19 de Enero, 2008

Genero y Desarrollo - D.Gateway - Enero 19 - 2008

Las invito a leer el N° 51."Mujer y TLC con EE.UU - Perú" , la autoria es de esta servidora... ________________________________ Actualización de contenido - Género y Desarrollo en el Development Gateway ------------------------- 72 {totalItems} nuevos recursos en la página Género y Desarrollo del Development Gateway http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender -------------------------------------------------- 1. The 2007 International Children's Day of Broadcasting 2. Media Kidocracy Konfrence 2007 3. Speak Africa 4. Cairo Mepemepe 5. African Youth Charter 6. African Development Forum - 2006. 7. UNICEF Voices of Youth 8. UNICEF Youth Report 9. The State of Poverty and Inequality in India 10. Building capacity to advocate for a better national response to HIV/AIDS in India: Constella Group 11. PMTCT Program Brief: Offering ARV Prophylaxis at Time of Diagnosis 12. Body, Social-Embeddedness, Freedom: An Ethnography of Women in Orissa--A seminar by Dr. Yumiko Tokita-Tanabe 13. HIV/AIDS Epidemic Affecting Swaziland's Population, Experts Say 14. Sierra Leone: Muslim Leaders Poised to Fight HIV/Aids 15. Sunita: HIV+ Woman in India Speaks Out ( Breakthrough) 16. Breakthrough's Multi-media Campaign in India - " Is This Justice?" 17. Breakthrough 18. KEEPING THE PROMISE: Agenda for Action on Women and AIDS 19. The Global Coalition on Women and AIDS (GCWA) 20. High-Level Meeting on “Building Partnerships for Promoting Gender Justice in Post-Conflict Societiesâ€� (2005) 21. WomenWarPeace.org 22. Security Council Resolution 1325 23. Peace Women.org 24. PeaceWomen 2007 Year in Review - 1325 eNewsletter. 25. Gender and Conflict Early Warning 26. Genderstanding Mobile Telephony: Women, Men and their Use of Cellular Phones in Jamaica 27. Participative Web and User-Created Content: Web 2.0, Wikis and Social Networking 28. Africa Development Indicators (ADI) 2007 29. Statistics in Africa Website 30. Stop Sexual Violence in The Congo - Global Fund for Women 31. The World's Most Deprived 32. State of the world's mothers 2007: saving the lives of children under 5 - Save the Children 33. Oxfam's curriculum for Global Citizenship 34. WaterAid and the Millennium Development Goals 35. Wateraid and Sanitation 36. Wateraid Bangladesh - Implementation Guidelines on Urban Water Points and Stand Posts 37. UN launches International Year of Sanitation 38. Urbanization and Water (A Wateraid publication) 39. Malawi: save money, invest in sanitation 40. Stockholm World Water Week - August 2007 41. The Culture of Flushing. A Social & Legal History of Sewage - By Jamie Benidickson 42. World Toilet Organization 43. School Sanitation Program in Shanxi Province, China - World Toliet Organization 44. Ecologically Safe Toilets in Aceh Province, Indonesia 45. The End Water Poverty coalition 46. UNDP in Afghanistan 47. Student and Teacher Baseline Report on School-Related Gender-Based Violence in Machinga District, Malawi 48. A Qualitative Study to Examine School-Related Gender-Based Violence in Malawi 49. Call for Women Entrepreneurs! 50. Thomas Hammarberg: ''An international or European treaty is needed for the protection of women against violence'' 51. Mujer y TLC con Estados Unidos - Perú 52. Youth and Economic Development in Africa - An Issues Paper 53. Sport as Opportunity for Community Development and Peace Building in South Africa 54. From Practice to Policy: Preliminary Report of the Sport for Development and Peace, International Working Group 55. Enhancing the benefits of girls' livelihood initiatives 56. Identifying sources of adolescent exclusion due to violence: Participatory mapping in South Africa 57. The Challenges of Urban Health Issues - The World Bank 58. Environmental Health in Urban Development - The World Bank 59. Strategic Urban Environmental Planning - The World Bank 60. Urban Environmental Indicators - The World Bank 61. OECD Working Group on Bribery Launches Public Consultation 62. Alliance India training supports effective service delivery 63. Expanding the role of networks of people living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda 64. New Book: Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization 65. Workshop Report: The Strategy Planning Workshop of the Feminist Network on Gender, Development and Information Society Policies 66. New UNU-WIDER website 67. World Bank Independent Evaluation requests input for survey on land 68. Toolkit for Mainstreaming HIV and AIDS in the Education Sector: Guidelines for Development Cooperation Agencies 69. About the School for International Training, Vermont 70. Rotary World Peace Fellows Accepting Applications 71. The Experiment in International Living 72. "An intercultural experience makes a world of a difference!" ------------------------- 1. The 2007 International Children's Day of Broadcasting http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1126568 The 2007 International Children's Day of Broadcasting took place on 9 December 2007 with the theme “The World We Want.â€� What kind of world do children want to live in? Five years ago, youth around the world met in New York to attend the Special... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 04 Jan , 2008 2. Media Kidocracy Konfrence 2007 http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1126576 5 December 2007… In a youthful celebration of freedom and democracy, young people from South Africa and the African continent converged on Robben Island from 5-10 December to take part in the eighth annual Bush Radio Media Kidocracy Konfrence (MKK... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 04 Jan , 2008 3. Speak Africa http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1126584 Speak Africa is a movement of young Africans expressing and exchanging ideas and information to transform their lives and continent. Speak Africa uses media and art to facilitate dialogue, build bridges and amplify youth voices to trigger action that... