Knowledge Centre : Gender : Women's Issues : Page 2
Categories
Links
- Promoting the female condom to refugees [pdf]
-
UNHCR and its partners have been providing male condoms since the late 1990s. However, uptake remains alarmingly low. The public health rationale for condom use in the refugee setting is compelling, as refugees are particularly vulnerable to HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). This article discusses whether it would be more successful to promote the female condom, a female-initiated barrier method of contraception, in disease prevention? (Forced Migration, 2006)
http://www.fmreview.org/FMRpdfs/FMR25/FMR2539.pdf
(Added: Thu May 25 2006 Modified: Wed Jan 17 2007 Hits: 193)
- State of the World's Mothers Report 2006
-
For most children in the developing world, the most dangerous day of their lives is their birthday. Of more than 10 million children under the age of 5 who die each year, about 1 in 5 - an estimated 2 million babies - die within the first 24 hours of life, according to the seventh annual State of the World's Mothers report issued by Save the Children, a global independent humanitarian organisation. According to the report, an additional 1 million babies die during days 2 through 7. A total of 4 million babies die during the first month of life. (Save the Children, 2006)
http://www.savethechildren.net/australia/publications/mothers_report/mothers_report.html
(Added: Wed May 10 2006 Hits: 60)
- Libya: A Threat to Society? Arbitrary Detention of Women and Girls for "Social Rehabilitation"
-
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: 126)
- Globalisation, trade and trafficking in women in Latin America
-
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
(Added: Thu Mar 30 2006 Modified: Thu Jun 01 2006 Hits: 269)
- The Crosses of Juarez
-
Since 1993 over 400 women from Ciudad Juarez, a large city on the US-Mexico border, have been murdered and over 70 are still missing. The victims are young women, generally under 29 years old. They are mostly poor, often workers in the maquiladoras (assembly factories), and live in the marginalized areas of the city. The Mexican authorities, under much pressure from human rights groups and NGOs, have so far failed to carry out proper investigations into the killings, and those responsible for the crimes remain unpunished. In this Open-Democracy piece journalist Carlos Reyes-Manzo documents in images and words a terrible and touching situation that shows no sign of abating.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-photography/crosses_3273.jsp
(Added: Tue Feb 28 2006 Modified: Thu Jan 18 2007 Hits: 335)
- The World's Women 2005: Progress in Statistics
-
This report uniquely focuses on the issue of national reporting of sex disaggregated statistics in such areas as demographics, health, education, work, violence against women, poverty, human rights and decision-making. The World's Women 2005: Progress in Statistics reviews and analyses the current availability of data and assesses progress made in the provision of national statistics, as opposed to internationally prepared estimates, relevant to gender concerns during the past 30 years. This report proposes a set of strategies to strengthen national capacity to collect and report statistics and also for improved mainstreaming of gender concerns.
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/Demographic/products/indwm/wwpub.htm
(Added: Thu Jan 19 2006 Hits: 210)
- Raising Voices publications
-
Raising Voices publishes program tools and articles about violence against women and children and other relevant human rights issues.
http://www.raisingvoices.org/publications.php
(Added: Tue Jan 10 2006 Hits: 306)
- Girls, Women + Media Project
-
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: 118)
- International Women's Democracy Center
-
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: 109)
- Toolkit To End Violence Against Women
-
The Toolkit To End Violence Against Women aims to provide concrete guidance to communities, policy leaders, and individuals engaged in activities to end violence against women. The recommendations contained in the Toolkit were reviewed by numerous experts in the fields of sexual assault, domestic violence, and stalking. Each Toolkit chapter focuses on a particular audience or environment and includes recommendations for strengthening prevention efforts and improving services and advocacy for victims.
(Added: Thu Jan 05 2006 Hits: 83)
- Independent Women
-
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: 169)
- Challenging Fundamentalisms: A web resource for women's human rights
-
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: 322)
- The Crushing Burden of Rape: Sexual Violence in Darfur [PDF ]
-
Médicins sans Frontières (MSF), March 2005. Since early 2003, the people of Darfur have endured a vicious campaign of violence, which has forced almost 2 million people to flee from their destroyed villages in search of safety. Rape against women children and men has sadly been a constant factor in this violence throughout this campaign of terror. More tragically, it continues to this day even long after people have fled from their villages. The stories of rape survivors give a horrific illustration of the daily reality of people in Darfur and especially of women and young girls, the primary victims of this form of violence. It has to stop. MSF Head of Mission Paul Foreman, a British national, was arrested in Khartoum, Sudan. MSF's Head of Mission has been charged with crimes against the state. The charges relate to this MSF report "The Crushing Burden of Rape: Sexual Violence in Darfur" which was published on March 8, 2005. Faced with hundreds of women and girls seeking medical care following rape and sexual violence in Darfur, MSF wrote and published this report in order to raise awareness about the ongoing violence against women. It is noteworthy that the report does not accuse the government of Sudan. MSF defends its right to speak about the humanitarian situation in Darfur and views these baseless charges as intimidation against the humanitarian community by the Government of Sudan.
