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Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Philippines: Philippine women's group slams UN recommendation to legalize prostitution
A United Nations (UN) report which called for legalizing prostitution as a way of preventing the spread of sexually transmitted diseases in Asia and the Pacific was condemned on Monday by a Philippine non-government group advocating women's rights....
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Sunday, September 23, 2012
Pacific: Too few women in Pacific politics: UN
The UN Development Program (UNDP) says women's presence in parliaments in Pacific Island states is the lowest in the world, lagging even behind Arab countries.   A UNDP study just released says economic progress will be limited in the Asia and the...
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Thursday, September 20, 2012
Pakistan: Foreign Minister Khar to Meet Hillary Clinton This Week
Amidst growing call from lawmakers to strip US aid to the country, Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar will arrive on Tuesday to hold a series of meetings with top US officials including the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. During the...
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Monday, September 10, 2012
Pacific: UNDP keen to support getting more Pacific women in Parliament
The head of the United Nations Development Programme says her organisation will happily support MPs who want to re-introduce legislation to increase women’s political representation. Across the Pacific, only about 5 percent of parliamentarians are...
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Wednesday, September 05, 2012
Pacific: Women Promised a Better Deal
Leaders of 15 Pacific Island nations have pledged to remove barriers to women’s economic empowerment, end violence against women and pave the way for their increased political representation, at the conclusion of the 43rd Pacific Islands Forum in...
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Wednesday, September 05, 2012
Pakistan: Pashtun women want ID cards at last
According to Begum, one of the most challenging issues for women is obtaining identity cards. It's estimated that all over the country, 10 million women don't have IDs. The share is particularly high with Pashtun women, where some 70 percent don't...
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Monday, September 03, 2012
Pacific: Clinton, Pacific Leaders Agree on Gender Equality
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has joined Pacific leaders in a call for full gender equality - equal treatment of men and women in all parts of social, economic and political life. Clinton and other leaders attending the 16-member Pacific...
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Monday, September 03, 2012
Papua New Guinea: Poet and firebrand finds herself in good company
Yesterday Loujaya Toni MP - gardener, teacher, poet, singer, journalist, mother, wife and (judging by a lively phone interview) political firebrand - was in the Cook Islands, where she was to be welcomed into the fold by some rather more experienced...
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Monday, September 03, 2012
Pakistan: Pakistan’s Missing Voters
Women voters are particularly affected. The latest electoral rolls count 47.77 million men, compared with 36.59 million women — a significant discrepancy given that Pakistan’s male-to-female ratio is 1.06. Although it is skewed in men’s favor, the...
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Thursday, August 30, 2012
Pacific: US and China, Fiji and women's rights on Pac Forum agenda
The arrival of US secretary of state Hillary Clinton at the post-forum meetings of this week's Pacific Islands Forum will put a focus on what's seen as a competitive diplomatic tussle by the United States and China for influence in the Asia-Pacific...
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Monday, August 13, 2012
Pakistan: Need for separate polling stations for women underlined
Speakers at a forum have underlined the need to set up separate polling stations for females, launch voter education programme and stop using financial resources ungrudgingly by candidates to ensure holding free, fair and transparent elections in...
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Wednesday, August 08, 2012
Pakistan: EVAW/G Alliance seeks protection for Women Rights Defenders
The End Violence Against Women & Girls (EVAW/G) Alliance August 6 put forth a charter of demand (COD) to the Pakistani government to protect, promote and sustain the rights of women and girls, with particular focus on woman NGO workers and women...
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Monday, August 06, 2012
Papua New Guinea: Third woman wins seat in PNG’s parliament
Papua New Guinea has three female MPs after Julie Soso won the Eastern Highlands Regional seat in the general election. Ms Soso becomes PNG’s first woman MP from the Highlands Region and the second ever female governor. It’s the second successful...
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Thursday, August 02, 2012
International Agreement and Action Plans
Power, Voice and Rights: South Asia Regional Conference on Women’s Political Leadership 2011
The report summarizes the key deliberations and outcomes of the said Conference organized in October 2011 by the Parliament of Bangladesh and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) under the framework of the “Improving Democracy through...
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Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Pakistani Women and Young People Work on Political Skills
In Pakistan, where instability, distrust, violence and political rivalries can impede interaction among political parties, women and young people — the majority of the population — often have difficulty making their voices heard. According to some...
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Monday, July 23, 2012
Papua New Guinea: Women win seats in PNG's Parliament
Delilah Gore and Loujaya Toni, who represent two different political parties, succeeded despite widespread opinions that no woman would win a seat in this year's election. Their win is seen as major political step for women in PNG, which had only...
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Monday, July 23, 2012
Pakistan: Men surpass women on new electoral rolls
Despite constituting 52% of the country’s population, the number of female registered voters is once again far less than men in the new computerised electoral rolls, according to a report provided by the acting chief election commissioner (CEC). The...
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Monday, July 09, 2012
Pakistan: Women's Rights Activist Fareeda 'Kokikhel' Afridi Shot Dead in Peshawar
Fareeda 'Kokikhel' Afridi, director of the Society for Appraisal and Women Empowerment in Rural Areas (Sawera), a Pakistani non-governmental organisation dedicated to women's rights, has been murdered in a tribal area. Afridi was shot once in the...
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