Week of 03-31-2008

• Middle East - Economic Imperatives of Marriage: Emerging Practices & Identities
• Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness - Women's Rights Concerns
• Harmful Traditional Practices - Women & Children - UN Fact Sheet
• UK - Women in Prison - Mental Health Issues - Suicides - Report: Dying on the Inside
• Date Rape Among Young Women in 5 European Countries - Good Practices for Prevention & Support
• Tibet Women - Photo; Tensions in Tibet - Article
• Nigeria - Update on CEDAW Shadow Report by WACOL for CEDAW Committee Nigeria Review
• PeaceWomen E-News-UN SC 1325-CSW-Women's Participation in Numbers, Power, Advocacy, Social Change
• CEDAW Committee - New Members to Fill Expiring Terms - Nominations - Election Process & Date
• Resisting & Challenging Religious Fundamentalisms - AWID Advocacy Research Project
• South Asia - "WE CAN" Campaign on Violence Against Women - 6 Countries
• WIDE News - Analysis of CSW & Future Challenges - Financing for Development - Aid +
• Freedom From Want: The Human Right to Adequate Food - Book - Gender
• Hunger - Women - The Hunger Project
• Afghanistan-Woman Activist Uses Religious Knowledge & Muslim Leader Dialogue, for Women's Rights, Development
• Bangladesh - Sigma Huda Acquitted - UN Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons
• The Philippines - CEDAW Benchbook - Legal Resource
• Canada - Torture of Canadian Women by Non-State Actors in the Private Sphere - Shadow Report
• Yemen - Early Marriage & Motherhood - Impact on Yemen Development - Girls' Rights, Education +
• National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) + CEDAW Committee Statement
• Grants - Advancing Women's Rights Via Strategic Partnership Grants - Open Society Institute
• HIV/AIDS - UN Report Cites Progress in Treating Children With HIV/AIDS + Challenges
• ICC-Eye on the ICC-Update on Gender Justice & Human Rights at the International Criminal Court
• Iran - Women's Fashion - Culture
• Cameroon-Courageous Woman Coverage of Political Protests-Private Media Challenges-Women Journalists Group
• CEDAW Committee - Lobby Governments to Ratify Amendment of Article 20(1) of CEDAW
• Southern Africa - Women Are Changing the Face of Migration - Study Report
• Afghanistan - Rare Women's Art Exhibit
• QUING - Gender Equality in the European Union
• South Korea - Many Korean Men Seek Foreign Wives - Vietnam Brides Story
• Zimbabwe - WOZA Report Examines Suppression of Women's Political Voices - Human Rights Defenders
• USA - National Women's History Project
• Maternal, Newborn & Child Survival - Countdown to 2015 - Tracking Progress
• UN International Treaties - Glossary - Accession, Ratification, Signature
• UN Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities - To Enter Force, NEEDS 20 Ratifications or Accessions
• Disability Rights Fund - Disabled Women & Girls
• European Women's Lobby: Challenging the Male-Dominant Life-Cycle Approach to Growth & Jobs
• UNIFEM Resource Materials - Linked to CSW 52 Themes
• Crimes of Honor UN Resolution - 19 Languages - WUNRN Website Reference Documents
• European Conference on Politics & Gender - Call for Papers
• Burundi - Woman's Arms Cut Off by Husband for Having a Girl Baby
• UN Special Rapporteur on Sale of Children, Child Prostitution & Child Pornography Report to the UN 2008
• Poem/Lyrics - "Twisted Ballerina" - Abused Girl Child
• Tajikistan - HIV/AIDS - Silence & Prejudice - Women Particularly Vulnerable
• Bangladesh - Government Retreats on Women's Rights After Muslim Clerics Protest
• European Commission Grants
• Women Scientists Face Discrimination - UK Study
• Torture of Women & Girls - IRCT Statement to Support Gender Protection, Rehabilitation & Reparation
• Where is the Money for Women's Rights Work on ICT
• Afghanistan - Daughters Given as Brides to Drug Traffickers for Farmer Fathers' Unpaid Debts
• Resolution on Rights of the Child - UN Human Rights Council 7th Session 2008 - The Girl Child
• EU Statement on CSW Agreed Conclusions: Financing for Gender Equality & Women's Empowerment

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