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In Paraguay, a visual tribute to the CEDAW Committee

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“Todas las Mujeres has shown me once again the importance of exercising my powers of observation. To observe is to observe ourselves. In seeing those women, I saw myself. Making Todas las Mujeres for me meant reconnecting with my world. It was a reconnection with the world,” says Paz Encina, the Director responsible for making the documentary Todas las Mujeres: Un homenaje al Comité de la CEDAW [All Women: a Tribute to the CEDAW Committee].
 

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“Todas las Mujeres has shown me once again the importance of exercising my powers of observation. To observe is to observe ourselves. In seeing those women, I saw myself. Making Todas las Mujeres for me meant reconnecting with my world. It was a reconnection with the world,” says Paz Encina, the Director responsible for making the documentary Todas las Mujeres: Un homenaje al Comité de la CEDAW [All Women: a Tribute to the CEDAW Committee].
 

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Paraguay's First Woman Presidential Candidate tries to Crack Macho Culture

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Paraguay's First Woman Presidential Candidate tries to Crack Macho Culture

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The feminist party, Kuña Pyrenda ("platform" in the indigenous language Guarani), has put forth Lilian Soto, a surgeon and graduate in Public Administration from the University of Ohio, to lead the South American nation of 6.5 million. Magui Balbuena, head of the National Coordination of Rural and Indigenous Women, is running for vice president. 

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The feminist party, Kuña Pyrenda ("platform" in the indigenous language Guarani), has put forth Lilian Soto, a surgeon and graduate in Public Administration from the University of Ohio, to lead the South American nation of 6.5 million. Magui Balbuena, head of the National Coordination of Rural and Indigenous Women, is running for vice president. 

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Paraguay: Woman to Lead Party's Ticket in Paraguay

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Paraguay: Woman to Lead Party's Ticket in Paraguay

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If elected in the April balloting, Blanca Ovelar would become the country's first woman head of state and the third woman elected president in South America in recent years. Women now lead Argentina and Chile.
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If elected in the April balloting, Blanca Ovelar would become the country's first woman head of state and the third woman elected president in South America in recent years. Women now lead Argentina and Chile.
To read the full article, please visit the Chicago Tribune's Website.

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New International IDEA Resource

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30 Years of Democracy: Riding the Wave? Women’s Political Participation in Latin America. “Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, except backwards and in high heels.”

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30 Years of Democracy: Riding the Wave? Women’s Political Participation in Latin America. “Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, except backwards and in high heels.”

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Paraguay: Women Growing in Politics - at Pace Set by Men

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The global tendency towards greater participation by women in politics has reached Paraguay, but the pace continues to be set by men, and there are still tough barriers to equal access to elected posts.
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The global tendency towards greater participation by women in politics has reached Paraguay, but the pace continues to be set by men, and there are still tough barriers to equal access to elected posts.
To read the full article, please visit IPS News.

Declaration of Human Rights from a Gender Perspective

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April 21, 2008

Declaration of Human Rights from a Gender Perspective

This Declaration, known as a pedagogic and debate work tool, is a proposal, in permanent construction, of the Declaration of Human Rights from a Gender Perspective, that integrates the progress related to human rights since 1948. It presents the following chapters:I.

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This Declaration, known as a pedagogic and debate work tool, is a proposal, in permanent construction, of the Declaration of Human Rights from a Gender Perspective, that integrates the progress related to human rights since 1948. It presents the following chapters:I.

Legislative Advances Ten Years after Cairo

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April 21, 2008

Legislative Advances Ten Years after Cairo

This Report evaluates the evolution of the Cairo Program of Action, and focuses on sexual and reproductive rights and sexual and reproductive health. It identifies and analyzes the normative progress in 20 countries in the region.

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This Report evaluates the evolution of the Cairo Program of Action, and focuses on sexual and reproductive rights and sexual and reproductive health. It identifies and analyzes the normative progress in 20 countries in the region.

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