Attachments: Crimes of Honor - UN General Assembly Resolution 2004.pdf WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com Attached is the United Nations Crimes of Honor Resolution, which is available on the WUNRN website - http://wunrn.wpengine.com - in 19 Languages, in the Reference Documents . Learn More
Youth for Culture of Peace Report
WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com Direct Link to Report: http://decade-culture-of-peace.org/report/YouthReport.pdf http://decade-culture-of-peace.org/ Report can be Downloaded from website Link. WORLD REPORT ON THE CULTURE OF PEACEandYOUTH FOR CULTURE OF PEACEfor theInternational Decade for a Culture of . Learn More
2006 Corruption Perceptions Index – Correlation Between Corruption & Poverty
WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com WOMEN & POVERTY - UNIFEM http://www.unifem.org/gender_issues/women_poverty_economics/at_a_glance.php Since poverty traps women in multiple layers of discrimination and hinders their ability to claim their rights, ending feminized poverty has always been a core UNIFEM priority. Not only do women bear a . Learn More
60 Women Contributing to the 60 Years of UNESCO
WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com Direct Link to UNESCO Document: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001475/147530E.pdf Contact: m.de-pierrebourg@unesco.org United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization At the last meeting of the 175th session of the Executive Board, Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura launched . Learn More
Bosnia – Domestic Violence – Bosnian Refugee & Immigrant Women
Attachments: Bosnia-Domestic Violence-Women Refugees & Immigrants.pdf WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com Full Document is Attached. Direct Link to Report: http://www.kolocollaboration.org/Articles/Danica/PuttingaStory.pdf A Story and A Face About Domestic Violence with Bosnian Refugees and . Learn More
Afghanistan – The Challenges of Defending Women’s Rights in Kandahar
WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USAOctober 24, 2006 http://www.amnestyusa.org/regions/asia/document.do?id=ENGUSA20061024001 Afghanistan: The Challenges of Defending Women's Rights in Kandahar The killing of Safiye Amajan by the Taleban on 25 September 2006 again highlights the dangers facing women human rights . Learn More
Africa Great Lakes Region – UNIFEM Programme on Gender-Based Violence & HIV/AIDS
WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com http://www.unifem.org/news_events/story_detail.php?StoryID=520 UNIFEM Launches Joint Programme to Prevent Gender-Based Violence and HIV/AIDS in the Great Lakes Region 17 October 2006 Bujumbura — UNIFEM and the Government of Burundi have launched a Joint Programme on Preventing Gender-Based Violence and . Learn More
Africa – Labor, Land, & Women’s Rights in Africa
WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/hrj/iss19/rebouche.shtml Copyright © 2006 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College Labor, Land, and Women’s Rights in Africa: Challenges for the New Protocol on the Rights of Women Rachel Rebouché[*] I. Introduction II. Women’s Rights . Learn More
African Girls Scholarship Program – AED
WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com AED - Academy for Educational Development - Gender http://www.aed.org/Gender/scholarship_plus.cfm Please click website Link to access subsite references. AFRICA: Girls Get ‘Scholarship Plus’ Mentors. Community involvement. Female role models. HIV/AIDS education. Those may not sound like parts of a . Learn More
Armenia Women Seek Greater Political Representation
WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com Via Institute for War & Peace Reporting http://www.iwpr.net/?apc_state=hrupcrs&l=en&s=f&o=324799 Armenia: Politics Without Women Armenian women seek deeper involvement in public and political life By Lena Badeyan in Yerevan (CRS No. 362 19-Oct-06)Armenia has fewer women in parliament than any . Learn More
Call for Papers – Feminist Media Studies – Feminist Contributions to Cultural Policy
WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com Call for Papers: Special Issue of Feminist Media Studies Theme: Feminist Contributions to Cultural Policy Volume 7, Number 4: December 2007 Guest Editor: Alison Beale beale@sfu.ca For further information: Dr. Alison Beale Professor, School of CommunicationSimon Fraser University at Harbour Centre 515 . Learn More
Canada – Domestic Violence in Ethnic Communities
WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com Map showing British Columbia, Canada: http://www.britishcolumbia.com/Maps/?id=2 Friday, Nov 03, 2006 Attacks on British Columbia, Canada, Women Deepen Focus on Domestic Violence in Ethnic Communities SURREY, B.C. (CP) - A woman who said her husband has beaten and abused her for 20 years said she didn't . Learn More
China – One-Child Policy – Preference for Boys – Female Infanticide – Gender Population Imbalance
WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com Report: China's one-child policy has prevented 400 million births "Critics say the policy has led to forced abortions, sterilizations and a dangerously imbalanced sex ratio due to a traditional preference for male heirs, which has prompted countless families to abort female fetuses in hopes of getting . Learn More
Colombia – Empowering Women Strengthens Democracy – Women in the Peace Process
WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com November 6, 2006 Contact: Katie Elbert The Initiative for Inclusive Security katie_elbert@huntalternatives.org Colombian Leaders Agree: Empowering Women Strengthens Their Democracy BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA – While it may not rule the . Learn More
Conference on Women as Writers & Readers – University of Alberta, Canada
WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com http://www.crcstudio.arts.ualberta.ca/wwr_conference/ Please click website Link to access subsite references. Conference: Women Writing Reading:Past and Present, Local and Global University of AlbertaEdmonton, Alberta, Canada4-6 May 2007 This three day conference, being held at the University of Alberta, . Learn More