Week
of 08-14-2006

• India – Article on the Importance of Women’s Political Power
• CEDAW Committee – 36th Session – Country Reports – Process – Protocol
• CEDAW & Governments-Monitoring Country Compliance-UN States Parties to CEDAW
• Grandmothers from Africa Rally for AIDS Orphans-International AIDS Conference-Canada
• Directory of UN Resources on Gender & Women’s Issues
• Woman – Girl – Middle East – “I Never Thought We Would Become Refugees.”
• Disabled Women & Sports-Progress-Discrimination-Challenges
• Gender, Women & Health – World Health Organization
• Afghanistan – First Afghan Parliamentarians’ Resource Centre Opens
• Girls’ Education is Important in HIV/AIDS Prevention
• Ageing – Resources – Ageing Women
• India – Government Announces Child Domestic Work Ban – The Girl Child
• UNIFEM-Urgent Call for Gender Equality & Empowerment, Reversal of Feminization of HIV/AIDS
• Tajikistan – WUNRN-MODAR Conference – Gender Inequality in Education
• Kenya – Legislating Against Sexual Violence – Challenges & Success
• Afghanistan – Domestic Violence Endemic & Perpetrator Impunity – UNIFEM Study
• Gender Budgeting – Monitoring Government Budgets for Complicance with CEDAW
• Morocco – Single Mothers Suffer Stigma – Advocates Push for DNA Test on Paternity
• Brazil – New Law on Domestic & Family Violence Against Women
• European Union Gender Watch Project
• Global Fund for Women Responds to Middle East Crisis
• Mexico-NGO CEDAW Alternative Report-State Violence Against Detained Women in Mexico
• Trafficking-Nepal & India-UN SR Trafficking Calls for Trafficking in Cross-Border Crime Treaty
• Grassroots Organizations Operating Together in Sisterhood
• Women as Equal Citizens: Advocating for Change in Muslim-Majority Societies
• Cameroon – Breast Ironing-Traditional Harmful Practice – IRIN – AWID
• UN Sub-Commission on the Promotion & Protection of Human Rights – Gender
• Women Worldwide Take Action for Peace
• Salzburg Seminar on Women, Political Power & Next Generation Leadership
• UN Special Rapporteur Trafficking Next Report on Forced Marriages & Trafficking-Questionnaire
• UN Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, Especially in Women & Children – Mandate
• Trafficking in Persons Report 2006
• Saudi Arabia – Women Journalists Address Gender Challenges in Media
• Trafficking Protocol – UN Convention Against Organized Crime-UN Member States Status
• Portugal Law – Women Must Be 1/3 of Portugese Election Candidates
• Celebrating Womanhood Through Communal Song – Research Project
• India+: Cautions of Abuse & Fraud in Marriages Abroad
• Empowering Young Women to Lead Change – Training Manual
• Russia – Report on Assessment of Russia’s Compliance with CEDAW
• WWSF Database of Internet Links to Prevent Child Abuse & Violence-The Girl Child
• Namibia – Changes in Social Security Act for More Benefits to Women
• Rape, Abuse, Incest – Guidelines for Victims
• Latin America Regional Program – Safe Cities: Violence Against Women & Public Policy
• Czech Republic – Trafficking & Forced Labour or Labour Exploitation – Research Report
• Ghana – Book on Women’s Political Campaign Fundraising
• Call for Papers – Women in the Knowledge Economy & Society
• Maids & Domestic Servants-Abuse of Rights-Examples-Women & Girls-Report

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