Analysis by AWID

Each week a Friday File is posted on AWID’s Resource Net email digest. To take advantage of these oppurtunities click on any Resource Net issue number to view the post from that week. The most recent listing is at the top, scroll down for previous week’s listings. Postings are compiled from a variety of sources.

• The
  marginalisation of LGBT rights within the United Nations framework.
  [Friday February 17, 2006]
• Women
  and ICTs: How did gender fare at the World Summit on the Information Society
  (WSIS), and what’s next? [Friday February 17, 2006]
• The
  International Criminal Court: A model for gender integration [Friday,
  February 10, 2006]
• The
  Feminist Dialogues at the Bamako World Social Forum [Friday, February 10,
  2006]
• Japanese
  women campaign for effective law against discrimination in employment
  [Friday, January 27, 2006]
• Giving
  to satisfy world needs [Friday, January 27, 2006]
• Liberia
  elects Africa’s first woman President – what does this mean for women?
  [Friday January 20, 2006]
• Disasters
  are never gender neutral: What lessons have we learned? [Friday January
  20, 2006]
• Liberia
  elects Africa’s first woman President ? what does this mean for women?
  [Friday January 20, 2006]
• Disasters
  are never gender neutral: What lessons have we learned? [Friday January
  20, 2006]
• Liberia
  elects Africa?s first woman President ? what does this mean for women?
  [Friday January 20, 2006]
• Disasters
  are never gender neutral: What lessons have we learned? [Friday January
  20, 2006]
• When
  culture overrides the law: Does ‘rights talk’ always get results? [Friday,
  January 13, 2006]
• Enhancing
  fundraising credibility: a book review. [Friday, January 13, 2006]
• Update
  from the Sixth WTO Ministerial Meeting in Hong Kong ? Part 2. [Friday
  December 16, 2005]
• Update
  from the Sixth WTO Ministerial Meeting in Hong Kong ? Part 2. [Friday
  December 16, 2005]
• Update
  from the Sixth WTO Ministerial Meeting in Hong Kong ? Part 1. [Friday
  December 16, 2005]
• What
  is the relationship between women?s representation in political parties and
  women?s involvement in social movements? [Friday December 16, 2005]
• Global
  Gag Rule jeopardizes war on HIV/AIDS [Friday, December 9, 2005]
• Forbidden
  Decision: Women’s access to contraceptives and abortion in Argentina Interview
  with Marianne Mollmann [Friday, December 9, 2005]
• What
  next for Kenyan women? [Friday, December 2, 2005]
• Progressive
  Law for African Women comes into Force [Friday, December 2, 2005]
• Violence
  against women in Pakistan [Friday November 25, 2005]
• Women’s
  rights in Hong Kong: How are feminist movements dealing with the
  challenges? [Friday November 11, 2005]
• The
  fight for democracy and gender equality in Azerbaijan. [Friday November
  11, 2005]
• How
  Does Change Happen ? A Wrap Up [Sunday October 30, 2005]
• Chaotic
  equilibrium? [Sunday October 30, 2005]
• How
  Should we Change? Plenary Report from Day Three of the Forum [Saturday
  October 29, 2005]
• Where
  is the Money for Women’s Rights? [Saturday October 29, 2005]
• Plenary
  Report from Day Two of the Forum [Friday October 28, 2005]
• Forum
  Interstices: whispers and smiles. [Friday October 28, 2005]
• Plenary
  Report from the first day of the AWID Forum [Thursday October 27, 2005]
• Forum
  BLOG [Thursday October 27, 2005]
• Young
  Feminists Gather Together [Friday, October 21, 2005]
• Kenyan
  Women Collaborate for Change [Friday, October 21, 2005]
• Mobilising
  for change in the Asia Pacific. [Friday October 14, 2005]
• The
  Global Consultation on the Ratification and Use of the Optional Protocol to
  CEDAW [Friday October 14, 2005]
• Women?s
  rights at the UN World Summit ? An interview with Zonibel Woods, who is the
  Senior Advisor, International Policy, for the International Women?s Health
  Coalition. [Friday September 30, 2005]
• What
  does the G8 recent debt cancellation to poor nations represent for women in
  those selected countries? [Friday September 30, 2005]
• Are
  we Making Progress or Fighting the Same Battles? [Friday September 23,
  2005]
• Perceptions
  of the Darfur community on the effects of the Conflict on Women and Girls
  [Friday September 23, 2005]
• Women
  in the media: Monitoring trends and facilitating change. [Friday September
  16, 2005]
• Reproductive
  rights for women affected by HIV/AIDS: What is the relationship between the
  Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and measurable change on the ground?
