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Thursday, May 15, 2014
WomenCan: World Bank, UN Women and Hillary Clinton to launch ground-breaking report
After two years of research and many in-depth consultations, on 14 May the World Bank team will launch a ground-breaking report, with Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim, and UN Women Executive...
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Thursday, May 08, 2014
17-year-olds voted at higher rate than parents in primary
Given the chance to vote for the first time in the March primary, 17 year olds turned out at a higher rate in Cook County than voters old enough to be their parents, according to a new study released today. A state law allowed 17 year olds who’d...
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Thursday, May 08, 2014
Women, Business and the Law 2014 : Removing Restrictions to enhance Gender Equality
The World Bank and IFC report finds that while 42 economies reduced legal differences between women and men, 128 out of 143 economies studied still impose legal differences on the basis of gender in at least one of the report’s key indicators. The...
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Thursday, May 08, 2014
Apply to be a Global Community Champion for Women's Economic Empowerment
The Knowledge Gateway for Women's Economic Empowerment are inviting applications from dynamic, creative women and men from all over the world to champion women's economic empowerment online and offline in their communities.   To apply please click...
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Wednesday, May 07, 2014
Report / White Paper
Unseeing Eyes: Media Coverage and Gender in Latin American Elections
In a society where mass media is the main venue for political information and electoral competition, limited visibility during a campaign can be challenging to a candidate and limit the possibilities of being elected. This study covers five...
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Tuesday, May 06, 2014
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Pathways to, conditions and consequences of incarceration for women
Many countries are witnessing a significantly disproportionate rate of increase of women being incarcerated, compared to their male counterparts. Globally, women and girls constitute a minority of the prison population as a whole, and it is ...
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Tuesday, May 06, 2014
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Gender-Sensitive Media: A Voluntary Code of Ethics
The purpose of this Code of Ethics is to help individual journalists, media persons, management and owners of media houses to promote gender justice in their organizational policies as well as in their professions to become better at their work, by...
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Monday, May 05, 2014
Report / White Paper
The Political and Economic Power of Women
Article at a glance Women’s participation in politics and decision-making benefits entire societies, though they are still underrepresented in most government bodies around the world. Women are not just beneficiaries of development — they are also...
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Monday, May 05, 2014
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Women as Agents of Change: Having Voice in Society and Influencing Policy
The World Bank’s World Development Report on Gender Equality and Development (WDR2012)identified women’s voice, agency and participation as a key dimension of gender equality and as a majorpolicy priority. Agency, as defined in the WDR2012, is the...
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Monday, May 05, 2014
WIP Latin America Reunion 2014 - Sao Paulo
The "Women in Parliaments Global Forum" (WIP) is hosting the “WIP Latin America Reunion 2014” in Sao Paulo, Brazil from 25 to 26 May 2014. The meeting will address the economic and social concerns for South America and the specific role of female...
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Friday, May 02, 2014
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Gender and Political parties: Far from parity
The election of four female presidents in Latin America in recent years has drawn attention to women’s political participation and their access to political decision-making. Despite these encouraging results, statistics reveal that the Latin...
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Friday, May 02, 2014
Guide / Training Material
How to follow up on UN Human Rights Recommendations: A practical guide for civil society
Follow-up activities aim at ensuring that recommendations and decisions by human rights mechanisms and bodies are implemented so as to improve respect, protection and fulfilment of all human rights for all. UN human rights mechanisms and bodies seek...
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Friday, May 02, 2014
Report / White Paper
Women and Natural Resources: Unlocking the Peacebuilding Potential
This report looks at women's potential contributions to peacebuilding from the under-explored angle of natural resources, relating the ways they use, manage, benefit from the latter to their access to participation in peacebuilding.
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Friday, May 02, 2014
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Substantive Equality and Reproductive Rights: A Briefing Paper on Aligning Development Goals with Human Rights Obligations
This briefing paper is intended to provide guidance on how to incorporate the principles of substantive equality into the Post-2015 Agenda. Specifically, when considering reproductive rights and gender equality in these programs, states should take...
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Friday, May 02, 2014
Wear Red for Women - A campaign to eradicate violence against women
This event will consist of a video presentation on violence against women and brief interventions from the OAS Secretary General, Jose Miguel Insulza and some OAS Permanent Mission Representatives and Permanent Observers.  PROGRAM Remarks by the OAS...
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Thursday, May 01, 2014
Guide / Training Material
Parliaments and Gender Equality: Gender mainstreaming in legislatures
The experience accumulated by the UNDP with other institutions is synthesized in the proposal we hereby present today: “Parliaments and Gender Equality. Gender mainstreaming in legislatures”. This contribution has come about as part of the regional...
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Monday, April 28, 2014
Report / White Paper
Youth Political Participation: Bridging Activism and Electoral Politics
What is the relationship between social movements and electoral politics? Although the empirical reality of American politics has increasingly blurred the lines between activism and electoral politics, sociology has yet to explore these changes and...
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Monday, April 28, 2014
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Technology and Politics: Incentives for Youth Participation
No other group is as disengaged from elections as youth. Voter turnout in the United States trails that of other industrialized societies, and is particularly anemic among youth between the ages of 18 and 24. The under-representation of youth voters...
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