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Actualización de contenido - Género y Desarrollo en el Development Gateway ------------------------- 34 {totalItems} nuevos recursos en la página Género y Desarrollo del Development Gateway http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender ¿Estás recibiendo muchos e-mails? Para cambiar tus preferencias sigue las instrucciones al final de este e-mail. -------------------------------------------------- 1. Call for papers "Beyond the Tipping Point: Development in an Urban World" 2. The IFAD-UNIFEM Gender Mainstreaming Programme in Asia 3. The Fourth European Commission Report on Equality Between Women and Men. 4. Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Report - “Women in Parliaments�, 5. European Handbook on Equality Data 6. Gender Gap Index - Hungary 7. Promising Democracy, Imposing Theocracy - Global Fund for Women. 8. Protection of women’s rights remains on paper - Khaleej Times 9. Shaanxi Women's Federation in China - Grantee of Global Fund for Women 10. Afghan Women Welfare Department - Grantee of Global Fund for Women 11. Women of Nepal/3 Sisters Adventure Trekking Agency - Grantee of Global Fund for Women 12. Kalyanamitra Foundation - Grantee of Global Fund for Women 13. Bahrain Women Society - Grantee of Global Fund for Women 14. Palestinian Woman Development Society - Grantee of Global Fund for Women 15. Laqiya: The Association for the Improvement of the Status of Women - Grantee of the Global Fund for Women 16. Tunisian Association of Women for Sustainable Development - Grantee of Global Fund for Women 17. Women Cultural-Humanitarian Fund Sukhumi - Grantee of Global Fund for Women 18. Women Initiative Group - Grantee of Global Fund for Women 19. Women's Dignity - Grantee of Global Fund for Women 20. National Union of Guatemalan Women - Grantee of Global Fund for Women 21. Land of Women - Grantee of Global Fund for Women 22. The Chilean Network Against Domestic and Sexual Violence - Grantee of Global Fund for Women 23. Solely breastfeeding babies cuts HIV toll 24. Uganda: Male Circumcision May Not Reduce HIV 25. The African Woman Food Farmer 26. New publication: ‘An Annotated Bibliography on Gender in Secondary Education’ 27. Gender, democracy, peace and conflict 28. YouthLens No. 20: School-Based Reproductive Health and HIV Education Programs — An Effective Intervention 29. YouthLens No. 19: Community Involvement in Youth Reproductive Health and HIV Prevention 30. YouthLens No. 21: Integrating Reproductive Health and HIV Services for Youth 31. Commonwealth Business Women's Network - Interview with Dr. Jannie Tay of The Hour Glass 32. Commonwealth Business Women's Network - Interview with Gauri Advani of Denton Wilde Sapte 33. Women Entrepreneurs 34. Tourism Gender ------------------------- 1. Call for papers "Beyond the Tipping Point: Development in an Urban World" http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1096315 UNU-WIDER is holding a project workshop at the London School of Economics, 19-20 October 2007. Those wishing to present a paper should send a detailed abstract by 30 June 2007. Further details in the PDF on the UNU-WIDER website. This year the number... Contribuido por Adam Swallow el 03 Apr , 2007 2. The IFAD-UNIFEM Gender Mainstreaming Programme in Asia http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1096344 The IFAD-UNIFEM Gender Mainstreaming Programme in Asia aims to address gender inequalities and the vulnerability of women in rural development projects; enable their greater and more active participation in local governance; promote women's ownership... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 04 Apr , 2007 3. The Fourth European Commission Report on Equality Between Women and Men. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1096349 The fourth European Commission Report on equality between women and men. It concludes the year 2006, which was marked by several key initiatives to promote gender equality. The adoption of Roadmap for gender equality by the Commission and of a... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 04 Apr , 2007 4. Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Report - “Women in Parliaments�, http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1096354 Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) has published report “Women in Parliaments�, which contains information about percentage of women in each national parliament in 2006.Tajikistan ranked 62nd in 2006 in terms of percentage of women in parliament.... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 04 Apr , 2007 5. European Handbook on Equality Data http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1096357 This Handbook seeks to provide decision makers and other stakeholders with the means by which to assess and improve the national compilation of equality data. It deals with the grounds of discrimination covered by these directives, namely racial and... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 04 Apr , 2007 6. Gender Gap Index - Hungary http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1096361 Gender inequality is worse in Hungary than any other Central Eastern European country and even some Asian and African states, writes mfor.hu, based on the United Nations' 2006 "Gender Gap" index. The study points out that Hungarian women receive on... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 04 Apr , 2007 7. Promising Democracy, Imposing Theocracy - Global Fund for Women. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1096364 One of our partner organizations, Madre, released a report earlier in March on gender-based violence in the war in Iraq. The in-depth report includes much research by the Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq, a group which is also a Global Fund... