Week of 03-03-2008

• ILO - Global Employment Trends for Women 2008 - Report
• Zambia - Child Marriages & Motherhood - Importance of Continued Education - Rights of Girls
• Iraq - 2008 Report: Amplifying the Voices of Women in Iraq
• India - The Business of Surrogate Motherhood - Issues
• Cambodia - Acid Violence Against Women
• UN Special Rapporteur Violence Against Women Report 2008 - VAW Indicators & State Response
• Afghanistan - Maternal Health & Mortality - Biggest Challenge for Afghan Women
• Oxfam Free Online Resources on Women & Gender
• Women Are Still Discriminated in All Countries - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
• Gender Perspectives on Climate Change
• Women, War, Peace, Security, Conflict Prevention, UN Security Council Resolution 1325
• Pakistan - Violence & Discrimination Against Women - Asian Human Rights Commission
• EU - Members of European Parliament Support FIDH Appeal for Stronger EU Action on Women's Rights
• Poem - Women of Strength
• Gender Inequality Must Be at Center of Development to Meet UN Poverty Goals & MDG's - Report
• UN Special Rapporteurs Call for Investment in Women & Girls for Gender Equality & Prevention of Gender Violence
• United Arab Emirates Calls for More Support to Women of Developing Countries - Cites UAE Efforts
• United Nations Member States on the UN Commission on the Status of Women - 2008 List
• Safe Schools: Every Girl's Right - Report
• African Women's Caucus CSW 2008 Statement on Funding for Women's Empowerment & Gender Equality
• CSW NGO Statement Against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Women & Girls
• Global Women Leaders Call for Greater Women's Role in Conflict Resolution & Poverty Reduction
• Lebanon-KAFA-Legal Reform Campaign for Protection of Women From Family Violence-Femicide-SilentWitness
• Art & Poem - Harmony Inward Creates Harmony Outward
• Montreal Principles - Women's Economic, Social & Cultural Rights
• Optional Protocol for UN Covenant on Economic, Social & Cultural Rights-Appeal for Strength of Text on Violations of Rights
• Investing in Women & Girls - International Women's Day 2008
• Migration-Greater Efforts Needed for Well Being of Families Left Behind in Migration Process-Gender-IOM
• World YWCA Statement: Investing in the Safety of Women & Girls
• Bangladesh - Consequences of Early Marriage on Female Schooling in Rural Bangladesh
• Trafficking-Australia Trafficking Film: "The Jammed"-Soroptimist International Brisbane City Distribution
• Israel - Position Paper on the Civilian Peace Processes Feminist Perspectives
• UN Human Rights Council - 7th Session - Reports/Documents
• Women in Key Roles in Local Media - Photo Essay - Internews
• Gender & Care - Feminist Economics to the Unpaid Economy & Care - Social Policies of Care +
• Asia Pacific Caucus Statement at UN Commission on the Status of Women 2008
• Violence Against Women Monitor - March 2008
• Female Head Covering Study - HCD Communications Research
• Cambodia - New Law on Trafficking & Sexual Exploitation
• International Women’s Day 2008 Message from UNIFEM - Violence Against Women & Gender Equality
• Israel - Man Sentenced for Honor Killing of Sister - Family Testified
• Women Make the News 2008 - Global Action to Promote Gender Equality in Media
• HIV/AIDS - International Community of Women Living With HIV/AIDS
• African Women's Consultation on Darfur + Sudanese Women's Declaration on Darfur
• Eleanor Roosevelt - Human Rights Pioneer - Thank You Campaign
• \Trafficking - A Very Modern Slavery
• International Women's Day - History
• Tanzania - Masai Tribe Progress Against Harmful Traditional Practices as FGM, Forced Marriage
• Iran - Iranian Women's Rights Activist Barred from Travel to Sweden for Award
• India to Pay Families Cash to Raise Girl Children & Reduce Female Infanticide, Preference for Boys
• War Question for Feminism - Call for Papers - Conference
• Ageing - UN Calls for Sustained Efforts to Advance Action Plan on Ageing - Ageing Women
• Poem - If I Had My Life to Live Over - By Age 85 Woman
• CEDAW NGO Shadow Reports - IWRAW AP - From Global to Local Program
• Women Accused of Being Witches - Salem Witch Trials Memorial USA
• India - Aging of Women - Article
• Georgia - Mother's Day - Women's NGO Press Conference - Call for Maternal Support & Rights
• UN Commission on the Status of Women 2008 - Press Releases
• Statement of Women In Peace Building & Conflict Resolution Caucus - UN CSW 2008
• Bahrain-Call for Legislation to Empower Women in Bahrain-Law on Domestic Violence-CEDAW Reservations
• Culture, Religion, and Gender
• Canada - Ontario Province - Polygamous Muslims Receive Benefits, But Polygamy Illegal in Canada
• Jordan Maid Abuse - Video & Report

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