  [Friday September 16, 2005]
• Gender
  equality, the military and the state. [Friday September 2, 2005]
• Harnessing
  the dimensions of malnutrition. [Friday September 2, 2005]
• Involving
  Israeli Women in Peace and Security [Friday, August 26, 2005]
• Iranian
  Women demand Equal Rights [Friday, August 26, 2005]
• Women
  have never had the chance to check out the hypothesis. Since the men who are
  waging war are not doing so well, why don’t we just try it out? [Friday,
  August 26, 2005]
• Prevention
  as the new approach to human trafficking [Friday August 19, 2005]
• Internet
  Governance and Gender Issues [Friday August 12, 2005]
• Virginity
  Testing and the War against AIDS [Friday August 12, 2005]
• Women
  at the UN General Assembly Interactive Hearings: A participant?s
  perspective. [Friday August 5, 2005]
• What
  impact has ?free? trade had on countries in the South? [Friday August 5,
  2005]
• Reigning
  in Canada’s Mining Companies [Friday July 29, 2005]
• Justice
  in the Eye of the Beholder [Friday July 29, 2005]
• Documenting
  women?s lives: global women?s memories, testimonies and biographies.
  [Friday July 22, 2005]
• How
  are women working to eliminate violence against women in Muslim-majority
  societies? [Friday July 22, 2005]
• The
  Global South subsidizing the North [Friday July 15, 2005]
• African
  Women and the GCAP Process [Friday July 15, 2005]
• What
  are the AWID Young Women and Leadership Institutes (YWLIs) all about?
  [Friday July 8, 2005]
• Young
  women speak out on the recent AWID YWLI held in Bangkok, June 2005.
  [Friday July 8, 2005]
• Bringing
  Charles Taylor to Book [Friday July 1, 2005]
• The
  Generation that has not known a World without AIDS [Friday July 1, 2005]
• Spotlight
  on Burma for World Refugee Day. [Friday June 24, 2005]
• Menstruation
  and gender disparities in education. [Friday June 17, 2005]
• Addressing
  the plight of young Bhutanese women refugees. [Friday June 17, 2005]
• Human
  trafficking and CEDAW: Is the United States committed to the full realisation
  of women?s rights? [Friday June 10, 2005]
• Copyright
  expansion: Undermining the public domain. [Friday June 10, 2005]
• Modern
  slavery [Friday June 3, 2005]
• A
  review of ‘Women’s Empowerment: Measuring the Global Gender Gap.’ [Friday
  June 3, 2005]
• Challenging
  abortion law in Colombia: An interview with Monica Roa, the director of the
  Gender Justice Program at Women’s Link Worldwide and the Attorney that filed
  the case in Colombia. [Friday May 27, 2005]
• Increasing
  fundamentalism in Bangladesh: Is it a threat to women?s rights? [Friday
  May 27, 2005]
• What
  is the International Campaign on Women Human Rights Defenders about?
  [Friday May 20, 2005]
• Restoring
  Hope to Rwanda?s women [Friday May 20, 2005]
• Development
  up close: Gender programming in village water and sanitation projects in
  India. [Friday May 15, 2005]
• Feminism
  in Kuwait: A report on the struggle for women?s political participation.
  [Friday May 15, 2005]
• Engaging
  with the World Trade Organization [Friday May 6, 2005]
• A
  Re-assessment of Aid Conditionality: [Friday May 6, 2005]
• World
  Health Report 2005: A review of the latest report from the World Health
  Organisation (WHO) concerning the health of mothers and newborn children.
