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Category Archives: Women
Wartime Sexual Violence: new USIP report
This new USIP (United States Institute of Peace) report summarizes ten major misconceptions about wartime sexual violence, highlighting both advances and gaps in our knowledge. Drawing on social science research, it outlines for policymakers the current state of knowledge about wartime sexual … Continue reading
A Path to Dignity: The Power of Human Rights Education
A Path to Dignity: The Power of Human Rights Education is a 28-minute movie that presents three stories illustrating the impact of human rights education respectively on school children (India), law enforcement agencies (Australia) and women victims of violence (Turkey). … Continue reading
Posted in Child Protection, Education, Fragile States, Girls' Education, Human Rights, Human Rights Education, Peace, Peace Education, Peacebuilding, Women
Tagged A Path to Dignity, Australia, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Child Protection, Education, Education For All, Fragile States, Gender Equality, Girls' education, Human Rights, Human Rights Education Associates, India, Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, peace education, President of Costa Rica, Soka Gakkai International, Turkey, United Nations, United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training, Violence against women, Women's Empowerment
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New report: Impact of Economic Crisis on Girls and Young Women
This 2013 report by Plan International and ODI examines the continuing and deepening impact economic crisis is having on girls and young women worldwide. Long standing economic trends, entrenched gender inequality and austerity budgets have all left girls and their … Continue reading
Posted in Child Protection, Education, Fragile States, International Development, Women
Tagged Child Protection, Development, Education, Education For All, Fragile States, Gender Equality, Girls' education, Human Rights, Millenium Development Goals, ODI, Plan International, Women's Empowerment
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“Women Count” Security Council Resolution 1325: Civil Society Monitoring Report 2012
The Global Network of women Peacebuilders (GNWP), a program partner of the International Civil society Action Network (ICAN), is a coalition of women’s groups and other civil society organizations from Africa, Asia and the Pacific, South Asia, West Asia, Latin … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Africa, Peacebuilding, Women
Tagged Africa, Burundi, Colombia, Democratic Rebublic of Congo, Fiji, Gender Equality, Gender Gap, Global Network of women Peacebuilders, Liberia, Nepal, Netherlands, Peacebuilding, Philippines, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Uganda, UN Women, United Nations, UNSCR 1325, Women, Women's Empowerment
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Girls’ education in Afghanistan: 10 days left to support Razia’s Ray of Hope Foundation
Razia Jan, founder of the Ray of Hope Foundation in Afghanistan, was recentely Named Top 10 CNN Hero for 2012. Among these ten, the person with the most votes will be named “CNN Hero of the Year,” and receive a $250,000 … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Child Protection, Education, Fragile States, Human Rights, International Development, Peacebuilding, Women
Tagged Afghanistan, Education, Education For All, Fragile States, Gender Equality, Gender Gap, Girls' education, Human Rights, I am Malala, International Development, Millenium Development Goals, Peacebuilding, UN Women, Violence against women, Women, Women's Empowerment
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“Why we have too few women leaders”
This TED talk is not recent, but it is still valid, unfortunately. Sheryl Sandberg (still the COO of Facebook) looks at why a smaller percentage of women than men reach the topof their professions, and offers 3 pieces of advice … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Human Rights, Women
Tagged Gender Equality, Gender Gap, Human Rights, Sheryl Sandberg, TED Talks, Women, Women Leaders, Women's Empowerment
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From Ignorance To Inclusion: Gender-Responsive Climate Adaptation in the Middle East And North Africa Region
Gender Action and the Heinrich Böll Foundation‘s newly released report exposes women’s persistent marginalization from climate adaptation projects. Across the MENA region, where women already suffer from social and political exclusion, climate change is expected to further exacerbate existing gender … Continue reading
“We Need The Voices of African Women” – Conversations with inspirational African women
Theo Sowa is Chief Executive Officer of the African Women’s Development Fund. In her TEDxChange talk, Theo Sowa talks about African voices and representation in conversations of international health and poverty issues. Theo argues that if we truly want to see … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Fragile States, International Development, Women
Tagged Africa, African Women’s Development Fund, Development, Fragile States, Gender Equality, Gender Gap, Ghana, International Development, Millenium Development Goals, Nobel Peace Prize, Theo Sowa, UN Women, Women, Women Leaders, Women's Empowerment
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One month later… Malala Day: a global day of action for Malala and girls’ education
A month to the day that Malala Yousafzai was attacked by the Taliban, simply for insisting that she go to school, we are celebrating Malala Day: a global day of action to support the estimated 32 million girls worldwide who … Continue reading
Posted in Child Protection, Education, Fragile States, Human Rights, International Development, Peacebuilding, Women
Tagged Child Protection, Education, Education For All, Fragile States, Girls' education, Human Rights, I am Malala, International Development, Malala Yousafzai, Millenium Development Goals, Peace, UNESCO, United Nations, Violence against women
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UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women
The United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (UN Trust Fund) today kicked off its 16th year announcing more than US$8 million in grants to 12 local initiatives in 18 countries. In ten countries, funds will be used … Continue reading
Posted in Child Protection, Fragile States, Human Rights, International Development, Peace Education, Peacebuilding, Women
Tagged Child Protection, Education, Fragile States, Girls' education, Human Rights, International Development, peace education, UN Women, United Nations, Violence against women, Women
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Tina Robiolle, PhD 