Structures of Violence: Defining the Intersections of Militarism and Violence Against Women

24 November 2010 in Campaign, Global, Men Against VAW, Violence Against Women, War Conflict, Women's Group

16 Days 2010 Theme Announcement This year marks the 20th 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign, and with this important landmark, the Center for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL) is considering new ways to utilize the campaign for transformative change. Year after year, new partners join the 16 Days Campaign to bring local, national, [...]

16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence

24 November 2010 in Campaign, Global, Violence Against Women, Women's Group

The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence is an international campaign originating from the first Women’s Global Leadership Institute sponsored by the Center for Women’s Global Leadership in 1991. Participants chose the dates November 25 – International Day Against Violence Against Women – and December 10 – International Human Rights Day – in order [...]

UN Trust Fund To End Violence Against Women Issues Annual Call For Proposals by 20th January 2011

24 November 2010 in Funding, Global, Government, Violence Against Women

The United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (UN Trust Fund) today launched its annual global Call for Propoosals for programmes that support country-level efforts to end violence against women and girls. The criteria, eligibility requirements and application guidelines are available at http://www.unifem.org/untfevaw. The deadline for application is 20 January 2011. Civil society [...]

Abortion affects human rights of women say Korean Womenlink

24 November 2010 in Abortion Contraception, Asia, Government, Human Rights, Women's Group

Abortion will be tackled anew by the National Human Rights Commission (Korea), putting the most ethically-controversial “fetus removal” issue under the spotlight once again. The human rights watchdog will hold public hearings, discussions and conduct media monitoring next year before it decides whether or not to advise the government to revise a pertinent law which [...]

Ensure safety of Asia Bibi and her family and repeal Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws

24 November 2010 in Asia, Campaign, Equality, Faith, Government, Legal Police, Opinion Comment, Women's Group

The International Solidarity Network, Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) is deeply shocked that a court in Nankana Sahib, Pakistan, has sentenced a 45-year-old Christian woman, Asia Bibi, to death on the charge of having committed “blasphemy”. Although illiterate, she has been accused of denying the institution of prophet-hood by citing copious examples from the [...]

VNC/WLUML Statement on Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani’s latest TV ‘confession’

24 November 2010 in Asia, Faith, Family Marriage Partnership, Government, Opinion Comment, Women's Group

The Violence is Not our Culture Campaign (VNC) and Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) are gravely concerned over the recent announcement made by the official Iranian television channel on alleged self-incriminating statements by Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani and several others on state TV last 15 November. We join the rest of the international community in denouncing [...]

Transfer Women Out of Male Prisons in Syria

24 November 2010 in Equality, Government, Human Rights, Legal Police, Middle East, Opinion Comment

Female Prisoners Get Less Time Out of Cells; Family Visits Restricted Syria’s prison authorities should immediately transfer women detained in the predominantly male `Adra prison to a facility for women, Human Rights Watch said last week. The authorities are holding at least 12 women among an estimated 7,000 men. Syrian rights activists in touch with [...]

Gaza’s Blockade Silences Voices of Women

24 November 2010 in Equality, Financial, Government, Human Rights, Middle East, Opinion Comment, War Conflict, Women's Group

We (Lakhdar Brahimi and Mary Robinson) have just visited the Gaza Strip where we met many courageous people trying to live relatively normal lives despite the crippling effects of the illegal Israeli blockade. The blockade was imposed to punish the Hamas-led government, but it is women and children who are paying the highest price. In [...]

Faith in service: what has gender got to do with it?

24 November 2010 in Equality, Faith, Global, Opinion Comment

Faith-based organizations are playing increasingly prominent roles in service delivery. However, the premise that such organisations promote gender equality and the empowerment of women needs critical re-examination. Faith-based organizations play a central role in welfare provision and delivery in many parts of the world. They account for roughly 50 percent of health service provision in [...]

UN envoy challenges composition of UN Women’s Board

24 November 2010 in Africa, Equality, Global, Government, Opinion Comment

Mr Stephen Lewis, a former United Nations Envoy on HIV and AIDS for Africa challenged the membership of five countries on the UN Agency on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Executive Board. He explained that he disapproved of the membership of Saudi Arabia, Libya, Bangladesh, Iran and Democratic Republic of Congo on the Executive Board [...]

Egypt women’s groups points to election flaws

24 November 2010 in Equality, Government, Middle East, Research, Women's Group

The Egyptian Center for Women’s Rights (ECWR) issued a short report on the campaign for November 28′s Egyptian Parliamentary elections, saying women have a number of complaints that must be looked into for a better election. According to the leading women’s organization in Egypt, they have “received many complaints from female candidates of the National [...]

The Women’s League of Burma Welcomes Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s Release And Demands Ongoing Action to Ensure Freedom for All of Burma

24 November 2010 in Asia, Equality, Government, Human Rights, Women's Group

The Women’s League of Burma (WLB) warmly welcomes Daw Aung San Suu Kyi back into active political and public life and we hope to soon celebrate the reinstatement of her inalienable rights, especially her freedom of movement. Though her release brings us joy and hope, we also clearly recognize that this alone does not fully [...]