Week of 02-11-2008

• UN Mandate of Representative of S-G on Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons - Gender
• CaucAsia Magazine -January 2008 - Gender & Fashion
• Climate Change & Gender Inequalities-Importance of Women in Climate Change Policymaking-WEDO
• Nepal - Largest All-Female Expedition to Mount Everest - UN Support
• Trafficking UN Forum Vienna-Equality Now Challenges to Address SEX Trafficking, Victims, NGO Support
• Egypt - Slide Show on Marriage in Egypt - Later Marriage - Costs of Weddings - Mass Weddings +
• Call for CD-ROM Materials on Financing for Gender Equality & Women's Empowerment
• South America - Funding for Women's Rights in Brazil & the Southern Cone
• Call for UN NGO Signatures on Collaborative Statement to UN on Extreme Poverty, Rights, Peace, Gender
• Sauda Arabia - Woman Convicted to Death for "Witchcraft" - Human Rights Watch Appeal
• Mali - Woman-to-Woman Quiet Diplomacy to Reshape Women's Lives & Empowerment
• Holy Land Women - Infinite Variety - Personal Stories
• UN General Assembly Resolution on Torture 2007 - Gender
• UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - Gender
• Gender-Specific Forms of Torture - UN Report Reference
• Kurdish Women in the Diaspora - Suffering - Inequality - Discrimination - "Statelessness"
• Canada-Landmark Ruling for Intersection of Civil & Religious Law-Jewish Divorce-Ex-Husband Appeals
• India - Violence Against Women - Social Re-Ordering - Freedom but Resistance
• Women & Communication Photographic Competition 2008 - Call for Entries - WACC
• Sudan - Sexual Violence in Darfur: "Too Scared to Tell"
• Saudi Arabia-UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women Statement on Visit to Saudi Arabia
• Australia - Magazine Fashion Ad Condemned for Depicting Violence Against Women
• Trafficking-Joint NGO Call for Vienna Forum Commitments to End Sex Trafficking-Political Will & Resources
• Mali - Child Bride - Child Mother - Personal Story
• Myanmar-Burma - Internal Displacement Profile Report - Gender
• Trafficking - OSCE Urges Parliamentarians to Increase Fight Against Human Trafficking
• European Court of Human Rights - Advisory Opinion on Female Candidates from States for Court
• Georgia - Gender Violence/Domestic Violence - Call for Comprehensive Interagency Response
• India - Divorce & Remarriage Slowly Gaining Some Acceptability in India
• Namibia - Involuntary Sterilization of Young HIV-Positive Women
• Trafficking - UN Forum Aims to End Human Trafficking
• Paraguay-Country Example for Gender Issues-Review of Report by UN Committee on Economic, Social & Cultural Rights - Gender
• Economic, Social & Cultural Rights-Gender-UN Covenant ESCR-UN ESCR Committee-Country Report Reviews
• Uganda - Training For Birth Attendants Is Scarce But Crucial
• Australia - Apology to Aborigines + Sexual Abuse & Violence of Australia Aboriginal Women & Children
• Women Journalists - Risks - Reporters Without Borders Report 2008 + Gender Statement
• UNICEF - Humanitarian Action Report - Women & Girls - Photo Essay - Appeal
• Trafficking - Global Trafficking in Persons Report 2008 - Call for Input - Questionnaire
• UK Addresses Honour Crimes - Call for National Strategy, Statistics, Increased Reportage, Services +
• UNESCO - Gender Dynamics of Conflict, Peace-Building, & Reconstruction
• Arab World - More Women For Workforce - Gulf News Article
• Earth Charter - Gender
• Nigeria - Italy Sex Trafficking - Video
• Women Founders Collective Program + Mission to Botswana, Namibia, Uganda
• Stop Violence Against Women - Amnesty International
• Due Diligence Standard as Tool for Elimination of Violence Against Women-UN Special Rapporteur VAW
• Financing for Gender Equality & Empowerment of Women - UN Secretary-General Report
• Philippines - Women's Rights
• Japan - Geisha - Facts & Fantasies - Historical & Modern

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