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APRIL 2005 LISTSERVE RELEASES
These computer Archives of WUNRN ListServe releases,
are in block format. You can click on selected releases to see
full text. But, to have original format, and with pictures and
attached files, please request from mosie@infionline.net.
- Afghanistan - New Assistance
Program to Build Afghan Women's Organizations & Civil
Society
Afghanistan - Nuristan
Province - Violence Against Women - Poverty - Medical Needs
- Human Rights - Patriarchy - Traditions
Afghanistan - Widows & Re-Marriage;
Traditional Cultural Practices Affect Right of Free Choice
Africa -6th Inter-African
Committee Regional Conference on Harmful Traditional Practices
Affecting the Health of Women & Children
AIDS Orphans Face Discrimination
- Joint Report by UNAIDS, UNICEF, & USAID
Amnesty International -
Ginetta Sagan Award - Hawa Aden Mohamed of Somalia - Led
Movements Against FGM & For Girls' & Women's Education
Australia - Indigenous
Women - The Status of Indigenous Women & Indigenous Feminism
in Australia - from AWID
Bulgaria - Domestic Violence
Law Passed
Call for Applicants - Dartmouth
Summer Institute in Jewish & Islamic Studies
Call for Articles for
Women In Action Magazine - ISIS
Call for Awards Entries
- Best Strategies to End Human Trafficking
Call for Fabric Female
Dolls Representing Cultures of Countries for Exhibit
Call for Papers - Feminist
Theory & Gender Studies Section - International Studies
Association - The North-South Divide & International
Studies
Call for Papers - Gender & Health
- for Gender, Society, & Development Publication
Call for Papers - Russia,
Eastern Europe, Eurasia Focus - "Commodity, Consumer, Entrepreneur?
Women & the Marketplace"
Call for Papers - Women & Migration
- Tangiers, Morocco Conference
Call from AWID for Essays & Case
Studies - "Building Feminist Movements & Organizations:
Learning From Experience"
Cambodia - Rape & Indecent
Assault Report 2004 - LICADHO
Canada - Gender Equality & the
Rights of Girls & Women: An International Policy Priority
- Statement by GPWG of CPCC
Canada - Girls & Young
Women - Gender, Peace, & Security
Canada/Iran - Iranian
Doctor's Statement: Canadian Photojournalist Zahra Kazemi
Was Beaten, Tortured, & Raped In Iranian Custody
CEDAW - CEDAW Optional
Protocol - IWRAW Asia Pacific - Global Consultation
CEDAW - Over 90% of UN
Member States Are Party To CEDAW, the United Nations Convention
on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against
Women
Central & Eastern
Europe Online Women's Forum
Central Asia - Women's
Facts & Programmes - UNIFEM
Chad - Sudan/Darfur Refugee
Women & Girls - Serious Basic Needs - From the Women's
Commission for Refugee Women & Children
Child Sex Tourism - Japan
Travel Agents Agree to: The Code of Conduct for Protection
of Children from Sexual Exploitation in Travel and Tourism
Child Trafficking in
SE Europe Growing - OSCE Conference
Children - UNICEF State
of the World's Children Report - Concerns - Challenges
Conference on Sexual
Exploitation of Teens - US
Congo - Continuing Tragic
Testimonials - Sexual Abuse of Girls & Women - UN Peacekeepers
- Militias - Sex for Cash or Food
Congo - UN Actions Re:
Allegations of Sexual Abuse; Investigation by UN in Multiple
Countries
Congo DRC - Victimization
- Responsibilities - Political Presence - Low School Enrollment
of Girls
Crimes of Honor UN Resolution
Requests UN Secretary-General For Report at 60th Session
of UN General Assembly
Crimes of Honor/Honour
Killings - Reports of UN Special Rapporteurs on Extrajudicial
Executions to the UN Human Rights Commission
CSW 2005 - NGO Linkage
Caucus Concluding Statement - Gender Equality Within the
UN SystemNGO Concluding Statement on CSW49/Beijing +10
Czech Republic - Parliament
Votes Against Legalization of Prostitution
Diploma in Continuing
Education in Development Studies - Greater Mekong Region
Applicant Country of Origiin
Egypt & Region -
LINKS - Many in Arabic - From the Center for Egyptian Women's
Legal Assistance
El Salvador - Maquiladoras
- Impacts of Global Trade Rules On Women Workers - Testimonials
- New York Times Article
European Commission Report
2005 on the Digital Divide - Gender, Age, Education, Income,
Rural & Urban Areas
European Commission Report
on Gender Equality 2005
European Constitution
Briefing Document - From the European Women's Lobby
