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Comunicato stampa
Appello della Campagna Noppaw ai media italiani:
l’8 marzo dedicate le vostre prime pagine alle donne africane!
Appello di Solidarietà e Cooperazione - Cipsi e di ChiAma l’Africa ai direttori di quotidiani, telegiornali e radiogiornali: “L’8 marzo dedicate le prime pagine delle vostre testate alle donne africane e alla loro candidatura [...]
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From: http://uneca.org
The development of an index that best suits the needs and aspirations of the continent is timely as the region takes stock of progress in gender equality through the accountability processes of ICPD +15 and Beijing +15 reviews of 2009. The African Women’s Report (AWR) is also being launched [...]
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From: http://womenpeacesecurity.org
Closely monitoring the United Nations implementation of SCR 1325 and related programming and policy on women, peace and security, the coalition has produced a number of shadow reports and tools which aim to advance progress and implementation by the United Nations and international civil society.
Women’s Participation and Gender Perspectives [...]
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From: http://allafrica.com
By: Lekopanye Mooketsi
Published on 23 February 2010
Although government has made strides in appointing women to positions of authority in the civil service this has not been applied to the judiciary. Since the retirement of former judge Unity Dow last year, there has been no woman serving on the bench.
President [...]
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De : http://babelmed.net
Témoignage recueilli par Nadia Kaci
Publié le 20 février 2010
Le 13 juillet 2001 Rahmouna Salah et Fatiha Maamoura, femmes de ménage,vivaient avec des dizaines d’autres femmes dans le bidonville d’ El Haicha (La Bête) près de la base pétrolière de Hassi Messaoud dans le sud algérien. Cette nuit-là des centaines [...]
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STATEMENT FROM THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN IN AFRICA ON THE OCCASION OF “PAN AFRICAN WOMEN’S DAY”: 31 JULY 2009
From: http://achpr.org
Published on 31 July 2009
Banjul - This year the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights marks the Pan African Women’s Day by looking at achievements of [...]
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From: http://isis.or.ug
Isis-WICCE and Urgent Action Fund-Africa have convened a three days international conference in Nairobi, Kenya beginning 7th December 2009 to share and highlight the potential and capacity of women living positively with HIV/AIDS in conflict and post conflict settings in taking lead in transforming themselves when money and resources [...]
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From: http://womenpeacesecurity.org
“At a fundamental level, integrating a gender perspective in security sector reform means asking questions such as: How is security defined by people? Whose security are we talking about? Who should legitimately participate in decision-making within the security sector? Why are women not involved? How are they affected by [...]
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From: http://un.org
Published on 30 January 2010
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on the support of African leaders to give new impetus to his campaign to end the violence suffered by women on the continent, which he called the “unsung heroines” of development in the region.
“We know African women are often a [...]
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From: http://womenpeacesecurity.org
Published on 1st February 2010
The UN Secretary-Generals announced intention to appoint Margot Wallström as his new Special Representative for sexual violence in conflict could finally focus international action against these crimes, said the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security (NGOWG).
“The UN has for too long lacked crucial [...]