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Monday, September 17, 2012
Cambodia: Detention of land rights defenders
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JOINT PRESS RELEASE     Cambodia: Latest Detention of Women Land Activists: Rights Groups Call for Immediate Release, Condemn Government’s Ongoing Persecution of  Human Rights Defenders     (Bangkok, 13 September 2012): Asian...
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Monday, August 27, 2012
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Armenia: Women and Politics Newspaper
The newspaper present analysis of impact of the implementation of gender quotas on women in politics in Armenia.
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Saturday, July 28, 2012
Bolivia: Indigenous Women Seek the Political Kingdom
Photo credit: Franz Chávez/IPS A growing number of Bolivia’s indigenous women are participating in politics, ready to break the barriers of gender and ethnicity. Though spread across great distances and representing various realities,  many...
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Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Women's Contributions to State Building in Kosovo
The National Albanian American Council andThe National Democratic Institutecordially invite you to a panel discussion on   Women's Contributions to State Building in Kosovo Featuring Valbona Fazliu-Rrecaj, Head of Secretariat of the Joint...
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Case Study
Increasing Women’s Political Participation in Liberia: Challenges and Potential Lessons from India, Rwanda and South Africa
  Liberia, like many democracies, faces the challenge of identifying and implementing strategies for leveling the numbers of women and men in national governance and decision-making capacities. Entrenched traditional norms, cultural practices...
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Guide / Training Material
Handbook for Women’s Rights Advocates
IFES has produced a handbook to serve as a tool for advocates of women’s rights and gender equality in Afghanistan, as well as Women of Influence.  Women of Influence are those who pursue information about candidates’ policies and programs, engage...
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Arab Feminist Knowledge Production Meeting
What are we calling for exactly? Young women activist, writers and feminists have been setting up alternative electronic media websites/blogs  to provide more critical coverage and point of views on various issues in the Arab region, from gender...
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Monday, July 09, 2012
Pakistan: Women's Rights Activist Fareeda 'Kokikhel' Afridi Shot Dead in Peshawar
Fareeda 'Kokikhel' Afridi, director of the Society for Appraisal and Women Empowerment in Rural Areas (Sawera), a Pakistani non-governmental organisation dedicated to women's rights, has been murdered in a tribal area. Afridi was shot once in the...
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Wednesday, July 04, 2012
Indonesia: Gubernatorial candidates try to woo women voters
In dealing with women’s issues in Jakarta, the candidates to be Jakarta’s next governor are apparently not all on the same page. During a public discussion entitled “Perempuan Jakarta Nyari Gubernur” (Jakarta women seek a governor) on Tuesday, Alex...
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Thursday, June 28, 2012
Pakistan: Civil society, NGOs protest against treasury’s ‘gender-biased’ conduct
Aurat Foundation and other civil society organisations, including Legislative Watch Group, Violence Against Women Watch Group and Citizen Action Committees for Women Rights, expressing solidarity with women MPAs, strongly condemned the gender-biased...
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Monday, June 11, 2012
Pakistan: death threats against lawyer Asma Jahangir
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), requests your urgent intervention in the following situation...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Czech Republic: Most Czechs Believe the Number of Women in Politics is Insufficient
Almost three-fifths of Czech men and more than four-fifths of Czech women believe that the number of women in Czech politics is insufficient. To read the full article, please visit the České Noviny's Website.
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Monday, May 21, 2012
A Return to ‘Mad Men’: Gender, Media and the Politics of Women’s Health
For Women’s History Month, FGCU will welcome writer and editor Christine Cupaiuolo, who will be discussing and educating the audience on current issues of women’s health. Cupaiuolo is the managing editor of the 2011 edition of the book “Our Bodies,...
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Monday, May 21, 2012
NDI: Madeleine K. Albright Grant Luncheon with Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz
NDI Invites you to the Madeleine K. Albright Grant Luncheon With Keynote SpeakerCongresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz Watch the recording: Thursday, March 22, 2012 10:30 am - Panel Discussion | 12:30 pm - Lunch The Ritz Carlton, 1150...
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Monday, May 21, 2012
Arab States: Feminism and Islamic Perspective: New Horizons of Knowledge and Reform
The event that hosted participants and speakers from Egypt, Middle East, and Europe, had different scopes, one of which is Western Muslim women efforts to be role models working in the field of defending Muslim women rights in their respective...
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Monday, May 21, 2012
GLOBAL WOMEN LEADERS TO DISCUSS WOMEN’S RIGHTS & DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION IN THE WAKE OF THE ARAB SPRING
GLOBAL WOMEN LEADERS TO DISCUSS WOMEN’S RIGHTS & DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION IN THE WAKE OF THE ARAB SPRING   What do Islamist victories across the Middle East mean for the future of democracy and women’s rights? Will the Arab world follow in Iran’s...
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
The Role of National Mechanisms in Promoting Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women: Turkey Experience
The Beijing Platform for Action (1995) continues to point out that the main task of national women's machineries (NWMs) is to support government wide mainstreaming of a gender equality perspective in all policy areas. (para. 201) They should...
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
Gender and Institutions: Creating an Enabling Environment
Enhancing women's participation in development requires an "Enabling Environment”. What does an enabling environment look like? An enabling environment would presumably be favorable towards women's empowerment and it would need to be described...
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