depending on
where you look. Observers of the Middle East find it almost impossible to generalize about changing social patterns in different communities in the region or about the causes for these transformations. (...) |
| 29/07/2010 |
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Tracking Progress on Child and Maternal Nutrition provides information on nutrition strategies, progress made by programmes and current challenges, based on the most recent data available. The report profiles 24 countries where 80 per cent of the world's stunted children live. (...) |
| 28/07/2010 |
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In this paper, authors review the literature on the association between polygyny and women's health in sub-Saharan Africa. They argue that polygyny is an example of "co-operative conflict" within households, with likely implications for the vulnerability of polygynous women to illness, and for their access to treatment. (...) |
| 27/07/2010 |
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"No violence against children is justifiable and all violence against children is preventable." - Prof. Paulo Pinheiro
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| 26/07/2010 |
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La Commission européenne envisage d'introduire des quotas pour combattre les inégalités de genre dans les organes de prise de décision des entreprises privées, où 10 % des membres seulement sont des femmes.
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| 26/07/2010 |
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The European Commission is considering introducing quotas to tackle gender imbalances in the decision-making bodies of private companies, where only 10% of members are women. (...) |
| 25/07/2010 |
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L'objectif principal de cette étude est donc de vérifier s'il existe une différence d'accès aux technologies de l'information et de la communication (TIC) que sont l'ordinateur, l'Internet, et le téléphone portable entre les hommes et les femmes en Mauritanie. Cette approche est surtout orientée sur une mesure quantitative de la fracture numérique du genre. (...) |
| 24/07/2010 |
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This document is the speech issued by Caterina Rehm-Berbenni when she was Chief Executive Officer of FUTUREtech - Gmbh during the Ministerial Conference on "Gender and Information Society" that held in Athens in May 2003. She presented "a systematic approach to women's role in the information society and in modern professional life, highlighting the particularity of the feminine and maternal world from which we may discover new ways of managing civil, cultural and industrial-commercial life." (...) |
| 23/07/2010 |
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“The Earth Charter Initiative” is an diverse, global network of people, organizations, and institutions that participate in promoting and implementing the values and principles of the Earth Charter. Participants include leading international institutions, national governments and their agencies, university associations, non-government organizations and community-based groups, city governments, schools and businesses – as well as thousands of individuals (...) |
| 22/07/2010 |
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Less than one per cent of the agriculture budget is targeted at women in the three countries researched by ActionAid – Malawi, Kenya and Uganda - despite women's central contribution to the production of food, reports Fertile Ground. The ActionAid report reveals that investing in women smallholder farmers is the key to halving hunger in Africa and results in twice as much growth as investment in any other sector. (...) |
| 21/07/2010 |
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This speech was issued by Melanne Verveer, Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues during the Conference on sub-Saharan Africa : Women's Inclusion and Participation in Washington, DC on June 14th, 2010. (...) |
| 20/07/2010 |
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Chaque année, plusieurs indicateurs statistiques évaluent les progrès réels de l'égalité de genre. Ces chiffres nous rappellent les grandes difficultés auxquelles les femmes sont confrontées mais posent également le problème de la différence de ces droits tels qu'ils apparaissent sur le papier et tels qu'ils sont dans la réalité.
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| 19/07/2010 |
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This March report by Dr. Mona Al-Munajjed analyses the employment of women in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the challenges they still face. Accordint to the report, labour market reforms and labour law reforms should be implemented; with the creation of a supportive environment encouraging the design of programmes that emphasise the positive role of Saudi women in the labour market and introduce women to senior labour market positions. (...) |
| 18/07/2010 |
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This article about the Women's Reservation Bill in India is divided in several parts. The first part reviews different concepts and phrases used freely in any quota debate. The second part briefly reviews the history of reservations and quotas in India. In the third part, an overview of the different kinds of quotas in effect for women around the world. (...) |
| 17/07/2010 |
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The dramatic convergence of multiple crises — global warming, hunger and depletion of natural resources such as water - compels us to challenge the dominant industrial agriculture model and consider a new way forward. Because agriculture is multifunctional (ifood, feed, fibers, bio fuels, landscape amenities, social and cultural values), it could play a critical role in addressing global challenges related to climate, water, social justice and food.
