Week
of 08-28-2006

• Bahrain – Supreme Council for Women
• INSTRAW – New Online Training Tool – Gender “Wiki”
• ABA CEELI – Gender – Law
• Polygamy – Film of Largest Polygamous Enclave in the US
• China – Study – Population Gender Imbalance
• Zimbabwe – Girl Child Network – Challenges for Empowerment – Poem
• Indonesia-Aceh – Religious Law in Judicial System – Issues for Women – Caning +
• 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence 2006
• Niger-Women’s Rights & Agricultural Trade Liberalization-CEDAW Committee Submission
• International Rescue Committee-IRC – Gender-Based Violence
• Trafficking – Russia & CIS – History & Trends – Angel Coalition
• Global Fund for Women – Rights Within Religious & Cultural Traditions
• Nepal-The State of Child Health & Human Rights-The Nepal Girl Child & Her Mother-Article
• Afghanistan-Reconstruction-Poverty Reduction-Role of Women in Afghanistan’s Future
• Serbia – Gender Based Violence Legal Training
• Italy – Crime of Honor – Pakistani Young Immigrant Woman
• Nigeria – Obstetric Fistula – Devastating for Women & Girls – Prevention & Care
• Jordan – Queen Noor – Global Community. Tolerance, Values, Responsibility
• UN Committee on the Rights of the Child – 43rd Session – Monitoring – The Girl Child
• UN SR Education Questionnaire on Right to Education of Children with Disabilities
• Syria – Growth of Girls’ Muslim Madrasas – Qubaisiate Islamic Women’s Society
• Breastfeeding for Babies’ Survival, Growth & Development – Global Rates Still Low
• Trafficking – UN Special Rapporteur on Trafficking – Country Visits
• Sudan-Darfur – Mother & Her Children Refugees – UN Photo
• Gender Imbalance – Preference for Males – Sex-Selection Abortions – Research
• Africa’s Orphaned & Vulnerable Generations-Children & AIDS-UNICEF-The Girl Child
• Saudi Arabia – Mecca Pilgrimage Mosque – Women’s Prayer Area – Questions of Equality & Rights
• Women, War, Peace – Conflict Prevention & Early Warning
• Leadership Training Handbooks – Multilingual & Multicultural – Women’s Learning Partnership
• Colombia – War Displaced Women Build Homes & “The City of Women-Turbaco”
• Council of Europe-Appeal to European Cities & Regions to Sign Declaration & Fight Trafficking
• International Poverty Centre – Publications Update – UNDP
• Israel – Task Force on Human Trafficking
• International Day of Peace – September 21
• Poem – Woman Who Loves Herself
• Post-Disaster Resettlement & Rehabilitation – Human Rights Standards – Gender
• UN Secretary-General’s Study on Violence Against Children
• Gender Equality in Education – Academic Papers – Good Practices – Oxfam
• PeaceWomen-Monitoring Sexual Exploitation & Abuse by UN Peacekeepers-Web Resources
• Virginity Testing – Issues to Challenge in HIV/AIDS Prevention
• India – Politics of Violence Against Women – Academic Paper – Meera Khanna
• Call for Papers – Engaging Men in “Women’s Issues” – Women for Women International
• UNIFEM-Focus on Strengthening Women’s Political Participation Through UN Democracy Fund
• Kyrgyzstan – Bride Kidnapping
• Vanuatu-South Pacific – First National Women’s Forum – Action Plan
• Czech Republic-Poster: A Woman Is Not A Product – Multinational Project Against Trafficking
• War & Dialogue-Women’s Perspectives – Call for Submissions – Imagining Ourselves Program
• Adolescent Mixed-Ancestry Identity – Research in Process – Consider for Girls
• Slovakia-15 Countries-Mother Center Conference-“How Do We Want to Raise Our Chidren?”
• Islamic Society of North America Elects First Woman President

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