Ban 'encouraged' by start of direct peace talks between Israelis, Palestinians The Middle East talks must address all real and core issues for lasting peace in the Middle East, according to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Ban Ki-moon in Liechtenstein The Secretary-General spoke in Liechtenstein ahead of the talks in Washington, D.C., between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas which started on Thursday. The … [Read more...]
Margot Wallström – Sexual Violence: Constituted War Crimes against Humanity under International Criminal Court (ICC).
September 1, 2010 by
Press Conference by Special Representative Margot Wallström Sexual Violence in Conflict 31 Aug 2010 In the wake of the latest incidents of mass sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, perpetrators must be held to account and the response of the United Nations must be improved, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict said this afternoon. "The time when sexual violence is tolerated and sidelined as a product of war is … [Read more...]
UNIFEM to Prep Women Candidates in Lead-Up to 2010 Tanzanian Elections
September 1, 2010 by
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 mobilization, advocacy … [Read more...]
Rebels in the Congo go on rampage, commit mass rapes
August 31, 2010 by
Women: a weekly 14-minute news magazine that looks at issues affecting women around the world. - excerpt. Congolese Women On July 30th, elements of the Rwandan Hutu rebel group, the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwandan or FDLR, and the Congolese Mai-Mai rebel group seized a remote town in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and went on a rampage, pillaging and raping women. The UN Chief, Mr. Ban Ki-moon expressed his outrage at the tragic incident. UNICEF and partners … [Read more...]
Singapore – Inaugural Youth Olympic Games inspires youth to Take Action!
August 30, 2010 by
Inaugural Youth Olympic Games provide Competition and Inspiration SINGAPORE, August 2010 – As the first-ever Youth Olympic Games comes to a close, a young female athlete quietly traces the outline of her hand on a piece of paper and writes, “I have a right to be educated and to play any sports I like.” She is one of some 3,600 young athletes aged 14-18 – representing over 200 countries – that competed at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Singapore this month. The athletes gathered … [Read more...]
China: Activist detained in Beijing who tried to act as Advocate for a Woman.
August 29, 2010 by
Blogger joins others held by police, for publicizing a politically sensitive case. Photo: Liu Dejun Wu Gan (R) meets with activist Liu Shasha in Beijing shortly before his detention. HONG KONG – A rights activist who tried to act as advocate for a woman who claimed local officials had raped and murdered her daughter was detained in the Chinese capital this week. Blogger Wu Gan, known online by his nickname "The Butcher," said he was rounded up by officials from his home province of … [Read more...]
JOHANNESBURG – Antiretroviral Gel Lowers HIV Infection
August 28, 2010 by
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...]
INSPIRATIONAL – Spiritual Integrity * Quran for Women
August 27, 2010 by
This is Prat 1 to the Introduction to the Sublime Quran by its translator Laleh Bakhtiar which is in 2 parts. After that follows three videos that are on this website under the name Domestic Violence in Islam. The final part is called Spiritual Integrity and it is also on this website. VIDEO ONLINE ONLY PART 2 … [Read more...]
ZIMBABWE: Pregnancy need 'Not put an End to Education'.
August 26, 2010 by
HARARE, August 2010 (IRIN) - Falling pregnant used to mean the end of school - and of much more - for girls in Zimbabwe, so a new regulation replacing immediate expulsion with maternity leave has been welcomed. In 2008 Sarudzai Gopoza, now 19, dropped out of school after falling pregnant. "He refused to marry me. My father said he could not look after me, so I had to look for a job. Luckily he let me leave the child under the custody of my mother," she told IRIN. A government regulation … [Read more...]
YOUNG WOMEN'S FORUM – Ines Alberdi, Dir. UNIFEM
August 26, 2010 by
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...]
YOUNG WOMEN’S FORUM – Ines Alberdi, Dir. UNIFEM
August 26, 2010 by
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...]
ETHIOPIA – Empower Women with Education
August 24, 2010 by
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 of girls … [Read more...]
Responding to the Humanitarian Emergency in Pakistan
August 23, 2010 by
A young girl in an encampment in Punjab Province of people displaced by Pakistan’s recent monsoon floods. (Photo: UN Photo,Evan Schneider.) UNIFEM (part of UN Women) works to ensure that gender concerns are fully integrated into relief and recovery operations in Pakistan, following the floods that have affected the lives and livelihoods of millions of people. Within the framework of international humanitarian response in Pakistan, UNIFEM leads the Gender Task Force with UNFPA to … [Read more...]
Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition – Celebrating the International Day 23 August !
August 23, 2010 by
“By its decision to proclaim 23 August each year as the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, UNESCO sought to pay tribute to the tireless struggle of the Slaves for their Freedom." http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=41189&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html Celebrate~~~may it never happen again! International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, August 23 of each year, the day … [Read more...]
