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- El Salvador: pro-life nation
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There are other countries in the world that, like El Salvador, completely ban abortion, including Malta, Chile and Colombia. El Salvador, however, has not only a total ban on abortion but also an active law-enforcement apparatus - the police, investigators, medical spies, forensic vagina inspectors and a special division of the prosecutor's office responsible for Crimes Against Minors and Women, a unit charged with capturing, trying and incarcerating an unusual kind of criminal. (Jack Hitt, The New York Times, April 12, 2006)
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/04/09/america/web.0409abortioncomplete.php
(Added: Thu Sep 21 2006 Modified: Wed Jan 17 2007 Hits: 133)
- "Educate a Woman, You Educate a Nation" - South Africa Aims to Improve its Education for Girls
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Education in Africa for women has faced a hard tide with a history of conservative patriarchal customs that have caused tribal cultures to many times marginalize girls education, placing it at the bottom of the list. Traditions of early marriage, women focusing on family management and less access to the use of information from today's technology has created gender gaps in certain areas of Africa, especially the northern regions (WNN, 28 August 2007).
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- 2004 World Survey on the Role of Women in Development--Women and International Migration
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The migration of women has always been an important component of international migration. As of 2000, 49 per cent of all international migrants were women or girls, and the proportion of females among international migrants had reached 51 per cent in more developed regions. A gender perspective is essential to understanding both the causes and consequences of international migration. This report sets out recommendations that, if adopted, will improve the situation of migrant, refugee and trafficked women (Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations, 2006).
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/public/WorldSurvey2004-Women&Migration.pdf
(Added: Fri Sep 28 2007 Modified: Fri Oct 12 2007 Hits: 125)
- A Brief History of the UN and Women's Rights
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One of the main reasons for the increase in women's activism during the 1940's was the creation of the United Nations. The framers of the UN charter gave a new international status to human rights, including women's rights. By creating a framework of international laws, the United Nations opened opportunities for women to promote justice for themselves and their societies. (Michal Vaisben, WFUNA Human Rights Program Coordinator, 2008)
http://www.wfuna.org/site/c.rvIYIcN1JwE/b.3936735/
(Added: Wed Mar 05 2008 Modified: Fri Mar 07 2008 Hits: 69)
- Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE)
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Inspired by a 1984 seminar entitled "Women's Choices, Women's Lives", AWARE was registered in Singapore in November 1985 as a voluntary organisation of women with three main areas of focus: Support, Research and Advocacy. Our Vision: Gender Equity For All Our Mission: Paving the Way for Gender Equity through... *raising awareness of women's & men's rights and responsibilities *developing women's full potential by encouraging full participation in public and private life *enhancing women's knowledge and skills and empowering them to make informed decisions.
(Added: Wed Mar 16 2005 Modified: Thu Sep 14 2006 Hits: 298)
- Caught Between Two Hells [pdf]
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This report documents female migrant workers' experiences. The Burmese Women's Union (BWU) researchers conducted 149 interviews with women and girl migrants working in Thailand and China between November 2006 and March 2007. (Burmese Women's Union, 2007)
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- Challenging Fundamentalisms: A web resource for women's human rights
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This web-based resource aims to strengthen women's movements, locally, globally and cross-regionally, both within specific religious/ethnic communities affected by fundamentalism and across religious/ethnic divides.
http://www.whrnet.org/fundamentalisms/
(Added: Wed Nov 30 2005 Hits: 293)
- DRC: Rape cases up by 60 percent in North Kivu - UNHCR
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A total of 351 cases of rape were reported in North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), representing a 60 percent increase from August, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on 11 October (IRIN, 12 October 2007).
