Week
of 07-10-2006

• India – Women’s Hair Offerings to Temples May Be Sold by Temples for High Profit
• Afghanistan – Child Brides – Bride Price
• Turkey-The Dynamics of Honor Killings in Turkey- UN Publication
• Bangladesh Gender Profile – Research
• Pakistan – Rape & Continued Victimization
• China – Forum on Women’s Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship
• Czech Republic – CEDAW Shadow Report
• Gender Mainstreaming & Organisational Change-Field Experiences Report
• Sweden – Young Somali Women in Sweden – FGM, Sexual Ideologies +
• Call for More UN Stength & Support for Women’s Issues
• UN Security Council Resolution 1325 Needs Full Implementation & Women
• Turkey-Legal Evaluation of Ban on the Headscarf for Univeristy Students-Case Reference
• Pakistan-Women Prisoners Freed-Amendment to Hudood Ordinance
• Violence Against Women Declaration by Religious & Spiritual Leaders
• World Population Day – July 11, 2006 – Gender
• CEE, CIS, & Region – Stop Violence Against Women Monitor July 2006
• UN Human Rights Committee – Monitor for Gender
• Call for Papers-Pakistan Journal of Women’s Studies-Women & Health
• Peru-Forced Sterilisation of Women Claims Gain Voice in Congress & Court
• UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women Report to UN 2006
• UN SR Violence Against Women-ADDENDUM to 2006 Report-Country Communications
• UN SR Violence Against Women – Mandate
• World Health Organization Europe Report-Health Care Reforms & Gender Equity
• Kenya – Court Challenges on Rights of Women to Property After Divorce
• China – Gender Imbalance in Birth Rate
• International Youth Day-August 12, 2006-Girls & Young Women
• Gendered Norms for Right to Adequate Housing Strengthened by UN SR Housing
• South Caucasus 3 Countries-“Crossroads” TV Segments Promote Gender Issues
• The Netherlands-UN SR Violence Against Women Press Statement on Visit
• Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association – Gender Issues Advocacy
• UNESCO- Education for All-Gender Parity & Gender Equality in Education
• Guatemala-Stop Killings of Women-Amnesty/AIUSA Calls for Investigations & Justice
• UN Study on Violence Against Children-Questionnaire to Countries & Responses
• Afghanistan-Attacks on Education-Girls’ Education-Human Rights Watch Report
• Egypt – Growing Number of Muslim Women Preachers in Egypt +
• Millennium Development Goals Report 2006 – Gender
• Kuwait – New Cabinet Includes Woman as Minister of Communications
• Trafficking-26 West & Central Africa Countries-Accord Against Trafficking
• Gender Equality Architecture & UN Reform – For UN Coherence Panel
• Gender Justice in Peace & Security Policies
• Kampala Resolution on Women, Peace & Conflict – Petition
• Cameroon – Advocacy for Law Against FGM
• Poem – Female Genital Mutilation/FGM – From Somalia
• Canada Support-Implementation of UN SC Resolution 1325 in Africa Great Lakes Region
• Conference: Equal Chances in Europe. EU-Enlargement-Gender Equality-Participation
• Women’s Health Receives $$ Gift from Buffett to Gates Foundation
• Uganda – Same-Clan Marriages – Religion, Culture, Traditions
• Israel – Itach-Ma’aki – Women Lawyers for Social Justice
• Gender & Food-Nutrition Policy, Development
• Conference on Gender-Inclusive Decision Making for Peace & Justice
• Conference-Building a Just & Sustainable Peace-Hiroshima, Japan
• Trafficking – Australia – Nuns Address Trafficking & Assist Victims
• Pakistan – Adolescence, Sex, Marriage, Reproductive Health – Research
• European Union Gender Watch Network Established
• EU Gender Watch Reference Documents
• Iraq – Ministry of Women’s Affairs Needs Greater Support
• Refugee Women – Pictorial Photo Gallery – UNHCR
• Project Eleanor Web Resource; UN Sub-Commission on Human Rights +
• Lebanon-Civil Society Organizations Collective Call for Peace +
• World Movement of Mothers

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