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 04 Jan , 2008 4. Cairo Mepemepe http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1126592 Children and youth from various African countries met in Cairo from 29 October – 2 November 2007 to participate in the Pan African Forum on Children’s Mid-term Review of the Africa Fit for Children Commitments made by African governments in 2001.... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 04 Jan , 2008 5. African Youth Charter http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1126601 The future of Africa with regards to sustainable development depends on its bulging youth population. In recognition of this potential, African governments adopted the African Youth Charter in July 2006. So far only 3 countries have ratified the... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 04 Jan , 2008 6. African Development Forum - 2006. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1126612 ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, 14 November 2006 – Young people from all over Africa joined UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, political leaders and entertainment stars in the Ethiopian capital for the fifth African Development Forum. The theme of the Forum,... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 04 Jan , 2008 7. UNICEF Voices of Youth http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1126623 Voices of Youth offers all children and adolescents, including the hard-to-reach, a safe and supportive global cyberspace within which they can explore, discuss and partner on issues related to human rights and social change, as well as develop their... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 04 Jan , 2008 8. UNICEF Youth Report http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1126635 The Youth Report of the Machel 10-year Strategic Review “Will you listen? Young Voices from Conflict zonesâ€� was launched at the UNITED NATIONS on October 17th 2007. The Report includes firsthand accounts of the atrocities that children suffer during... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 04 Jan , 2008 9. The State of Poverty and Inequality in India http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1126665 This brief article on poverty and inequality by Mr. Shambhu Ghatak (shambhughatak@yahoo.com) is based upon various research reports by various agencies, economists and social scientists, and reports that flashed out in the media. The conclusion drawn... Contribuido por Shambhu Ghatak el 05 Jan , 2008 10. Building capacity to advocate for a better national response to HIV/AIDS in India: Constella Group http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1126768 This training manual, The Power to Change: Building Advocacy Capacity for India's HIV/AIDS Response developed by The Essential Advocacy Project (EAP) of Constella Futures was released at a dissemination meeting held on October 12th, 2007 in Gurgaon,... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 06 Jan , 2008 11. PMTCT Program Brief: Offering ARV Prophylaxis at Time of Diagnosis http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1126787 Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. December 2007. Summary - In many countries, single-dose nevirapine (SD-NVP) is the most commonly used ARV prophylactic regimen for PMTCT. It typically consists of one 200 mg tablet ingested by the mother at... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 06 Jan , 2008 12. Body, Social-Embeddedness, Freedom: An Ethnography of Women in Orissa--A seminar by Dr. Yumiko Tokita-Tanabe http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1126844 Yumiko Tokita-Tanabe is currently Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Global Collaboration Center (GLOCOL), Osaka University, Japan. She completed her Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology at the University of Tokyo in 2000 (thesis title: Body, Self... Contribuido por Shambhu Ghatak el 07 Jan , 2008 13. HIV/AIDS Epidemic Affecting Swaziland's Population, Experts Say http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1126932 Preliminary results of Swaziland's national census released last month found that since 1997, the country's population has decreased by 17,489 people to 912,229, and many experts have attributed demographic changes to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, Toronto's... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Jan , 2008 14. Sierra Leone: Muslim Leaders Poised to Fight HIV/Aids http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1126967 Muslim leaders in the east of Freetown have expressed readiness to help in the fight against HIV/AIDS. The Jammat made a clarion call during a one-day HIV/AIDS clinic organised by Jamiul Atiq Mosque to sensitise Muslims about the disease. One of the... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Jan , 2008 15. Sunita: HIV+ Woman in India Speaks Out ( Breakthrough) http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127008 Sunita, an HIV+ woman living in India, was infected by her husband. With tears, she shares that her husband destroyed her life. Sunita has made the decision to move forward and educate others about this disease. Breakthrough's new campaign, Is This... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Jan , 2008 16. Breakthrough's Multi-media Campaign in India - " Is This Justice?" http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127014 In February 2007, Breakthrough launched its latest multi-media campaign, Is This Justice? This campaign aims to bring public attention the growing incidence of stigma and discrimination faced by Women Living with HIV/AIDS (WLHA), most of who have... