Women’s rights protection instruments ratified by : : ratified in 1982 CEDAW Protocol: signed in 2008 Maputo Protocol: ratified in 2007 Table of Contents 1 Ratify! 2 Respect! 3 Some positive developments… 4 But discrimination and violence persist 5 In Law 6 In Practice 6.1 Discrimination in the family 6.2 Violence 6.3 Obstacles to access […]

Women’s rights protection instruments ratified by Guinea Bissau: CEDAW: ratified in 1985 CEDAW Protocol: ratified in 2009 Maputo Protocol: signed in 2008, not ratified Table of Contents 1 Ratify! 2 Respect! 3 Some positive developments… 4 But discrimination and violence persist 4.1 Discrimination in the family 4.2 Violence 4.3 Specific vulnerability of rural women 4.4 […]

Table of Contents 1 Background 2 Entering the city of knowledge 3 Newsletters 3.1 2012 3.2 2011 3.3 2010 4 Contact details Background Information and knowledge. Connecting, sharing, exchanging, showing, developing new skills and knowledge to promote gender equality in Latin America and the Caribbean. The “América Latina Genera, knowledge management for gender equality” regional […]

Table of Contents 1 Did you know? 2 Social Institutions : Hidden forms of gender discrimiantion 3 The Atlas of Gender and Development : Mapping Social Institutions 4 An indispensable tool 5 How to purchase the Atlas? Did you know? …that countries with higher levels of discrimination against women also have fewer women in the labour force?…that […]

Table of Contents 1 Definition 2 Attended births and progress 3 Births attended by skilled staff data 4 References Definition Births attended by skilled health staff are the percentage of deliveries attended by personnel trained to give the necessary supervision, care, and advice to women during pregnancy, labor, and the postpartum period; to conduct deliveries […]

Welcome to Wikigender’s Gender and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) page. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GRI and IFC Launch “Embedding Gender in Sustainability Reporting – A Practitioner’s Guide” On Tuesday, October 27, 2009, IFC and GRI launched their Gender and Sustainability Reporting Publication at the 2009 CSR Asia Summit in Kuala Lumpur, . The workshop was for CSR Asia […]

Co-Ordinated Action against Domestic Abuse (CAADA) is a charity established in the United Kingdom to encourage the use of independent advocacy as a way to increase the safety of survivors of Mission The vision of CAADA is to improve the safety for all survivors of domestic violence, including children. Their mission is to help create […]

“Gender, Institutions and Development” is an article that appeared in the Poverty in Focus magazine of the International Poverty Centre (, January 2008, pp. 10-11). The article is authored by Denis Drechsler, Johannes Jütting and Carina Lindberg of the OECD . Overview The article describes the multiple forms of gender discrimination around the world. In […]

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Cyberella is fluent in the uses of technology, comfortable using and designing computer technology, and working in virtual spaces. Cinderella works in the basement of the knowledge society with little opportunity to reap its benefits. http://www.styluspub.com/clients/kum/books/BookDetail.aspx?productID=187254 These are the definitions taken from Nancy Hafkin and Sophia Huyer’s book Cinderella or Cyberella: Empowering Women in the Knowledge […]