Week
of 01-29-2007

• Afghanistan – Girls & Women Traded for Opium Debts
• Council of Europe Study on Measures & Actions Taken on Combating Violence Against Women COE States
• Ageing Population Research Benefits – Quality of Life & Management of Living Resources – Gender
• Saudi Arabia – Seminar Speakers Call for Greater Women’s Participation Based on Islamic Model
• African Home-Based Caregiver Women Speak of Undervalued Work – World Social Forum – Huairou
• Turkmenistan – Young Marriages Reflect Social Challenges
• USA – High Rate of Caesarean Births – Nurse-Midwives Respond
• Violence Against The Girl Child – NGO Collaborative Statement – UN CSW 2007
• New UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights – Ms. Kyung-Wha Kang of Republic of Korea
• Cameroon-USA – Woman’s Testimonial from Victim to Immigrant to Survivor – Tahirih Justice Center
• WAVE Lobbying Paper on Council of Europe Campaign 2007 to Combat Violence Against Women
• Iran – Draft Law Considered to Limit University Presence of Increasing Number of Women Students
• African Feminists Charter of Principles – Feminist Dialogues Prior to World Social Forum
• European Parliament Resolution – Women as Peacemakers, Women as War Victims +
• Egypt – Divisive Views Over The Veil
• Bangladesh – Acid Burning of Women & Girls – “Beena’s Story”
• Kurdish Women for Peace & Equality – International Conference
• Afghanistan – Photo Gallery – Women & Children – Afghan Women’s Mission
• Japan – Political Reactions to Japan’s Falling Birth Rate
• Turkey – Women’s Human Rights Education Program – WWHR
• CSW 2007 – The Girl Child Discrimination & Violence – UN Expert Papers
• UN New Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights – Ms. Kyung-Wha Kang of Republic of Korea
• Virginity Testing – Questioned as Effective in HIV/AIDS Prevention – Gender Human Rights – AWID
• First Licensed Black Woman Pilot – Bessie Coleman
• Poem & Art – Woman Beyond Barriers – “She Could Not Be Reached”
• UN Commission on the Status of Women 2007 – Schedule of Parallel Events Organized by NGO’s
• Egypt – Missing Coptic Women Article
• Sexual Violence: Weapon of War, Impediment to Peace – Forced Migration Review
• Women’s Worlds Congress 2008 – Mundos de Mujeres
• Women Living Under Muslim Laws Plan of Action – Senegal 2006
• Pakistan – Multiple Women in Same Family – Victims of Alleged Honor Killings – AHRC
• Kenya – Women’s Workshop Reviews Progress & Strategies
• Somalia – Women Peer Educators Program Against HIV/AIDS in Somalia
• Women & War – Photos & Painful Realities – Amnesty International
• Canada – Arbitration & Family Law Acts
• Women Human Rights Defenders
• Right to Protection & Reintegration for Girls Associated with Armed Forces & Groups
• Women’s Empowerment in Muslim Contexts: Gender, Poverty & Democratisation – Research
• Women’s Funding Network
• Mainstreaming Gender Equality & Women’s Rights in the UN System – NGO Committee on the Status of Women-Geneva
• Women & Girls Living With HIV/AIDS – Overview & Annotated Bibliography – Siyanda
• International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting – February 6
• Young Men’s Views on Image & Identity – International Museum of Women – Imagining Ourselves
• Women’s Creativity in Rural Life Prize – WWSF – Call for Nominations
• Mexico Enacts Domestic Violence Law
• The Girl Child Report – UN Secretary-General – CSW 2007
• Algeria – Report of UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women on Mission to Algeria
• Call for Papers – Family & Demography Network – European Social Science History Conference 2008
• African Women Are Key To Food Security – UN World Food Programme
• European Union – Brochure on Equality Between Women & Men in the European Union
• Trafficking – US State Department Requests Input for 2007 Trafficking In Persons/TIP Report

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