The Gender Academy takes place every two years, gathering some 200 gender and development professionals from all over the world. It offers a global platform for discussing and learning about gender mainstreaming in the world of work. This year it will take place from 16-27 November. The Academy is for specialists and practitioners who already […]
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Wikigender Connect: January 2015
The Wikigender Team reports on the latest activity from our network! The Special Focus is on: Women and girls’ education and training. Previously, we focused on: Pushing for gender equality at COP20. Call for contributors! The World Bank Group’s Women, Business and the Law project, currently in its fourth publication cycle is seeking legal experts […]
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Wikigender Connect: January-March 2015
The Wikigender Team reports on the latest activity from our network! The Special Focus is on: Women’s rights at Beijing+20. Previously, we focused on: The potential of social media in empowering women and girls. OECD Development Centre side events at CSW59 11 March: Achieving Beijing: The Role of Social Norms for Gender Equality: side event […]
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Vital Voices Global Partnership
Vital Voices Global Partnership is a US-based non-governmental organization (NGO) that identifies, trains, and empowers emerging women leaders and social entrepreneurs around the globe, enabling them to create a better world. They have an international staff and team of over 1,000 partners, pro bono experts and leaders, including senior government, corporate and NGO executives, who […]
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Violeta Chamorro
Violeta Barrios Torres de Chamorro (born October 18, 1929) is a political leader, former president and publisher. Chamorro was the first, and to date only, woman to hold that position in Nicaragua, and furthermore was the first elected female head of government in Latin America and the second North American woman president, (following only Ertha […]
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