Full Coverage: Gender
September 2005
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09/30/2005
The so-called "partial birth abortion ban" has been successfully challenged in three state courts, but an appeal from Nebraska could put that issue in front of the newly constituted Supreme Court within months. The new court may also hear a case on a controversial parental notification law.
Read moreFrom: Feminist Majority Foundation Related: [United States] [Gender] [Sexuality] [Politics] [Governance] [Law] |
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09/29/2005
Iraqi women's rights--particularly those of dress and movement--are in danger of disappearing, say several of the country's prominent activists.
Read moreFrom: Feminist Majority Foundation Related: [Iraq] [Human Rights] [Gender] [Religion] [Politics] [Governance] Image: As Iraq rebuilds, are women any better off? © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
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09/29/2005
This document is intended to describe the funding strategies of the Information Society (IS) that are currently under discussion at the preliminary meetings of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) – Second Phase, which will be held in November 2005 and, from a gender perspective, to tie them into the commitments undertaken through the Goals of the Millennium, the Beijing Action Platform and Funding for Development, among others.This paper has been prepared for the Regional Workshop titled "From Fringe to Center: Gender Equity in Building the Information Society”, called upon by the Steering Committee of WSIS Gender Caucus with the objective of ensuring gender equity and women’s rights integrated into WSIS and its subsequent processes”.
Read moreRelated: [Gender] [ICT] |
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09/28/2005
Amnesty Internationalin Suomen osasto kysyi kevään ja kesän aikana kunnilta, millaista työtä kunnat tekevät naisiin kohdistuvan lähisuhdeväkivallan estämiseksi ja uhrien turvallisuuden lisäämiseksi. Tänään julkaistava raportti osoittaa, että väkivallan ehkäisyyn liittyvä palvelutarjonta samoin kuin poliittinen sitoutuminen on kunnissa varsin kirjavaa.
Read moreFrom: Amnesty International Suomen osasto Related: [Finland] [Human Rights] [Gender] |
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09/28/2005
Ravinder Kaur says in The Indian Express that the government has come out with a slew of measures to improve women’s conditions — a bill against domestic violence, reform of property rights for Hindu women and, most recently, enabling measures for the girl child. All these are welcome and much-needed interventions to improve the lives of women. But the government may also consider leaving family planning to the family.
Read moreRelated: [India] [Education] [Gender] [Governance] |
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09/28/2005
Accurate information about family planning and reproductive health issues is difficult to come by in Afghanistan--for journalists as well as the general public. A 5-day workshop for radio, TV, and print journalists in Kabul earlier this month aimed to begin to change that.
Read moreFrom: Internews Network, Inc. Related: [Afghanistan] [Health] [Gender] [Sexuality] [Knowledge] [Media] Image: Training Participants © Internews Network, Inc.
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09/27/2005
"Institucionet tona janë të vendosura që ta luftojnë trafikimin me qenie njerëzore në Kosovë", ka deklaruar të hënën në Prishtinë kryeministri Bajram Kosumi gjatë një konference të organizuar me rastin e nisjes të fushatës së Zyrës së kryeministrit lidhur me ngritjen e vetëdijes për parandalimin dhe luftimin e trafikimit të qenieve njerëzore, posaçërisht gratë dhe vajzat kosovare. Fushata është mbështetur nga IOM-i dhe është financuar nga USAID-i.
Read moreRelated: [Kosovo] [Human Rights] [Gender] [Sexuality] |
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09/27/2005
Seven years ago, these rural newsletters started off as communication tools for limited use by women self-help groups. Their purpose was to initiate a dialogue between the women, encourage them to share information and also, give them an opportunity to voice their opinion. Today, these newsletters are an effective means for communicating the concerns of the entire village.
Read moreRelated: [India] [Gender] [Media] Image: Women listening to the radio © JHU/CCP
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09/26/2005
The Uzbek government refuses to acknowledge the achievement of 10 local women nominated for the Nobel Prize under an international campaign to raise awareness of women working for peace around the world and has been accused of persecuting them.
