Week of 11-23-2009

• Religion, Politics & Gender Equality - Research, Conference +
• Guinea - Photo of Women Praying During Eid - End of Ramadan
• Denmark - 'Hit The Bitch' Anti-Violence Announcement Stirs Controversy
• UN S-G Message on Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women
• Palestine - Youth - Hopes & Dreams Online Video Project - Girls
• Turkey - Turkish & Kurdish Mothers Campaign for Peace
• Poem - Girl Killed by Drunk Driver
• Europe-Women's NGO's Call for EU Presidency Strategy on Violence Against Women
• Australia - Poverty, Discrimination, Health of Indigenous Women
• Child Abuse Prevention - Guide - WWSF
• UN CSW 54 - 2010 - NGO Participation
• People's Food Sovereignty Forum Final Declaration 2009
• Congo - Children/Girls Targeted as Witches
• Asia-Pacific Regional Declaration on Beijing + 15 Review
• USA - Premature Births Impact Higher Rates of Infant Mortality
• UN SR Violence Against Women Calls for Intensive, Holistic & Intersectional Action
• UNIFEM - International Day on Elimination of Violence Against Women
• Czech Republic - Government "Regrets" Illegal Sterilization of Romani Women
• Canada - Call to Stop Violence Against Indigenous Women in Canada
• Nepal - Government & UN TV Clip on VAW - Alleged Witches
• Morocco - Gender Advocacy to Implement Removal of CEDAW Reservations
• Afghanistan - World's Highest Infant Mortality - UN
• Uganda - Violence Against Women Over Land Disputes - Widows +
• Women Are Key Agents of Climate Change, to Prepare & Respond
• Iran - Can Women Act as Agents for Democratization of Theocracy?
• Yemen - Women's Hopes & Actions for Peace, Against Extremism
• Lebanon - 16 Days Activism Advocates on Campaign for Law on Gender Violence
• Exploring Dynamics of North-South NGO Partnerships & Gender
• Taiwan - Joint NGO Statement Against Legalization of Prostitution
• Tajikistan - Violence Against Women - Amnesty Report
• HIV/AIDS - Legislating for Women's Rights
• Violence Against Girls in School - Model National Policy for Prevention +
• The Philippines - Massacre - Women Killed Include 2 Human Rights Lawyers
• World YWCA - We CAN End Violence Against Women
• Call for NGO Grant Proposals - SIDA - Democratization & Human Rights
• Cambodia - Rape & Abuse Reaching Crisis Level - Minister
• Latin America & Caribbean - Peace, Security, Stop VAW
• Kenya - Culture & Traditions Impact Women's & Girls' Rights
• Somalia - UN Expert on Rights in Somalia Condemns Stoning +
• Iran - 16 Days Campaign on Violence Against Women
• Afghanistan - Girls' Schools Face Highest Risk of Violence - Report
• Nigeria via ECOWAS - Landmark Court Decision that Education Is a Legal & Human Right
• India - "Holiday Brides" Abandoned by Husbands in UK, US, Canada
• Kenya - FGM - 350 Teenage Girls to Face the Knife + Appeal
• Sweden - Against Prostitution & Trafficking for Sexual Purposes - Action Plan
• CSW 2010 - NGO Parallel Events - Applications Process
• New Zealand - Sexual Violence - Attrition in the Criminal Justice System

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