The Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI), is an informal, non-hierarchical organization comprising women journalists and others working in or on the media, currently linked to autonomous local collectives of media women in about a dozen places across the country. It is an autonomous body committed to democracy and gender justice within the organization […]
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Nino Burjanadze- Political Empowerment
Nino Burjanadze is a politician and lawyer who served as Chairperson for the Georgian Parliament. She was the leader of the opposition movement against the government of Saakashvilli inb 2008. In 2013, she ran for president and ended third (after two men), with 10 per cent of the vote. She is a strong woman that […]
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OECD Organisation-wide Network on Gender and Diversity (OWN)
The OECD Organisation-wide Network on Gender and Diversity (OWN) was launched in 2006 as part of the OECD Diversity Initiative. It is a staff-based forum for networking activities aimed at improving diversity in the in terms of gender, nationality, ethnicity, disability, age, and other characteristics. All OECD staff are welcome to participate in OWN networking […]
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Statistics:Education
Education and gender: there is a powerful human rights argument and a strong developmental case for achieving in education. It is an affordable investment with high returns. When girls are educated, livelihoods are improved, education is valued, and civic responsibility is enhanced. In most societies, however, deep-seated inequalities result in unequal access to and performance […]
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Purdah
Table of Contents 1 About 2 References 3 See Also 4 External links About Purdah or Pardaa (Persian: پرده, Urdu: پردہ, Hindi: पर्दा, literally meaning “curtain”) is the practice of preventing men from seeing women. This takes two forms: physical segregation of the sexes, and the requirement for women to cover their bodies and conceal […]
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