UNICEF campaign launches US tour to highlight DR Congo rape crisis
Category: Gender in the world
2009-02-13
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is kicking off a five-city tour of the United States aimed at highlighting the horrors faced by thousands of Congolese rape victims |
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Woman fighter first in line in Sudan’s UN-backed demobilization programme
Category: Gender in the world
2009-02-13
A woman was the first ex-combatant to be demobilized in this week’s historic launch of a United Nations-backed programme aimed at coaxing 180,000 ex-fighters from Sudan’s two-decades long north-south civil war back into civilian life |
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Oscar winning-actress named new UN Goodwill Ambassador for human trafficking
Category: Trafficking
2009-02-13
Academy Award-winning American actress Mira Sorvino was named as Goodwill Ambassador to combat human trafficking for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) |
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Public Defender’s Institute to Mark 10th Anniversary with International Conference in Tbilisi
Category: Gender in Caucasus
2009-02-11
12 European ombudsmen and their representatives are to arrive in Tbilisi to take part in the conference |
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High-level European Conference ''Women and disabilities''
Category: Gender in the world
2009-02-11
The event will focus on two key areas for women with disabilities: training and employment |
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Women must be included in solving global economic meltdown
Category: Gender in the world
2009-02-09
Governments must give women a key role in making decisions aimed at resolving the current global economic crisis, which is likely have a serious impact on the full realization of gender equality, a United Nations committee warned |
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Supreme Court: law bars sex harassment retaliation
Category: Gender in the world
2009-02-09
The unanimous court ruled the federal civil rights law's anti-retaliation provision for employees who report workplace sex or race discrimination also extended to an internal investigation of a supervisor or another worker |
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National Action Plan on Domestic Violence 2009-2010 Elaborated
Category: Gender in Caucasus
2009-02-05
The draft National Action Plan on Domestic Violence 2009-2010 is completed and will be considered by the government for approval in the near future |
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Rwanda: UN-backed unit charged with pushing gender equality to fore
Category: Gender in the world
2009-02-04
Rwanda has appointed three officials to a new government body charged with putting gender equality at the forefront of Government planning and ensuring that necessary data is readily available to inform policy decisions |
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