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| 16/07/2010 |
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A comprehensive monitoring report of 15 years of International Conference on Population & Development implementation in 12 Asian countries, this report covers areas of women's empowerment, reproductive health, reproductive rights, sexual health and sexual rights. This monitoring report on the status of sexual and reproductive health and rights in Asia paints a picture of uneven progress across 12 countries.
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| 15/07/2010 |
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This report was written in consultation with a coalition of women from diverse backgrounds working both in grassroots communities in Haiti, and in the international arena. It highlights gender concerns absent from Haiti's Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA), the operative blueprint for Haiti's reconstruction. (...) |
| 14/07/2010 |
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The “Declaration of Women in Asia on Climate Change” is a result of a women's training held from 28 to 29 September 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand. Based on the framework of climate justice, the text contains
progressive positions even in otherwise still ambiguous and contested issues surrounding climate change. It highlights the central role of women primarily as agents in the fundamental management of
communities and the environment. (...) |
| 13/07/2010 |
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In a bid to accelerate the empowerment of women, the General Assembly on July, 2nd 2010 voted unanimously to create a dynamic new entity merging four United Nations offices focusing on gender equality, a move hailed by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and other senior officials. (...) |
| 13/07/2010 |
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L'Assemblée générale de l'ONU où siègent les 192 Etats membres des Nations unies, a adopté le vendredi 2 juillet 2010, à l'unanimité une résolution portant création d'une "Entité de l'ONU pour l'égalité de genre et l'autonomisation des femmes" appelée "ONU Femmes".
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| 12/07/2010 |
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The Women's United Nations Report Program & Network (WuNRN) is a non-governmental coalition to implement the conclusions and recommandations of a United Nations study on Freedom of Religion of Belief and the Status of Women From the Viewpoint of Religion and Traditons (E/CN.4/2002/73/Add.2). This study is a major, universal, comprehensive UN approach to intolerance and discrimination againts women based on traditions and religion. (...) |
| 11/07/2010 |
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The Security Council adopted resolution (S/RES/1325) on women and peace and security on 31 October 2000. The resolution reaffirms the important role of women in the prevention and resolution of conflicts, peace negotiations, peace-building, peacekeeping, humanitarian response and in post-conflict reconstruction and stresses the importance of their equal participation and full involvement in all efforts for the maintenance and promotion of peace and security (...) |
| 10/07/2010 |
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Le jeudi 8 juillet 2010, Marie-Anne delahaut, responsable de Millennia2015 présentera les progrès de l'exercice de prospective "Femmes actrices de développement pour les enjeux mondiaux" au Planning Committee du Millennium Project à Boston. (...) |
| 10/07/2010 |
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On July 8, 2010, Marie-Anne Delahaut, head of Millennia2015, will present Millennia2015 foresight exercise about "Women actors of development for the global challenges" during the Millennium Project Planning Committee in Boston. (...) |
| 09/07/2010 |
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Climate change is one of the most complex challenges of our young century. No country is immune. No country alone can take on the interconnected challenges posed by climate change. The 2010 World Development Report calls for action on climate issues: if we act now, act together, and act differently, there are real opportunities to shape our climate future for an inclusive and sustainable globalization.
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| 07/07/2010 |
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"Women Matter" est une étude réalisée par McKinsey & Company dans le cadre de son partenariat mondial avec le Women's Forum for the Economy é Society. Elle montre que les entreprises qui ont une plus forte représentation de femmes dans leur comité de direction ou dans leurs équipes de management seraient aussi plus performantes. (...) |
| 06/07/2010 |
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This report draws on an original case study, including extensive interviews with members of the armed forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). By critically exploring and convincingly challenging existing stereotypes and narratives about sexual violence in conflict settings, the authors reveal the need for a nuanced understanding of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV), including its invisible victims. (...) |
| 05/07/2010 |
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This publication has been designed as a practical tool for all actors involved in policy-making, particularly those who are working to promote gender equality and anti-discrimination. This includes decision-makers, equality bodies, NGOs and legal practitioners working at European, national and regional levels. The focus of this document is solely upon addressing issues surrounding non-discrimination legislation in the European Union. (...) |
| 04/07/2010 |
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The theme of gender is a lesser-explored area of homelessness research and may be neglected as a factor that can shed light on homeless experiences. However, the articles in this edition of Homeless in
Europe demonstrate that homelessness and housing exclusion can indeed be highly gendered experiences and suggest that efforts to end homelessness would do well to take gender into account. (...) |
| 03/07/2010 |
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WEMC understands "empowerment" as an increased capacity to make autonomous decisions that transform unfavourable power relations. Women's empowerment eludes conventional interventions because these ignore power structures that stand between women and state institutions. To address this gap, WEMC focus on informal power structures because such forces shape the gender systems within which women's empowerment necessarily occurs.
