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Wednesday, August 05, 2009
iKNOW Politics: ONLINE Discussion "Women in Local Governments"
Increasingly countries around the world are moving toward greater decentralization of legislative and budgetary authority to local governments. The need for accountability and responsiveness of local governments to community needs has led to...
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Friday, June 12, 2009
SVRI Forum 2009: Coordinated evidence-based responses to end sexual violence
Sexual violence has long been neglected both as a public health problem and a violation of multiple human rights. Rape is a threat to global security, and constitutes a crime against humanity. No rape free societies exist today. Rape impacts on the...
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Friday, June 12, 2009
Going Diverse: Innovative Answers to Future Challenge
Today’s world is rapidly changing regarding economical, legal, social and cultural conditions. Internationalisation and globalisation, modern and individual lifestyles, demographic changes, migration and labour shortage, as well as urgent issues...
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Tuesday, June 09, 2009
Deadline for the Asia-Pacific Regional Human Development Initiative (APRI) Fellowships
The UNDP Asia-Pacific Regional Human Development Initiative (APRI) announces the opening of two types of Human Development fellowships for citizens of the Asia-Pacific countries. - Academic Fellowship 2009 - Media Fellowship 2009 The Human...
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Friday, June 05, 2009
Addressing Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in Peace Negotiations: Implementing Security Council Resolution 1820
In 2008, the UN Security Council recognized sexual violence as a tactic of warfare. Unaddressed in almost all peace negotiations, it represents one of history’s greatest silences. To address this, a group of high-level mediators, subject experts,...
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Friday, May 29, 2009
NCCROW Summer Institute on Gender, Disasters, and Development
Food is a basic need, but its place in health and culture is complex, multidimensional and constantly evolving. Food production and preparation also have consistently been associated with gender role differentiation in history. These practices...
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Thursday, May 28, 2009
WBI Executive Development Program: Fighting Corruption through Collective Action
The World Bank Institute (WBI) is hosting a conference on anti-corruption issues and solutions. Professionals responsible for developing anti-corruption policies or managing critical government acquisitions or projects will learn about potential...
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Thursday, May 28, 2009
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 researchers, scientists, engineers, and scholar students to exchange and share their experiences, new ideas, and research results about all...
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Friday, May 22, 2009
Brown Bag discussion on When do Government's Promote Women's Rights? States and Sex Equality in Latin America and the World
UNIFEM, UNDP- Democratic Governance & Gender Unit and iKNOW Politics partners cordially invite you to the Brown Bag discussion on When do Government's Promote Women's Rights? - States and Sex Equality in Latin America and the World.Presenter:...
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Monday, April 27, 2009
Summer Program on Media, Democratization and Development
This intensive summer school on media development is designed to help early-stage researchers gain an understanding of the history, theory, practice, and current trends in the media development sector. In the program, students will be exposed to a...
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Monday, April 27, 2009
Politics, Policies and Progress
The influence of politics on policy, whether at local, national or international levels, has far-reaching implications for educational development. Globalisation, international aid, the knowledge economy and the marketisation of education are well-...
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Monday, April 27, 2009
18th Annual Conference 2009 Women, Gender and Political Spaces: Historical Perspectives
Within recent feminist scholarship considerable attention has been paid to the role of gender in constructing social space. This conference seeks to engage with this ‘spatial turn’ by considering the possibilities and constraints upon female agency...
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Monday, April 27, 2009
Fourth Annual Women's Leadership Conference
Women's Leadership and Empowerment Conference 2009 is a three-day program, which consists of three components: study session "women's leadership and empowerment of disadvantaged groups", presentations of submitted papers and open discussions. It is...
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Case Study
Gender Responsive Budgeting in Pakistan: Experience and lessons learned
This article describes the experience and lessons learned to date during the implementation of gender responsive budgeting (GRB) in Pakistan. The article provides the background, and details on GRB activities, including various GRB tools, gender...
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Women2Women Cultural Connection & Leadership Program
Empower Peace is now accepting applications for its 4th Annual Women2Women America conference, to be held August 1-8, 2009, at Lesley University in Cambridge , Massachusetts , USA . Young women, ages 15-19, from around the world are encouraged to...
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Friday, March 27, 2009
International Agreement and Action Plans
Translating CEDAW into Law: CEDAW Legislative Compliance in Nine Pacific Island Countries
This publication is divided into 10 chapters. Chapter 1 introduces and provides an overview of the indicators that have been developed and applied to assess CEDAW legislative compliance in the 9 Pacific Island countries. National constitutions and...
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Friday, March 27, 2009
Guide / Training Material
Temporary Special Measures To Promote Gender Balance In Pacific Legislatures: A Guide to Options
This guide provides practical recommendations and tools on how to promote women in parliaments in the Pacific region. It describes the use of special measures such as reserved seats and political party quotas, and special campaigning tools.
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Monday, March 09, 2009
Multimedia
Getting Ahead: Testimonials of Women in Politics (Trailer)
iKNOW Politics and its partners present the film entitled Getting Ahead: Testimonials from Women in Politics that features incredible stories of women politicians from around the world. The film highlights the cases of prominent women leaders from...
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