  [Friday April 29, 2005]
• Pope
  Benedict XVI: Renewed conservatism within the Catholic Church. [Friday
  April 29, 2005]
• The
  ?Architect and Engine of Neoliberal Globalization? [Friday April 22, 2005]

• ?In
  Larger Freedom:? The UN Secretary-General?s report on progress on the
  Millennium Declaration. [Friday April 22, 2005]
• Eradicating
  Female Genital Mutilation: Sexuality rights vs. Cultural relativism
  [Friday April 15, 2005]
• Sexuality
  and Criminal Laws in the Arab World [Friday April 15, 2005]
• Buddhism
  in Thailand: a report on the struggle for women to be ordained in the
  Theravada Buddhist tradition. [Friday April 8, 2005]
• Linking
  feminists in Eastern Europe with technology: an interview with Natasa Stevanic
  and Milica Gudovic [milNat] from Women?s Information Technology Transfer
  (WITT). [Friday April 8, 2005]
• Women?s
  human rights in Turkey ? challenges and prospects. [Friday April 1, 2005]
• Global
  migration trends for women: A review of the latest United Nations World Survey
  on the Role of Women in Development. [Friday April 1, 2005]
• ‘Our
  Common Interest:’ Does the report of the Commission for Africa offer new hope
  for African women? [Friday March 25, 2005]
• What
  is the status of indigenous women and indigenous feminism in Australia?
  [Friday March 18, 2005]
• Strengthening
  Afghan women’s civil society: The role of the United States. [Friday March
  18, 2005]
• Latin
  American women speak about their access to adequate housing [Friday March
  11, 2005]
• What
  has been the impact of Togo?s current political situation on Togolese
  women? [Friday March 11, 2005]
• Rising
  up in Response: Women?s rights activism in conflict situations. [Friday
  March 4, 2005]
• HIV/AIDS
  and mobile technology: SMS saving lives in Africa [Friday March 4, 2005]
• Nurturing
  the Spirit of Young Women [Friday February 25, 2005]
• Invoking
  the Right to Health: A review of ?The Right to Health: A Resource Manual for
  NGOs.? [Friday February 25, 2005]
• The
  Feminist Dialogue: ?Multidimensional identities and internal diversities?.
  [Friday February 18, 2005]
• What
  opportunities and challenges have emerged from the recent 2005 Feminist
  Dialogue? [Friday February 18, 2005]
• Demystifying
  the Millennium Development Goal Processes: An Interview with Joanna Kerr
  [Friday, February 11, 2005]
• Towards
  an International Human Rights Framework for Corporate Accountability: The
  United Nations Human Rights Norms for Business [Friday, February 11, 2005]

• Shape
  up or ship out: Why Millennium Goal No. 3 can not be achieved until the
  multilateral institutions stop imposing neo-liberal policy on the rest of the
  world. [Friday February 4, 2005]
• Identifying
  warning signs of fundamentalisms [Friday, January 28, 2005]
• Partners
  or Parent-and-Child? [Friday, January 28, 2005]
• Trafficking
  of women in Eastern Europe: Understanding the issues. [Friday January 21,
  2005]
• Spotlight
  on Ukraine: Trafficking of women and the Beijing Platforms for Action.
  [Friday January 21, 2005]
• ?Gender
  is my Agenda? How women?s organizations are spearheading the evolution of a
  rights framework for African women. [Friday, January 14, 2005]
• How
  has feminism influenced policy and practice on domestic violence? A review of
  ?Home Truths about Domestic Violence,? a reader on domestic violence
  [Friday, January 14, 2005]
• Gender
  and natural disasters: Why we should be focusing on a gender perspective of
  the Tsunami disaster. [Friday January 7, 2005]
• What
  is the latest research on Export Processing Zones (EPZs) and how are women in
  particular affected by EPZs? [Friday January 7, 2005]
• What
  redress have victims of the Bhopal gas disaster received? [Friday,
  December 17, 2004]
• Discovering
  Women and Girls, World AIDS Day 2004 – A cynical view. [Friday, December
  10, 2004]
• How
  does globalisation impact indigenous women in South East Asia? [Friday,
  December 10, 2004]
• Why
  is there a high prevalence of HIV/AIDS amongst women in Africa south of the
  Sahara? [Friday, December 3, 2004]
• What
  are the latest global trends in the AIDS epidemic? [Friday, December 3,
  2004]
• Trade
  in Agriculture and Women?s Right to Food: Has Progress Been Made? [Friday,
  November 26, 2004]
• What
  are trends in funding for women?s rights work today? [Friday, November 26,
  2004]
• What
  are the recent debates about access to essential medicines and should this be
  an issue of priority for gender equality advocates? [Friday, November 19,
  2004]
• What
  is the significance of DAWN?s (Development Alternatives with Women for a New
  Era) 20th Anniversary for the Global Women?s movement? [Friday, November
  12, 2004]
• How
  have young African advocates envisioned their role in global agendas for
  social change? [Friday October 29, 2004]
• Can
  the new genomic technologies improve global health? [Friday, October 22,
  2004]
• Letters
  to the Editor: Please send your comments and responses to any of the articles
  in AWID?s Friday File to contribute@awid.org. [Friday, October 22, 2004]
• ?Eye
  to Eye: Women Practising Development Across Cultures? A Book Review.
