Week
of 06-12-2006

• Sweden – Visit of UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women
• UK – Women Paid for Sham Marriages – Illegal Immigration
• Gender-Religion-Women’s Status – Resources – Siyanda
• Trafficking-Links with Humans & Drugs-Gender-Trafficking Protocol +
• Vatican Official Criticizes Prostitution & Trafficking at World Cup
• India – Reported Rape of Two Christian Women for Conversion
• Kuwait-First Parliamentary Election with Women Candidates & Voters
• USA Study – Drugs Increase Risk of Sexual Assault
• Child Care & Education in Eastern & Western Europe-Journal
• Country Reports – UN Millennium Development Goals – Gender
• Niger – Niger Parliament Rejects Africa Protocol on Women’s Rights
• UN General Assembly to be Headed by Third -Ever Woman President
• Poem & Art – Women: Many Voices, One Vision
• Kenya – Women Cry for Rights; Kenya Women’s Manifesto
• Conference on Maternal & Infant Mortality + Education for Girls
• Women, Faith & Reconciliation – A Culture of Peace
• Nepal-Women’s Inclusion in Peace & New Government; Gender Rights
• Australia-First Prosecution Under New Anti-Slavery Law
• UN Non-Governmental Liaison Service
• UN Human Rights Council Extranet-Information Resource-Sign Up Info.
• Iran – Report of Police Beating Women’s Rights Activists – BBC
• Pakistan – Five Girls Saved From “Penalty Marriages”
• WATCH – Court Monitoring of Violence Against Women & Children Cases
• Women’s Land & Housing Rights-Critical Global Problem-COHRE
• CEE & CIS – Women & Employment Report – UNIFEM
• Poem – Woman Strength
• India-Muslim Divorce Code-Triple Talaq-Religious vs. Civil Law
• A Fair Globalization – Report – Gender Dimensions
• Girls International Summit-Girls International Forum
• Birth Registration-Global Guidelines & Strategies-Gender Importance
• UK – Study on Reducing Risks for Sexually Exploited Youth
• Women’s Human Rights at Cross Roads Panel-UN Human Rights Council
• Maternal & Infant Mortality-Statistics-Serious Issues-Care Needs
• Guatemala-Killings of Women-Call for Investigation & Justice
• UK – Forced Marriages & Sex Trafficking – New Study
• India-Karnataka-Research-Gender, Caste, Class, Health Care
• Gender-Poverty-Structural Adjustment-Household Survival
• Australia – Aboriginal Customary Law vs. Civil Law – Girl Child Case
• Uganda-UN Special Representative-Armed Conflict & Children-Girls
• Gender Implications of Pension Reforms
• Funding for Women & Girls – Private, Public, & Non-Profit Sector Support
• Caucasus/Central Asia/Russia-CaucAsia Magazine May 2006-Gender & Conflict
• Macedonia-Romani Women’s Issues-CEDAW
• India – Son Preference & Daughter Neglect – ICRW Report
• Education for Girls-UNESCO/UNICEF Report on Children Out of School
• Somalia-Internally Displaced Women-Protection-UNIFEM
• Gender Resource Guide
• Gender Pay Gap Over Women’s Working Lifetime – UNDP
• Ethiopia-Child Labour, Gender Inequality & Rural/Urban Disparities
• Verse – From Circle of Stones – Woman’s Journey to Herself
• Tajikistan – Women’s Rights on Land Project Successful
• UN Committee on the Rights of the Child – September 20
• Fulbright Scholar Program – International Scholar Exchange
• Morocco – Henna Tradition for Brides
• Peace Lessons from Around the World – Women
• HIV/AIDS & Women – Call for Action & Accountability – UNGASS

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