L’Académie française is the pre-eminent learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. The Académie was officially established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister to King Louis XIII. Suppressed in 1793 during the French Revolution, it was restored in 1803 by Napoleon Bonaparte. It is the oldest of the five académies of […]

The Maasai Girls Education Fund (MGEF) was created to improve the literacy, health, and economic well-being of Maasai women in Kenya through education. To achieve its mission, the organization is committed to the complete education of a majority of Maasai girls over the next 20 years. Through this long-term effort, the next generation of Maasai […]

Table of Contents 1 About GRI 2 GRI’s Sustainability Reporting Framework 3 Gender Related Indicators in the G3 Guidelines 4 Call for Comment on the Gender Revision of the G3 Guidelines 5 References About GRI The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is an international and collaborating centre of the United Nations Environment Programme that has developed […]

ISIS International- is a NGO committed to creating spaces within information and communication structures and systems, that promote the many voices of women, particularly those from the South. ISIS believes women’s access and capacity to participate in generating and disseminating their own knowledge and experiences through various mediums of communication can lead to transformation of […]

A global leader in promoting gender justice and preventing violence by engaging men and boys in partnership with women and girls, the organisation Promundo envisions a world where all people work to create a nonviolent, caring, and gender-equitable future for themselves and for their children. Promundo believes that working with men and boys to transform […]

The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) is the world organisation of parliaments of sovereign states. Table of Contents 1 Objectives 2 IPU and Gender Equality 3 References 4 See Also Objectives Established in 1889 as the focal point for worldwide parliamentary dialogue, IPU works for peace and co-operation among peoples and for the firm establishment of representative […]

The International Criminal Court (ICC), governed by the Rome Statute, is the first permanent, treaty based, international criminal court established to help end impunity for the perpetrators of the most serious crimes of concern to the international community. The ICC is an independent international organisation, and is not part of the system. Its seat is […]

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The International Labour Organization (ILO) is the global body responsible for drawing up and overseeing international labour standards. Working with its Member States, the ILO seeks to ensure that labour standards are respected in practice as well as principle. ILO is devoted to advancing opportunities for women and men to obtain decent and productive work […]