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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.
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From: Feminist Majority Foundation
Related: [United States] [Gender] [Sexuality] [Politics] [Governance] [Law]
As Iraq rebuilds, are women any better off?
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.
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From: 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
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”.
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Related: [Gender] [ICT]
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.
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From: Amnesty International Suomen osasto
Related: [Finland] [Human Rights] [Gender]
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.
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Related: [India] [Education] [Gender] [Governance]
09/28/2005 Seven years ago, these rural newsletters started off as communication tools for limited use by women self-help groups.Today, these newsletters have emerged as the voice of not just these groups, but also of their villages.
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Related: [India] [Gender] [ICT] [Media]
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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.
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From: Internews Network, Inc.
Related: [Afghanistan] [Health] [Gender] [Sexuality] [Knowledge] [Media]
Image: Training Participants © Internews Network, Inc.
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.
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Related: [Kosovo] [Human Rights] [Gender] [Sexuality]
Women listening to the radio
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.
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Related: [India] [Gender] [Media]
Image: Women listening to the radio © JHU/CCP
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.
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From: Institute for War and Peace Reporting
Related: [Uzbekistan] [Gender] [Peace]
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.
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Related: [Kosovo] [Civil Rights] [Gender] [Civil Society] [Governance]
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.
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From: OneWorld South Asia
Related: [India] [Poverty] [Health] [Gender]
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
this year's Gender and Information & Communication Technology (GICT) Award.
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Related: [Bangladesh] [Gender] [ICT]
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.
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From: Ulkoministeriö
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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.
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From: Transnational Foundation
Related: [Gender] [Terrorism]
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.
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From: Feminist Majority Foundation
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09/21/2005
Asma Jehangir,a Human Rights activist and Chairperson of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), speaks with Eman Ahmed of the Women's Human Rights Net on strategies of change in the context of women's rights in Pakistan.
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Related: [Pakistan] [Human Rights] [Gender]
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.
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From: Centro de Reportes Informativos sobre Guatemala
Related: [Latin America and the Caribbean] [Human Rights] [Gender] [Activism] [Civil Society] [Justice and Crime]
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.
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From: OneWorld South Asia
Related: [South Asia] [Gender]
SEWA Bank Handholder
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.
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Related: [India] [Capacity Building] [Gender] [Activism] [Democracy]
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