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Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Assassination Of Elizabeth Wong, Malaysia
In a self-penned farewell letter, Elizabeth Wong describes the darkest episode in her life, and how she has never felt 'so alone, vulnerable and humiliated' We invite our users to read the full text here
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Saturday, January 24, 2009
Report / White Paper
Negotiating Culture: Intersection of Culture and Violence against Women in Asia Pacific
The report provides in depth presentations on different aspects of ‘culture’ and its effect on women and violence against women. It also sets out effective strategies for addressing culture at the community, national and international level.
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Saturday, January 24, 2009
Report / White Paper
Fundamentalisms in Asia Pacific: Trends, Impact, Challenges and Strategies Asserting Women’s Rights
This book analyzes the manifestations of fundamentalisms in the Asia-Pacific region and their impact on women as well as on democracy and politics in general. It includes strategies adopted by women’s groups and progressive women’s movements to...
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Friday, January 23, 2009
Women and Politics in Asia: A Springboard for Democracy?
The conference series “Women and Politics in Asia” started 2003 in Sweden, at Halmstad University, and was continued 2004 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and 2005 in Islamabad, Pakistan. In 2009, the fourth international conference of its kind will be...
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Friday, January 02, 2009
Guide / Training Material
A Gender Responsive Parliament: A Handbook on Gender Mainstreaming in the Legislature
This guidebook provides brief and simple references on gender mainstreaming in legislative processes. In particular, the guide focuses on two of the three principal functions of the House of Representative (DPR) in Indonesia, namely producing...
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Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Decentralization and Women's Political Participation
SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION CIRCLE 2011: The Discussion Circle on “Decentralization and Women's Political Participation” was initiated in 2008 and concluded in 2010. The members discussed on the importance to empower and involve women in local...
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Thursday, September 18, 2008
Report / White Paper
UNIFEM Annual Report 2007–2008
This report highlights UNIFEM's work to empower women in economic and public spheres, including achieving gender equality in democratic governance. Among the highlights during the year 2007–2008 were initiatives in empowering women in politics,...
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Tuesday, September 09, 2008
International Agreement and Action Plans
CEDAW Message Posters
These posters were developed to raise public awareness in Cambodia on the CEDAW principles regarding equal access to education and women's participation in all work areas.
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Monday, August 18, 2008
Report / White Paper
Gender in the Information Society: Emerging Issues
This publication features a collection of 13 papers that discuss gender roles and e-governance, the ICT industry, cyber regulations, freedom of expression, right to information, and media. Rooted in the ground realities of women, the publication...
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Thursday, July 31, 2008
Report / White Paper
Women, Nationality and Citizenship
This report highlights discrimination against women in nationality laws by examining laws that differentiate between women and men. It specifically looks into the acquisition and retention of nationality of women, including the nationality of their...
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Friday, June 20, 2008
Expert responses
Gender Mainstreaming in South-East Asia
This consolidated response highlights the role of international organizations, national governments, and non-profit women’s organizations in mainstreaming gender into national policies and legislation of the South-East Asian countries.
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Call for Submissions: Gender Issues in Information and Communication Technologies
The International Development Research Centre (IDRC), The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA), the Humanist Institute for Cooperation with Developing Countries (Hivos) and the International Institute for...
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Thursday, March 06, 2008
Application Deadline for Women's Leadership and Empowerment Conference 2008
Women's Leadership and Empowerment Conference 2008 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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Monday, February 11, 2008
Academic Paper / Article
Women’s Efforts vs. Politicians’ Power
This article is about recent legislative efforts to introduce the 30 percent quota for women candidates in Mongolia and the struggle of mongolian women in adopting this legislation.
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Monday, January 28, 2008
New Insights on Adolescent Girls in South Asia
Across the developing world, adolescence is a pivotal and rapid stage of change. In South Asia, many girls experience adolescence by transitioning from their natal homes to marital ones and quickly move into motherhood. For unmarried girls, puberty...
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Thursday, January 10, 2008
Academic Paper / Article
The Peace and Conflict Gender Analysis: UNIFEM's Research in the Solomon Islands
This paper, published in Gender and Development, discusses the research methodology and results of the 2005 Peace and Conflict Gender Analysis conducted by UNIFEM in the Solomon Islands. The use of gender analysis to shape peace processes would help...
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Tuesday, January 01, 2008
10-14 December 2007: Eliminating Violence Against Women in Politics
Dear International Knowledge Network of Women in Politics Members: We are pleased to launch the first moderated Electronic Discussion of the International Knowledge Network of Women in Politics on Eliminating Violence Against Women in Politics....
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Saturday, December 08, 2007
Report / White Paper
Towards Liberating Democracy: Devolution of Power Matters
This report is a synthesis of the workshop ‘Towards Liberating Democracy: Devolution of Power Matters’ (Bangkok, Thailand, 2007). The workshop drew on experiences from Aceh, Mindanao, West Papua and southern Thailand to address the nexus between...
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