Week of 02-12-2007

• United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women Report to the UN 2007
• Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2007 - UNESCO - Girls
• Slovakia - Court Compensates Gypsy Women in Involuntary Sterilization Case
• Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court - Rape as Genocide +
• Romania - International League of Romanian Women - LIFERO
• UN Commission on the Status of Women 2007 - Official Documents - Update
• China-Zhejiang Province - Enforcement of One-Child Policy
• Sudan - Education & Livelihoods in Southern Sudan - Report - Formal & Non-Formal Education +
• United Nations Special Rapporteur on Health Report to the UN 2007 - Maternal Mortality
• NGO Alternative Reports Submitted to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child - The Girl Child
• Saudi Arabia - Saudi Women May Enter Diplomatic Sector
• Post-Sexual Assault Stress Video - Two Components
• Harvard Names First Female President
• International Women's Day 2007 Theme: Ending Impunity for Violence Against Women & Girls - UN
• Germany - Maternity Protection in Employment Relationships
• Female Infanticide Panel - UN CSW 2007
• Education for Girls - Aga Khan Development Network
• United Nations Special Rapporteur on Trafficking Report to the UN 2007
• Young Women & HIV Prevention
• Iran-Women's Campaign for Rights & Gender Equality-"One Million Signatures" Against Discriminatory Laws
• European Women's Lobby Petition & Call for Gender Equality Through Better Care Services in the EU
• India - Caste Discrimination Against India's "Untouchables" - Human Rights Watch Report
• Women & Housing, Land, Property, & Inheritance Rights - Fact Sheets - COHRE
• Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting - UNICEF Campaign to Eliminate FGM
• Poem - The Stone & The Woman
• Trafficking - Narcotics & Human Trafficking in the Gulf States - Gulf Research Center - 2007
• Child Well-Being in Rich Countries - Assessment - UNICEF - The Girl Child
• Afghanistan - Inadequate Care for Trauma Victims - Women & Children
• Gender Mainstreaming in the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations - Study
• Barbie Dolls - Popular but Controversial as Toy Gender Role Model & Symbol of Cultures & Values
• Malaria & HIV: The Impact on Pregnant Women & Infants
• Romani Women's Rights - European Roma Rights Centre Statement to OSCE
• Iraq, Women's Empowerment & Public Policy
• The Netherlands-NGO CEDAW Shadow Report 2007
• CEDAW Committee 37th Session - Concluding Comments for Countries Reivewed Now Available
• Bangladesh - Rural Attitudes Towards Gender Equality - Research
• Gender 2007 - East Meets West Conference on Gender Studies - Call for Abstracts
• Czech Republic-European Roma Rights Centre Report for UN Committee on Racial Discrimination-Gender
• India - Devadasi "Temple Virgins" Ask Government Help - Prostitution - Poverty - HIV/AIDS
• UK - Lessons Learned from Domestic Violence Enforcement Campaigns 2006 - Report
• Crimes of Honor Against Girls & Women Panel - UN CSW 2007
• Women of Aceh, Indonesia, Research Project-Call for Information-University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
• Latin America - Inequality & The Education MDG - Gender
• Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program
• Indonesia-Exploitation & Abuse: The Plight of Women Domestic Workers-Amnesty International Report
• Burma - State of Terror Report - Karen Women's Organisation
• Syria - Honor Killing Draws Attention of Religious & Political Leaders & Public in Syria
• Gender Statistics-Elimination of Discrimination & Violence Against The Girl Child-UN Expert Meeting Paper
• European Neighbourhood Policy & Gender - Online Kit - Karat Coalition
• Japan/US-World War II Comfort Women Testify Against Japan Before US Congress Subcommittee-Resolution
• Stephen Lewis Foundation-Africa-HIV/AIDS-Support for AIDS-Impacted Women, Men, Children; Grandmothers Programs
• Chile - Gender Political Representation Quota Law Proposed - Debates
• Russia - Government Financial Incentive for More Than One Child - Serious Population Decline
• Child Marriage - Health Consequences of Child Marriage in Africa
• UN Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage, & Registration of Marriages
• Pakistan & Afghanistan - "Swara" & "Vanni" - Girls & Women Given to End Feud - Abuses - Life Risks
• Campaign to End Legal Discrimination Against Women & Girls in Iran - Panel - CSW 2007
• Turkey - UN SR Violence Against Women 2007 Full Addendum Report on Mission to Turkey

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