European Parliament Women's
Rights Resolution
Feminism Today - From
Les Penelopes
Feminist Revision of
Bible Verse
Gender & ICT Awards
- Gender & ICT Awards (137 lines)
From: Lois A Herman <Mosie@INFIONLINE.NET>
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 18:16:09 -0600
Gender Equality - Striving
for Justice in an Unequal World - UNRISD Summary Release
Gender Responsive Budgets
- UNIFEM
Girls' Education - Eliminating
the Gender Gap in Education - Millennium Development Goals
Girls' Right to Education
- Reports of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education,
and of The World Bank
Habitat Intenational
Coalition - South Asia Regional Programme - Housing & Land
Rights Network - Gender Dimensions
HANSM - Macedonia - Academic
Paper on the Status of Women & Freedom of Religion or
Belief & Traditions
India - Gujarat State
- 2002 Conflict Abuse & Violence - Women & Girls
- Social Justice Issues Remain
India - Post Tsunami
Child Trafficking
India - The Gender of
Islam - Al-Ahram Article
India - Yerwada Women's
Prison; Degrading Work of Manual Scavengers - Often by Dalit
Women & Girls - HUMAN RIGHTS
INSTRAW Call for Papers
- New Vocies, New Perspectives
INSTRAW Call for Research
Papers - New Voices, New Perspectives - Global Women's/Gender
Issues
INSTRAW Violence Against
Women Beijing + 10 Review Report
Inter-African Committee
Launches New Website, Promoting Health of Women & Children
in Africa & Fighting Against FGM & Other Harmful
Traditional Practices
Internally Displaced
Women
Internally Displaced
Women & Children - From the Global IDP Project
International Day for
the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - March 21
Iran - Film Documentary
- "Prostitution Behind the Veil" - Additction - Abuse - Desperation
Iraq & Afghanistan
- Women's Issues Central to New Democracies
Iraq - Issue of Women's
Safety & Human Rights; Crimes of Honor in Iraq
Iraq - New Amnesty International
Report: "Iraq - Decades of Suffering - Now Women Deserve
Better."
Islamic Law - Examples
of Application Across the Muslim World - New York Times Article
Islamic Law - Secular
Law - Considerations & Interpretation - Multiple Countries
- Gender Issues
Israel & Occupied
Territories, Conflict, Patriarchy, Victimization of Women
Israel - Isha L'Isha
Letter on Trafficking in Israel to the Prime Minister of
Israel
Israel - Trafficking
in Women Increases - Report to Israeli Knesset
Kenya - Several Hundred
Kenyan Women Say They Were Raped By British Soldiers Based
in Kenya; Taking Case To The United Nations
Latin America - Women & Adequate
Housing
Lebanon - Region - Gender & Communication
Training Seminar - CRTD
MADRE Position Papers
- MADRE Position Papers (597 lines)
From: Lois A Herman <Mosie@INFIONLINE.NET>
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 18:03:59 -0600
Morocco - Gender Based
Violence In Morocco
Namibia - Women's Human
Rights Training - Health - Education - Poverty +
OMCT Position Paper for
the UN Human Rights Commission 2005
Pakistan - Asia Pacific
Region - International Conference: Gender Mainstreaming & the
Millennium Development Goals
Pakistan - Harvard Research
Report: "Religious School Enrollment in Pakistan: A Look
at the Data"
Pakistan - Honor Killing
of Bride Just Two Hours After Wedding - New Release from
Asian Human Rights Commission
Pakistan - Pakistan Supreme
Court to Decide Crime of Honor High Profile Gang Rape Case
Pakistan - Rape - Violence
Against Women & Girls - Honor Crimes - Discrimination
- Women's Human Rights
Pakistan - Women's Human
Rights; Multiple Abuses & Victimization, as Burning,
Rape, Domestic Violence, Crimes of Honor
Poem - Crimes of Honor
- Poem - Crimes of Honor (102 lines)
From: Lois A Herman <Mosie@INFIONLINE.NET>
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 11:56:04 -0600
Poem - Feminist Waves
- Poem - Feminist Waves (87 lines)
From: Lois A Herman <Mosie@INFIONLINE.NET>
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 02:07:58 -0600
Poem - Sigheh (Farsi
word for "temporary marriage")
Poem - The Power of Woman
Poem - The Time of Woman
Poem - Waiting - Woman's
Midlife Wisdom
Poem - Women - Health
Safety - Sexual Vulnerability & Responsibility - HIV/AIDS
+
Poem on Multicultural
Identity
Programme On Women's
Economic, Social & Cultural Rights
Rape Survivors' Clinical
Management - From the World Health Organization - Sexual & Gender
