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“The so-called digital
divide is actually several gaps in one. There is a
technological divide—great gaps in infrastructure. There is a
content divide. A lot of web-based information is simply not
relevant to the real needs of people. And nearly 70 per cent
of the world’s websites are in English, at times crowding out
local voices and views. There is a gender divide, with women
and girls enjoying less access to information technology than
men and boys. This can be true of rich and poor countries
alike”. United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan Statement
to the World Summit on the Information Society, Geneva, 10
December 2003
This issue of "Women2000 and beyond" on women
and water discusses gender perspectives of a growing water
crisis and the evolution of the international policy on water.
It stresses the importance of integrating gender perspectives
in water resource management and warns of dangers of leaving
women out of water project design. It analyzes challenges to
implementing a gender approach to water projects and looks at
water resource management in the context of complex
livelihoods. Gender specific impacts of environmental
degradation, water pollution are given. In addition to
providing a list of useful resources on gender and water, the
issue draws conclusions and provides some policy
recommendations.
The current issue of "Women2000 and
beyond" addresses gender issues in disaster reduction and
sustainable development. It gives a gender analysis of the
increasing risks and the rising toll of disasters; discusses
the notions of risk and physical and social vulnerability.
Early warnings and risk reducing approaches that enhance
women’s disaster resilience are discussed. Other issues
include gender roles that put women in hazardous positions and
gender-specific impacts of degraded environments and natural
disasters. The issue draws important links between women’s
empowerment and sustainable development and disaster
reduction.
This issue of "Women2000 and beyond" discusses
discrimination against women in nationality laws by examining
laws that differentiate between women and men in the
acquisition and retention of nationality, as well as in
relation to the nationality of their children. It talks about
how international law is used to address discrimination in
nationality laws and surveys national and international case
law on discrimination in nationality laws, taking into
consideration how human rights norms relating to freedom of
movement, freedom of information, family rights and other
rights have been increasingly applied. Approaches adopted by
States to avoid gender-based discrimination are analyzed and
measures are recommended for States and non-governmental
organizations to ensure compliance with human rights standards
in the context of nationality.
This issue of Women2000 looks at the gender dimensions
of ageing. It highlights the inequalities faced by older women
as a result of their gender-based roles in society, as well as
the important role older women play at the family and
community level and possible measures to strengthen their
positive contribution. A brief description of the steps taken
by the international community in the last two decades in
order to address the situation of older women is also
included.
This issue of
Women2000 focuses on the subject of widowhood, providing an
overview of the situation of widows across the globe,
particularly in parts of the developing world where the
problem is more acute. It examines the problems faced by
widows including poverty, armed conflict, lack of education
and training, health, violence, and exclusion from the
economy. The conclusion provides some suggestions on how to
protect women and publicise one of the most hidden and veiled
areas of violation of women’s human rights.
Women2000: Sexual
Violence and Armed Conflict: United Nations Response
(April 1998). This issue examines steps taken by the UN to
address the situation of women subjected to sexual violence
during armed conflict since the Second World War. Part I
discusses the failure of the international community to
address the issue of wartime sexual violence during the early
years of the UN; Part II examines the manner in which sexual
violence during armed conflict emerged as an item of serious
concern within the UN. The concluding session examines how the
issue may be advanced in the next century.
Women2000: Women and
decision-making (1997) At the Fourth World Conference
on Women (Beijing 1995), the global community stressed the
importance of women assuming positions of power and influence,
not only because their points of views and talents are needed,
but also as a matter of their human rights. This issue of
Women 2000 explores the question of women's role in
decision-making.
Women2000:
Women and the Information Revolution (1996) At
the Fourth World Conference on Women one of the most striking
features was the use of the information superhighway to spread
the word about the Conference and the NGO Forum well beyond
the boundaries of previous global conferences. This issue of
the the DAW newsletter Women 2000 examines the growth
in computer networking and the experience of women in using
these new technologies.
Women2000:
The role of women in UN peace-keeping
(1995) The expanding participation of women in UN
peace-keeping is the subject of this issue of Women 2000. Two
questions are addressed: the question of gender balance in UN
peace-keeping, and the question of a women's perspective on
peace-keeping and the influence which women may have on
peace-keeping as a result of this
perspective.
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