  [Friday, October 15, 2004]
• Letters
  to the Editor [Friday, October 15, 2004]
• Why
  should we be watching gender and media activism in Southern Africa?
  [Friday, October 8, 2004]
• Is
  water a public good or a commodity? [Friday, October 8, 2004]
• What
  are creative and effective ways of combating the increasingly restrictive
  climate for abortion rights? [Friday, October 1, 2004]
• How
  do Mother Centers contribute to women?s empowerment and gender equality?
  [Friday, October 1, 2004]
• What
  is the ?Million Women Challenge?? [Friday, September 24, 2004]
• Holy
  Office Attacks Feminism [Friday, September 24, 2004]
• Is
  human security a useful concept for achieving gender justice, human rights and
  development? [Friday, September 17, 2004]
• Letters
  to the Editor [Friday, September 17, 2004]
• How
  can HIV treatment options for female sex workers in Vancouver’s Downtown
  Eastside be expanded? [September 10, 2004]
• Participatory
  Development: Rhetoric or Reality? [September 10, 2004]
• Why
  is it important to deconstruct the poverty discourse? [September 3, 2004]
• How
  is war impacting the lives of people in Sudan? [August 27, 2004]
• Did
  the International AIDS Conference reflect the needs of positive women?
  [August 20, 2004]
• Reflections
  of Bangkok The XV International AIDS Conference [August 20, 2004]
• What
  are the links between the Olympics and workers’ rights? [August 13, 2004]
• What
  are some of the benefits and challenges of microcredit? [August 6, 2004]
• Has
  the scope of the UN International Years been narrowed by declaring 2005 the
  International Year of Microcredit? [August 6, 2004]
• How
  are ICTs being used in Education in the Asia and Pacific region? [July 30,
  2004]
• How
  do social institutions impact the economic role of women? [July 23, 2004]
• How
  can we address diverse identities and varying experiences within organizations
  and movements? [July 16, 2004]
• How
  are the hidden links between women and the environment being made visible?
  [July 16, 2004]
• Are
  the voices of child brides being heard? [July 9, 2004]
• What
  analysis has been done on the World Programme of Action for Youth? [July
  2, 2004]
• What
  role does cost-benefit analysis play in development issues? [June 25,
  2004]
• ECLAC
  B+ 10 MEETING: A POSITIVE STEP FORWARD!!! [June 25, 2004]
• What
  is the role of gender in peacekeeping? [June 18, 2004]
• How
  are land ownership laws changing for women? [June 11, 2004]
• Response
  from CONAP to the recent Friday File interview with Peggy Antrobus on the
  situation in Haiti. [June 11, 2004]
• Additional
  responses to the Friday File on Haiti [June 11, 2004]
• How
  are women’s rights being defended in Aceh, Indonesia? [June 4, 2004]
• What
  is the Unborn Victims of Violence Act (UVVA)? [May 28, 2004]
• What
  is a Debt-for-AIDS swap? [May 21, 2004]
• Follow
  up: The ICPD Programme of Action reaffirmed by governments around the
  globe. [May 21, 2004]
• What
  is the role of women in natural disasters? [May 14, 2004]
• How
  has sexual violence infiltrated the education sector? [May 7, 2004]
• Race,
  gender and class: Why have a group of Caribbean women have spoken out against
  the coup in Haiti? [April 16, 2004]
• What
  are the issues related to the headscarf ban in France? [April 9, 2004]
• How
  are solar ovens improving the lives of women and the environment? [April
  9, 2004]
• How
  can the women of the world support campaigns to oust President George W.
  Bush? [April 2, 2004]
• What
  are the current trends of women in the labour force? [April 2, 2004]
• How
  are religion and women’s movements working together for women’s human
  rights? [March 26, 2004]
• Letters
  to the Editor [March 26, 2004]
• How
  are current structural adjustment lending at the World Bank impacting the poor
  people and poor women specifically? [March 19, 2004]
• Why
  are women invisible in technology and what are the mechanisms for change?
  [March 12, 2004]
• Donors
  need defenders: The debate over cloning has focused on scientists’ needs, not
  the rights of women who supply the eggs, says advocate Ann Elisabeth
  Samson [March 12, 2004]
• What
  is the “Speak Out! Girls, Creative Vision and Globalization” project?
