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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
What Happened to Section J? Gender Equality in the World’s Media
What Happened to Section J? Gender Equality in the World’s MediaIn 2005, only one woman appeared for every four men as subjects in the world’s radio, television and print news. Expert opinion in the news was also overwhelmingly male. Only 10% of...
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Thursday, February 18, 2010
Fifty-fourth session of the Commission on the Status of Women
The Commission on the Status of Women (hereafter referred to as “CSW” or “the Commission”) is a functional commission of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), dedicated exclusively to gender equality and advancement of women. It...
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
CWGL: 20th Anniversary Symposium
The 20th Anniversary Symposium will be featuring prominent speakers from the global women’s movement reflecting on body, economy and movement.French and Spanish Translation AvailableHosted by the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute and the Women...
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD): "Addressing and Reaffirming Women's Sexual and Reproductive Rights"
This (parallel) event will launch APWLD's newest report, "My Body, My Life, My Rights" outlining the findings of our December 2009 consultation with the Office of the United Nations Special Rappoteur on Violence Against Women.Ms. Rashida ManjooUN...
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Case Study
Rural e-governance in India: For whom?
In India’s rural e-governance initiative, 33% of local government seats are reserved for women. Rural village heads of Chhattisgarh State – one of India's poorest-- can now participate in the public process and in theory remotely communicate the...
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Friday, January 22, 2010
Election: Tajikistan
The President is elected by popular vote to serve a 7-year term. In the National Assembly (Majlisi Milliy), 34 members are elected by indirect vote to serve 5-year terms. Of these, 25 are selected by local deputies and 8 are appointed by the...
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Friday, January 22, 2010
Election: Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected by popular vote for a six year term by the people. The Parliament has 225 members, elected for a six year term, 196 members elected in...
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Friday, January 15, 2010
Online Discussion "Women in power and decision making"
UNIFEM would like to invite you to an online discussion Women in Power and Decision-Making, one of the Critical Areas of Concern as identified in the Beijing Platform for Action in 1995. Promoting women's role and participation in decision...
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Tuesday, October 06, 2009
4th International Conference on eDemocracy 2010
Scientific eDemocracy visions and models have been developed since the 1960s, but it is now, during the first decade of the 21st Century, that they are becoming reality, being tested and implemented. Extensive IT provides the necessary basis, but it...
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Tuesday, October 06, 2009
2010 International Conference on Good Governance and Human Rights
The 2010 International Conference on Good Governance and Human Rights (CGGHR 2010) will be held from February 26th to 29th, 2010 in Singapore. CGGHR 2010 will bring together top researchers from Asian Pacific areas, North America, Europe and around...
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Tuesday, October 06, 2009
AGGHR 2010 : "International Conference on Anti-Corruption, Good Governance and Human Rights"
The International Conference on Anti-Corruption, Good Governance and Human Rights aims to bring together academic scientists, leading engineers, industry researchers and scholar students to exchange and share their experiences and research results...
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Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Training Programme on Media and Peace-building 2009
According to the organisers of this training, Radio La Benevolencija HTF ("la Benevolencija"), this training programme draws on their work in the Great Lakes Region (Rwanda, Burundi, and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)) which applies...
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Tuesday, October 06, 2009
World Urban Forum 5:The Right to the City-Bridging the Urban Divide
In the space of a few short years, the World Urban Forum has turned into the world’s premier conference on cities. The Forum was established by the United Nations to examine one of the most pressing problems facing the world today: rapid...
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Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Gender, Media and the Public Sphere
The Institute of Journalism Studies of The University of Coimbra (IEJ) and the Research Center for Media and Journalism (CIMJ) are pleased to announce the international conference «gender, media and public sphere» on the 22 and 23rd of October 2009...
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Thursday, October 01, 2009
Case Study
Focus: Women,Gender and Armed Conflict
 More than two thirds of the poorest countries in the world are in conflict regions.Uprooted population groups, particularly women and children, live for years in camps, dependent on humanitarian aid and with limited access to vital resources.  ...
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
World e-Parliament Conference
The World e-Parliament Conference is the annual forum of the community of parliaments addressing, from both the policy and technical perspectives, how the use of information and communication technology can help improve representation, transparency...
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Wednesday, September 09, 2009
Report / White Paper
Report of the Secretary General: World Survey on the Role of Women in Development
The World Survey on the Role of Women in Development focuses on emerging development issues that have an impact on the role of women in the economy, and is presented to the Second Committee of the General Assembly at five-year intervals.The present...
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Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Women’s Leadership in a Global Perspective: An Intensive Week-Long Training Workshop for Women in Politics & Public Policy
Meet women from around the world at this unique program offered in Boston by the Center for Women in Politics & Public Policy in partnership with the YWCA Boston. From 8 November to 14 November 2009, the Center for Women in Politics & Public...
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