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Free eCourse: Gender-sensitive Governance: what does it look like and how can we work towards it?

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Free eCourse: Gender-sensitive Governance: what does it look like and how can we work towards it?

This free web-based course provides participants with a general grounding in the current concepts of governance from a gender perspective and offers some examples and resources for applying these w

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Translating Women’s Participation in Politics into Critical Actions and Influence

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October 27, 2014

Translating Women’s Participation in Politics into Critical Actions and Influence

As a South-South forum, the Inter-Regional Seminar on Women’s Political Empowerment, with the theme Translating Women’s Participation in Politics

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As a South-South forum, the Inter-Regional Seminar on Women’s Political Empowerment, with the theme Translating Women’s Participation in Politics

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Major General Kristin Lund-Leading change, paving the way for many

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October 26, 2014

Major General Kristin Lund-Leading change, paving the way for many

Major General Kristin Lund of Norway is the first woman ever to be appointed as Force Commander in United Nations Peacekeeping Operation, and is currently serving with the UN Peacekeeping Force in

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Major General Kristin Lund of Norway is the first woman ever to be appointed as Force Commander in United Nations Peacekeeping Operation, and is currently serving with the UN Peacekeeping Force in

Indonesia 8, Australia 1
October 26, 2014
Women in high office: Indonesia 8, Australia 1

Indonesia’s new president Joko Widodo has appointed eight women to his cabinet, vastly outdoing the Australian government when it comes to female representation.

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Interviews

Dilma Roussef is re-elected.
October 26, 2014
Brazil elections: Dilma Rousseff promises reform after poll win

President Dilma Rousseff has promised to re-unite Brazil after narrowly winning re-election to a second term in office with 51.6% of the vote.

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October 23, 2014
Few women on Tunisian parliamentary poll lists

Tunisia, despite being the most advanced Arab nation in terms of women's rights, is still fare from adhering fully to the principles enshrined in the January 2014 Constitution and f

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