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Jan , 2008 17. Breakthrough http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127023 Breakthrougis an international human rights organization that uses media, education and pop culture to promote values of dignity, equality and justice. Our organization uses creative tools to teach others about human rights. These rights make up the... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Jan , 2008 18. KEEPING THE PROMISE: Agenda for Action on Women and AIDS http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127047 The Agenda for Action on Women and AIDS urges leaders to tackle the social, cultural and economic factors that intensify the impact of AIDS on women and girls. In particular it calls for laws and policies that protect women's rights -- and their... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Jan , 2008 19. The Global Coalition on Women and AIDS (GCWA) http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127068 The Global Coalition on Women and AIDS (GCWA) is a loose alliance of civil society groups, networks of women living with HIV, and United Nations agencies, supported by activists, political leaders, and celebrities. The GCWA is supported by a small... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Jan , 2008 20. High-Level Meeting on “Building Partnerships for Promoting Gender Justice in Post-Conflict Societiesâ€� (2005) http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127084 The Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, in cooperation with the International Legal Assistance Consortium (ILAC) and UNIFEM, hosted a high-level meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, as a follow-up to the Conference on Gender Justice in Post-Conflict... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Jan , 2008 21. WomenWarPeace.org http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127104 WomenWarPeace.org is intended to address the lack of consolidated data on the impact of armed conflict on women and girls as noted by Security Council resolution 1325 (2000). This portal is meant to serve as a centralized hub of information from a... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Jan , 2008 22. Security Council Resolution 1325 http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127124 Adopted by the Security Council at its 4213th meeting, on 31 October 2000. "The Security Council, Recalling its resolutions 1261 (1999) of 25 August 1999, 1265 (1999) of 17 September 1999, 1296 (2000) of 19 April 2000 and 1314 (2000) of 11 August... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Jan , 2008 23. Peace Women.org http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127130 PeaceWomen.org is a project of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) United Nations Office, in New York City. The PeaceWomen Project monitors and works toward rapid and full implementation of United Nations Security Council... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Jan , 2008 24. PeaceWomen 2007 Year in Review - 1325 eNewsletter. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127139 The PeaceWomen Project has over the past year continued in its efforts, primarily through its website and this newsletter, to act as a clearinghouse for women, peace and security information and as an advocate at the UN for implementation of... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Jan , 2008 25. Gender and Conflict Early Warning http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127164 Susanne Schmeidl with Eugenia Piza-Lopez (2002). The deliberate victimisation of women during recent wars has focused attention on the different impacts of internal and transnational conflicts on men and women.At the same time, the contribution of... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Jan , 2008 26. Genderstanding Mobile Telephony: Women, Men and their Use of Cellular Phones in Jamaica http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1126744 The mobile phone has emerged as the most widely-used communication device of the present era, with penetration levels among both men and women exceeding 94% in Jamaica. The cellular phone is also widely used across all classes, including those... Contribuido por amy mahan el 06 Jan , 2008 27. Participative Web and User-Created Content: Web 2.0, Wikis and Social Networking http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1126867 The Internet is becoming increasingly embedded in everyday life. Drawing on an expanding array of intelligent web services and applications, a growing number of people are creating, distributing and exploiting user-created content (UCC) and being... Contribuido por Giacomo Rambaldi el 07 Jan , 2008 28. Africa Development Indicators (ADI) 2007 http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127228 Africa Development Indicators 2007 provides the most detailed collection of data on Africa. It contains over 1,000 indicators covering 53 African countries. ADI provides data from 1960 to 2006 grouped into 14 chapters. Source: World Bank Contribuido por Carmen Villegas Caballero el 08 Jan , 2008 29. Statistics in Africa Website http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127236 This site is dedicated to gathering and presenting information and resources related to statistics on Africa. Information is collected from within the World Bank and from many other sources identified by World Bank staff. The Statistics site features... Contribuido por Carmen Villegas Caballero el 08 Jan , 2008 30. Stop Sexual Violence in The Congo - Global Fund for Women http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127304 Statement by the Board of Directors of the Global Fund for Women. December 10 2007, International Human Rights Day. The Board of Directors of the Global Fund for Women, a diverse group of leaders from many nations, including Afghanistan, Costa Rica,... