On Feb 8th through 12th of February, 40 grassroots women leaders and NGO partners from 22 organizations from 13 African countries, organized in community-based grassroots groups, women's savings clubs, NGOs and women's alliances, came together for the 3rd Annual Land Academy organized by the Huairou Commission, through the Women's Land Link Africa Initiative, held in >> Read more
News: UNIFEM Welcomes the Creation of UN Women — the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
Contents: Message from UNIFEM Executive Director Inés Alberdi Statement by the Secretary-General on the Creation of UN Women Joint Statement by DAW, INSTRAW, OSAGI and UNIFEM UN General Assembly Resolution on the Creation of UN Women Questions & Answers [ PDF: English | español | français ]
News: UN Women Born– Civil Society Celebrates Creation of Gender Equality Entity After Four Years of Advocacy
PRESS RELEASE The Gender Equality Architecture Reform (GEAR) Campaign celebrates the United Nations General Assembly resolution, agreed to on 30 June and to be formally adopted by the General Assembly on Friday, 2 July, to establish "UN Women"-the new gender equality entity at the UN. This move has been sought by women's organizations and other >> Read more
News: International Day of Cooperatives– Cooperative Enterprise Empowers Women
July 2, 2010, Paris, France – On July 3rd, 2010, the UN International Day of Cooperatives celebrating the theme “Cooperative enterprise empowers women,” the International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP) encourages the adoption and strengthening of the cooperative business model as an instrument capable of improving the status and living conditions of women around the >> Read more
News: Food or Cash–What Works?
"Which makes for a more effective social safety net program: transfers of food, cash, or both? The question is hardly academic. Governments, international agencies, and non-governmental organizations confront it frequently. In recent years, many have begun favoring cash transfers over food aid. Cash transfers are cheaper, require less administrative capacity, and allow poor households to >> Read more
News: Sénégal– Accès à la terre, Les portes des commissions domaniales s’ouvrent aux femmes
Les hommes n’ont plus l’exclusivité de l’accès à la terre, depuis le 7 janvier 2001. La loi sur la parité votée, le vendredi 14 mai 2010, permet aux femmes de siéger dans les commissions locales de distribution des terres. AllAfrica, 15 Juin 2010 Par Idrissa Sane “Jusqu’à une période récente, l’accès à la terre était >> Read more
News: Uganda: Women’s land rights movement formed
Source: ILC Advocates of Women’s Land Rights including Women’s NGOs, members of the Judiciary, and key Government Departments pertinent to women’s issues, have launched the Women’s Land Rights Movement, a loose coalition under the auspices of the Uganda Land Alliance fighting for the common purpose of protecting women’s rights over land. A Working Group that >> Read more
News: Asia, Merali, and CARE Foundations Together Launch University Scholarship Program for Young Pakistani Women
Source: The Asia Foundation SAN FRANCISCO, June 2 PRNewswire-USNewswire Many young Pakistani women from low-income families can only dream of going to college or university. Now, however, some disadvantaged young women will have the chance for their dream to come true. With a generous donation from the Shirin Pandju Merali Foundation, established by Pandju Merali >> Read more
News: Remarks by Dr. Rajiv Shah, Administrator, USAID, to InterAction Forum 2010,
U.S. Agency for International Development, June 2 “In our major food security initiative, we are deeply prioritizing investing in women farmers. We are looking at several decades of history where development efforts have essential prioritized providing services to men. And we're asking our partners to hire female extension workers to collect gender-disaggregated data and to >> Read more
News: Women Win by Formalising Businesses
By Aimable Twahirwa and Kudzai Makombe IPS GenderWire KIGALI and JOHANNESBURG, Jun 8, 2010 (IPS) - The vast majority of businesses in Rwanda - like elsewhere in Africa - are informal. Government expects that a drive to register an estimated 900,000 informal enterprises will both strengthen these businesses and improve tax revenues. Thirty-two year old >> Read more
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