Gender & Migration Virtual Community, Hello to everyone! I would like to send you a message to let you know that this is my last week at UN-INSTRAW in the Dominican Republic. It has been an absolute pleasure to work as the community’s Administrator, and get to know closely so many of you. Thank you for your support, for your encouraging words and for helping to enhance the community’s value as a good reference in the field of gender and migration! I do appreaciate very much … [Read more...]
UN-INSTRAW – Romina Iebra Aizpurúa says Good-bye to Dominican Republic
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UNIFEM to Prep Women Candidates in Lead-Up to 2010 Tanzanian Elections
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UNIFEM supporting Women in Government. In the run-up to Tanzania’s general elections 31 October, the United Nations Development Fund for Women, UNIFEM (part of UN Women), will conduct workshops throughout September for women candidates in seven electoral zones to strengthen their election strategies. The trainings seek to Empower Women Candidates by improving their skills in public speaking, media engagement, campaign planning, presentations, community … [Read more...]
BEING FEMINIST – Vintage Media
August 31, 2010 By Leave a Comment
BEING FEMINIST presents some Vintage Media....Mr. Leggs trousers ad, 1970 "Is there anything WRONG with this Picture?" SPEAK YOUR MIND, Below in COMMENT BOX. The text: Though she was a tiger lady, our hero didn’t have to fire a shot to floor her. After one look at his Mr. Leggs slacks, she was ready for him to walk all over her. That noble styling sure soothes the savage heart! If you’d like your own doll-to-doll carpeting, hunt up a pair of these he-man … [Read more...]
JOHANNESBURG – Antiretroviral Gel Lowers HIV Infection
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Antiretroviral Gel Lowers HIV Infection and Offers Hope to Women JOHANNESBURG, 2010 (IPS) - When women from the predominantly rural Vulindela district in KwaZulu-Natal first began participating in an HIV-prevention trial many were unable to negotiate the use of condoms or even discuss safe sex with their partners. But as they used the discreet antiretroviral (ARV) microbicide gel, for the first time women - who bear the brunt of the HIV epidemic in Africa - were in control of an … [Read more...]
Who are the MDG Trailblazers? – Benjamin Leo & Julia BarmeieR
August 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment
A New MDG Progress Index - Working Paper 222 In this working paper, the authors introduce an MDG Progress Index to assess how on or off track countries are toward MDG targets. They find evidence of dramatic achievements by many poor countries, such as Honduras, Laos, Ethiopia, Uganda, Burkina Faso, Nepal, Cambodia, and Ghana. These countries’ performance suggests that they may achieve most of the highly ambitious MDGs. Moreover, sub-Saharan Africa accounts for many of the star … [Read more...]
ZIMBABWE: Pregnancy need ‘Not put an End to Education’.
August 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
YOUNG WOMEN’S FORUM – Ines Alberdi, Dir. UNIFEM
August 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Innovative Solutions... for Young Women’s Empowerment August 2010 Young Women’s Forum, World Youth Conference, León, Guanajuato, Mexico, 24 August 2010 This speech is available only in Spanish. Related Documents/Links Young Women’s Forum en es By Inés Alberdi, Executive Director, UNIFEM (part of UN Women) … [Read more...]
Venezuela: UN Agency provides training to help Combat Sexual Violence
August 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
26 August 2010 – A United Nations-backed project in Venezuela has trained dozens of government officials and security force members on how to prevent sexual and gender-based violence and provide better care and protection for victims. Medical and psycho-social care, legal and protection training was provided to about 100 workers from government institutions, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and security forces by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization … [Read more...]
ETHIOPIA – Empower Women with Education
August 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
ETHIOPIA: Empowering Women to fight FGM/C Photo: UNICEF Egypt/Pirozzi 2005 Longer-term effects of FGM include infections of the urinary and reproductive tracts, infertility and obstetric complications (file photo) AWASH, August 2010 (IRIN) - In the northeastern Ethiopian region of Afar, more than 91 percent of women undergo one of the most severe forms of genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). Reproductive health education however, seems to be paying off, with the number … [Read more...]
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