WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com Direct Link to Report: Bringing New Opportunities to Adolescent Girls in Socially Conservative Settings: The Ishraq Program in Rural Upper Egypt http://www.popcouncil.org/pdfs/TABriefs/GFD_Brief-12_ISHRAQ.pdf Quote from Page 1: "The years of transition from childhood to adulthood are usually defined by . Learn More
EU – Austrian Presidency – Harmful Traditions Against Women
WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com The Austrian Federal Ministry of Health and Women is making the theme of "harmful traditional practices" into one of the main focuses of the Austrian Presidency of the European Union. http://www.bmgf.gv.at/cms/site/detail.htm?thema=CH0370&doc=CMS1138630552563 Network Against Harmful Traditions (NAHT) . Learn More
France – Anti Domestic Violence – Higher Marriage Age
WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4838090.stm France Raises Marriage Age Limit French MPs hope the measures will help cut domestic violence The French parliament has raised the age at which a woman can get married - from 15 to 18 - as . Learn More
GENDER & AIDS – Country Reports Monitoring UNGASS HIV/AIDS
WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com Feminization of AIDS UNIFEM - Gender & HIV/AIDS http://www.unifem.org/gender_issues/hiv_aids/ ______________________________________________________________________________________________ WUNRN encourages NGO monitoring of GENDER components on the Country Reports on the UN General Assembly Special . Learn More
Gender & Indigenous Integration in Natural Resource Management
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India – Youth Health – Girls – Female Infanticide – Child Marriage +
WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com Important examples of GENDER issues noted in article: "Discrimination against the girl child which is the root cause for most of the health and infant mortality cases starts from the time she is in the womb .The infertility clinics which have sprung up in recent years are also adding to this menace as . Learn More
Iraq – Women – Statistics – UNICEF
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Kenya – Schoolgirls Raped on March
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Latin America – Femicide
WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com http://globalpolitician.com/articledes.asp?ID=1654&cid=7&sid=67 Femicide On the Rise in Latin AmericaKent Paterson - 3/10/2006 On the eve of International Women's Day 2006, a delegation of Latin American women made a historic journey to Washington, DC. Rather than celebrating the gains women have made . Learn More
Muslim Women Raise Voices Worldwide
WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&call_pageid=971358637177&c=Article&cid=1143067811498 Muslim Women Raise Voices Worldwide Mar. 25, 2006. 01:00 AM Toronto Star RAHEEL RAZA During the height of the Danish cartoon controversy, Canadian media . Learn More
Pakistan – International Women’s Day – Gender Bias
WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com http://www.dawn.com/2006/03/09/local1.htm Pakistan-Sindh Province-Karachi: Women Deplore Gender Bias KARACHI, March 8: Women members of the Sindh Assembly, deploring the discrimination against women in different forms and under various pretexts, have stressed on confidence-building measures for the . Learn More
Women’s United Nations Report Network
Week of 12-18-2005 European Convention for Human Rights & Freedoms - Gender USA - Two Femicides - Same City - Different Media Coverage!! Women, Ageing, & Health - World Health Organization Trafficking - Anti-Slavery Global Programs & Portal The Netherlands - . Learn More
European Parliament – Anti-Trafficking Day & Campaign
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Gender & Development-Online References & Education
WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com DEVELOPMENT GATEWAY http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender?intcmp=911 Important: Please click website Link to access subsite references and additional resources. Gender and Development Online Education and Gender – . Learn More
Gender Equality-Closing the Gender Gaps-Priority
WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com Via Women News Network http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/127480/1/ Closing Gender Gaps: Why It Matters Zarrin T. CaldwellOneWorld US Fri., Feb. 24, 2006 “Working with other countries to achieve a vision of equality, justice, and opportunity for all is the right and smart thing to do. The . Learn More