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Trafficking of Women

The trafficking of women for sexual exploitation is an international, organized, criminal phenomenon that has grave consequences for the safety, welfare and human rights of its victims. Trafficking of women is a criminal phenomenon that violates basic human rights, and totally destroying victims’ lives. Countries are affected in various ways. Some see their young women […]

Transgender

Transgender means self-identification as a different gender than that with which an individual has been biologically identified and/or socially labeled.The term overlaps with but differs from , which refers specifically to persons who identify as the opposite sex, who often take sex hormones and have sex reassignment surgery. Fear or loathing of transgendered persons leading to mistreatment […]

Transsexual

Transsexualism, also termed ‘Gender Dysphoria’,  is a condition in which individuals identify with a physical sex different from the one with which he or she was born. Transsexuality differs from the commonly associated terms “crossdressing” or “Transvestitism”, as well as “”. A medical diagnosis can be made if a person experiences discomfort as a result of […]

Tunisian Women’s Role in the Tunisian Revolution

The Tunisian Revolution was a series of street demonstrations taking place throughout since December 2010. The demonstrations and riots were reported to have started over unemployment, food inflation, corruption, freedom of speech and poor living conditions. The protests constituted the most dramatic wave of social and political unrest in Tunisia in three decades and have […]

Türkan Saylan

Türkan Saylan (December 13, 1935 – May 18, 2009) was a champion of women’s rights and education for poor children in Turkey and a leader in the fight against leprosy. Table of Contents 1 Work on Leprosy 2 Champion of Women and Children’s Rights 3 Politics 4 Famous Quote 5 References Work on Leprosy Saylan was […]

United Nations

The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress and human rights issues. The UN was founded in 1945 to replace the League of Nations, in the hope that it would intervene in conflicts between states and thereby avoid war. […]

UN-INSTRAW

UN-INSTRAW is a United Nations entity mandated to develop research and training programmes that contribute to the empowerment of women and the achievement of gender equality worldwide. Table of Contents 1 Areas of Activity 2 History 3 Objectives 4 Issues 4.1 Gender, peace and security 4.2 Gender and migration 4.3 Political participation 4.4 Financing for […]

UN-INSTRAW and CAWTAR project publications

“Knowledge Management: a way to women’s empowerment” Although women’s rights is a highly developed research topic, a major gap remains, which is the relative lack of statistical and qualitative researches on the numbers and profiles of women in positions of leadership in the economic sector, the use of ICTs by women, women politicians and the […]

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations global development network, is the largest multilateral source of development assistance in the world. It was founded in 1965 to combine the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance and the United Nations Special Fund. In 1971, the two organizations were fully combined into the UNDP. The UNDP is […]

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