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| 02/07/2010 |
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Pressure from the women's movement and the attention paid to gender-equality issues have been crucial to women's progress in politics in the Nordic countries over the last 15 years. However, men still dominate business and industry. (...) |
| 01/07/2010 |
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Ce document explore les questions autour du travail de partenariats multiples visant à lutter contre l'inégalité entre les sexes dans l'éducation. Il met l'accent sur les difficultés ou les négligences dans la décennie qui vient de s'écouler, et utilise les enseignements tirés pour montrer comment le très peu
d'attention accordée à l'omniprésence du pouvoir inégal a fait que les importants partenariats établis ne sont pas encore à même d'atteindre leurs objectifs.
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| 30/06/2010 |
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This review analyses the contributions of UNFPA, through its main partnerships, to achieving the International Conference on Population and Developement (ICPD) and Beijing commitments on the occasion of the Beijing+15 review. The report highlights shared agendas in the ICPD Programme of Action, the Beijing Platform for Action, and the Millennium Declaration and Development Goals. (...) |
| 29/06/2010 |
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‘States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to modify the social and cultural patterns of conduct of men and women, with a view to achieving the elimination of prejudices and customary and all other practices which are based on the idea of the inferiority or the superiority of either of the sexes or on stereotyped roles for men and women'. (CEDAW article 5(a))
Egalement disponible en français. (...) |
| 28/06/2010 |
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This 34-page report, published by CARE, presents 7 case studies from across Africa that focus on three types of threatened environmental resources: land, forests, and water. In each case women share their stories of how the loss or degradation of such critical resources has adversely affected their lives and what they are doing to address these problems. (...) |
| 27/06/2010 |
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The report focuses on the relationship of women to labour markets and compares employment outcomes for men and women to the best degree possible, given the latest available labour market indicators from the ILO Key Indicators of the Labour Market. The main findings highlight a continuing gender disparity in terms of both opportunities and quality of employment. (...) |
| 26/06/2010 |
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Care work, both paid and unpaid, contributes to well-being, social development and economic growth. But the costs of providing care are unequally borne across gender and class. Families in all their diverse forms remain the key institution in meeting care needs. The challenge is to forge policies that support them. (...) |
| 25/06/2010 |
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Globalization has brought rapid growth of GDP to some developing countries and prosperity to many people but not to the majority; it has exacerbated the challenges of feeding the world, of obtaining
clean water leading to an increasing burden for women in fetching and accessing water, to energy shortages, and to climate change and ecological disasters. (...) |
| 24/06/2010 |
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Women's wellbeing is the bellwether of society, and how women fare correlates directly with how the society fares overall. When women suffer, it is only a matter of time before entire communities are at risk. When women thrive in areas like education and employment, all of society benefits. (...) |
| 23/06/2010 |
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The aim of this report is to advance our understanding of feminist movements in the
current global context, and to apply that understanding to strengthening the capacity of women's organizations to better catalyze, support, and sustain movement building. (...) |
| 22/06/2010 |
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This document addresses disasters as part of the common risk factors which threaten women's safety, specifically in urban environment, and the areas of women's capacity, well-being and citizenship to be improved. It shares and promotes successful approaches for better programming and increased investment in work on women's safety. (...) |
| 21/06/2010 |
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The analysis in this report focuses on how the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and the World Bank's Africa Multi-Country AIDS Program (the MAP) address the risks, vulnerabilities, and consequences of the HIV/AIDS epidemic for women and girls.
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| 20/06/2010 |
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This year's World Refugee Day on June 20 has as its theme, "Home," in recognition of the plight of more than 40 million uprooted people around the world. Around 10 million of them are refugees of special concern to UNHCR.
