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Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Afghanistan: Women's rights may hinge on Tokyo Conference
Participants at the Tokyo Conference on Afghanistan will help develop a roadmap for Afghanistan and determine whether the international community can deliver on its development goals, including the elusive goal of securing Afghan women’s rights.  "...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Asia: South-East Asia's Women Hold High Office in Business and Politics, But They Face Challenges From Growing Conservatism
Women in south-east Asia, especially in the Muslim countries of Malaysia and Indonesia, are facing the challenges of both modernisation and growing conservatism. Though many women are highly educated and hold public office, including cabinet...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Asia Pacific: Family Vaults Women to Leadership in Asia
More women have reached the pinnacle of power in Asia in recent years than in any other part of the world, and their example has shown that in general, women leaders can be hard to tell from men.Rather than earning their positions...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Asia: women shine in politics
India's Indira Gandhi, Sri Lanka's Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Pakistan's Benazir Bhutto, Bangladesh's Shaikh Hasina, Philippines' Corazon Aquino and Indonesia's Megawati Sukarnoputri — these women leaders dominated South and South East Asia for...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Asia: Nations seek gender equality
8 April 2012 - Thailand and 10 other Asian nations have pledged to find ways to enhance gender equality in politics, according to a statement from a regional conference in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia. Former justice minister...
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
Report / White Paper
Assessment of National Women's Machineries in Turkey
With the new organizational law, the objectives and duties of the national women's machinery (NW)M have been updated and expanded to focus on building equality for women and men, and to move beyond the elimination of discrimination against women,...
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Thursday, January 19, 2012
Guide / Training Material
A Practical Guide to Constitution Building
A Practical Guide to Constitution Building provides an essential foundation for understanding constitutions and constitution building. Full of world examples of ground-breaking agreements and innovative provisions adopted during processes of...
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Friday, October 28, 2011
Asia Pacific Feminist Forum
The Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) will hold the first ever Asia Pacific Feminist Forum (APFF) on 12-14 December 2011 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. This event will bring together 100-150 activists- women lawyers, academics,...
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Aid effectiveness
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Case Study
Aid Effectiveness and the Implementation of SCR 1325 in Nepal - Financing Inclusive Peace and Security for Women in Nepal
Actualizing the promises and potential of Security Council resolutions 1325, 1820, 1888 and 1889 requires intentional action at the national level by a range of stakeholders. SCR 1889, adopted by the Security Council in October 2009, calls on Member...
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Tuesday, July 06, 2010
A Talk by Professor Ramesh Srinivasan
The Internet, Culture, and Society - Looking at Past, Present, and Future Worldwide It is now well known that with 4.5 billion mobile phone owners in the world and increased Internet penetration, global cultures and communities have...
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Tuesday, March 09, 2010
Guide / Training Material
Assessing Legislation - A manual for legislators
It aims at providing the legislators with the necessary tools that would help them in assessing legislations and proposing them to promote social and democratic change in their countries. The guide highlights and discusses several important topics...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Thursday, March 08, 2007
Guide / Training Material
Advocacy and Legislative Process in Kyrgyzstan 2001
This manual was developed for an advocacy training session held in Kyrgyzstan. It contains important information on the legislative processes in Kyrgyzstan in order to aid in the planning and carrying out of effective legislative advocacy campaigns.
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