Celebrating Resolution 1325…now for implementation
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 »
Gender Masala - Notes on gender - A spicy mix
This blog brings out the flavour of gender issues, from the network of IPS writers and friends. Gender Masala is part of the Inter Press Service project Communicating for Change: Getting Voice, Visibility and Impact for Gender Equality. Check it at www.ips.org/mdg3/
Las terroristas suicidas
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 »
Fifteen years after Beijing
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.
U.N. to Focus on Global Epidemic of Gender Abuse
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 »
In Women’s Words: Justice a Matter of Interpretation…
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.
Reporting Gender Based Violence and Gender Relations in Productive and Reproductive Work, New IPS Media Handbooks
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.
Famous and infamous births
21 Dec 2009
By Paula Modersohn Becker
When is a photo of a woman giving birth considered pornographic? Take your pick:
A. When it is shown in a pornographic magazine, film or website.
B. Never.
C. When it is emailed to government officials urging action to improve public health.
One could argue about A and B but this blog is about C.
Earlier this year, in Zambia, Chansa Kabwela, news editor at the feisty opposition newspaper The Post, was charged with circulating pornography with intent to corrupt public morals. More »
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CEDAW!
18 Dec 2009
Ask the woman sitting next to you in the bus, train, plane, taxi-brousse or donkey cart what is CEDAW, and most probably you will draw a blank look. C’est quoi?
Yet CEDAW – Convention of the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women – has likely impacted on her life and her daughters, if she has any, in many ways, from pension and inheritance rights to the passport they hold.
Quilt made by women of Kyrgztan. (Unifem)
CEDAW, which was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly 30 years ago today, is the global Bill of Rights for Women, the first international human rights treaty devoted to gender equality.
Through its 30 articles, CEDAW has boosted women’s rights worldwide in many ways.
In Women’s Words: A Hard Pill to Swallow
14 Dec 2009
Credit: Samantha Smit/IPS
Dec 14, 2009 – In this week’s podcast you will hear of:
* a young girl’s daily struggle to survive…
* how South Africa’s progressive gender laws only live on paper
* and how changes to the law in Egypt are slowly empowering women.