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 08 Jan , 2008 31. The World's Most Deprived http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127505 This publication examines whether development programs reaching those most in need, or are they primarily benefiting those who are easier to reach, leaving the very poorest behind. The authors conclude that slow progress in reducing poverty and the... Contribuido por Carmen Villegas Caballero el 09 Jan , 2008 32. State of the world's mothers 2007: saving the lives of children under 5 - Save the Children http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127544 The eighth annual State of the World’s Mothers report examines the latest data and trends in the field of child survival. The focus is on the 28,000 children under age 5 who die every day from easily preventable or treatable causes and the tragic... Contribuido por Barbara Iuliano el 09 Jan , 2008 33. Oxfam's curriculum for Global Citizenship http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127646 A curriculum outlining the knowledge, skills, values and attitiudes which we believe young people are entitled in order to enable them to develop as Global Citizens.Developed in partnership with teachers and other educationalists, this curriculum... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 09 Jan , 2008 34. WaterAid and the Millennium Development Goals http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127672 The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are international targets to halve world poverty by 2015, agreed upon by all 189 United Nations member states at the UN Millennium Summit in 2000. WaterAid believes water, sanitation and hygiene education... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 09 Jan , 2008 35. Wateraid and Sanitation http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127683 Diarrhoea claims the lives of 5000 children a day. These children are dying because they do not have access to adequate sanitation or safe water. Their deaths, from common diseases, are preventable. Where there is nowhere safe and clean to go to the... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 09 Jan , 2008 36. Wateraid Bangladesh - Implementation Guidelines on Urban Water Points and Stand Posts http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127693 WaterAid is an international non government organization dedicated exclusively to the provision of safe domestic water, sanitation and hygiene education to the world's poorest people. WaterAid has been working in Bangladesh since 1986 through local... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 09 Jan , 2008 37. UN launches International Year of Sanitation http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127705 The overall objective of the International Year of Sanitation (IYS) is to accelerate progress towards providing adequate basic sanitation for the 2.6 billion people worldwide who lack access to this fundamental human right. Access to sanitation is... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 09 Jan , 2008 38. Urbanization and Water (A Wateraid publication) http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127720 Urbanization has already started to neutralize the impact of previous investments and efforts to meet the MDGs. Urban areas in developing countries will house 87% of population growth by 2015 and 95% by 2030. Urbanization in developing countries is... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 10 Jan , 2008 39. Malawi: save money, invest in sanitation http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127731 As part of the campaign to tackle the global crisis in sanitation, the WES NGO network, a network of NGOs involved in the water and sanitation sector in Malawi, is lobbying the Malawian Government to support the promotion of sanitation in the... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 10 Jan , 2008 40. Stockholm World Water Week - August 2007 http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127743 2,300 people from 130 countries gathered in Stockholm for World Water Week . End Water Poverty coalition members attended alongside UN agencies, government representatives, NGOs and academic institutions from the water and sanitation sector. In the... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 10 Jan , 2008 41. The Culture of Flushing. A Social & Legal History of Sewage - By Jamie Benidickson http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127753 About the book - To most, the flush of a toilet is routine -- the way we banish waste and ensure cleanliness. It is safe, efficient, necessary, nonpolitical, and utterly unremarkable. Yet Jamie Benidickson's examination of the social and legal... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 10 Jan , 2008 42. World Toilet Organization http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127765 "Sanitation is not a dirty word; it is a critical factor in human welfare and sustainable development. We need to put the spotlight on this silent crisis.â€� Mr. Sha Zukang, Undersecretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations. 2.6... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 10 Jan , 2008 43. School Sanitation Program in Shanxi Province, China - World Toliet Organization http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127776 Schools are an important part of a community, playing the role of the most important learning centre. This School Sanitation Project was launched and succesfully completed, in Zhou JiaGou middle school, which is situated in the Tainzhen County of... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 10 Jan , 2008 44. Ecologically Safe Toilets in Aceh Province, Indonesia http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127788 World Toilet Organization was given the approval on the 27 April 2006 to provide sustainable sanitation systems for tsunami-affected people of Meulaboh and Banda Aceh at 13 locations identified by Indonesia Toilet Association (ATI) and Badan... