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New Zealand Census of Women’s Participation

The New Zealand Census of Women’s Participation examines the representation of women in governance in the corporate and public sectors as well as other areas of professional life. The 2008 report is the third report of this series and was released on 31 March 2008. The Census report is increasingly used in New Zealand and internationally […]

Start with a Girl: A New Agenda for Global Health

“Start with a Girl: A New Agenda for Global Health” highlights the centrality of gender equality to the development agenda and the MDGs. Specifically, it shows how improving the health of adolescent girls in the developing world is key to improving maternal and child health, reducing the impact of HIV, and accelerating social and economic development. […]

Progress of the World’s Women: 2008/2009

Excerpt from Progress of the World’s Women 2008/2009: Who Answers to Whom?(UNIFEM): This volume of Progress of the World’s Women asks the question “Who answers to women?” at a pivotal moment. The (MDGs) agreed to in 2000 contain a commitment to achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment, including indicators and concrete targets related to girls’ […]

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), (in French: Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques; OCDE) is an international organization of thirty countries, that accept the principles of representative democracy and a free market economy. It originated in 1948, as the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation (OEEC), led by Robert Marjolin, to help […]

National Organization for Women (NOW)

The National Organization for Women (NOW) is the largest feminist advocacy group in the . NOW was founded on June 30, 1966 in Washington, D.C., by 28 women and men attending the Third National Conference of the Commission on the Status of Women. Among the founders was , and author of the Feminine Mystique. There […]

National Council of Negro Women

The National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) is a non-governmental organisation in the United States which promotes the rights of black women domestically and internationally. It is comprised of a council of 39 affiliated national African women’s organizations and over 240 sections—connecting nearly 4 million women worldwide. American political leader Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955) founded […]

Michelle Bachelet

Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria (b. 1951) is politician who was President of Chile from 11 March 2006 to 11 March 2010 —the first woman president in the ‘s history. Bachelet was appointed as the head of by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on September 14, 2010. She took up the post on September 19, 2010.   […]

Meira Kumar

Meira Kumar (born March 31, 1945) is an politician and a five time Member of Parliament. She was elected unopposed as the first woman Speaker of Lok Sabha on 3 June 2009. She is from the low-caste Dalit (formerly untouchable) community, and has called her appointment “historic”. Table of Contents 1 Education 2 Foreign Service […]

Women for Development of Municipality

Women for Development of Municipality is an NGO founded in 2005 in  Azerbaijan. It aims at the development of a democratic civil society. The NGO consists of women who participated in municipal elections and were elected. Table of Contents 1 Background 2 Objectives 3 Key actions 4 Municipalities and communities 5 Contact Background Established in February […]

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