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=74767
(Added: Mon Oct 15 2007 Hits: 35)
- Early Marriage: Sexual Exploitation and the Human Rights of Girls
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The Forum on Marriage and the Rights of Women and Girls, November 2001. Marriage is usually greeted as a joyful occasion. It displays the union of two families and the creation of a new domestic unit to continue the hopes and values of the community. In reality, however, for girl children, the event often represents a serious abuse of human rights.
http://www.crin.org/docs/resources/publications/1367EarlyMarriage.pdf
(Added: Tue Nov 19 2002 Modified: Thu Jan 11 2007 Hits: 218)
- femLINKpacific
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The overarching development objective of their work is to address the imbalances caused by the traditional decision-making structures which impede women and young women's effective participation, especially from the rural population and the poor, to communicate openly on common matters. By developing and implementing a range of women's media initiatives, such as taking a small mobile radio unit out to women and the communities, femLINKpacific offers a "safe space" to articulate and exchange their viewpoints.
http://www.womensmediapool.org/grupos/femlink.htm
(Added: Thu Jun 08 2006 Hits: 313)
- Girls' Power Initiative (GPI) Nigeria
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Girls Power Initiative (GPI) is a non-governmental, not-for-profit, youth development organisation that equips girls between the ages of 10 and 18 years with human rights, comprehensive sexuality education (from a gender perspective); leadership, economic and other life skills to cope with growing-up, thus laying the basis for ensuring the enjoyment of healthy sexuality, womanhood and social justice for future generations of Nigerian women. GPI was conceived in 1993 but fully commenced operation in July 1994 with the main aim of providing a forum for adolescent girls to meet and share information, speak out and identify their needs, aspirations, as well as learn options from which they adopt solutions to their problems.
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- Girls, Women + Media Project
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The Girls, Women + Media Project is a 21st century, non-profit initiative and network working to increase awareness of how pop culture and media represent, affect, employ, and serve girls and women---and to advocate for improvement in those areas. The Project also seeks to educate and empower all consumers and citizens about consumer rights and responsibilities regarding the media, and to promote universal media literacy.
(Added: Thu Jan 05 2006 Hits: 105)
- Globalisation, trade and trafficking in women in Latin America
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While trafficking of women in Latin America is by no means a new phenomenen, existing from the end of the 19th century, the aim of this paper is to address some questions on the relationship between trafficking in women and modern neoliberal globalisation. The paper does this by analysing the Latin American situation, with a focus on MERCOSUR, offering recommendations to legislators and civil society in the region. (Norma Sanchis, Choike, November 2005)
http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/informes/3641.html
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- Grassroots Organizations Operating Together in Sisterhood (GROOTS)
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GROOTS operates as a flexible network linking leaders and groups in poor rural and urban areas in the South and the North. To nurture relationships of mutual support and solidarity among women engaged in redeveloping their communities, the network is open to grassroots groups and their partners who share a commitment to four basic goals: * To strengthen women's participation in the development of communities and the approaches to problem solving. * To help urban and rural grassroots women's groups identify and share their successful development approaches and methods globally. * To focus international attention on grassroots women's needs and capabilities. * To increase the opportunities for local womens' groups and leaders to network directly across national boundaries.
(Added: Thu Apr 08 2004 Modified: Thu Jun 02 2005 Hits: 383)
- Ignoring Abuse of Aboriginal Women, Children
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Revelations of horrific levels of sexual abuse and violence suffered by women and children in Australia's aboriginal communities have surfaced, as the fifth session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) gets underway in New York. Some point to culture and close-knit kinship ties which have helped create a blanket of silence, and others blame government inaction and neglect for a tragedy that has its roots in racist subjugation by European colonisers. (Neena Bhandari, IPS News, 22 May 2006)
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=33317
(Added: Tue May 30 2006 Modified: Wed Jun 21 2006 Hits: 90)
- Independent Women
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Independent Women tells the story of how East Timorese women activists mobilised against a patriarchal society and claimed their right to participate in their new independent and democratic nation. It looks at the challenges now facing the East Timorese women's movement and draws upon case studies from Mozambique, Namibia and Cambodia for comparison and lessons.
http://www.ciir.org/Templates/AssociatesInternal.asp?NodeID=92050
(Added: Thu Dec 08 2005 Hits: 157)
- Indigenous Women and International Law
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A discussion on indigenous peoples and international law, particularly focusing on indigenous women's issues (International Indigenous Women's Forum, Dr. Myrna Cunningham Kain, April 2003).
