TAG: gender equality

Regional meetings in preparation for the fifty-fourth session of the Commission on the Status of Women

A series of regional meetings has been organized by the United Nations regional commissions — ECA, ECE, ECLAC, ESCAP, ESCWA — in preparation for the fifty-fourth session of the Commission on the Status of Women, from 1-12 March 2010, in New York. See the agenda.

New UN gender entity

In a much anticipated decision in the General Assembly (GA), governments agreed in September to move ahead with the process of creating a stronger, more effiective, and better resourced gender entity in the UN system. The new organization will be led by an Under Secretary General (USG) who will carry the women’s empowerment mandate at […]

Relevant meetings – News 6

Indonesia: The APF of National Human Rights Institutions of Indonesia hosted a regional workshop on the role of NHRIs in the implementation and promotion of the Yogyakarta Principles. Read more.

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Argentina uncategorized: Debates about human trafficking, prostitution and sex work In this article, Carolina Justo von Lurzer and Santiago Morcillo present the main points debateted during a meeting organized by the Sexualities Studies Group of the Gino Germani Research Institute of the University of Buenos Aires to discuss the public policies related to prostitution. Sexual […]

Read the third edition of the Knowing Our Rights: Women, family, laws and customs in the Muslim world

Read the third edition of the Knowing Our Rights: Women, family, laws and customs in the Muslim world, organized by Women Living under Muslim Laws

SPW relança publicações durante o 11º Fórum Internacional AWID

Por Marina Maria* Entre 14 e 17 de novembro de 2008, foi realizado o 11º Fórum Internacional AWID, na Cidade do Cabo, África do Sul, com o tema “Direitos das mulheres e desenvolvimento”. O evento, organizado pela Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID), reuniu mais de 2 mil pessoas de todos os cantos do […]

SPW launches publications during the 11th AWID International Forum

By Marina Maria* The 11th AWID International Forum entitled “Women’s Rights and Development” was held from November 14th to 17th 2008 in Cape Town, South Africa. About two thousand people from all over the world attended the meeting, which was the site of a wide range of activities, such as plenary speeches, workshops, panel sessions, […]

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Consejo de Derechos Humanos Por Gloria Careaga* Este primer año de trabajo del Consejo de derechos Humanos de la ONU, fue presidido por el embajador mexicano Luis Alfonso de Alba. El Consejo trabajó para alcanzar el acuerdo sobre el texto para realizar la Evaluación Periódica Universal, la revisión del sistema de Procedimientos Especiales, y la […]