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WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com   CONTINUING CRISES + AUSTERITY - CONSIDER ISSUES FOR WOMEN & GIRLS ________________________________________________________________   Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/AusterityMeasures.aspx   AUSTERITY . Learn More

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WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com   http://www.nordiclabourjournal.org/nyheter/news-2012/article.2012-10-09.2932693655   NORWAY - GENDER EQUALITY   Applause as Norwegian Government`s gender equality action plan is presented in Norway. To the left: Hege Skjeie, to the right Minster of Equality Inge Marta . Learn More

WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com        Increasing Accountability in Financing for Gender  Equality   Civil Society Grant Facility Call for Proposals     With Support from the Following Partners:                                                    Table of . Learn More

WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com   http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/Media.aspx?IsMediaPage=true&LangID=E        FIRST UN INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE GIRL CHILD - 11 OCTOBER 2012   Forced Child Marriage, Slavery Like Reality in Every Region of the World Joint . Learn More

WUNRNhttp://wunrn.wpengine.com   Equality Now - http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/6208/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=11654  Website Link Includes Equality Now Suggested Actions   INDONESIA - CALL TO END GOVERNMENT LEGITIMIZATION OF FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION - FGM   Equality Now has just issued an . Learn More

WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com   UN Refugee Agency - Forced to Abandon Life in Syria - Civil unrest in Syria has made life at home perilous for thousands as they are forced to abandon their homes and country and pour over the borders. Left with only the clothes on their backs, men women and children are desperately seeking safety . Learn More

WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com   http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/FemaleGenitalMutilation.aspx       Female Genital Mutilation: Over 3 Million Women & Girls at Risk     Some three million women and girls worldwide face Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) each . Learn More

WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com   http://blogs.cfr.org/development-channel/2012/08/21/gender-equality-matters-for-development-outcomes/   GENDER EQUALITY IMPORTANT FOR DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES - DATA +   By Terra Lawson-Remer - August 21, 2012 A careful look at the data reveals that societies with greater . Learn More

WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com   http://data.worldbank.org/news/web-site-improves-access-to-data-and-statistics-on-gender   NEW WORLD BANK WEBSITE IMPROVES ACCESS TO DATA & STATISTICS ON GENDER   07/24/2012 - President Jim Kim announced the release of a new data portal focused on gender issues at the recent . Learn More

WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com   Direct Link to Full 18-Page Report: http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/HRCouncil/RegularSession/Session21/A-HRC-21-41_en.pdf  Type size larger for easier reading.   Contents - Examples: Servile Marriage Overview - International Legal Framework on Servile Marriage - Root . Learn More

WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com   http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96092/SOMALIA-Activists-laud-ban-on-FGM-C-say-implementation-will-require-more   SOMALIA - ACTIVISTS LAUD CONSTITUTION BAN ON FGM/C, BUT CHALLENGE IS IMPLEMENTATION   Aiming for abolition: Somalia’s new constitution outlaws FGM Photo: Siegfried . Learn More

WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com   http://genderindex.org/country/bangladesh   SIGI - Social Institutions & Gender Index - OECD Development Centre The Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) was first launched by the OECD Development Centre in 2009 as a innovative measure of the underlying drivers of gender . Learn More

WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com   http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/12/455&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en     European Commission Brussels, 19 June 2012 EU STRATEGY TOWARDS THE ERADICATION OF TRAFFICKING IN HUMAN BEINGS What is trafficking in Human . Learn More