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UN-INSTRAW

UN-INSTRAW is a United Nations entity mandated to develop research and training programmes that contribute to the empowerment of women and the achievement of gender equality worldwide. Table of Contents 1 Areas of Activity 2 History 3 Objectives 4 Issues 4.1 Gender, peace and security 4.2 Gender and migration 4.3 Political participation 4.4 Financing for […]

United Nations

The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress and human rights issues. The UN was founded in 1945 to replace the League of Nations, in the hope that it would intervene in conflicts between states and thereby avoid war. […]

Türkan Saylan

Türkan Saylan (December 13, 1935 – May 18, 2009) was a champion of women’s rights and education for poor children in Turkey and a leader in the fight against leprosy. Table of Contents 1 Work on Leprosy 2 Champion of Women and Children’s Rights 3 Politics 4 Famous Quote 5 References Work on Leprosy Saylan was […]

Transsexual

Transsexualism, also termed ‘Gender Dysphoria’,  is a condition in which individuals identify with a physical sex different from the one with which he or she was born. Transsexuality differs from the commonly associated terms “crossdressing” or “Transvestitism”, as well as “”. A medical diagnosis can be made if a person experiences discomfort as a result of […]

Transgender

Transgender means self-identification as a different gender than that with which an individual has been biologically identified and/or socially labeled.The term overlaps with but differs from , which refers specifically to persons who identify as the opposite sex, who often take sex hormones and have sex reassignment surgery. Fear or loathing of transgendered persons leading to mistreatment […]

Toni Morrison

Toni Morrison (b. February 18, 1931), is an American author, editor, and professor. Her best known novels are The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon, and Beloved, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988. In 1993, Toni Morrison became the first black woman to win the . Table of Contents 1 Early Life and […]

Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO)

Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO) is a global research-policy network that seeks to improve the status of the working poor, especially women, in the informal economy. It does so by highlighting the size, composition, characteristics, and contribution of the informal economy through improved statistics and research; by helping to strengthen member-based organizations […]

The Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA)

The Federal Department for Foreign Affairs (FDFA) formulates and coordinates Swiss foreign policy on the instructions of the Federal Council. A coherent foreign policy is a precondition for the effective protection of Swiss interests vis-à-vis foreign countries. The activity of the FDFA is based on the five foreign-policy objectives defined in the Federal Constitution: – […]

The Women’s Institute

The National Federation of Women’s Institutes (NFWI) is the largest voluntary organisation for women in the with 205,000 members in England, Wales and the Islands. History The Women’s Institute was formed in 1915 with two clear aims: to revitalise rural communities and to encourage women to become more involved in producing food during the First […]

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