http://www.ips.org/blog/mdg3 Notes on gender – a spicy mix by Mercedes Sayagues Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:10:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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) Dear Editors, Thanks for the story on working with males and females on gender equality. You may also be interested ... http://www.ips.org/blog/mdg3/2011/11/from-our-mailbox/ Photo Essay by Aline Cunico (IPS/Aline Cunico) Considered one of the biggest slums in the world, Kibera is Nairobi's--and East Africa's--largest urban settlement. Over one million people struggle daily to meet basic needs such as access to water, nutrition and sanitation. In this community lacking education and opportunities, women and ... http://www.ips.org/blog/mdg3/2011/08/dispatch-from-kibera-east-africas-largest-slum/ By Eva Allen Sandwiched in the middle of Central America, with a population of just under six million and a heavily agricultural economy, Nicaragua remains the poorest country in Latin American and the Caribbean after Haiti with a Human Development Index (HDI) ranking of 115. Yet, in the 2010 World Economic ... http://www.ips.org/blog/mdg3/2011/08/measuring-machismo/ Human Wrongs Watch In spite of U.S-led military invasion since 2001 to bring “enduring freedom” and democracy, about 50 women die in childbirth each day in Afghanistan; one in three is physically or sexually abused, and the average life expectancy of women is 44 years. In addition, ... http://www.ips.org/blog/mdg3/2011/07/afghanistan-the-worst-place-to-be-a-mother-or-a-child/ [caption id="attachment_1675" align="alignleft" width="280" caption="Streets are not safe for women, especially in poorer neighborhoods."][/caption] By Karen Ma When I first arrived in Delhi two years ago, I noticed a rather disturbing tendency among most waiting drivers, street salesmen, or household guards. They would leer at my Asian women friends and me when ... http://www.ips.org/blog/mdg3/2011/04/the-alarming-violence-against-northeasterners-and-women-in-india/ By Ayako Oga I lived in Okuma-machi, a hamlet in Fukushima prefecture, which is just 6 kilometers from the now crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. It was a beautiful and quiet area with a close knit community that was a mix of both young and old people. Naturally, all our ... http://www.ips.org/blog/mdg3/2011/04/japan-must-stop-nuclear-power/ By Lily Thapa. Director and founder of Women for Human Rights, working to support single women who have lost their husbands. When my husband died I was 29 years old with two young children. I was educated and from a professional middle-class family in Katmandu, the capital of Nepal. My husband was ... http://www.ips.org/blog/mdg3/2011/03/nepals-single-women-instigate-much-needed-change/ By Suvendrini Kakuchi There was a buzz of excitement at the Foreign Correspondent’s Club of Japan that invited Nobuko Kan, wife of the Japanese Prime Minister, Naoto Kan, to speak to the press. After all, as First Lady of the country, her comments and opinions are important, not only for learning ... http://www.ips.org/blog/mdg3/2011/01/meeting-nobuko-kan%e2%80%93wife-of-japanese-prime-minister-naoto-kan/ By Zofeen Ebrahim Journalist based in Karachi. Pakistan [caption id="attachment_1632" align="alignleft" width="250" caption="Hamida is a pregnant woman I met over 1.5 months ago in one of the many flood camps in Pakistan. In the final stages of her pregnancy I had the honor to spend lots of time with her and her ... http://www.ips.org/blog/mdg3/2010/12/pakistani-women-and-maternal-health%e2%80%94photographs-by-a-western-female-journalist/ By Fuyuko Nishisato Journalist and author [caption id="attachment_1618" align="alignleft" width="251" caption="Standing (left) by the Unit 731 Museum in Pingfan, near Harbin with daughter and grandson of a Chinese human guunea pig. The daughter discovered her father was arrested and sent to Unit 731 more than sixty after the end of World War ... http://www.ips.org/blog/mdg3/2010/11/being-called-a-war-freak-2/