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 04 Apr , 2007 8. Protection of women’s rights remains on paper - Khaleej Times http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1096371 ABU DHABI — Despite the progress witnessed in several Arab countries, including the UAE, as far as women’s rights are concerned, there are still some countries in the region which have not implemented international conventions guaranteeing women’s... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 04 Apr , 2007 9. Shaanxi Women's Federation in China - Grantee of Global Fund for Women http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1096376 In the heart of China, the Legal Aid Division of Shaanxi Women's Federation is advancing the rights of rural women, many of them migrant workers. The organization has built a huge network of legal professionals and volunteers who are advising... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 04 Apr , 2007 10. Afghan Women Welfare Department - Grantee of Global Fund for Women http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1096380 In 1989, a group of Afghan women established the Afghan Women Welfare Department to address the needs of Afgan refugees in Peshawar, Pakistan. At that time, no independent women's organizations existed to serve the three million refugees who were... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 04 Apr , 2007 11. Women of Nepal/3 Sisters Adventure Trekking Agency - Grantee of Global Fund for Women http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1096384 Empowering the Women of Nepal/3 Sisters Adventure Trekking Agency was formed in 1994. It is the only outfit supplying female trekkers with female guides. In 1994 the group opened a training center and hostel for women. The typical Nepali woman slaves... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 04 Apr , 2007 12. Kalyanamitra Foundation - Grantee of Global Fund for Women http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1096388 Born in 1985, the era of the Suharto dictatorship, the Kalyanamitra Foundation vowed to resist the violence meted out towards women by the national police. Soon the group came to support survivors of both state and domestic violence. The group... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 04 Apr , 2007 13. Bahrain Women Society - Grantee of Global Fund for Women http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1096393 After years of political repression and civil unrest, Bahrain, a small nation of islands located in the Persian Gulf, is gradually taking steps towards reform. Bahrain became a constitutional monarchy in 2001 when the ruling Sunni Muslim family... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 04 Apr , 2007 14. Palestinian Woman Development Society - Grantee of Global Fund for Women http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1096398 Located in the center of the Gaza Strip, the Buraij refugee camp houses 32,000 people. The residents live in crowded shelters, 80 percent of which are covered with asbestos sheeting. A part of the camp has no sewage system, leaving sewage to run in... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 04 Apr , 2007 15. Laqiya: The Association for the Improvement of the Status of Women - Grantee of the Global Fund for Women http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1096401 Laqiya was formed in 1996 to respond to the negative impact of modernization on Bedouin women living in southern Israel. The Bedouin, an Arab ethnic minority, once practiced a nomadic lifestyle that relied on agriculture and livestock for sustenance.... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 04 Apr , 2007 16. Tunisian Association of Women for Sustainable Development - Grantee of Global Fund for Women http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1096404 Tunisia is exemplary among countries in North Africa. For the last 47 years, women have enjoyed the same rights as men and contributed at least as much to the development and prosperity of the country. As a result of this almost half-century of... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 04 Apr , 2007 17. Women Cultural-Humanitarian Fund Sukhumi - Grantee of Global Fund for Women http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1096407 As in many civil conflicts, much of the violence of the 1992 Georgian-Abkhazian struggle targeted women. Of 5,000 deaths in Abkhazia, 2,000 were women and children. Rape was systematically used as a weapon of terror and ethnic destruction. Although... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 04 Apr , 2007 18. Women Initiative Group - Grantee of Global Fund for Women http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1096411 The 700,000 displaced people who live in Azerbaijan are the survivors of a conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the mountainous region known as Nagorno-Karabakh. From 1988 to 1994, 35,000 people were killed, and one million uprooted. The... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 04 Apr , 2007 19. Women's Dignity - Grantee of Global Fund for Women http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1096414 Women's Dignity formed in 2002 to defend and promote the rights of women living through one of modern-day Europe's deadliest civil wars. The Chechen war for independence from Russia, which began in 1991, has claimed between 100,000 and 200,000... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 04 Apr , 2007 20. National Union of Guatemalan Women - Grantee of Global Fund for Women http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1096418 The National Union of Guatemalan Women was the first women's rights organization to form in this Central American nation. Founded in 1980 during the military dictatorship, members of the group witnessed an armed conflict that killed some 200,000... