TAKE ACTION !!! ABYAN, 24 August 2012 (IRIN) - In June, after spending 11 months in a makeshift camp for people displaced by violence, 19-year-old Dawlah Muslih, then seven months pregnant, returned to her home in an area of Yemen where safety was supposed to have improved. It was a move her family would come to regret. Two months ago, the government announced that the militant group Ansar al-Sharia had been routed from the southern Abyan Governorate by a large-scale military offensive. … [Read more...]
SOUTH SUDAN: The biggest threat to a woman’s life
July 26, 2012 by
JUBA, 20 July 2012 (IRIN) - South Sudan has the worst reported maternal mortality rate in the world. “More women die in child birth, per capita, in South Sudan, than in any country in the world,” says Caroline Delany, a health specialist with the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) in South Sudan which is funding a raft of maternal health programmes. A 2012 report entitled Women’s Security in South Sudan: Threats in the Home by Geneva-based think-tank Small Arms Survey (SAS) … [Read more...]
CEDAW: Bulgaria’s adoption of a gender-equality strategy
July 19, 2012 by
Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women 1045th & 1046th Meetings (AM & PM) Adoption of Gender-Equality Strategy, Domestic Violence Laws Led to Women’s Improved Status, Bulgarian Delegation Tells Anti-Discrimination Committee Expert Members Concerned about Failure to Integrate Roma Women, Gender Stereotyping, High School Dropout Rates among Girls Bulgaria’s adoption of a gender-equality strategy and its enactment of … [Read more...]
Catherine MacKinnon – WOMAN of ACTION™
July 19, 2012 by
A Celebration of Women™ is elated to Celebrate the Life of this woman, one that is devoting her life to ground-breaking solutions to one of our world's deepest subjects: Sexual Harassment and civil rights. Her life has contributed throughout the woman's movement in areas of prostitution and as global advisor on Gender Issues. WOMAN of ACTION™ Catherine MacKinnon Will the word “Woman,” like the word “Jew” finally come to stand for a reality of abuse that … [Read more...]
FGM: New Research Highlights Link between FGM/C and Mental Disorders
July 15, 2012 by
FGM: Female Genital Mutilation and other Harmful Practices Female Genital Mutilation may Cause Mental Health Problems This pilot study investigated the mental health of women following genital mutilation. A number of experts have in the past assumed that women undergoing genital mutilation would be more likely to develop psychiatric illnesses than women in the general population but there has been little research to confirm this belief. Health Consequences of Female Genital … [Read more...]
Focusing on Women’s Political Participation and Leadership: In Pursuit of Equality
July 11, 2012 by
Focusing on Women’s Political Participation and Leadership: In Pursuit of Equality Statement of Michelle Bachelet Executive Director of UN Women at CEDAW 30: A celebration of the 30th anniversary of the committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, Conference Room 3 of North Lawn Building United Nations, New York, 9 July 2012. Distinguished Panellists and Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, Today we celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Committee on the … [Read more...]
“Equality of Women Among Women”
July 8, 2012 by
A Celebration of Women™ Let us begin by saying that our vision includes the following solution to all gender issues: "Equality of Women Among Women" . A Celebration of Women™ is the first global forum where Women Leaders are being 'celebrated’ for spearheading positive action that betters the live of all women. Through the creation of our Alumni of WOMEN of ACTION™, a butterfly effect has begun, creating positive change for the Women of our World. We are advocating for, centralizing, … [Read more...]
THAI Cadets – Say NO to Violence Against Women
July 7, 2012 by
Domestic violence is still broadly perceived as a private matter in Thai society. Although the Protection of Domestic Violence Victims Act has afforded assistance to survivors and penalties for perpetrators since 2007, awareness and understanding of the law remains low throughout the country – and its police force. With few such crimes reported, Thai police have little working familiarity with the issue, or experience attending to women survivors. Many don’t adequately understand the Act … [Read more...]
RWANDA, Women Taking Action against legal barriers of birth rights
June 26, 2012 by
RWANDA, Women Taking Action against legal barriers of birth rights When Thabita Mukamusana’s partner died shortly after the birth of their child, she raised their son without hope of connecting him to his paternal family, or his inheritance, in her village in south-west Rwanda. Because the boy had been born outside of marriage, she believed that any claim would be impossible. Yet things recently turned around when she was able to access free legal aid for herself and her son, now 19. With … [Read more...]
Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting – Tide is finally turning ‘against’ FGM
May 24, 2012 by
For centuries, female genital mutilation or cutting has been practiced throughout much of Africa. But dealing as it does with a very intimate subject, FGM/C was often spoken of, if at all, only in whispers. Today the movement against it is open, public and highly visible. And FGM/C seems to be out in the open and on its way out. Farmers in remote villages in Mali are listening to radio talk shows debating the issue. Community groups in Senegal talk about it in terms of human rights. Islamic … [Read more...]
UN Women Executive Director visits France
May 20, 2012 by
UN Women Executive Director visits France to strengthen global partnerships for equality Will highlight women’s economic empowerment, political participation and ending violence against women as catalysts for sustainable growth and development 18th May — Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women Michelle Bachelet will travel to France next week to strengthen global partnerships for gender equality. She will meet with France’s senior political leaders, … [Read more...]
BANGLEDESH: women build better roads
May 20, 2012 by
BANGLEDESH: women build better roads One of the exciting things about training that cuts across divisions is that you get to learn stuff from colleagues with very different experiences of IFAD’s work. The gender training that’s been running this week was an excellent opportunity for this because the sessions I attended involved a lot of group work and discussion, as well as giving guidance and insights on the challenging business of gender mainstreaming. That’s how I learnt that poor … [Read more...]