http://www.msf.ca/press/images/070305_darfur_sexualviolence.pdf
(Added: Tue May 31 2005 Modified: Thu Jan 18 2007 Hits: 455)
- State of the World's Mothers 2005
-
Across the globe, 58 million girls are not attending school. Save the Children's State of the World's Mothers 2005 examines the ways investing in girls' education can benefit present and future generations of children, and society as a whole. It points to effective, affordable programs and policies that are working, even in the world's poorest countries. Other highlights of the report include: Looking back 10 years at gains in girls' education in 71 developing countries (Girls' Education Progress Report), the report finds that countries have a mixed record when it comes to progress in girls' education. Looking 10 years forward (Forecasts for Children), the report identifies 11 developing countries that are "most likely to succeed" in improving children's quality of life in the next decade in three important areas of global development: achieving smaller, healthier families; educating all children; and reaching the Millennium Development Goal targets. The sixth annual Mothers' Index ranks the best and worst countries to be a mother, based on a review of 10 indicators of women's and children's well-being among 110 countries, including the United States.
http://www.savethechildren.org/mothers/report_2005/
(Added: Tue May 17 2005 Modified: Fri Oct 14 2005 Hits: 301)
- Online Women in Politics
-
Asia Pacific Online Network of Women in Governance, Politics, and Transformative Leadership .
http://www.onlinewomeninpolitics.org/
(Added: Thu Apr 21 2005 Hits: 167)
- Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE)
-
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: 331)
- SWAN The Shan Women's Action Network
-
SWAN is a founding member of the Women's League of Burma (WLB), an umbrella women's organization comprising eleven women's groups from Burma. SWAN, through its affiliation with other women's organizations, establishes common platforms to promote the role of women from Burma in the struggle for democracy and human rights in their country.
(Added: Wed Mar 16 2005 Modified: Fri Dec 16 2005 Hits: 87)
- The Maquila Solidarity Network (MSN)
-
The Maquila Solidarity Network (MSN) is a labour and women's rights advocacy organization promoting solidarity with grassroots groups in Mexico, Central America, and Asia working to improve conditions in maquiladora factories and export processing zones. We believe retailers must be accountable for the conditions under which their products are made. Since 1995, we have supported garment workers' efforts to improve working conditions through policy advocacy, corporate campaigning and engagement, participation in multi-stakeholder initiatives to promote corporate accountability, and local labour rights capacity building. In a global economy groups in the North and South must work together for employment with dignity, fair wages and working conditions, and healthy workplaces and communities.
http://www.maquilasolidarity.org/
(Added: Wed Mar 16 2005 Modified: Thu Jan 18 2007 Hits: 122)
- Girls' Power Initiative (GPI) Nigeria
-
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.
(Added: Tue Mar 15 2005 Hits: 188)
- Women's Leaders Welcome U.S. Decision To Rejoin Global Consensus for Women's Human Rights (PDF)
-
Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE), New York, March 4 - Leaders of prominent women's organizations today welcomed the U.S. decision to withdraw all its demands for controversial changes to a new United Nations declaration affirming women's human rights. They called for a new focus on advancing women's health, development and rights worldwide.
http://www.genderhealth.org/pubs/PR20050304.pdf
(Added: Mon Mar 07 2005 Modified: Thu Jun 02 2005 Hits: 107)
- Solomon Islands: Women confronting violence
-
Women and girls in the Solomon Islands remain at risk of violence following a five-year armed conflict. As recently as August 2004, groups of armed men have raped women, tortured men and destroyed family homes during raids on villages. AI's latest report examines the causes and consequences of the violence.
http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/engasa430012004
(Added: Wed Nov 10 2004 Modified: Thu Jun 02 2005 Hits: 376)
- The Pacific Institute for Women's Health
-
The Pacific Institute for Women's Health believes that women's health is a human right, and that access to contraception, reproductive freedom and gender equality are central to women's empowerment and social justice. Our mission is to increase the ability of women to make informed decisions about their sexuality and reproduction. We advance reproductive choice and defend sexual and reproductive rights for women and girls around the world.
(Added: Wed Nov 10 2004 Modified: Fri Jul 14 2006 Hits: 516)
- The Women's Global Network for Reproductive Rights
-
The Women's Global Network for Reproductive Rights is an autonomous network of groups and individuals in every continent who aim to achieve and support reproductive rights for women. Women's Global Network for Reproductive Rights strives for women's right to self-determination in keeping with their freedom, dignity and personally held values. Transforming social, political and economic conditions are part of the reproductive rights agenda so that all women are able to fully enforce reproductive rights.
(Added: Mon Nov 08 2004 Modified: Tue Dec 06 2005 Hits: 322)
- Ninth Pacific Triennial Conference of Pacific Women 2004
-
From the 16th to the 19th August, 2004 the SPC's 9th Conference of Pacific Women in Nadi, Fiji Islands, looked at commitments and progress towards gender equality in the last decade.
http://www.spc.int/AC/artpwbtriennial.htm
(Added: Mon Aug 23 2004 Modified: Thu Jun 02 2005 Hits: 124)
- Native Women's Association of Canada
-
We have a vision of Aboriginal communities where all individuals have an opportunity to develop their talents in order to achieve their full potential. We see communities where all people can lead healthy lifestyles by maintaining balance in their spiritual, emotional, mental and physical health. Our goal is to enhance, promote, and foster the social, economic, cultural, and political well-being of First Nations and Metis women with First Nation and Canadian societies.
(Added: Thu Jul 08 2004 Modified: Thu Jun 22 2006 Hits: 172)
