Archive for the 'Equality' Category
RIGHTS-UGANDA: “You Cannot Tell Me You Will Kill Me Because I’m Gay”
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49189
Q&A: “CEDAW is UNIFEM’S Entry Point”
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49194
BRAZIL: Leading Ladies Give Gender Slant to Campaign
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HEALTH: New Task Force Targets Poor in Breast Cancer Fight
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49141
FRANCE: Top Designers Make Dolls to Fund Darfur Vaccinations
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PERU: Cuzco Women Stand Up to Violence
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49131
Q&A: Put the New Women’s Agency in Africa
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49153
RIGHTS-CAMEROON: The [...]
Raya Haffar Hassan cracked Lebanon’s male-dominated political world when she was appointed finance minister, one of the first woman to land such a top job. Activists say the appointment of Hassan and State Minister Mona Ofeish in the new 30-member national unity government unveiled on November 9 is a welcome step, but remains a mere [...]
Various women’s and human rights groups in the country explain why the law on “enticement” has no place today.
A man owns a donkey. One day, his neighbour walks by, sees the donkey and thinks, “Hey, this is a nice creature. I like it.” So he dangles a carrot in front of the donkey and lures [...]
RIGHTS: Women Still Sidelined in Economic Decision-Making
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49020
BOLIVIA: Politics, a Risky Business for Women
By Franz Chávez
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49024
SRI LANKA: 25 Years On, Women Still Struggle for Their Rights
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49012
Q&A: Italian Women At A Loss
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48939
HEALTH-AFRICA: Fresh Campaign Against Paediatric AIDS
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48962
URUGUAY: Next President to Emerge from November Runoff
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Q&A: “Women Will Benefit From Secularism”
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48971
INDIA: Single Women Break Their Silence, Challenge Societal Norms
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48953
AFRICA: [...]
The World Health Organisation said on Monday women tend to receive poorer medical care than men.
Following is a breakdown of the differences between male and female health in children, adolescents, adults and elderly people, according to the United Nations health agency’s report:
INFANTS AND CHILDREN
– Death rates and causes of death are similar among boys and [...]
Despite considerable progress in the past decades, societies continue to fail to meet the health care needs of women at key moments of their lives, particularly in their adolescent years and in older age, a WHO report has found.
Launching the report, entitled Women and health: today’s evidence tomorrow’s agenda, WHO Director-General, Dr Margaret Chan called [...]
The Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO), All Women’s Action Society (AWAM), Sisters in Islam (SIS) and Pusat Kesedaran Komuniti (EMPOWER) have joined hands in calling for the abolition of Section 498 of the Penal Code which they claimed was discriminatory against women.
WAO president Meera Samanther said women should be accorded rights as independent human beings an [...]
IN THIS ISSUE
- UNIFEM Welcomes Strong Support by the General Assembly for the Establishment of a New Gender Entity
- New Security Council Resolutions Strengthen Women’s Protection in Conflict and Participation in Peacebuilding
- Launching in November: Say NO – UNiTE to End Violence against Women
- UNIFEM around the World
- o Clinton Global Initiative Selects UN Trust [...]
DEVELOPMENT: Is It Time to Plan Another U.N. Population Meet?
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48918
RIGHTS-UGANDA: Female Circumcision Still a Vote Winner
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48915
DEVELOPMENT-SOUTH ASIA: Women’s Peace Offensive
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48905
ECONOMY: ‘It’s Smart to Invest in Girls’
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48885
Q&A: ‘Cambodia’s Penal Code Aims to Silence Gov’t Critics’
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48924
AFRICA: Uneven Progress on Development Goals
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48869
INDIA: Return of Traditional Birth Attendants Urged to Meet MDG 5
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48853
RIGHTS: Unsafe Abortions Killing 70,000 a Year
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48851
DEVELOPMENT: [...]
Some governments’ broad counter-terrorism laws are punishing women and gays and suppressing groups pushing gender equality, a U.N. envoy of human rights and counter-terrorism said on Monday.
Many of these people are caught between being victims of extremist groups and victims of counter-terrorism measures, said Martin Scheinin, a U.N. special rapporteur on promotion and protection of [...]
• Nordic countries continue to have the smallest equality gaps between men and women
• Report demonstrates that engaging women equally with men in all aspects of life is imperative for economically competitive and prosperous societies
• In particular, for rapid, sustainable economic recovery from financial crisis, integrating women and girls imperative
• Download: report, rankings (PDF, excel) [...]
Red light for Burqa-wearing drivers in Bahrain
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LATIN AMERICA: Big Gender, Ethnic Gaps in Wages Found
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48820
PHILIPPINES: Women in Troubled South Bear Heavy Burden of Conflict
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48826
UGANDA: Wanted: New Messengers on Women’s Rights
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48823
Q&A: Invest in Young People in Latin America
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48813
HEALTH: Africa Leads World in Premature Infant Deaths
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48745
Q&A: Women’s Empowerment: ‘Men Are Interested’
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48822
PHILIPPINES: Like Men, Women Aim to Put [...]
Over two thirds of people in the world who are blind are women announce the development charity Sightsavers International, who was speaking out about this staggering gender bias this World Sight Day (8 October).
Today there are more than 20 million women in the world who are needlessly blind, 90% of whom live in developing countries. [...]
