Week of 12-22-2008

• India - Successful Women's Activism for Clean & Safe Water
• MDG's - Accelerating the Achivement - Gender Equality Now
• South Africa - Widows of Polygamous Marriage - Survivor Benefits Legal Case
• Volunteerism & Social Activism - Participation in Human Development
• Iran - Closure of Human Rights Defenders Center Led by Shirin Ebadi
• France - Schoolgirls Expelled on Veil Issue - European Court Decision Upheld Secularism
• NGO Working Group on Women, Peace & Security - Advocacy
• Haiti Girl Child - Walking Barefoot Through Misery - UNICEF Prize Photo
• OHCHR - VIDEO Stories on Human Rights - Gender
• China - Surviving World War II Comfort Women in China - Book
• Australia - Violence Against Women - Statistics - Call for National VAW Prevention Plan
• Women, Power & Politics - International Museum of Women
• Arab Region - Gender, Citizenship, Nationality
• UK - Polish Women's Access to Abortion Services in UK
• USA - Research Finds High Rates of Teen Dating Violence
• Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders Report to UN General Assembly 2008 - Gender
• Saudi Arabia - Girl 8 Married to 58-Year-Old Man - Denied Divorce Till Puberty
• The Netherlands - 6th Report of National Rapporteur on Trafficking
• World Survey on the Role of Women in Development 2009
• Israel - Bedouin Women Weave Tradition, Economics
• Uzbekistan - Women - Photos - CEDAW Committee Review
• Women's Christmas - Little Christmas - Nollaig Bheag
• Poem - WOMEN
• United Arab Emirates - Women's Participation in Gender Issues Conferences
• Sisters Against Violent Extremism - Conference - Declaration
• Latin America - Regional Mapping Study of Women's Police Stations
• Migration & Development - Links - Gender
• USA - Sect Child Abuse & Underage Girl Marriages - Report
• Southeast Asia - CEDAW in Action - UNIFEM
• Right Livelihood Award 2008 - Asha Hagi of Somalia
• Women's Initiatives for Gender Justice - Publications on ICC
• Spain - Government Action Plan for UN Security Council Resolution 1325
• UN CSW 53 - 2009 - Deadlines to Note
• Breast-Feeding Babies Best - Studies on Benefits vs. Risks of Toxins
• India - Women - Muslim Halepotra & Hindu Meghwals of Gujarat State
• Africa - Women Farmers Toil to Expand Africa's Food Supply
• Tajikistan & Global - Economic Crisis Cuts Jobs & Migrant Remittances to Families
• Kenya - Laws & Harmful Customs Curtail Women's Economic, Social, Cultural Rights
• France - Issues of Immigration, Traditions, National Laws, Gender

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