Wikimedia’s gender trouble is well-documented. In a 2011 survey, the Wikimedia Foundation found that less than 10% of its contributors identify as female. The reasons for the gender gap are up for debate; suggestions include leisure inequality, how gender socialization shapes public comportment, and the sometimes contentious nature of Wikipedia’s talk pages. The practical effect […]

The fifty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 9 – 20 March 2014. Representatives of Member States, UN entities, and ECOSOC-accredited non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from all regions of the world attend the session. Table of Contents 1 Priority theme 2 Review […]

Within the framework of the 2010-2015 Strategy for Equality between Women and Men, the European Commission is working hard to promote gender equality at all policy levels. Central to the mission is to provide women with the same levels of economic independence that men benefit from and to ensure that the pay gap is minimised, […]

Table of Contents 1 Handbook for Integrating Human Rights and Gender Equality in Evaluation 1.1 A new evaluation resource from the United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG) 2 See also 3 References 4 External links Handbook for Integrating Human Rights and Gender Equality in Evaluation A new evaluation resource from the United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG) […]

This 4th edition of the workshop will be held in Turin from 13 to 17 July 2015, following an on-line preparation phase (22 June to 10 July 2015). The deadline to apply is May 31, 2015. This workshop is designed to provide participants with a specific set of know-what and know-how competencies, to conduct participatory […]