Countries where women’s literacy rates and access to education are significantly worse than men’s tend to have higher levels of hunger, according to the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
“Wherever women are not empowered you see high levels of hunger,” Suresh Babu, a senior research fellow with IFPRI, told IRIN.
The institute’s 2009 Global Hunger Index [...]
DEVELOPMENT: Is It Time to Plan Another U.N. Population Meet?
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48918
RIGHTS-UGANDA: Female Circumcision Still a Vote Winner
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48915
DEVELOPMENT-SOUTH ASIA: Women’s Peace Offensive
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48905
ECONOMY: ‘It’s Smart to Invest in Girls’
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48885
Q&A: ‘Cambodia’s Penal Code Aims to Silence Gov’t Critics’
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48924
AFRICA: Uneven Progress on Development Goals
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48869
INDIA: Return of Traditional Birth Attendants Urged to Meet MDG 5
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48853
DEVELOPMENT: Meeting MDGs “Not Rocket Science”
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48847
HEALTH: Study [...]
Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip say safety concerns and social traditions, not Islamic religious values, are the main reason behind a decision to ban women from riding motorbikes and scooters.
In a decision which would raise eyebrows in Rome or Rio de Janeiro, the Interior Ministry said it was banning women from riding two-wheelers or [...]
The UN Security Council unanimously approved a resolution last week urging all countries to increase the ranks of women with a seat at the table when negotiations take place to resolve conflicts and start building peace.
Nine years after the adoption of a landmark U.N. resolution calling for women be included in decision-making positions at every [...]
Scores of Maoist activists protested outside the venue of the controversial “Miss Nepal” contest last month, saying the beauty pageant was an insult to women.
The former civil war rebels chanted “you can’t expose the women” as they sat on the street outside a high security army club in the heart of Kathmandu.
Many protesters waved black [...]
LATIN AMERICA: Strides and Setbacks for Domestic and Rural Workers
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews48613
ZIMBABWE: Virgins Forced into Marriage to ‘Appease’ Evil Spirits
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews48630
RIGHTS: Shelters Open for Battered Husbands
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews48608
RIGHTS-JAPAN: Women Talk: ‘We Want Greater Gender Equality’
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews48629
UGANDA-RIGHTS: Bride Price: You Feel You Are Family Property
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews48619
INDIA: Most Live Donors Are Wives or Mothers
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews48571
ZIMBABWE: Board Gives School System Failing Marks
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews48584
PAKISTAN: ‘Empty Stomachs’ Could Spark [...]
Recent postings- 16 Days of Activism for the Elimination of Violence Against women – 25 November to 10 December
- Commit • Act • Demand: We CAN End Violence Against Women!
- UN expert calls for strengthened cooperation to intensify efforts to eliminate violence against women
- Denial of justice to rape survivors doomed to continue
- Knesset calls to get tough on domestic violence on eve of White Ribbon Day
- Women in Malawi: Holding up half the sky
- Obama honors WOZA (Women of Zimbabwe Arise) for defying a ‘dictator’
- IPS Gender Wire up to 10 November 2009
- Anti-child pornography law signed into law by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in the Philippines
- Women Central to Efforts to Deal With Climate Change says New UNFPA Report
- new on womensgrid
- Haringey Domestic and Gender Based Violence Stakeholders Conference on Rape & Sexual Assault on Girls & Young Women
- Shattered (contemporary stories of surviving sexual violence) working with Rape Crisis (England &Wales) – Exhibition Hornsey until 12th December 2009
- White Ribbon Day Events happening across Wales
- Emma Humphrey – An Inspiring Legacy – short video by Kali Films
- Women’s Aid release charity single Take My Hand
- Quiz Night to mark White Ribbon Day – 23rd November in Reading
- Peaceful vigil in Trafalgar Square – Million Women Rise – 25th November 2009 at 7pm
- Amazone Women’s Night – Benefit on Sat 5th Dec for Lancaster and District Women’s Aid
- Rights of women seeking asylum campaign launch – 30th November
- International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women – HER Centre Seminar in Greenwich
- new on women in london
- Grunwick and Gate Gourmet Study Day at the Women’s Library
- Home Truths: The Social Impact of Domestic Violence – JWA – 25th November 2009
- Researcher – WRC – 7th December 2009
- 4 vacancies – Kiran – 2nd December 2009
- National Peripatetic Domestic Violence Workers – Refuge – 24 Nov 2009
- The Greatest Silence – special screening to mark 16 Days of Action – WAN – 3rd Dec 2009
- Consultation for organisations working in the field of violence against women and children
- New free legal advice clinic at Account3 in Tower Hamlets – first session 24 Nov 2009
- Children’s Rights Photography Competition – Alternative Arts – 14th December 2009
- Fawcett comments on new pay gap figures
“Women Will Benefit From Secularism” – Nawal El-Saadawi
28 October 2009 in Equality, Faith, Feminism, Government, Middle East, Opinion Comment
Controversy stalks dissident writer Nawal El-Saadawi, whose views on women and religion have put her at odds with Egyptian conservatives.
Recently she returned to Cairo after nearly three years in exile, and has already created a stir with the launch of a local chapter of her global campaign for the separation of religion and state.
“God has [...]