March 17, 2010
Credit: IPS/Brian Moonga
Mar 16, 2010 - In this Podcast you will hear of:
* A new book on commercial sex work in East Africa
*Â The need for a more gender based HIV prevention campaign
* And listen to a short excerpt of an interview with Rwandas’ female opposition party leader - Victoire Ingabire.
March 8, 2010
On International Women’s Day, IPS news agency talks to Iranian Nobel Prize Winner Shirin Ebadi and new UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova about their efforts to champion women. Both are in New York, with thousands of others, to review what progress women have made since the landmark Beijing Conference on Women, fifteen years ago.
An international team of IPS reporters is in New York where the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women is meeting to review the Beijing Platform of Action, with the IPS global network contributing local voices and viewpoints. More »
March 4, 2010
IPS/Brian Moonga
Mar. 4, 2010 - In this podcast you will hear of:
* Efforts by Mauritian women to gain equal representation in the country’s upcoming elections later this year.
* A women’s account of domestic violence in Sierra Leone
* and the Launch of a new program by UNAIDS to reduce HIV infection amongst women worldwide.
February 26, 2010
To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Beijing World Conference on Women - and within the MDG3 programme of work - IPS is planning a special coverage of global efforts toward the support of democracy and human development through the empowerment of women.
A group of IPS reporters will be attending and covering the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women meeting in New York to produce a special TerraViva Beijing +15.
Meanwhile, the MDG3 Gender Portal will be the voice of women’s networks, to express their views and expectations about the meeting, and the next key reviews planned this year.
Check our News from Featured Partners page to read about our global MDG3 friends in New York.
Fifteen years after the Beijing World Conference on Women, IPS remains committed to in-depth reporting on progress achieved and challenges facing women and girls.
IPS has a long-standing editorial commitment to mainstreaming gender, which it has realised through training, editorial guidelines and targeted projects.
On the occasion of the 54th session of the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York (1 - 12 March), an international team of journalists will provide special coverage from New York through the IPS TerraViva Beijing+15 website.
The IPS TerraViva Beijing +15 includes analyses of the latest developments from our team in New York, as well as gender stories from the global IPS Gender Wire.
Two printed editions of IPS TerraViva will be published and distributed in New York during the CSW (1 March and 8 March). These published editions will be available for download at the IPS TerraViva Beijing +15 webpage.
The TerraViva Beijing +15 is part of the IPS programme “Communicating for Change: Getting Voice, Visibility and Impact for Gender Equality“. The IPS cast of stories includes independent coverage financed through the Dutch Government’s MDG3 Fund: Investing in Equality, and through the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM).
Feb 24, 2010 - In this Podcast you will hear about
* The ongoing fight against Female Genital Mutilation [ FGM] in Uganda
* A call by Zambian Activists for their government to implement the SADC protocol on Gender and Development
* And an increase in cases of gender based sexual violence in Sierra Leone.
February 19, 2010
Nelly Cooper, director of the West Point Women's Action Group, says that many people still refuse to report or talk about rape. Credit: Rebecca Murray/IPS
Violence against women and girls is found in all countries, and it is growing alarmingly.
This and many other issues will come up before the 45-member Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), the U.N.’s primary policy-making body on gender-related issues, at its two-week-long meeting in New York.
Read IPS Thalif Deen’s story, anticipating some of the hottest issues. More »
February 18, 2010
Feb 18, 2009 - In this podcast you will hear of:
* A second attempt by Ugandan Activists who want their law makers to abolish polygamy.
* An open discussion on the relevance of Polygamy in South Africa
and small initiative by Lesotho women to create employment for themselves.
February 15, 2010
Credit: Foundation of Human Rights
Feb 15, 2010 - In this Podcast you will hear of:
Hurdles still standing in the way of South African women in accessing justice and eliminating sexual harassment in the work place.
February 10, 2010
Paula Fray interviews ANNE-MARIE GOETZ, UNIFEM chief advisor for Governance, Peace and Security
Anne-Marie Goetz: 'The structural exclusion of women is striking, and does tell us that there are serious double standards.' Credit: Paula Fray/IPS
NEW DELHI, Feb 9, 2010 (IPS) - Women’s movements have played a critical role in creating political space for female participation in politics around the world. In fact, there are more women in government today than ever before.
According to UNIFEM’s Progress of the World’s Women 2008/2009 report “Who Answers to Women? Gender & Accountability”, women now hold an average of 18.4 percent of seats in national assemblies, though the rate of increase is still very slow.
Around the world, a number of countries are undergoing an extended process of democratic consolidation, in which legal systems are being amended to incorporate new constitutional rights and political systems are being tested for their capacity to tolerate opposition, says UNIFEM’s chief advisor for Governance, Peace and Security, Dr Anne-Marie Goetz.
But more needs to be done as women’s effectiveness in translaitng policies into action depends upon gender-responsive governance reforms. And the women’s movement can play a critical role in supporting such social change. More »
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