Week
of 07-17-2006

• Afghanistan – Child Brides – Photos-Slide Show
• Turkey-Honor Suicides-Honor Killings-Human Rights of Women & Girls
• Georgia – Bride Theft in Southern Georgia
• South Asia – Girls’ Education – Oxfam
• Ending Violence Against Women & Girls-Protecting Rights-Good Practices-Research
• Mauritania-Africa-Women & Girls Tradition of Overweight-Force Feed or Pills-Risks
• UN New Strategy to Help Victims of Sexual Exploitation by UN Staff
• Canada-Many Abused Women in Danger of Being Killed-Research Study
• Rape-Clinical Management of Survivors- Refugees & IDP’s-Gender-WHO
• Turkey – Violence Against Women – EU – Human Rights
• Gender Dimensions of Post-Conflict Reconstruction & Development Aid
• Brunei-Royal Highness Statement on Gender Equality Progress in Brunei
• Bangladesh – Domestic Violence Research
• Uganda – Girls’ Sanitary Kits Help Encourage School Attendance
• Women’s Concerns & Spaces in the United Nations
• Turkey-Women in Politics-Local Policies on the Way to Gender Equality-UNDP
• Youth Organizations’ Survey- World Culture of Peace
• Trafficking & Prostitution-Violation of Women’s & Girls Human Rights- Equality Now
• Tajikistan – Empowered Women Bring Positive Post-War Changes
• India – Traditional Muslim Wedding (Nikah)
• Liberia-New Rape Law-Challenges of Justice-Prevention-Gender Rights
• HIV/AIDS – Women’s Leadership in Response-Multicountry Experiences
• UK – FORWARD Program to Protect Girls from FGM
• United Nations Former Special Rapporteur on Harmful Traditional Practices – Report & UN Resolution
• Sweden – Gender Equality – “Myth as a Shield Against the Reality”
• Internally Displaced Women & Land, Housing & Property Issues
• Afghanistan-Consideration of Department for Promotion of Virtue & Prevention of Vice
• India – Can Marriage be Punishment for Rape?
• Women – “The Private Life of War”
• FIRE Feminist International Radio
• EU’s Responsibility at the WTO-Environment, Gender & Development-WIDE
• Gender Inequalities, Development & Foreign Direct Investment – UNRISD
• Call for Speakers-NYU-Gender & Transition Workshop-European & Mediterranean Studies
• UN Independent Expert on Minority Issues – Situation of Women
• Women & Microlending in Western Europe – Research Report
• USA Report: 1 in 8 Babies Born Prematurely; Risks
• UK-London – Vigil for Iraqi Widows – International Widows Day 2006
• Poem – Amazing Woman
• Incorporating Gender Into Your NGO – Manual
• Gender Perspective Needed in UN S-G’s Report on Migration & Development-APWLD
• Arab Women & Legislation – Call for Papers
• Cyprus – Trafficking in Women – Resource Materials
• WIDE-Women in Development Europe-Gender & Trade, Globalisation, Inequalities +
• Senegal Government Offers Women FREE Treatment for Obstetric Fistula
• Bulgarian Mothers in GreeceTricked into Baby Selling – Traffikcing
• Serbia – ASTRA Anti-Trafficking Peer Education Manual
• Ukraine – Mail Order Brides – International Marriage Brokers
• Latin America – Progress Towards Gender Parity in Politics
• Education for Refugee & Internally Displaced Persons – Women & Girls
• Hungary-EU – Integrated Client Service for Victims of Violence Against Women-Resource
• Mapping the World of Women’s Information Services – IIAV
• UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Calls for Civilian Protection in Mideast Crisis
• UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace & Security – Translations
• Afghanistan – Realities of Women’s & Girls Lives Today – RAWA Interview
• Women’s Rights to Equality & Dignity – Human Rights Watch
• Uganda-Kumi District-Child Marriage-Dowry-School Drop Out-Culture
• Call for Proposals- Open Society Institute-New Response Projects-New EU States
• Poem – WOMEN – Untapped Source of Peace

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