  [March 5, 2004]
• How
  is leadership and poverty linked and what is the role of youth in this
  process? [March 5, 2004]
• How
  can globalization be changed to benefit all people? [February 27, 2004]
• What
  happened at the Fourth World Social Forum (WDF) in Mumbai, India?
  [February 20, 2004]
• What
  were the experiences of AWID staff at the WSF? [February 20, 2004]
• What
  gains have women made in Afghanistan’s new constitution? [February 13,
  2004]
• Is
  climate change a gender issue? [February 6, 2004]
• What
  are the current understandings and gaps in the debate about the impact of
  reproductive technologies and new technologies on young women’s lives and
  rights? [January 30, 2004]
• What
  is the European Social Forum and role did women play at the Forum?
  [January 30, 2004]
• What
  is the significance of the “gas war” protests that took place in Bolivia
  during September and October of 2003? [January 23, 2004]
• How
  does gender inequality and violence against women in Africa fuel the HIV/AIDS
  pandemic? [January 23, 2004]
• What
  was the outcome of the recent FTAA meeting in Miami? [January 16, 2004]
• What
  is the significance of Shirin Ebadi winning the Nobel Prize for peace in 2003?
  [January 16, 2004]
• A
  Year in Review: Friday File top stories from 2003 [January 9, 2004]
• The
  following announcement was accidentally omitted from our Wednesday Resource
  Net Announcement list. [January 9, 2004]
• Should
  the recent call from the right for increased NGO accountability be cause for
  concern for the women’s movement? [Friday, August 1, 2003]
• What
  should be the role of the Holy See at the United Nations? [Friday, August
  1, 2003]
• Are
  new texts on gender and development providing new information? [January 2,
  2004]
• Letters
  to the Editor for December 2003 [January 2, 2004]
• The
  “JFC”: A new strategic opportunity for gender equality advocates to engage
  with the World Bank? [December 19, 2003]
• How
  is a gendered perspective being placed on the agenda of the 2004 World Social
  Forum? [December 19, 2003]
• How
  are young women thinking and discussing the relationship between formal
  religion and feminism? [December 12, 2003]
• How
  are groups working to ensure that women will have equitable rights within the
  information society? [December 5, 2003]
• What
  is the role of the WSIS-Gender Caucus at the World Summit on the Information
  Society? [December 5, 2003]
• What
  is the current state of the NGO sector in Iraq? [November 28, 2003]
• How
  is the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in
  Cairo being reviewed in 2004, its 10th Anniversary? [November 28, 2003]
• How
  are intergovernmental organizations and other groups preparing for
  Beijing+10? [Friday, November 21, 2003]
• How
  are Young Women Maintaining their Momentum and Energy to Work Within Social
  Justice and Human Rights Fields? [Friday, November 14, 2003]
• What
  are the ‘Montréal Principles’ and How Can We Use Them to Promote Women’s
  Rights and Gender Equality? [Friday, November 14, 2003]
• How
  Do the Israeli Occupation, Patriarchy, and the Development Industry Impact the
  Palestinian Women’s Movement? [Friday, November 7, 2003]
• Letters
  to the Editor in response to Friday File Issue 149, October 23, 2003 “Are the
  Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Relevant to Women’s Movements?” An
  editorial by Joanna Kerr, AWID Executive Director. [Friday, November 7,
  2003]
• Two
  Years after the Invasion, are the Rights of Women Protected in
  Afghanistan? [Friday, October 31, 2003]
• Are
  the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Relevant to Women’s Movements? An
  editorial by Joanna Kerr, AWID Executive Director [Friday, October 23,
  2003]
• What’s
  New in Feminist Advocacy? The Dawn Feminist Advocacy Institute by Shamillah
  Wilson, AWID’s Young Women and Leadership Theme Manager [Friday, October
  23, 2003]
• How
  are Women in Zimbabwe Responding to the Escalation of Women’s Rights
  Violations under the ZANU-PF government? [Friday, October 17, 2003]
• What
  are the Potential Implications of Canada’s Bill C-13 on Assisted Human
  Reproduction [Friday, October 17, 2003]
• Why
  is it important for the international women’s movement to understand and
  support anti-poverty organizations in the United States? [Friday, October
  10, 2003]
• What
  is the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant
  Workers and Members of Their Families? [Friday, August 8, 2003]
• What
  is the role of Information and Communication Technologies in agriculture?
