23
Feb
2011
TODAY – Despite commendable progress in developing education systems and addressing gender disparities in line with MDG and EFA goals, structured discriminations continue to affect women’s and girl’s chances for a fair deal along the continuum from the classroom to the decent workplace.
On the occasion of the UN CSW and together with Public Services International (PSI) and Education International (EI), The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) will organise an interactive dialogue on key strategies to address these obstacles and achieve real gender equality.
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16
Aug
2010
Por Diana Cariboni
Mi pregunta fue por qué en algunos países se llama femicidio y en otros feminicidio al asesinato de mujeres por razón de su sexo. Las feministas reunidas en San Salvador, en un taller organizado por el Comité de América Latina y el Caribe para la Defensa de los Derechos de la Mujer (Cladem), me mostraron que no era cuestión de una palabra u otra, sino una polémica no zanjada.
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11
May
2010
Photo Credit: IPS
May 10, 2010 – In this podcast:
* A winning vote for women in Sudan’s controversial multiparty elections;
* Zambian women’s struggle for constitutional reforms;
* Domestic worker rights legislated but not protected in South Africa.
10
May
2010
Kudzai Makombe
With the 10th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 coming up in October, the UN is under a lot of pressure to implement the resolution. More »
13
Apr
2010
Diana Cariboni
MONTEVIDEO.- Cada vez que aparecen noticias sobre mujeres que se inmolan en sangrientos ataques terroristas, se me despierta la misma mezcla de sorpresa y horror. More »
23
Feb
2010
Kudzai Makombe
Women live longer than men but these extra years are not always healthy, says WHO. Credit: WHO/UNAIDS/K.Hesse
With the Beijing +15 review coming up next week at the Commission on the Status of Women, it seems an appropriate time to have a look at where we are globally in terms of gender equality and women’s empowerment in line with the 12 Critical Areas under the Beijing Platform for Action.
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19
Feb
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 »
15
Feb
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.
23
Dec
2009
IPS has long sought to support and strengthen informed reporting on gender across the world, also through the production of media tools for effective gender reporting.
Since the Beijing World Conference on Women in 1995 and the production of the first edition of the “Fighting Violence Against Women” manual, coverage has improved and there has been a drop in reporting that stereotypes women, but challenges remain.
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