Read moreFrom: Institute for War and Peace Reporting Related: [Uzbekistan] [Gender] [Peace] |
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09/26/2005
Në Prishtinë përfundoi konferenca rajonale "Gratë mund t'ia dalin". Qëllimi i kësaj konference ishte fuqizimi i grave në politikë dhe ngritja e vetëdijes së grave në media.
Read moreRelated: [Kosovo] [Civil Rights] [Gender] [Civil Society] [Governance] |
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09/23/2005
Women NGOs from across India have organized the largest-every international conference in India that will focus on issues that impact women’s health. More than 800 participants – that includes activists, researchers as well as academicians - are attending the meet from all over the world, including remote regions.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld South Asia Related: [India] [Poverty] [Health] [Gender] |
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09/23/2005
Pallitathya, an innovative Mobile Help-Line programme via cell phones for underprivileged women in rural Bangladesh beat thirty other entries from all over the Asia-Pacific to win
Read morethis year's Gender and Information & Communication Technology (GICT) Award. Related: [Bangladesh] [Gender] [ICT] |
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09/23/2005
Naisiin kohdistuva väkivalta on universaalia ja sitä esiintyy kaikissa yhteiskuntaluokissa, todettiin Sadankomitealiiton järjestämässä seminaarissa Helsingissä. Naisaktivistit kertoivat naisiin kohdistuvan väkivallan ehkäisemistyön saavutuksista ja haasteista Indonesiassa, Jemenissä ja Marokossa. Suurimpina esteinä naisten tasa-arvolle ja oikeudelle väkivallattomaan arkeen nähtiin paitsi köyhyys, myös kulttuurinen ja uskonnollinen fundamentalismi.
Read moreFrom: Ulkoministeriö Related: [Gender] |
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09/22/2005
Half the population is barely being used when it comes either to causing terror or preventing it. Ninety-seven per cent of bombers and suicide bombers are male, as are over 90 per cent of those conducting the 'war on terror'. Maybe it is time to consider what women would do, suggests Scilla Elworthy.
Read moreFrom: Transnational Foundation Related: [Gender] [Terrorism] |
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09/22/2005
In the past, when the U.S. Senate has tried to enact legislation adding sexual orientation and gender to federal hate crimes laws, House conservatives have put up a roadblock. Last week, the House passed just such a bill, leaving it in the Senate's hands now.
Read moreFrom: Feminist Majority Foundation Related: [United States] [Civil Rights] [Gender] [Sexuality] [Justice and Crime] [Law] |
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09/21/2005
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09/20/2005
Guatemala y México se han caracterizado por reportar altos índices de violencia contra las mujeres, razón por la que la sociedad civil de estos países debe exigir que los gobiernos promuevan acciones a favor de la erradicación del femicidio, se conoció aquí.
Read moreFrom: Centro de Reportes Informativos sobre Guatemala Related: [Latin America and the Caribbean] [Human Rights] [Gender] [Activism] [Civil Society] [Justice and Crime] |
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09/20/2005
A recent advertisement against ‘eve teasing’, brought out by the Delhi Police in the Hindustan Times, has highlighted the rising need to ensure that women and girls are able to move about safely in the city. It has also highlighted good intentions on the part of media, the police and citizens to address and eliminate the problem. However, the advertisement has evoked several responses, indicating some basic differences of perception in the approach to this problem. Arriving at a common understanding may be a part of the solution in itself.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld South Asia Related: [South Asia] [Gender] |
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09/20/2005
Gujarat women who have been affected due to the withholding of funds by the state government have petitioned the government and urged it to release UN funds meant for rehabilitating women affected by the 2001 earthquake. The government had stopped funds to SEWA citing financial irregularities and many other allegations.
Read moreRelated: [India] [Capacity Building] [Gender] [Activism] [Democracy] Image: SEWA Bank Handholder
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