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A View Of Women's Political Leadership From iKNOW Experts

Submitted by vawotwi on Tue, 2007-06-26 21:00

It is a widely held view that women in prominent government roles will represent the needs and concerns of women.

Gender, Poverty and Employment: Information, analysis and strategies for poverty reduction through decent work for women and men

This course, based on the ILO “Gender Poverty and Employment” approach, will help you gain a better understanding of the dimensions of poverty, and formulate gender sensitive strategies to address them. Gender-based inequalities differentiate the processes that lead women and men into poverty and out of it, and interact with race, ethnicity and other possible grounds for discrimination. Poverty can also be traced to problems in the world of work - unequal access to employment opportunities, poor working conditions, powerlessness, and economic and social insecurity.

This programme will lead you through the linkages between poverty, lack of access to and control over productive assets, and gender-based discrimination. You will see how the gender-based inequalities and discrimination in the world of work play a role in the circle of poverty and how their elimination has to be part of an integrated poverty reduction agenda.

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Philippines: Reproductive Health Tests Candidates’ Political Guts

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Wed, 2010-03-17 20:35
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Filipino voters who have yet to make up their minds about their choice for their next president are being advised: look at each aspirant’s stance on reproductive health to help them gauge the candidate’s leadership mettle and political guts.

A candidate’s position on issues like reproductive health, which has a long history of opposition from the Catholic Church in this mainly Catholic country, reveals clues regarding his or her capacity for governance, says Ramon San Pascual, head of the Philippine Legislative Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD).

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Women's Empowerment Principles: Equality means Business

This set of Principles is intended to offer practical guidance to business and other stakeholders on how to empower women in the workplace, marketplace and community.

Developed through a year-long multi-stakeholder consultation process led by UNIFEM and the UN Global Compact, the Principles are informed by actual business practices and expertise gathered from across the globe. They are designed to support companies in reviewing existing policies and practices – or establishing new ones – to realize women’s empowerment. Subtitled Equality Means Business, the Principles emphasize the business case for corporate action to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment. They also reflect the interests of governments and civil society and serve to support interactions among stakeholders, as achieving gender equality requires the participation of actors at all levels.

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Egypt: Supreme Court backs women judges

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Mon, 2010-03-15 15:14
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Egypt's Constitutional Court backed the right of women judges to sit on the bench in the state's administrative courts, despite opposition from conservatives, state media reported Monday. The ruling follows a dispute within the State Council, the top administrative court, over whether women should be appointed.

The body's general assembly voted overwhelmingly against female judges, reigniting a debate within the country over women holding senior government posts, particularly in the judiciary.

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To read the complete story please visit SFGate.Com.


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Myanmar: Amid Threats, Women Dissidents Stick to Political Beliefs

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Thu, 2010-03-11 22:08
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While Aung San Suu Kyi remains the most widely-known woman suppressed for her political views in Burma, the jails in that military-ruled country continue to be filled by lesser-known women dissidents being held on a range of questionable charges.

Mid-February saw the latest group of female political activists thrown into jail with a two-year prison term, including hard labour, for a "crime" they committed four months ago – donating religious literature to a Buddhist monastery, an act that the junta deemed as "disturbing the peace."

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MENA: Gap Lingers Between Women's Political and Legal Rights

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Wed, 2010-03-03 11:58
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The 591-page study released by Freedom House on Wednesday, supported through grants by the U.N. Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), contends that while women in the region suffer from greater inequality than women elsewhere, they now enjoy greater economic opportunities, access to education, and increased participation in the political process than in years before.
"There are more women entrepreneurs, more women doctors, more women PhDs, and more women in universities, than ever before," said Jennifer Windsor, executive director of Freedom House. "However, substantial roadblocks remain for women pursuing careers. These findings remind us of the complexities of women's status in the Middle East."

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What Happened to Section J? Gender Equality in the World’s Media

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Wed, 2010-02-24 09:01
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New York
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Millennium Plaza Hotel: Landmark View, 29th floor
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What Happened to Section J? Gender Equality in the World’s Media

In 2005, only one woman appeared for every four men as subjects in the world’s radio, television and print news. Expert opinion in the news was also overwhelmingly male. Only 10% of news stories focused centrally on women.

