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Women in Leadership Forum India

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Thu, 2010-03-18 12:46
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Where would the world be with more women leaders?
As the topic suggests, this session will address how decision making can impact differently under women’s leadership on key issues. The root of the global crisis will be highlighted while discussing the path followed by women leaders: is it cost cutting or is it an investment? Women leaders from the political, business and social fields share their thoughts and success stories on the topic and how their strategies make a difference. Could there be ‘Lehman Sisters’?

Expanding the role of women in society is essential to build strong economies
• Discuss promoting women entrepreneurship.
• Identify the right business sector to start with.
• Discover support of family and society.
• Learn about your financing options.
• Get statistics from the industry and registrations.
• Encourage and promote competitiveness.
• Discover the difference between working for public or private sectors.

Moving up ladder to top management
• Address the ways in which organisations can enhance women leadership.
• Experts share their perspectives on policies and approaches that encourage increase retention, strengthen job satisfaction, promote competitiveness and brace work-life balance.
• Discover which types of organisations are hiring more women in senior positions.

To find further details please visit Women in Leadership Forum India.


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Global Pulse 2010

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Wed, 2010-03-17 11:52
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Global Pulse 2010 is a 3-day, online collaboration event, that will bring together individual socially-engaged participants and organizations from around the world. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is sponsoring the Global Pulse 2010, in partnership with the Departments of State, Education, Commerce, and Health and Human Services.

As the name implies, the event will take the pulse of as many as 20,000 participants on key issues facing communities around the world. Global Pulse 2010 will connect participants who are champions for the same social issues to build new, or strengthen existing relationships, and inform U.S. foreign assistance and diplomatic strategies on major themes and ideas that emerge across the span of the event.

Individual discussions will take place within forums and will focus on ten designated topics. Participants can choose to participate in any of the discussion areas that interest them the most. To see the complete list please visit Global Pulse 2010.


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India: Women get one-third share in Gadkari team

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Tue, 2010-03-16 16:10
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Women have got their place under the sun in Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Gadkari’s new team of office-bearers and an effort has been made to take forward the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat’s ‘diktat’ on the need to give the party a youthful look.

The 121-member new National Executive Committee has as many as 40 women members, nearly one-third of the total, as mandated by the party constitution amended during the tenure of the outgoing BJP president Rajnath Singh.

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To read the complete news story please visit The Hindu


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India:DMK to train women cadres in governance

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Mon, 2010-03-15 15:06
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As the bill reserving one-third of seats in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies awaits to be passed by parliament, Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK party is planning to hold camps across the state to empower its women cadres in governance.

"We plan to train DMK party women in various aspects of governance. We want to groom our party women so that they are ready as and when the 33 percent reservation for women comes into effect," Kanimozhi, party Rajya Sabha member and daughter of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.Karunanidhi, said.

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To read the complete news story please visit Sify News.


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India: Grand Mufti urges Muslim women to enter politics

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Wed, 2010-03-10 09:03
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A top Islamic cleric Wednesday welcomed the passage of the Women’s Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha, describing it as ‘a great step towards women’s empowerment’.

‘This is a great step towards women’s empowerment. I would urge Indian Muslim women to enter politics and get themselves elected to parliament and state assemblies. They will have to empower themselves,’ the Grand Mufti of Kashmir, Maulana Bashir-ud-Din, told reporters here.

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To read the complete story please visit Calcutta Tube.


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Combating Trafficking in Persons: A Handbook for Parliamentarians

Jointly produced by the IPU and UNODC, the Handbook on Combating Trafficking in Persons is intended to encourage parliamentarians to take an active part in stopping human trafficking. It contains a compilation of international laws and good practices developed to combat human trafficking. It offers guidance on how national legislation can be brought in line with international standards. It outlines measures to prevent commission of the crime of trafficking in persons, to prosecute offenders and to protect victims. It also contains advice on how to report on this crime and how to enlist civil society in the cause.

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Empowering Parliaments through the Use of ICTs

The study, published by the United Nations Development Programme, has developed an analytical framework that focuses on the three core functions of Parliaments - legislation, representation and oversight - and establishes links between them. It provides concrete examples of the importance of ICTs for the empowerment and increased credibility of parliamentary institutions.

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Assessing Legislation - A manual for legislators

It aims at providing the legislators with the necessary tools that would help them in assessing legislations and proposing them to promote social and democratic change in their countries. The guide highlights and discusses several important topics such as the role of the legislator in facilitating socio-political and economic change, the legislative theory, and the methodology for problem solving, in addition to assessing the technical sufficiency for the proposed law.

