Archive for the ‘womensphere indexes’ Category
March 2009
- Women in the US Need to Know Their New Jobless Benefits
- “Women Need a Bigger Voice at the G20 Summit” Q&A
- Women in the News – The IPS Gender Wire (24th March 2009)
- Deadline extended to 29 March for call for applications for Sexuality and Internet research project
- WOZA speaks as world marks international women’s day
- Raising their placards for equality in Toronto
- Ending Violence Against Women in Nigeria
- Women’s groups demand more female ministers as Knesset marks International Women’s Day
- International Women’s Day observed in the Cayman Islands
- Senegal Groups Fight Tradition to Protect Women and Girls From Violence
- Lebanese Hikers trek to Rashaya to mark Women’s Day
- For the second year in a row, the International Women’s Day Philadelphia Coalition has brought together women from diverse communities, cultures and struggles
- International Women’s Day – 8th March
- Washing machine ‘did more to liberate women than the Pill’ – Pope’s message for IWD
- ‘International Men’s Day?’
- Bell Bajao! (Ring the Bell), calling on men and boys to join women in bringing domestic violence to a halt
- Sisters in arms
- Gambia: International Women’s Day Celebrated
- Protest march and awareness camp mark International Women’s Day Patna
- Women in Gaza spend post-war International Women’s Day
- March 8 in Poland: Still Marching Together for Freedom and Equality
- Eighth of March: A United March in Caracas to Commemorate Fighting Women’s Day
- Women’s Day marks crisis of poverty, violence
- Global feminists fight for equality
- International Women’s Day: Failure to respect the rights of women deprives us all
- International Women’s Day – Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC
- Obama Proclaims March Women’s History Month
- European politics still a male-dominated world, poll says
- European Commission launches campaign against gender pay gap
February 2009
- UN Says Human Trafficking Appears To Be Worsening
- Sex trafficking of children in the US
- US stalking survey results alarming
- American Muslims Call for Swift Action Against Domestic Violence
- Islamic women seek recognition of their rights (Malaysia)
- Women rebel over forced abortions in China
- Spain prepares to fully legalise abortion
- President Ernest Koroma gives assent to ‘Women’s Liberation ‘ Act (Sierra Leone)
- Marital Rape – Ruling Seen as Move to Protect Spousal Right to Sex – Korea
- Extreme Risk for Pregnant Women and Newborn Babies in Developing Countries – UNICEF Report
- First meeting of the Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA)
- Consortium of Pubgoing, Loose and Forward Women – The Pink Chaddi Campaign
- Women’s rights under threat in parts of India
- Why Australia needs to trial net filters
- Women have suffered in silence in Papua New Guinea
- Domestic violence up in 2008 in the Philippines
- Stopping Domestic Violence Through Theater Rwanda
- Saudi Arabia urged to halt floggings and give women rights
- Iraqi women’s affairs minister resigns in protest
- Chinese women forced into Paris prostitution says aid group
- The EU must break its silence on violence against women
- Women’s groups in Turkey insist on ‘gender equality’ in new commission
- US Women’s Groups Hit Hard by Madoff Scheme
- Obama’s Faith Based Office an Insult to Women
- HIV Woman Forcibly Sterilized In ChileHas Filed A Complaint
- The greatest Casualty of the Feminist Revolution may be the Feminist Vision Itself
- Women’s Groups in Canada Urge Social Infrastructure Spending and EI Reform, and Warn against Pay Equity Rollbacks in Upcoming Budget
- Women of all ages, backgrounds and achievements were honoured at the National Heroes Day in Caymen
- Still in Shock, Gaza Women Tell Their Stories
- UNICEF appeals for just over $1 billion to help children and women suffering in emergencies
- African First Ladies call for more political power to check HIV/AIDS
- Davos forum calls for greater efforts to provide girls with education
- Gains and Disappointments on Women’s Rights in the US
- 5 year old girl wins sexual harrassment case against school committee in the US
- Harassment forces Afghan girls out of school
- Struggle for Justice by Deceived Afghan Bride Resonates in India
January 2009
- Child marriage tradition turns into trafficking in Mauritania
- Traditional And Religious Practices Frustrate HIV/Aids Prevention in Ghana
- UN prize winner from Congo laments world hypocrisy
- War Taking Everything From Women in Uganda
- Kenya’s Rape Probe Falters After Lawyers Drop Out
- Sweden Steps Up DNA Collection for Rape Cases
- Police refuse to work on domestic violence project Holland
- RU486 abortion pill to be made available in Italy despite Vatican’s objections
- Congenital anomalies account for four in 10 of newborn deaths in Malta
- Abortion … it’s your choice – but still a taboo subject in Portugal
- Gaza rescue teams find 100 Palestinian bodies under Gaza rubbles
- Soaring Rates of Rape and Violence Against Women in the US
- Pakistani Taliban force girls’ schools to close
- Women’s groups condemn the attack on a woman activist in Orissa
- Acid attacks against women and girls in Bangladesh are continuing despite legal campaigns to halt their spread
- We must save Zimbabweans from more rape and violence
- Domestic violence on the rise in South Sumatra
- What Can Be Done for Iraqi Widows?
- Feminism is part of the class struggle in Sweden
- Present day Russia needs a renewal of the feminist movement
- Women and politics in Turkey
- Rape victims to get free care – Funding to come from fines paid by Michigan criminals
- Rape Victim Presses Case of Police Abuse in Japan
- A new law has come into force in Norway making the purchase of sex illegal
- At least half of Africa’s women, girls still live in bondage say experts
- Mothers for Peace Demonstrate in Tehran Against the War in Gaza
- First ladies from Mideast condemn Gaza onslaught in Turkey meeting
- Women Everywhere Speak Out Against The Violence In Gaza
- A Time for Peace, A Time for Women
- Jewish Women Occupy Israeli Consulate in Toronto
- WILPF Middle East statement on Gaza – January 2, 2009
- Statement by Women’s Organizations in Israel
- International Women’s Commission (IWC) For A Just And Sustainable Palestinian-Israeli Peace
- Against the polygamy law in Kurdistan Iraq
- Gender in the Venezuelan Elections
Recent postings- Towards a Future without Fundamentalisms: New Report Analyzes Religious Fundamentalist Strategies and Feminist Responses
- Statement on the Murder of Marisela Escobedo Ortiz, women’s human rights defender of Ciudad Juarez
- Sudan police arrest women protesting at flogging video
- UN Chief Leaves Women out of Year-End Summing Up
- Sex education is expelled from Egyptian schools
- Kurdish Parliament Turns Blind Eye to Prostitution
- Sexual harassment cases in Israel’s civil service rose 40% in 2010
- Women in south Sudan have been targeted in a string of abusive attacks by police cracking down on Western clothes
- Women and girls living in Haiti’s makeshift camps face an increasing risk of rape and sexual violence says Amnesty International new report
- Stand up against hatred and threats against LGBT in Malaysia
- new on womensgrid
- Event Dates Consultation Deadlines 2013
- 2013 New Year Appeals by Women’s Groups
- Events and Deadlines 2013 – Now Past
- Event Dates Consulation Deadlines 2012
- Women’s groups news now has its own blog!
- 12 October 2012 ~ Join us for the 2012 EHMP award ceremony – London @ 19:00
- 5, 18, 25, 31 October 2012 ~ Women’s Health, Women’s Voices – local events for women – Brighton, Leeds, Cornwall, London, Birmingham, Coventry
- Shelve It! Birmingham
- Women on Boards was launched this week
- Women’s Budget Group comment on Universal Credit and GDP and unpaid work
- new on women in london
