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12 Countries that Kicked Child Mortality in the You-know-what

From On September 14, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Some may have seen my most recent article providing some highlights of a new UNICEF report on the global progress in reducing child mortality since 1990.

As always with rich reports like these, there is too much valuable info to squeeze into one article, so I’m making use of this space to draw [...]

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Young mothers: In Cabo Delgado province, by age 15, one out of three girls is married. Credit: Mercedes Sayagues

Invisible Women – Media is Key to Free Women from Obstetric Fistula

From On August 30, 2012 · Leave a Comment

With a community radio reporter and a team of doctors, Knight Health Fellow Mercedes Sayagues visits five rural clinics in the remote Mueda district, Cabo Delgado province, Mozambique.

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A pregnant mother and her daughter in the rural Purulia district of West Bengal state in Eastern India struggle against the country's "son preference". Credit: Sujoy Dhar/IPS

Why we must transform social norms to achieve real gender equality

From On July 30, 2012 · Leave a Comment

By Somali Cerise, Gender Project Coordinator, OECD Development Centre

What is holding back women and girls from reaching their full potential? Social institutions – defined as laws, social norms and practices – play a powerful but often invisible role in determining women and girls’ access to opportunities, resources and power. A girl who is [...]

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CSW 56: Week Two

From On March 9, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Catch up on our coverage from the past week as the United Nations’ 56th session of the Commission on the Status of Women comes to a close.

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IWD: Keeping Girls Safe at Home, at School and in Their Communities

From On March 8, 2012 · Leave a Comment

By Equality Now*

“To be able to realise their full potential in society as women, girls need to be empowered to raise their voices against injustices committed against them and they need a system that will support their quest for justice.”

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IWD: How the Kafala System is Failing Domestic Workers in the Middle East

From On March 8, 2012 · Leave a Comment

By Simba Shani Kamaria Russeau*

“For developing countries, female migrants are becoming the main export as the labour market demand for a new form of modern-day slavery – domestic servitude – increases in the Middle East.”

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Visualising Gender and Media

From On March 8, 2012 · Leave a Comment

By Mapping Global Media Policy*

“This is the first global initiative that adopts an innovative approach – data collection, organisation and visualisation – concerning [gender and media].”

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IWD Short: Women’s Empowerment in Traditional Communities

From On March 8, 2012 · Leave a Comment

By Melina Lito*

When I think about what we, as a global community, can do to inspire or educate young girls in a positive way, I think the hardest thing to teach is how to reconcile between what is expected from women in traditional communities and what modern day society expects. As an ethnic woman [...]

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The 56th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)

From On March 8, 2012 · Leave a Comment

As the second week of CSW 56 gets underway at the United Nations in New York, you can catch up with all of our related reporting on our gender page. Here’s a brief overview below.

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From Our Mailbox: Advancing MDG3 in India by Including Boys

From On January 31, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Advancing gender equality means a shift in thinking — from seeing boys and men as part of the problem, to including boys and men as part of the solution. (Credit: Sujoy Dhar/IPS)

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