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Women in Politics 2010 (Poster)

This poster-sized map is a "snapshot" of the presence of women in executive and legislative branches of government as of January 2010. The poster provides information on the percentage of women in ministerial ranks, women in parliaments and women in the highest decision-making bodies, as well as information on the ministerial portfolios held by women throughout the world.

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Cambodia: Crusader Rowing Upstream in Cambodia

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Wed, 2010-03-03 12:24
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Ms. Mu Sochua is a member of a new generation of women who are working their way into the political systems of countries across Asia and elsewhere, from local councils to national assemblies and cabinet positions.

A former minister of women’s affairs, she did as much as anyone to put women’s issues on the agenda of Cambodia as it emerged in the 1990s from decades of war and mass killings. But she lost her public platform in 2004 when she broke with the government, and she is now finding it as difficult to promote her ideas as it is to simply gain attention as a candidate.

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To read the complete story please visit NY Times.


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IPU: Beijing goals on women in politics still unmet, new report finds

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Wed, 2010-03-03 09:45
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New York/Geneva, 3 March 2010 - No. 336

Taking stock of women’s political participation today gives cause for guarded satisfaction. Fifteen years after the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, overall improvements have been registered in parliamentary and executive spheres of government. Still, the target of gender balance in politics is far off in too many countries. In the words of Anders B. Johnsson, Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), “Things have certainly improved, but not nearly as much as we would want them to”.

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This is the main conclusion of a new survey on progress and setbacks of women in parliament released by the IPU. The survey is being published along with a new World Map of Women in Politics 2010, a poster-size map produced in cooperation with the United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women showing the number of women politicians by country and region.

Parliaments
By the start of 2010, the global average for the proportion of women parliamentarians reached a high of 18.8 per cent, compared to 1995, when it stood at 11.3 per cent. This equates to an average 0.5 percentage point gain per year. Ms. Rachel Mayanja, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Gender Issues, noted that ECOSOC had set a target of 30 per cent women in leadership positions to be met by 1995. “We are a far cry from this goal. But we are determined to finish the Beijing agenda. We cannot afford any further delays in action to achieve the gender equality goals, including for women’s political participation.”

While overall progress has been slow, some counties have progressed at a much faster pace than others. The number of parliamentary chambers reaching the 30-per-cent target now stands at 44 (16.7%) spread across 38 countries. This is a six-fold increase over 1995, when just seven chambers in seven countries achieved this goal. The range of 30 per cent-plus chambers is diverse and includes 16 in Europe, 13 in the Americas, 11 in Africa and four in the Asia-Pacific region. The number of chambers with a membership of 10 per cent or less women members has more than halved, from 62 per cent in 1995 to 27 per cent today.

However, it is clear that challenges to women’s political empowerment remain in all regions. In several parliaments there have only ever been a handful of women, and the number of parliamentary chambers where no women have seats has not shown any dramatic decline, dropping from 13 in 1995 to 10 today. Women’s advancement into leadership positions in parliament has been much slower than the improvement in access to parliament. From 24 in 1995, there were 35 women Presiding Officers at the helm of parliaments at the start of 2010.

Ministerial positions

For women in the Executive and Heads of State, overall progress is even slower than at the parliamentary level. As shown in the World Map, women count for just nine out of the 151 elected Heads of State (6%) in 2010, up from just eight women leaders in 2005.

On average, women hold 16 per cent of ministerial posts. In total, 30 countries have more than 30 per cent women members, with Cape Verde, Finland, Norway and Spain achieving over 50 per cent women ministers. At the other end of the spectrum, the number of countries with no women ministers has increased — from 13 in 2008 to 16 in 2010. The majority of these States are found in the Arab region, the Caribbean and the Pacific Islands.

Compared with 2008, there is more diversification in terms of the portfolios held by women. As with previous years, however, women tend to dominate portfolios related to social affairs, children and youth, women’s affairs, and increasingly the environment.

Detailed information on dedicated web page at: IPU.

Established in 1889 and with its Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the IPU - the oldest multilateral political organization in the world - currently brings together more than 150 affiliated national parliaments and eight associated regional assemblies. The world organization of parliaments also has an Office in New York, which acts as its Permanent Observer to the United Nations.