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| 19/06/2010 |
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Le 19 juin 2010, Aung San Suu Kyi "fête" un anniversaire de plus en résidence surveillée. Cette publication comprend une présentation de celle que l'on surnomme "la Dame" ainsi que des extraits de ses discours pour le respect de la démocratie et des droits humains.
This publication for Aung San Suu Kyi's birthday on June 19th, 2010 is also available in English. (...) |
| 17/06/2010 |
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The present report, submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 62/136, reviews the activities undertaken by Member States and United Nations entities to empower rural women and improve their situation and contains recommendations for consideration by the Assembly.
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| 16/06/2010 |
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This study utilises philosophical deliberation to analyse the psycho-social and emotional conflicts that arise out of widowhood practices in the Luo community of Kenya. Towards this end, it explores the attendant effects of Luo widowhood practices on family, power and gender relations, and suggests resolutions to the challenges they generate. (...) |
| 15/06/2010 |
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L'Institut pour l'Egalité des Femmes et des Hommes a publié, le 31 mars 2010, le quatrième rapport annuel sur l'écart salarial en Belgique. Ce rapport calcule les différences de salaire entre les femmes et les hommes sur base de l'Enquête sur la structure et la répartition des salaires, complétée par des données issues de l'ONSS. Les calculs ont été faits d'après les indicateurs européens officiels. (...) |
| 14/06/2010 |
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It is IFOAM's goal to facilitate equal participation of women in the Organic Agriculture (OA) movement. In this context, a new IFOAM study investigates the ways in which OA can contribute to the empowerment of rural women, and identifies lessons learned for future work on the basis of a collection of analytical case studies from around the world.
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| 14/06/2010 |
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This report analyses the impact of the current global economic crisis on women in five Southeast Asian countries: Cambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. This research aims to provide up-to-date information and recommendations to policy makers in both the public and private sectors on how the economic crisis is affecting women workers in the aforementioned countries. (...) |
| 12/06/2010 |
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This article presents the evolution of women's rights movement in Iran. "The first voices for women's rights in Iran were heard in 1900's, during the constitutional revolution, when women engaged in underground political participation during the revolution in an effort to advocate women's rights to share the social space." (...) |
| 12/06/2010 |
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The World Day against Child Labour will be celebrated on 12 June 2010. The World Day will provide an early opportunity for national and local activities to follow up on the momentum generated by the Global Conference, and to scale up the worldwide movement to tackle child labour. (...) |
| 11/06/2010 |
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This report compares the 2009 GHI with the 2008 Global Gender Gap Index, which is made up of four subindices: economic participation, educational attainment, political empowerment, and health and survival. The evidence shows that higher levels of hunger are associated with lower literacy rates and access to education for women. High rates of hunger are also linked to health and survival inequalities between men and women. (...) |
| 10/06/2010 |
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The Gender Report Card analyses the institutional developments at the ICC (International Criminal Court) during 2009, as well as the Court's substantive work. The Gender Report Card 2009 provides a comprehensive gender analysis of the ICC. (...) |
| 09/06/2010 |
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This report focuses on the critical question of advancing gender equality, as seen through the prism of women's unequal power, voice, and rights. Despite the region's many economic gains, the report chronicles how in many instances women across the region continue to be held back and disadvantaged. (...) |
| 08/06/2010 |
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The Women's Safety Audit is a tool that enables a critical evaluation of the urban environment. Women's Safety Audits: What Works and Where?, provides valuable information for the successful implementation of future safety audits. It also aids in the development of guidelines, or as a technical guide, for local authorities. (...) |
| 06/06/2010 |
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ICRW designed a mapping exercise to identify the scope and range of girl work being undertaken by key development actors and to analyze the core directions, synergies, opportunities and gaps inherent across the efforts of multiple stakeholders.
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| 05/06/2010 |
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During the Pan-African Forum on Women Entrepreneurship Development in Response to the Financial and Economic Crisis held by ILO and the African Development Bank in Cairo from 27 to 29 October 2009, participants discussed challenges and opportunities to promote women-owned enterprises as a response to the financial and economic crisis. They adopted a Platform for Action for the Development of Women Entrepreneurship in Africa
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| 05/06/2010 |
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The Women's Refugee Commission undertook research to determine whether programs set up to provide women with safe alternative livelihoods do in fact reduce their exposure to violence.