Since 1995 The Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) has produced the longest-running, participatory research on women in the news media around the world. The only initiative of its kind, it engages volunteers in a world-wide effort to monitor national news media from a gender perspective over the course of a single day.

On 9 November 2009, volunteers in 127 countries monitored their news media to gather data for the fourth edition of the Project. Will the preliminary results from 2009 show any change? The panel will present the initial findings to assess progress towards balanced representation and participation of women in the world’s media, and debate what should be done by the media, governments and civil society groups to make progress on Section J (on Women and the Media) of the Beijing Platform for Action.

Panelists:
• Regional perspectives
o Ms. Sharon Bhagwan-Rolls, FemLink Pacific: Media Initiatives for Women, Fiji
o Ms. Amie Joof, Executive Director, Inter Africa Network for Women, Media, Gender Equity and Development, Senegal
• GMMP 2010 – Preliminary Findings: Ms. Lavinia Mohr, Director of Programmes, World Association for Christian Communication (WACC)
• Ms. Saniye Gülser Corat: Director, Division for Gender Equality, Bureau of Strategic Planning, UNESCO
• Mr. Sanjay Suri: Editor in Chief, InterPress Service

Moderator:
• Ms. Joanne Sandler, Deputy Executive Director, UNIFEM

To RSVP for the event please contact Ms. Jennifer Cooper.


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iKNOW Politics Launch in Peru: Are you ready for lists? iKNOW Politics and women candidates 2010-2011

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Mon, 2010-02-22 12:39
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iKNOW Politics organized a country launch in Lima, Peru. The theme of the launch was "Are you read for lists? iKNOW Politics and women candidates 2010-2011" and it took place on December 2.

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The event was divided into two sessions. The first was closed and aimed to get feedback from participants on the iKNOW Politics website and content, as well as its accessibility. Fifty-three women and men from around the country attended the first session.

The second session was public and it was divided in three phases. In the inauguration panel participated Jorge L. Chediek, National Coordinator of the United Nations and National Representative of the UNDP in Peru; Nidia Vílchez, Minister for Women and Social Development; and Luis Nunes, Peru director of the National Democratic Institute (NDI) for International Affairs. Immediately after Rossana Andía, iKNOW Politics regional coordinator for Latin America and the Caribbean, gave a presentation on the network. Finally, the panel “Connecting women in politics in the 21st Century: Where are we headed?” discussed diverse themes such as “New techniques for communication and women’s participation in politics: a regional outlook” by Natalia Flores González, Executive Secretary of the Observatory on Gender Equity, Chile; “The use of virtual networks as a campaign strategy within political parties: Internal elections in the Accion Popular” by Alexander Casas, president of the Belaunde Institute: Center for Research and Political Analysis, Peru; “Blogs as monitors and supervisors of women’s issues before, during and after elections: Uruguay’s experience with A feminist look at the 2009 elections” by Lilián Celiberti, Coordinator of the Mujer Cotidiana (Daily Woman), Uruguay and the Articulación Feminista Marcosur; and “The strategic use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in electoral campaigns. Successful cases” by Alfonso Baella Herrera, General Manager of Baella Consulting, Peru. The moderator of the panel was Kristen Sample, Andean region director, International IDEA.

The closure of the event was in charge of Lisbeth Núñez, Focal Point in Peru, UNIFEM. Approximately 120 people participated in the public session of the event and responded enthusiastically to the presentations.


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CWGL: 20th Anniversary Symposium

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Wed, 2010-02-17 15:42
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New York
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USA
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Hunter College Assembly Hall East 68th St. and Lexington Ave. New York, NY
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The 20th Anniversary Symposium will be featuring prominent speakers from the global women’s movement reflecting on body, economy and movement.

French and Spanish Translation Available

Hosted by the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute and the Women and Gender Studies Program
Hunter College, CUNY

International Women’s Day Dance Party
to follow at 9:00 pm
583 Park Avenue, New York, NY
(63rd St. and Park Ave.)

Click here to RSVP
Click here to download flyer

For further information, please visit CWGL.


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