Week
of 09-11-2006

• Nigeria: Enhancing Girls’ Basic Education in Northern Nigeria
• Pakistan – Parliament Dissention over Proposed Change in Rape Law
• Disabled Women – Protection of Rights – UN Convention & Analysis
• China – Report on Chinese Female Life 2006 – Happiness Ratings
• India – Bride Trade – Shortage of Females – Female Infanticide – Trafficking
• New Zealand: Skills Shortages Give Opportunities for Women in Trades – Report
• Youth Supplement: State of World Population 2006 – Youth & Migration
• International Criminal Court Judge Kuenyehia of Africa – Women’s Rights Priority
• Cultures & Gender Equality – UNESCO
• United Nations – International Law – Human Rights Instruments
• HIV/AIDS-Gender Inequality Is Main Driving Force of HIV/AIDS Epidemic-AIDS Conference
• MDG’s – Social Exclusion – Gender – Asia – Research
• Saudi Arabia – Foreign Schools Must Segregate Girls & Boys & Have Same Sex Teachers
• Pakistan-Balochistan Province-Low Rates for Girls’ Literacy & Schooling
• Ghana – Proposed Increased Penalties for FGM
• UN Special Procedures – Special Rapporteurs – Independent Experts – Report – Manual
• Pakistan – Reform of Rape Law Fails
• Latin America & Caribbean Program for Universal Birth Registration – The Girl Child
• Sexual & Gender-Based Violence Against Children in Conflict – UN – Girl Child & Adolescent
• Afghanistan – Risks of Childbirth – High Maternal Mortality
• African Women of Distinction Project
• First Arab Woman President of UN General Assembly – Shaikha Haya of Bahrain
• Sweden-Conference: Past, Present, Future-From Women’s Studies to Post-Gender Research
• Colombia – Gang Wives Call Sex Strike Against Crime & Violence
• UK – Hospital Introduces Burka-Style Gown
• Asian Development Bank Country Gender Assessments
• India-Madhya Pradesh – Two Dalit Women Reported Stipped – Article
• UN Declaration on Rights of Persons of National or Ethnic, Religious & Linguistic Minorities
• Women & Poverty – UN Millennium Campaign Against Poverty
• China – Historical Chinese Marriage Customs
• India All-Women Police Pursue Dowry Complaints
• Trafficking – Ritual Abuse & Torture
• MDG Toolkit for Religious Leaders – Gender
• Report on Crisis in Education for Children in Conflict-Affected Areas – The Girl Child
• Trafficking, Violence, & Sexual Exploitation of Women & Girls- Research-Dr. Donna Hughes
• Uganda-Land Conflicts & Impact on Refugee Women’s Livelihoods in SW Uganda
• Iraq-The Status of Women in Iraq-Assessment of Compliance with International Legal Standards
• Women’s Peacebuilding in Conflict Situations – “Beyond Victimhood”
• Women in Decision-Making – Women in National Government
• Iran – Sex Segregation on Walkways +
• Afghanistan – Rise in Honour Killings
• Women’s Position in Muslim Family Laws: Needed Reforms – Dr. Farooq Hassan
• Poem – Tajik Girl
• MAGEEQ Project – Gender Equality Policy
• Bosnia – Women Survivors of War Trauma – Kolo
• Sudan-Darfur – Increase in Rape, Risk, Abuse of Women & Girls in Darfur
• Saudi Arabia – Study on Saudi Women’s Issues Raises Questions
• USA – Challenges for Women/Mothers Re-Entering Society After Prison

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