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, […]

Working abroad is a popular choice among Thai craftsmen and workers because of the remittances they can send back to their family and the opportunities they get to work with advanced technology, which increases their social status and experience. Most migrants send remittances back home on a monthly basis, but some send them quarterly or […]

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 […]

Twitter Q&A Join the conversation on 12 March for a live Twitter chat in the lead up to the event below! Follow #WomenSpeak from 10-11am EST/4-5pm GMT+1 See also: recent Wikigender online discussion on “Advancing women’s rights through social media: which strategies?” (11-20 February) 17 March: side event This side event is organised by the […]

March 2015, AFAEMME, Giulia Fedele Equality between men and women is a fundamental right of EU Community Law and a core commitment of the European Union. If it is true that some progress has been made in the last twenty years, it is also true that despite years of rhetoric the representation of women in […]

Egyptian Woman Reveals 42-Year Secret of Survival: Pretending to Be a Man (The NY Times 25.03.2015) Women’s rights activists use social media to get their message out (The Guardian 19.03.2015) Alarming Number Of Women Think Spousal Abuse Is Sometimes OK (NPR 18.03.2015) Why Young Western Women Go To Syria (rferl.org 17.03.2015) Number of unmarried women […]

Gender pay gap in Australia rises slightly to 18.8%, ABS data show (The Guardian 26.02.2015) IMF Chief: Closing The Gender Gap Makes Economic Sense (Huffington Post 23.02.15) Bill aims to close the gender wage gap (23.02.15) A vote to criminalise gender-selective abortion will be a disaster for women (The Guardian 23.02.15) Turkish Men Are Wearing […]

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 […]

Join HREA on Tuesday, 19 May 2015 at 14h30 GMT/UTC for a free one-hour professional development webinar with Gary Barker, International Director and founder of Promundo. Most programs and projects to promote gender equality focus on women. However, it is equally important to address power dynamics between different genders and consider how they affect progress […]

The Dr. Durgabai Deshmukh Award for Women’s Development is named after Dr. Durgabai Deshmukh, who was the founder chairperson of the Central Social Welfare Board (India) from 1953-62. Dr. Durgabai was an active participant in the Indian independence movement. She was also enrolled as an advocate in the Madras High Court. As chairperson of the […]