WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com http://www.humantraffickingsearch.net/ Human Trafficking Web Portal LaunchedJan 13, 2006 By News Staff The National MultiCultural Institute (NMCI) launched a new web portal -- http://www.humantraffickingsearch.net/ -- that provides more than 15,000 web entries of informational resources on issues related . Learn More
A Coordinated Prostitution Strategy and a summary of responses to Paying the Price
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High Commissioner for Human Rights Hopes Crucial Role of the Commission in the Field of Human Rights Will Be Embodied in the Human Rights Council
WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com The 2006 session of the UN Commission on Human Rights is scheduled to be held in Geneva from 13 March to 21 April. UNITED NATIONSPress Release xxxxxxxxxx COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ELECTSBUREAU FOR 2006 SESSION xxxxxxxxxx 16 January . Learn More
Tipping points for women
WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0117/p08s02-comv.html from the January 17, 2006 edition - http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0117/p08s02-comv.html Tipping points for women The Monitor's View Are women really advancing? In Africa, the . Learn More
State of the world’s mothers 2005: the power and promise of girls’ education
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WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com  From UNIFEM http://www.unifem.org/gender_issues/women_poverty_economics/at_a_glance.php Reducing Women’s Poverty and
WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com From UNIFEM http://www.unifem.org/gender_issues/women_poverty_economics/at_a_glance.php Reducing Women's Poverty and Exclusion Since poverty traps women in multiple layers of discrimination and hinders their ability to claim their rights, ending feminized poverty has always been a core UNIFEM priority. Not only . Learn More
Nafigullah Ashirov asserts that some 10% muftis of Russia have more than one wife
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Clerics could face jail for overseeing forced marriages
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Tajikistan – Women’s Right to Land and the Family
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The Dutch government will announce over the next few weeks whether it will make it a crime to wear traditional Islamic dress which covers the face apart from the eyes.
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Kidnap Hindu Girl, Force Marriage to Muslim: Pakistan
WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com WUNRN welcomes comment and updated information on this and all WUNRN releases. http://www.americandaily.com/article/10362 Kidnap Hindu Girl, Force Marriage to Muslim: Pakistan By J. Grant Swank Jr. (11/25/05) Sanao Menghwar has had three of his daughters kidnapped, then forced to marry Muslim men. That . Learn More
A delegation of Turkish MPs is visiting the south-east of the country as part of parliament’s first research into “honour killings”.
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Divisions over whether women can be bishops appear to be deepening within the Anglican Church, as talks over the historic change are due to start.
WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4591918.stm Split over women bishops deepens Women have served as priests for over a decade Divisions over whether women can be bishops appear to be deepening within the Anglican Church, as talks over . Learn More
UNICEF – Gender Achievements and Prospects in Education: The GAP report (Part One)
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Patronizing a prostitute is now a specific crime for servicemembers
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