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Thursday, October 24, 2013
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Advancing women’s rights, Taiwan
The designation of Oct. 11 as Taiwan Girls’ Day in the ROC represents another step forward for the country in its goal of promoting the rights of women across the economic, educational, political and social spectrums. This important undertaking...
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Monday, October 14, 2013
A crusading Afghan woman
Filing a nomination to stand in next year’s Afghan presidential elections is, unless you happen to be one of the ‘chosen few’ backed by your personal ‘private army’, akin to signing your own death warrant. And when the person who files, a complete...
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Wednesday, October 02, 2013
Afghan Human Rights Leader Sima Samar Named in Top 10 Most Influential Women List
Dr. Sima Samar, head of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC), has been named one of the Top 10 Most Influential Women in South and Central Asia for 2013 by Central and South Asia Business.   We invite our users to read the...
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Asian Universities Offer Programs for Female Business & Political Leaders
Asian universities are beginning to do what has long been practiced in the West: offer short courses specifically for women who are leaders in business and politics. While the business schools at Harvard, Oxford, Stanford and others have established...
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Afghanistan: UN calls for more Afghan women protection
A new report released by the UN says Afghan women are still victims of abuse despite some success by authorities in prosecuting cases of rape, forced marriages and domestic violence. The UN collected information from 22 of Afghanistan's 34 provinces...
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Monday, December 10, 2012
Afghanistan: The Forum on Women, Peace & Security in Afghanistan
The Forum on Women, Peace and Security in Afghanistan, 4-6 December 2012, jointly supported by the N-Peace Network and the Research Institute for Women, Peace and Security (RIWPS), was attended by women Members of Parliament and more than 80 women...
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Australia: Gender Equality Bill Passes Through Parliament
New legislation supporting gender equality in the workplace has passed through the both houses of Federal Parliament. The passage of the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Bill 2012 was welcomed by Minister for the Status of Women, Julie...
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Thursday, November 01, 2012
Afghanistan: Women among victims of Afghanistan attacks
The UN says 1,145 civilians were killed in the Afghan war in the first six months of this year, blaming 80 per cent of the deaths on fighters - more than half of those caused by roadside bombs. Both developments come as the independent election...
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Thursday, September 27, 2012
Afghanistan: Afghan women who fight for freedoms
While this horrifying scene may resemble what happened in that football stadium 13 years ago, in fact, much has changed. Within hours of Najiba's horrible death being broadcast worldwide, women in Afghanistan poured into the streets, seeking justice...
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Sunday, September 23, 2012
Asia Pacific: Six actions can fast-track women in Asia-Pacific politics - UNDP
It will be 50 years before parliaments in the Asia-Pacific region achieve gender balance if women’s participation remains at its current pace, according to a new report from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Half of the more than 4.2...
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Monday, September 17, 2012
American Samoa: Elections will have highest ever number of women candidates
The 2012 elections in American Samoa will include the highest number of female candidates in the Territory’s history. 60 candidates are vying for the 20 House of Representatives seats. And 10 of them are women, including former lawmaker Fiasili...
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Wednesday, September 05, 2012
Australia: Group offers expertise to help get Pacific MPs
The Pacific lags behind much of the world when it comes to women in parliament and Australia could do much better too. One group has been working for the last 18 years to get Australian women into politics. They've helped elect 153 women to...
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Thursday, August 30, 2012
Asia: Asia's Most Powerful Women
Across Asia, women are climbing the ranks, whether it be through business or politics. Asia’s high-powered business women have been on FORBES’s radar, with the list of Asia’s 50 Power Business Women in February. However while CEOs like Zhang Xin of...
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Thursday, August 30, 2012
Australia: PM gets lift on way to raise status of women
The entrance marked the official opening of the Pacific Islands Forum, Ms Gillard the last of the 14 Pacific leaders to parade amid the dancers spinning an island-style greeting.   ''It's not the way I normally begin multilateral meetings, but I was...
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Sunday, July 15, 2012
Afghanistan: Female Afghan Politician Targeted and Killed By Car Bomb
Hanifa Safi, the provincial head of the Afghan ministry of women’s affairs, was killed on Friday when a bomb attached to her car exploded as she drove through the capital of Laghman province, Mehtar Lam, about 93 miles east of Kabul. The BBC reports...
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Sunday, July 15, 2012
Asia: Ms Park could be a first for South Korea...and East Asia
Photo credit: Lim Hun-jung/Reuters Many countries in South and South East Asia have been run by females as head of state or head of government, among them India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, the Philippines and Thailand, but no woman has been in...
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Sunday, July 15, 2012
Asia: Lower Mekong Initiative Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Policy Dialogue
On July 12-13, the U.S. Government and the Royal Government of Cambodia convened the first-ever Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Policy Dialogue as part of the Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI). Secretary of State Hillary Clinton launched the LMI...
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Thursday, July 12, 2012
Asia Pacific: Statement by IWRAW Asia Pacific on the Occasion of the 30th Anniversary of the Work of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
  International Women’s Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific (IWRAW Asia Pacific) hails the CEDAW Committee – past and present – for their commitment and their continuous effort to expand international standards and jurisprudence on the human rights...
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