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 Migration and remittances have positive impacts on gender equality in the Philippines
The Study "Gender, Remittances and Local Rural Development: The case of Filipino migration to Italy", assesses the impact of remittances sent by Filipino migrants in Italy for promoting gender-sensitive local rural community development in the Philippines and supports capacity-building activities with migrant associations to improve the living conditions of Filipino migrants in Italy.
UN-INSTRAW, 2008
 Gender
in Local Government:
A Sourcebook for Trainers
Local governments have significant responsibilities to strengthen gender equality in decision making, development policies and planning, and service delivery. This manual is designed to assist training institutions in mainstreaming gender in capacity building for local government...
> Read more
> Download PDF
UN-HABITAT, 2008
International Women's Day: UNHCR launches handbook for protection of women
The handbook denounces "a massive culture of neglect and denial about violence against women and girls" and outlines strategies to answer the protection challenges faced by women and girls of concern...
UNHCR, 2008
Women and the Right to Food - International Law and State Practice
The study looks at the right to food in the context of gender
discrimination. It includes an overview of the position
of women's right to food in international law and identifies
gaps in both law and practice...
FAO, 2008
 Gender Perspective: Working Together for Disaster Risk Reduction, Good Practices & Lessons Learned
This publication aimed to increase the knowledge and understanding of the vulnerabilities and risks associated with gender, as it presents a collection of 15 practices that showcase the valuable contributions of women to the ongoing efforts for building resilience against disasters at the community level.
OCHA - UN/ISDR, 2007
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CSW communications procedure available online!
Any individual, non-governmental organization, group or network may submit communications (complaints/appeals/petitions) to the Commission on the Status of Women containing
information relating to alleged violations of human rights
that affect the status of women in any country in the world.
Deadline
approaching! Any person or organization with a communication should write before 26 August 2008.
UNFPA:
Pop Star Lends Her Voice to Stop Maternal, Infant and
Child Deaths >>
 New
Online Video:
UNIFEM's
Gender-Responsive Budgeting Initiative
View Video >>
Visit
the UNIFEM video channel >>
 Ending
violence against women
A multimedia exhibit by UNFPA:
www.unfpa.org/
endingviolence
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Rwanda Defence Force Launches Gender Desk
Rwanda's Defence Force Chief of General Staff signed on to UNIFEM's Say NO to Violence against Women campaign as he officially launched the Gender Desk within the Ministry of Defence...
UNIFEM, 13 August 2008
> News story
> Say NO to Violence against Women
Youth employment: Breaking gender barriers for young women and men
Despite efforts by the international community, gender stereotyping and employment barriers continue to affect millions of young women and men around the world, said the International Labour Organization today on the occasion of International Youth Day.
ILO, 11 August 2008
> Gender equality at the heart of ILO's Decent Work campaign
> Download Brochure (PDF)
> Slideshow
Women’s voices must be heard in tackling HIV/AIDS - UN study
Women’s voices are still being left out in the battle against HIV/AIDS, despite frequent calls for their increased participation in determining resource allocation over the disease, according to a new United Nations-backed study.
UNIFEM, 7 August 2008
> News release
> Executive Summary
> UNIFEM at AIDS 2008
UN-backed guide seeks to prevent girls' HIV infection
With some 7,000 young women becoming HIV-positive on a daily basis, a new United Nations-backed guide released today aims to curb the spread of the virus among girls.
UNFPA, 6 August 2008
Women’s empowerment key to achieving development targets, UN forum told
Women's empowerment is critical for countries in Asia and the Pacific to advance towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS, all by 2015, according to participants at a United Nations forum held in the Thai capital.
UNESCAP, 6 August 2008
> News story
> Press Release
Family planning vital to improving maternal health, UN officials say
Family planning is a critical element to improving maternal health, one of the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) or global targets world leaders have pledged to achieve by 2015, senior United Nations officials said today, urging that women everywhere have access to this vital service.
UNFPA, 11 July 2008
> World Population Day
UNHCR helps Central Europe tackle sexual and gender-based violence
The UN refugee agency's efforts to protect women and children refugees from violence throughout Central Europe came a step closer recently when Slovenia agreed to include refugees and asylum seekers in prevention and response mechanisms for those at risk.
UNHCR, 3 July 2008
UN campaign to end violence against women backed by 10 more countries
Prime ministers and foreign ministers from 10 countries have signed on to the "Say NO to Violence against Women Campaign" - a move welcomed by the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), which is organizing the drive.
UNIFEM, 24 June 2008
> News release
> Click to add your name: www.saynotoviolence.org
Security Council demands action to end sexual violence as a tactic in war
In a resolution adopted unanimously after a day-long debate on women, peace and security, Council members said women and girls are consistently targeted during conflicts "as a tactic of war to humiliate, dominate, instil fear in, disperse and/or forcibly relocate civilian members of a community or ethnic group."
UN News Centre, 19 June 2008
> News story
> View Security Council resolution 1820 (2008) in:
Arabic|Chinese|French|English|Russian|Spanish
> Special
feature on women, peace and security
Perpetrators of violence against women must be held to account - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Governments and other actors in positions of power and influence must make it a priority to bring perpetrators of violence against women to account, the top United Nations human rights official said in address to the Human Rights Council, which is holding its eighth session in Geneva.
UNHCR, 5 June 2008
> News story
> Statement by Ms. Louise Arbour UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
> Human Rights Council
Time to turn commitment to ending gender-based violence into action – Migiro
Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro today pressed for action to end gender-based violence, stressing that stopping the deadly scourge will free up the world’s women – a powerful weapon in the fight for peace, development and human rights.
UN News Centre, 4 June 2008
UNDP improves gender equality
Investing in women and girls is one of the fastest and best means
of advancing human development for all. To ensure that UNDP is
doing its part, a Global Gender Equality Retreat was organized in
Rwanda, Kigali 21 - 25 April 2008. UNDP staff from all over the
world took stock of progress in supporting developing countries to
achieve the MDG on gender equality for future programme planning.
Focus was on the implementation of the UNDP's new Gender
Equality Strategy.
UNDP, May 2008
Secretary-General focuses on role of fathers for International Day of Families
Fathers can make a positive impact on the development of their children, but too many men have difficulty taking up the responsibility of fatherhood, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a statement today to mark the International Day of Families.
UN News Centre, 15 May 2008
> News story
> Statement of the Secretary-General
> International
Day of Families website
Women hold key to breaking out of global food crisis, stresses Migiro
Not only do women suffer the most from global problems, such as the current crisis arising from the surge in food prices, but they can also contribute the most to its solutions, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro said today....
UN News Centre, 1 May 2008
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UNIFEM at AIDS 2008
Mexico City, 3-8 August 2008
Where's the Power in Women’s Empowerment?
UN Conference Centre, Bangkok, 4 August 2008
CEDAW: 41st Session of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
UN Headquarters, New York, 30 June - 18 July 2008
Global diversity and gender equality symposium
UN Headquarters, New York, 9 July - 11 July 2008
International Day of Families
"Fathers and Families: Responsibilities and Challenges"
Worldwide, 15 May 2008
International Women's Day
08 March 2008; UN Commemoration on 06 March
Theme for 2008: "Investing in Women and Girls"
52nd
Session of the Commission on the Status of Women
UN Headquarters, New York, 25 Feb - 7 March 2008
Priority theme: Financing for gender equality and the empowerment of women
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