Based Violence
Report by Jordan's UN
Ambassador Offers Recommendations to Prevent & Punish
Sexual Abuse by UN Peacekeepers
Sex Abuse by Peacekeepers
- Hard to Prosecute Multinational Offenders - Press Release
Song - I AM WOMAN - By
Helen Reddy
Statement on Violence
Against Women & Sexual Exploitation of Women - NGO CSW
Caucus 2005
Study of Comparative
Constitutions for 44 Muslim Countries - Religion-State Relationship & the
Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief
Sudan - Darfur - Camp
Women Attacked, Attempted Rape, One Murdered, By Armed Men
in Military Uniform - Report by OMCT
Sudan - UN Security
Council Resolution 1590 - 2005 - NOTE GENDER COMPONENTS -
UN Mission for Sudan
Sudan - Woman Risks
Conviction & Execution by Stoning for Alleged Adultery
- Human Rights
Sweden - Equality Between
Women & Men in Sweden - Government Statement
Sweden - Guidelines
To Combat Trafficking In Human Beings
Swedish Minister for
Gender Equality Speech on Trafficking at the UN Commission
on the Status of Women 2005
System Test
- System Test (24 lines)
From: doggpc@COMCAST.NET
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 22:48:37 +0000
- System Test (22 lines)
From: doggpc@COMCAST.NET
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 23:08:45 +0000
Thailand & Cambodia
- Trafficking - Important Successful Thai Prosecution of
Cambodian Trafficker - Addressing Trafficking in Cambodia & Thailand
The Girl Child - Human
Rights - PDHRE
Trafficking - A Demand
Led Problem? Report by Save the Children Sweden
Trafficking - Request
For Input For US State Department Annual Global Trafficking
In Persons Report
Trafficking Resolution
- UN Commission on the Status of Women 2005
Turkey - Turkish Parliament
Passes Controversial Law Pardoning Women University Women
Students Expelled for Wearing Headscarves/Hijab
UK - Court of Appeal
Rules Muslim Schoolgirl Can Wear Hijab
Ukraine - Women - Realities
UN Commission on the
Status of Women 2005 Adopts 10 Resolutions
UN Commission on the
Status of Women Resolution - WOMEN, THE GIRL CHILD, & HIV/AIDS
UN CSW 2005 - Final
Linkage Caucus Statement: Turning Promises into Progress
UN Division for the
Advancement of Women - Policy Guidance on the Gender Perspectives
of Natural Disasters
UN Division for the
Advancement of Women - Policy Guidance on Trafficking in
Women and Girls & Re: Natural Disasters
UN High Commissioner
for Human Rights Report to the UN Commision on Human Rights
2005 - Geneva
UN Millennium Development
Goals - Country Reports - Gender Important!
UN NGO Committee on
the Status of Women - Geneva - Event at the UN Human Rights
Commission April 4
UN Peacekeeping Missions
- Sexual Abuse - Challenges of Punishing Civilian Staff as
well as Soldiers
UN Secretary General
Kofi Annan Offers Plans for Change in United Nations Structure
UN Special Rapporteur
on Adequate Housing Report: Women & Adequate Housing
- To The United Nations Human Rights Commission 2005
United Nations Commission
on Human Rights
United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights
United Nations Special
Rapporteur on Trafficking Report to the UN Human Rights Commission
2005
United Nations Special
Rapporteur on Violence Against Women Report to the UN Human
Rights Commission 2005
Verse - 1870 - Women
for Peace
Violence Against Women
- From UNFPA - FGM - Domestic Violence - Rape - Prostitution
- Trafficking +
Widows Human Rights
Panel - United Nations Commission on Human Rights 2005 -
Geneva
Widows' Status in South
Asia - Guild of Service 2005
Women & Girls -
Facts & Figures - From Women's Learning Partnership
Women & Health
International Meeting - Delhi
Women & International
Migration - United Nations 2004 World Survey on the Role
of Women in Development
Women Facing War -
International Committee of the Red Cross
Women Human Rights
Violations - Reports to the UN - UN Office of the High Commissioner
for Human Rights
Women in 2005 Report
- Population Reference Bureau - Education, Work, Health,
Public Life - Datasheet
Women's Economic Security & Rights
- UNIFEM
Women's International
League for Peace & Freedom/WILPF Statement on the Ten-Year
Review & Appraisal of the Beijing Platform for Action
World Report on the
Culture of Peace
- Zimbabwe - Highest
Child Mortality Rate in the World - UNICEF - AIDS Impact
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