  [Friday, August 8, 2003]
• What
  is the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant
  Workers and Members of Their Families? [Friday, August 8, 2003]
• What
  is the role of Information and Communication Technologies in agriculture?
  [Friday, August 8, 2003]
• What
  has been the progress of the recipients of AWID¡¦s Innovation ¡¥Seed¡¦ Grants
  Program launched at the AWID Forum? [October 3, 2003]
• What
  does the U.S. government¡¦s understanding and use of science have to do with
  women¡¦s rights, and specifically, with development? [October 3, 2003]
• What
  is the role of gender in integrated conservation and development projects?
  [September 26, 2003]
• What
  has happened with the Amina Lawal’s case? [September 26, 2003]
• How
  has the Slovak government and NGO communities responded to allegations of
  illegal sterilization of Romani women? [September 19, 2003]
• Follow-up
  on U.S. stand against the United Nations Population Fund as report in the
  September 5th, Friday File. [September 19, 2003]
• Lamentamos
  no haber incluido, en la cobertura sobre la OMC de la semana pasada, la
  traducción del artículo de Shareen Gokal escrito desde la 5a. Conferencia
  Ministerial de la OMC realizada en Cancún, México. Por favor léela abajo. Si
  te interesa leer más, visita el sitio de AWID sobre la OMC. http://es.awid.org/cancun/.
  [September 19, 2003]
• What
  is happening at the WTO Conference in Cancun? [September 12, 2003]
• What
  have been the impacts of increasing conservatism around family planning policy
  in the United States? [September 5, 2003]
• How
  are genetically engineered crops impacting farmers in South Africa?
  [Friday, August 22, 2003]
• What
  guidelines can be used to ensure that development happens as if ALL people
  matter? [Friday, August 22, 2003]
• What
  role does the WTO play in the international arena? [Friday, August 22,
  2003]
• What
  are the major issues on the table for the WTO meeting in Cancun, Mexico?
  [Friday, August 22, 2003]
• What
  is the effect of water privatization on the right to water? [Friday,
  August 15, 2003]
• What
  is the role of emergency contraception as a family planning tool in India?
  [Friday, August 15, 2003]
• What
  happened at AWID’s first Young Women and Leadership Institute? [Friday,
  July 25, 2003]
• How
  have changes in social security reform impact women and men in Central and
  Eastern Europe? [Friday, July 25, 2003]
• How
  can men work as partners in ending violence against women and in HIV/AIDS
  related prevention, care and support? [Friday, July 18, 2003]
• How
  does the world shape up in the UNDP’s 2003 Human Development Report?
  [Friday, July 18, 2003]
• What
  is a process that we could employ to help start people thinking as well as to
  make bigger policy changes with regards to gender and HIV/AIDS? [Friday,
  July 11, 2003]
• What
  are the specific obligations of states to ensure non-discrimination under the
  Convention on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights? [Friday, July 11,
  2003]
• Letters
  to the Editor [day File of June 6, 2003]
• What
  are some issues facing women in obtaining adequate housing? [day File of
  June 6, 2003]
• What
  could new advances in biotechnology mean for women’s rights and
  development? [Friday, June 27, 2003]
• How
  is the Community Service Function of the UNHCR being currently evaluated?
  [Friday, June 27, 2003]
• What
  is solidarity economy? [Friday, June 20, 2003]
• How
  will UNESCO institute gender-mainstreaming in its organization? [Friday,
  June 20, 2003]
• What
  are the mot controversial aspects of the United States’ most recent report on
  development assistance? How does the report address issues of significance to
  women? How influential will this report be on other donors? [Friday, June
  13, 2003]
• What
  are obstetric fistulas and what role does the feminist movement have in
  supporting women that suffer from them? [Friday, June 13, 2003]
• What
  is the danger in protest letter campaigns? [Friday, June 6, 2003]
• Where
  are the women in Colombian Media? [Friday, June 6, 2003]
• Are
  UN mechanisms a useful tool in ensuring human and women’s rights? [Friday,
  May 30, 2003]
• Are
  UN mechanisms a useful tool in ensuring human and women’s rights? [Friday,
  May 30, 2003]
• How
  has European gender equality legislation impacted women’s rights during the
  process of enlargement of the European Union? [Friday, May 30, 2003]
• Letters
  to the Editor [Friday, May 23, 2003]
• Women’s
  access to the Economy in the Current Period of Economic Integration of the
  Americas: What Economy? [Friday, May 23, 2003]
• Can
  education on human rights help the situation of human security? [Friday,
  May 23, 2003]
• What
  impact has the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) had on garment
  production in Mexico had on the lives of indigenous people and women?