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| 04/06/2010 |
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Industrial biofuels – fuels made on an industrial scale from agricultural crops – have been put forward as an answer to energy security, climate change and rural development. ActionAid believes they are unlikely to be the solution to any of these challenges.
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| 03/06/2010 |
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Facts for Life aims to provide families and communities with the information they need to save and improve the lives of children. Parents, grandparents, other caregivers and young people can refer to this practical source of information for answers to their questions related to childbearing and getting children off to the best start in life. (...) |
| 02/06/2010 |
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This brief overview addresses how the lack of a gender dimension impedes currently available climate change financing mechanisms, describes such mechanisms as they exist now and discusses how incorporating gender concerns into these mechanisms' governance frameworks would lead to improvements in project efficiency, effectiveness and the resulting stakeholder benefits.
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| 01/06/2010 |
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This 100-page report documents the process and outcomes of Plan's work with children, parents, communities, partners, and governments throughout the 5-year Universal Birth Registration (UBR) campaign. In doing so, it examines the issues and the impact of non-registration for children today and in the future, and highlights the challenges faced in achieving birth registration for every child.
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| 31/05/2010 |
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This publication serves two purposes. First, it highlights the major gender issues we face in the context of urbanisation. Second, it provides an overview of the various efforts deployed by UNHABITAT to promote gender equality in all its endeavours and programmes (...) |
| 30/05/2010 |
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The Men and Gender Equality Policy Project is a multi-year effort to build the evidence base on how
to change public institutions and policies to better foster gender equality and to raise awareness
among policymakers and program planners of the need to involve men in health, development and
gender equality issues. (...) |
| 29/05/2010 |
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This publication explains how the interlocking global crises impact women's cultural, economic and social rights. It discusses in detail how women's role as caregivers is affected by the current global economic policies, and it outlines proposals, best practices and suggestions to create a world that is based on alternative concepts of work, livelihoods and well-being in relation to care work. (...) |
| 28/05/2010 |
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Addressing gender inequality and discrimination in Human Resources for Health (HRH) policy and planning, workforce development and workplace support is essential in tackling the complex challenges of improving access to services, by positively influencing HRH recruitment, retention and productivity. (...) |
| 27/05/2010 |
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The diverse impact of small arms and light weapons (SALW) on women, men, girls and boys has rarely been considered in the formulation of small-arms policy, small-arms collection or control, or even in small-arms research. Understanding of how prolific SALW reinforce and maintain gender- and age-specific violence before, during and after conflict has to improve considerably. (...) |
| 26/05/2010 |
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Over the past several years, feminist women and men throughout Europe came together to meet as part of the European Feminist Forum. In the European Feminist Forum, they exchanged ideas about issues that face women in Europe today, with the goal of creating a new European feminist agenda. The discussions are now collected in the book “A Herstory 2004-2008”. (...) |
| 25/05/2010 |
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This publication draws on the survey responses of more than 1,600 women's rights activists and interviews with 51 key experts. It seeks to build a deeper and more shared understanding among women's rights activists and their allies of the way fundamentalist projects work to undermine women's rights, human rights and development (...) |
 Publications related to the topics of Millennia 2015
01-P1-1 Women actors of development for the global challenges
02-P1-2 Access to information and knowledge: enhancing capacities for women
03-P2 The long-term challenges for women assessed by the Millennium Project
04-W1 Women and sustainable development
05-W2 Enhancing women's rights, ethics, gender equality and political empowerment
06-W3 Women entrepreneurship and new participative competences
07-P3-1 International Women's Day
08-P3-2 Cultural and linguistic diversity, women and the governance of the Internet
09-W4 Education, research, training, and e-learning
10-W5 Adding life to the years, science and technology benefiting women
11-W6 Towards a knowledge society: creativity, cultures and media
13-P4-2 Women actors of development and change, Women architects of the future
12-P4-1 Reports of the Workshops
14-P4-3 Overall Conclusions and the Memorandum
Direct link: www.millennia2015.org/Publications_EN
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