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 10 Jan , 2008 45. The End Water Poverty coalition http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127800 End Water Poverty is the international campaign that aims to bring an end to the global water and sanitation crisis.The coalition is formed of like-minded organisations from around the world who are demanding urgent action and leadership from donors... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 10 Jan , 2008 46. UNDP in Afghanistan http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1128302 UNDP has been present in Afghanistan for over 50 years and continued to operate from Islamabad during the Taliban régime. During that decade, UNDP delivered USD 200 million of assistance to communities throughout the country. UNDP re-established its... Contribuido por Carmen Villegas Caballero el 11 Jan , 2008 47. Student and Teacher Baseline Report on School-Related Gender-Based Violence in Machinga District, Malawi http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1128275 The Student and Teacher Baseline Report on School-Related Gender-Based Violence in Machinga District, Malawi details the methodology, population characteristics, and results of a recently conducted survey on gender-based physical, psychological and... Contribuido por Sarah Maxwell Banashek el 11 Jan , 2008 48. A Qualitative Study to Examine School-Related Gender-Based Violence in Malawi http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1128270 The Safe Schools Program has just released A Qualitative Study to Examine School-Related Gender-Based Violence in Malawi which summarizes the results of a participatory learning and action (PLA) research activity conducted in Malawi’s Machinga... Contribuido por Sarah Maxwell Banashek el 11 Jan , 2008 49. Call for Women Entrepreneurs! http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1128244 The Doing Business project is conducting a two-year research effort to identify legal and regulatory barriers facing businesswomen in 178 economies. The program will provide analysis on reforms that benefit women in business. As a part of this... Contribuido por Sushmitha Narsiah el 11 Jan , 2008 50. Thomas Hammarberg: ''An international or European treaty is needed for the protection of women against violence'' http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127898 From Council of Europe website [08/01/2008 11:00:00] In his Viewpoint published on 7 January, Commissioner for Human Rights focuses on violence against women and the need for an enhanced effort to protect women’s rights. Suggesting some practical... Contribuido por Giulia D'Amico el 10 Jan , 2008 51. Mujer y TLC con Estados Unidos - Perú http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1128364 Monografia sobre el TLC, con EE.UU. y como estos tratados influyen en las mujeres trabajadoras, su representación, cuantas son, donde estan, se trata de ver la participación de las mujeres en estos escenarios de comercio, donde se les pide mejorar su... Contribuido por Teresa Salazar Dávila el 12 Jan , 2008 52. Youth and Economic Development in Africa - An Issues Paper http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127988 In the context of youth and economic development, leadership is a multi-layered phenomenon characterized by two main features: 1. The economic challenges facing African youth warrant responsible leadership by governments and international partners;... Contribuido por Giulia D'Amico el 10 Jan , 2008 53. Sport as Opportunity for Community Development and Peace Building in South Africa http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127940 Marion Keim, Associate Professor, University of the Western Cape South Africa - The Global Millennium Development Goals and the Magglingen Conference in December 2005 both affirm sport as a “beacon of hopeâ€� for peace building and development efforts... Contribuido por Giulia D'Amico el 10 Jan , 2008 54. From Practice to Policy: Preliminary Report of the Sport for Development and Peace, International Working Group http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127930 This report explores the diverse approaches of a cross-section of countries to learn what is working, the challenges that remain to be addressed, and how national governments can broaden the current dialogue to both strengthen current initiatives and... Contribuido por Giulia D'Amico el 10 Jan , 2008 55. Enhancing the benefits of girls' livelihood initiatives http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1128073 Promoting Healthy, Safe, and Productive Transitions to Adulthood Brief no. 31, from the Population Council Contribuido por Debra Warn el 10 Jan , 2008 56. Identifying sources of adolescent exclusion due to violence: Participatory mapping in South Africa http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1128070 Promoting Healthy, Safe, and Productive Transitions to Adulthood Brief no. 30, from the Population Council. Contribuido por Debra Warn el 10 Jan , 2008 57. The Challenges of Urban Health Issues - The World Bank http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1128907 Urban Health means putting the needs of people and communities at the heart of the urban planning process to ensure better accessto urbanservices which improve human health for all. Except in a few instances, urban health problems are not markedly... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 14 Jan , 2008 58. Environmental Health in Urban Development - The World Bank http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1128931 The core of environmental health is prevention. Environmental health interventions encompass all activities to prevent health risks through control of human exposure to: (a) biological agents, such as bacteria, viruses, and parasites (often... