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New study looks at progress made in the status of women in 22 countries of the Middle East and North Africa

Twenty years after the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action on gender equality and women’s empowerment, this review of its implementation could not be more timely. Although much has been achieved in recent years to advance the rights of women and girls in the Arab region, inequalities persist at many levels, often […]

Gender and human rights (Foundation course)

Gender and human rights (foundation course) 27 April-7 June 2016 (E05116) | Register for this course (page opens in new window) Deadline for early registration discount: 15 March 2016 (extended) Instructors: Corey Barr and Benjamin Stachursky Gender equality has become a generally accepted refrain and gained secure positioning within international approaches to, and discourse on, development and human rights. However, […]

Gender and organizational change

About the course How can organizations become gender responsive and transformative? The presence of more women does not automatically mean greater equality. This course analyses success stories and barriers, and goes deeper by looking at gender as part of an organizational change management strategy rather than a stand-alone item on the agenda. Please note that a […]

International Women’s Day Panel Discussion,

When? Tuesday, 8 March 2016, 4 p.m. to 6.15 p.m. Where? Conference room C-4 (7th floor) Vienna International Centre (VIC) Vienna, Austria About The 2016 theme for International Women’s Day is “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality”. In line with this theme and UNIDO’s mission, the panel discussion will feature female […]

WASH, Women and Welfare: Social Protection from a Gender Perspective

About In the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, states committed again to realize the rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, and related rights to social protection and gender equality. Action is urgently needed: 2.4 billion people worldwide lack access to sanitation, resulting in 700,000 children under five dying each year. Women and girls risk […]

The 60th Commission on the Status of Women

The sixtieth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 14 to 24 March 2016. Priority theme: “Women’s empowerment and its link to sustainable development” Review theme: “The elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls” (agreed conclusions […]

Gender and International Relations

Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 Research and Studies 3 Conclusion 4 References 5 See also 6 External links Introduction The discipline of International Relations (IR) no longer revolves around the traditional issues of inter-state wars, security and weaponry – it has grown to include matters such as ethnic identity, economy and civil society. Further, […]

Gender

Gender, in common usage, refers to the differences between men and women. Encyclopædia Britannica notes that gender identity is “an individual’s self-conception as being male or female, as distinguished from actual biological sex.” Although gender is commonly used interchangeably with sex, within the social sciences it often refers to specifically social differences, known as gender […]

Feminism

Feminism comprises of a number of social, cultural and political movements, theories and moral philosophies concerned with gender inequalities and equal rights for women. Table of Contents 1 History 2 Impact and Focus 3 See Also 4 External Links History According to some researchers, the history of feminism can be divided into three distinct waves. […]

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