WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/celebrate_IWHRD2006.php Celebrate 16 Years of 16 Days: Advance Human Rights, End Violence Against Women 2006 marks the 16th anniversary of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence campaign! Since 1991, the 16 Days . Learn More
Violence Against Women in Europe – Data & Realities – Council of Europe – Campaign
WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com http://www.ginsc.net/members/news_details_en.php?id=2732&sub=international&stat=active Europe - Human Rghts Watchdog Campaigns to End Violence Against Women By Helena SpongenbergOne fifth to one quarter of all women in Europe have experienced physical violence at . Learn More
Women’s United Nations Report Network
WUNRN News includes recent articles, releases, event announcements, calls to action, and other updates. WUNRN News items may or may not indicate direct references to the U.N. Study (E/CN.4/2002/73/Add.2) Juridical and Factual Aspects. WUNRN reserves the right to post and edit, as appropriate to the Mission . Learn More
Trafficking-No Country Immune to Human Trafficking Evil-Sister Eugenia Bonetti of Italy – Canada Conference
WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com http://www.catholic.org/national/national_story.php?id=21897 Canadian Catholic News: No country immune from global human trafficking evil, Catholic nun saysBy Deborah Gyapong11/6/2006 OTTAWA, Canada (CCN) – Human trafficking is a widespread social evil and no country is immune, including Canada, said an . Learn More
Trafficking – Vietnamese Woman Trafficked to Taiwan Tells Her Story of Victimization
WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com humantrafficking.org http://www.humantrafficking.org/updates/441 Vietnamese Woman Trafficked to Taiwan Tells Her Own Story October 27, 2006 Dieu-Hien was approached by a matchmaker in her village with a marriage proposal. The matchmaker told her parents that there is a rich Taiwanese man who has four . Learn More
UN Alliance of Civilizations – Report of the High-Level Group 2006 – Gender
WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com UN Alliance of Civilizations Report of the High-Level Group 13 November 2006 Report download website Link: http://www.unaoc.org/repository/report.htm GENDER IV. THE POLITICAL DIMENSION 4.15 "Many of these practices relate directly to the status of women. In some Muslim societies, ill-informed religious . Learn More
Canada – Publication on Discrimination Against Aboriginal Women in Canada
WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com http://www.dd-rd.ca/site/media/index.php?lang=en&subsection=news&id=1784 New Publication Takes on Discrimination Against Aboriginal Women in Canada Montreal – June 21, 2006 – Systemic discrimination against Canada’s aboriginal women is among the many human rights issues addressed in a new information . Learn More
Gender Equity: The Need to Acknowledge Discrimination
WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com Direct Link to Report: http://www.socialwatch.org/en/informeImpreso/pdfs/genderequity2006_eng.pdf "For every 100 boys who do not attend primary school, there are 117 girls who do not attend. Women represent 67% of the world's illiterate people and only 16.6% of the world's legislators. What is more, they do . Learn More
Girl Child & Armed Conflict- Recognizing & Addressing Grave Violations of Girls’ Human Rights – UN
WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com Direct Link to Report: http://fic.tufts.edu/downloads/Thegirlchildandarmedconflict.pdf United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW) In collaboration with UNICEF Expert Group Meeting Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination and Violence Against the Girl Child Florence, Italy, 25-28 . Learn More
KARAT Coalition – East-East Project – Gender Equality Standards in European Integration
WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com http://www.karat.org/ KARAT is a regional coalition of organizations and individuals that works to ensure gender equality in the CEE/CIS countries, monitors the implementation of international agreements and lobbies for the needs and concerns of women in the region at all levels of decision-making fora. . Learn More
Maternal & Neonatal Program Effort Index
WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com http://www.policyproject.com/pubs/mnpi.cfm Please click website Link to download and to access subsite references. MNPI: Maternal and Neonatal Program Effort Index Worldwide, over 500,000 women and girls die of complications related to pregnancy and childbirth each year. The tragedy - and . Learn More
Muslim Women Meet & Consider First International Islamic Advisory Council for Women
WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6160846.stm Muslim Women Debate More Rights The council will advise on issues of direct concern to women Muslim women politicians, business leaders, academics, cultural figures and activists . Learn More
Stop Violence Against Children – Universal Children’s Day – The Girl Child – OMCT
WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com OMCT Website: http://www.omct.org The World Organisation against Torture OMCT Geneva, 20 November 2006 UNIVERSAL CHILDREN’S DAY[1]: Stop Violence Against Children On 20 November 1989, the UN Convention on the rights of the child was adopted with the aim of promoting and protecting the . Learn More
Tanzania – Government Considers Raising Girls’ Age of Consent for Marriage
WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=56314&SelectRegion=Great_Lakes&SelectCountry=TANZANIA Tanzania: Government Considers Raising Girls' Age of Consent for Marriage DODOMA, 10 Nov 2006 (IRIN) - The Tanzanian government is reviewing the country's Marriage Act with the aim of raising girls' age . Learn More
UN Universal Children’s Day – November 20 – The Girl Child
WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/children_day/ United Nations Universal Children's Day 20 November By resolution 836(IX) of 14 December 1954, the General Assembly recommended that all countries institute a Universal Children's Day, to be observed as a day of worldwide fraternity and . Learn More