  [Friday, May 16, 2003]
• What
  has been the progress for the world’s women in 2002? [Friday, May 16,
  2003]
• Who
  has been assessing the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) instituted by
  the World Bank and IMF and why is it essential that they be considered through
  a gendered lens? [Friday, May 9, 2003]
• What
  is the role of advocates in obtaining safe microbicides for HIV-
  protection? [Friday, May 9, 2003]
• How
  can gender equality be promoted at the World Bank? [Friday, May 2, 2003]
• What
  is the role of the World Social Forum in the fight for people before
  profits? [Friday, May 2, 2003]
• How
  can gender equality be promoted at the World Bank? [Friday, May 2, 2003]
• What
  is the role of the World Social Forum in the fight for people before
  profits? [Friday, May 2, 2003]
• What
  role do NGOs play in the grassroots women’s movement? [Friday, April 25,
  2003]
• How
  should the women’s movement support the Fifth World Conference on Women?
  [Friday, April 25, 2003]
• How
  can I express my opinions about what is written in the Friday File?
  [Friday, April 25, 2003]
• What
  is cloning and how could this new technology impact women? [Friday, April
  18, 2003]
• Where
  can someone access information of gender and HIV/AIDS? [Friday, April 18,
  2003]
• How
  are the judicial systems in Latin America approaching issues of reproductive
  rights? [Friday, April 11, 2003]
• What
  is human trafficking and how is it impacting the lives of women? [Friday,
  April 11, 2003]
• What
  are gender budget initiatives and were can I find resources on gender and
  budgets? [Friday, April 4, 2003]
• How
  can international trade policy be changed to assist women and their
  communities? [Friday, April 4, 2003]
• What
  issues are facing gender-based violence programs within displaced
  populations? [Friday, March 28, 2003]
• How
  is the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme’s savings and credit program
  facilitating economic development? [Friday, March 28, 2003]
• How
  can Western and Arab feminism(s) be reconciled? [Friday, March 21, 2003]
• What
  methods can be employed to improve multiple stakeholder politics within
  projects? [Friday, March 21, 2003]
• Human
  Rights, not Charity: What Do Women’s Economic and Social Rights Really
  Mean? [Friday, March 13, 2003]
• How
  can family planning NGOs, who are working to provide expanded informed choice,
  introduce injectable contraceptives into their programmes? [Friday, March
  13, 2003]
• Where
  did International Women’s Day come from and what is the focus for 2003?
  [Friday, March 7, 2003]
• What
  reproductive options are available to HIV-positive women? [Friday, March
  7, 2003]
• What
  is Gender at Work? [Friday, February 28, 2003]
• How
  can the feminist’s and women’s movements learn from the Third World Social
  Forum? [Friday, February 28, 2003]
• Can
  our collective voices change the future of the impending war on Iraq?
  [Friday, February 21, 2003]
• How
  can water rights better reflect the needs of women? [Friday, February 21,
  2003]
• How
  can media use its power ‘responsibly’ when creating images of sexuality for
  young people? [Friday, February 14, 2003]
• What
  are men’s responsibilities in ending gender-based violence? [Friday,
  February 14, 2003]
• How
  does war impact the lives of women? [Friday, February 7, 2003]
• What
  is the connection between NAFTA and the murders of maquila women in Ciudad
  Juarez, Mexico? [Friday, February 7, 2003]
• What
  are gender responsive budget initiatives? [Friday, January 31, 2003]
• How
  is the feminization of the workforce in Latin America impacting women’s
  health? [Friday, January 31, 2003]
• How
  are national machineries for women facing current political environments and
  challenges? [Friday, January 24, 2003]
• Why
  is domestic violence a human rights concern? [Friday, January 24, 2003]
• How
  are businesswomen promoting gender-focused investment in Africa? [Friday,
  January 17, 2003]
• How
  is a gendered perspective being promoted in preparatory discussions for the
  World Summit on the Information Society? [Friday, January 17, 2003]
• What
  is the Statement to the SADC-EU Ministerial Meeting? [Friday, January 10,
  2003]
• What
  has been the impact of the World Social Forum? [Friday, January 10, 2003]

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