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 04 Apr , 2007 21. Land of Women - Grantee of Global Fund for Women http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1096422 In 1994, the indigenous communities of Chiapas launched an independence movement after decades of neglect by the Mexican government. The last 12 years have been marked by violence as the Mexican government fights the Zapatista National Army of... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 04 Apr , 2007 22. The Chilean Network Against Domestic and Sexual Violence - Grantee of Global Fund for Women http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1096425 At the same time that thousands were marching to protest violence against women, a 36-year-old woman was raped and murdered by her husband across town. This ironic tragedy on November 25, 2004, highlights the pressing issue of domestic violence that... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 04 Apr , 2007 23. Solely breastfeeding babies cuts HIV toll http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1096454 Doctors today call for UN guidelines to be changed following research showing that exclusive breastfeeding protects the babies of HIV positive women from becoming infected with the virus that causes Aids. There has been a heated debate over the best... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 04 Apr , 2007 24. Uganda: Male Circumcision May Not Reduce HIV http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1096459 UGANDAN men rushed for circumcision after studies conducted in South Africa, Kenya and Uganda revealed that male circumcision can reduce the risk of acquiring HIV. However, preliminary results from another study in Rakai District show that... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 04 Apr , 2007 25. The African Woman Food Farmer http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1096583 In sub-Saharan Africa, women grow 80 percent of the food. They do virtually all the work to process, transport and market the food. Yet women own only 1 percent of the land, and receive only 7 percent of farm extension services and 10 percent of... Contribuido por Laura Allen el 04 Apr , 2007 26. New publication: ‘An Annotated Bibliography on Gender in Secondary Education’ http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1096693 The publication lists research from selected Commonwealth countries. This annotated bibliography published by the Commonwealth Secretariat brings together the currently available documentation on gender and education in five countries namely --... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 05 Apr , 2007 27. Gender, democracy, peace and conflict http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1096697 The challenge now is to push beyond numbers and demonstrate the impact of women's contribution to democracy, peace and conflict in member countries; promote accountability for international legal frameworks that governments have ratified; domesticate... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 05 Apr , 2007 28. YouthLens No. 20: School-Based Reproductive Health and HIV Education Programs — An Effective Intervention http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1096708 A review of evaluated programs shows that well-designed programs work, but implementation issues such as teacher training and cultural sensitivities remain challenging. Contribuido por David Hock el 05 Apr , 2007 29. YouthLens No. 19: Community Involvement in Youth Reproductive Health and HIV Prevention http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1096704 Youth projects are increasingly involving community members in designing, shaping, and implementing projects. Research findings are promising, but more program experience and research are needed to understand the impact such efforts have. Contribuido por David Hock el 05 Apr , 2007 30. YouthLens No. 21: Integrating Reproductive Health and HIV Services for Youth http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1096712 Research identifies the need for more attention to pregnancy prevention in a variety of settings, but delivery models need further testing. Contribuido por David Hock el 05 Apr , 2007 31. Commonwealth Business Women's Network - Interview with Dr. Jannie Tay of The Hour Glass http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1096713 Dr Jannie Tay, co-founder of The Hour Glass in 1979, has led its growth from one retail shop operation to a regional network of luxury watch boutiques located across Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. She is involved in... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 05 Apr , 2007 32. Commonwealth Business Women's Network - Interview with Gauri Advani of Denton Wilde Sapte http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1096716 Gauri Advani is qualified to practice law in both in India and the UK and specialises in corporate, commercial and regulatory matters. She continues to act for a wide range of public and private sector corporations, advising on projects and... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 05 Apr , 2007 33. Women Entrepreneurs http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1096719 "Global markets and women are not often used in the same sentence, but increasingly, statistics show that women have economic clout - most visibly as entrepreneurs and most powerfully as consumers" Why Should We Encourage Female Entrepreneurship?... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 05 Apr , 2007 34. Tourism Gender http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1096865 "An On-line resource for those interested in sustainable tourism as a tool to promote gender equity and the empowerment of women. Provide a global e-Network platform to share and build quality research, activities and projects to support and enable... Contribuido por Carmen V. Caballero el 08 Apr , 2007

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