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In Geneva: Ms. Luisa Ballin, IPU Information Officer. Tel.: ++41 22 919 41 16, e-mail: lb@mail.ipu.org and cbl@mail.ipu.org

In New York: Ms. Julie Ballington, IPU Programme Specialist, Gender Partnership Programme. Tel. ++1 202 557 58 80; e-mail jb@mail.ipu.org; ny-office@mail.ipu.org


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Sri Lanka: Milinda says change the political culture by getting more women in politics

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Mon, 2010-03-01 16:10
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Women could play a vital role in bringing about a positive change in the political culture which prevails in Sri Lanka. However, unfortunately the number of women entering politics remains abysmally low. This was one of the views expressed by Leader of the Sri Lanka National Congress and UPFA candidate for Colombo District, Milinda Moragoda, at a neighborhood meeting with a group of residents from Kirulapona recently.

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To read the complete story please visit Lanka Web.


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International IDEA: More women in politics for complete democracy

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Mon, 2010-03-01 09:22
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International IDEA secretary general Vidar Helgesen said his organisation is committed to addressing this challenge where women are not adequately represented in spheres of power. IDEA is in Botswana to discuss the audit report on Botswana's general elections held last year.

Helgesen met opposition politicians and ruling party politicians with a view to strengthening cooperation between Botswana and IDEA and discuss the African Union Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance.

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To read the complete news story Mmegi Online.


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UNDP: 54th Commission on the Status of Women - Beijing Plus 15

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Fri, 2010-02-26 15:09
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An overview of UNDP's engagement at the 54th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), to be held from March 1 to March 12, 2010.

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This CSW is particularly notable as it will undertake a 15-year review of progress toward gender equality since the landmark Beijing Conference for Women in 1995. UNDP's focus during the CSW will be to underscore how progress on the Beijing Platform for Action’s 12 critical areas of concern will accelerate progress on the MDGs. Making this link – between gender equality and the MDGs – will also be important for the upcoming MDG Summit in September. The following Key Messages, Key Facts and event poster underscore this theme.

UNDP is organizing, co-hosting and participating in several notable events during the CSW. They include panel discussions on:

# The Price of Peace: Financing Gender Equality in Post-Conflict Recovery and Reconstruction. Co-hosted by UNDP and UNIFEM. Panelists include Mary Robinson Mary Robinson, President, Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative and formerly President of Ireland and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ingrid Fiskaa, Norwegian State Secretary for International Development, Judy Cheng-Hopkins, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support, and Jordan Ryan, Assistant Secretary-General, and Director of the Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery, UNDP.

# Gender Equality and Climate Change: Opportunities and Challenges for the MDGs. Co-hosted by The International Alliance for Women, GCCA, UNDP, UNIFEM WEDO. Panelists include, Ambassador Melanne Verveer, US Ambassador for Global Women’s Affairs, Heidi Hautala, Chair, Finnish Council for Gender Equality and H.E. Ambassador Claude Heller, Permanent Mission to the United Nations, Mexico.

# Vision for a Better World: From Economic Crisis to Equality. Co-hosted by UNDP, IDRC and the Permanent Missions to the UN of Canada and Nicaragua. Panelists include Suzanne Clément, Coordinator/Head of Agency, Status of Women Canada, and Nafis Sadik, Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General and Special Envoy for HIV/ AIDS in Asia.

# Take Action Now: The Pathway from Beijing to 2015. Co-hosted by UNDP, UNIFEM and the Governments of Denmark and Egypt. Panelists include Elizabeth Salguero, Parliament of Bolivia, Emily Sikazwe, Executive Director of Women for Change, Zambia and Ines Alberdi, Executive Director of UNIFEM.

# Launch of the Agenda for Accelerated Country Action for Women, Girls, Gender Equality and HIV, a UNAIDS event.
Panelists include . Ms. Asha Rose Migiro, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ms. Helen Clark, UNDP Administrator, Mr. Michel Sidibé, UNAIDS Executive Director (moderator) and Annie Lennox, Advocate for women, girls and HIV.

UNDP is also organizing and participating in panel discussions, breakfasts and side meetings on such topics as democratic governance and women’s rights; women, HIV and human rights; resourcing home-based caregivers in Africa; and ensuring women’s equitable participation and leadership in reconstruction in Haiti. For a complete list of side events involving UNDP, please see the attached flyer.

Daily updates on CSW events and sessions will be posted on GenderNet. You can also view the main agenda and full list of side events on the official CSW website. For further information about UNDP’s participation in the CSW, contact Kim Henderson in the Gender Team.


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India: Cabinet clears Women's Reservation Bill

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Thu, 2010-02-25 09:39
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The Cabinet has cleared the Women’s Resrvation Bill which provides for 33 per cent reservation to women in Lok Sabha and state assemblies.

The bill was easily one of the most contentious pieces of legislation to be considered by Parliament. It has been hanging fire for close to 14 years due to lack of political consensus on the issue.

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To read the complete story please visit Times of India.


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