http://www.indigenouswomensforum.org/intlaw.html
(Added: Tue Jul 31 2007 Hits: 50)
- International trends in gender equality work
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International trends in gender equality work November, 2001 By Joanna Kerr, Association for Women's Rights in Development An end to poverty, access to a good education and healthcare, freedom from violence, protection of reproductive rights,and sustainable livelihoods are still basic objectives of gender equality work worldwide. This paper takes this historical gender equality work as a given, and instead highlights both the shifting backdrop for this work,as well as new considerations and work agendas that have emerged in our efforts towards gender equality. From militarization to globalization, a fast-changing global terrain is dictating new challenges and new ways of approaching the women's rights agenda. This discussion paper explores these trends as well as the convergence of work inside the fields of gender and development and women's rights. Also presented here,is an overview of the ways in which gender equality advocates are trying to improve how we understand and confront gender inequality.
http://www.awid.org/publications/OccasionalPapers/occasional1.html
(Added: Fri Nov 01 2002 Modified: Thu Jun 02 2005 Hits: 217)
- International Women's Democracy Center
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The International Women's Democracy Center was established to strengthen women's global leadership through training, education, research and networking in all facets of democracy with a particular focus on increasing the participation of women in policy, politics and decision-making. It organizes events for women national and local leaders around the world on a regular basis.
(Added: Thu Jan 05 2006 Hits: 96)
- IRAQ: Surviving Somehow Behind a Concrete Purdah
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Iraq, where women once had more rights and freedom than most others in the Arab world, has turned deadly for women who dream of education and a professional career. (IPS, 6 March, 2008)
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=41479
(Added: Mon Mar 10 2008 Hits: 34)
- Killer law
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Killer law Last November it became a crime for a woman to have an abortion in Nicaragua, even if her life was in mortal danger. So far it has resulted in the death of at least 82 women. Rory Carroll reports on the fight to have the law changed (The Guardian, 8 October 2007).
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,2185811,00.html
(Added: Fri Oct 12 2007 Hits: 48)
- Legal or Not, Abortion Rates Compare
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A comprehensive global study of abortion has concluded that abortion rates are similar in countries where it is legal and those where it is not, suggesting that outlawing the procedure does little to deter women seeking it (NY Times, Elizabeth Rosenthal, 11 October 2007).
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/12/world/12abortion.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
(Added: Mon Oct 15 2007 Hits: 40)
- Let the women speak! and listen!
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When "tradition" is blamed for African women's economic predicament it is often assumed that African beliefs and practices constitute part of an ancient, unchanging way of life. The reality too often is that aid and development workers assume that the existence of "tradition" makes African women incapable of acting as authors of their own lives. (Pambazuka News, 17 January 2008)
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/45464
(Added: Wed Jan 23 2008 Hits: 57)
- Libya: A Threat to Society? Arbitrary Detention of Women and Girls for "Social Rehabilitation"
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The paradox for women in Libya is striking: legal reforms over the past several decades have put Libya ahead of many countries in the Middle East and North Africa in terms of formal gender equality. Yet the rigid social norms governing women's and girls' participation in society and their status in families undermine these legal reforms. They also put women and girls at risk of being stripped of their liberty and held captive in social rehabilitation facilities. This report is based on interviews conducted in Tripoli and Benghazi in April and May 2005 during Human Rights Watch's first visit to Libya. (Human Rights Watch, February 28, 2006)
http://hrw.org/reports/2006/libya0206/
(Added: Thu May 04 2006 Modified: Thu Jan 18 2007 Hits: 114)
- Maternal mortality: who, when, where, and why
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The chances of a woman dying as a result of pregnancy or childbirth during her lifetime is about one in six in the poorest parts of the world compared with about one in 30 000 in Northern Europe. Such a discrepancy poses a huge challenge to meeting the fifth Millennium Development Goal to reduce maternal mortality by 75% between 1990 and 2015. This paper looks at the following questions: How big is the problem of maternal mortality? Are there any signs of progress? Why do women die? Where do maternal deaths take place? What are the inequalities in the risk of maternal death? What else do we need to know about maternal mortality? (Dr Carine Ronsmans and Prof Wendy J Graham, Lancet, 2006)
http://www.global-sisterhood-network.org/content/view/1311/59/
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