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 14 Jan , 2008 59. Strategic Urban Environmental Planning - The World Bank http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1128987 Strategic Urban Environmental Planning is an important tool to address urban environmental issues in a systematic and planned manner. Cities in developing countries face myriad urban environmental problems. Commonly known as the Brown Agenda, these... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 14 Jan , 2008 60. Urban Environmental Indicators - The World Bank http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1129007 The purpose of the Urban Environmental Management (UEM) Toolkit is to strengthen urban environmental management decision-making and planning practices. For its implementation, the UEM Toolkit aims to provide decision-makers with mechanisms (i.e.,... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 14 Jan , 2008 61. OECD Working Group on Bribery Launches Public Consultation http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1129164 The OECD Working Group on Bribery invites public comment on its consultation paper titled 'Review of the OECD Instruments on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions Ten Years after Adoption'. Comments are... Contribuido por Shambhu Ghatak el 15 Jan , 2008 62. Alliance India training supports effective service delivery http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1129494 Workshops organised by Alliance India have been helping programme partners and outreach workers to implement their programmes effectively. Two recent examples include supporting outreach workers to better select children for the provision of HIV... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 15 Jan , 2008 63. Expanding the role of networks of people living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1129531 International HIV/AIDS Alliance - First Year Project Report (July 2006- June 2007). This report presents results from the first year of the USAID Uganda-funded project, “Expanding the role of networks of people living with HIV/AIDS in Ugandaâ€�, which... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 15 Jan , 2008 64. New Book: Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1129861 “Like earlier civilizations that got into environmental trouble, we have to make a choice. We can stay with business as usual and watch our economy decline and our civilization unravel, or we can adopt Plan B and be the generation that mobilizes to... Contribuido por Denise Senmartin el 16 Jan , 2008 65. Workshop Report: The Strategy Planning Workshop of the Feminist Network on Gender, Development and Information Society Policies http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1130167 A strategy planning workshop of the Feminist Network on Gender, Development and Information Society Policies (GDISP) was held on October 5-7 2007 in Bangalore, India, co-organised by IT for Change, the Association for Progressive Communications... Contribuido por Deepa Shankaran el 18 Jan , 2008 66. New UNU-WIDER website http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1129351 In Janaury 2008, the new website for the World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University (UNU-WIDER) was launched. The previous site had served its purpose for over nine busy years, and the new fully searchable... Contribuido por Adam Swallow el 15 Jan , 2008 67. World Bank Independent Evaluation requests input for survey on land http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1129474 This is an invitation to NGOs to register for a short on-line survey (10 minutes) which the World Bank's Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) will launch in the next two weeks. The registration process will only take about a minute of your time. Please... Contribuido por Julius Gwyer el 15 Jan , 2008 68. Toolkit for Mainstreaming HIV and AIDS in the Education Sector: Guidelines for Development Cooperation Agencies http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1130086 This toolkit aims to help education staff from development cooperation agencies, including both development and humanitarian-oriented multilateral and bilateral agencies as well as non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and other civil society... Contribuido por Justine Sass el 17 Jan , 2008 69. About the School for International Training, Vermont http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1130287 The School for International Training (SIT) is the higher education institution of World Learning. Founded as The Experiment in International Living in 1932, World Learning has enjoyed a worldwide reputation as a leader in international education,... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 18 Jan , 2008 70. Rotary World Peace Fellows Accepting Applications http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1130293 Rotary Centers provide Rotary World Peace Fellows with the opportunity to pursue a master’s degree in conflict resolution, peace studies, international relations, and related areas. Each year, up to 60 Rotary World Peace Fellowships are offered on a... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 18 Jan , 2008 71. The Experiment in International Living http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1130307 The Experiment in International Living offers challenging, substantive three- to five-week summer abroad programs that focus on cultural immersion, experiential learning, and making meaningful connections across national, linguistic, and cultural... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 18 Jan , 2008 72. "An intercultural experience makes a world of a difference!" http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1130313 As a Spring 2007 alum of SIT's Morocco program and a proud parent of a 2007 Experimenter in Ghana, I assert that a lengthy overseas experience, such as one provided by World Learning, is one of the most authentic, meaningful, and transformational... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 18 Jan , 2008

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