Domestic Violence (sometimes referred to as domestic abuse, or violence within the family) occurs when a family member, partner or ex-partner attempts to physically or psychologically dominate another. Domestic violence often refers to violence between spouses, or spousal abuse but can also include cohabitants and non-married intimate partners. Domestic violence occurs in all cultures; people […]

Table of Contents 1 A propósito de la Fundación EU-LAC 2 El tema de Género en el Plan de Acción CELAC-UE 2013-2015 3 Lanzamiento del Diálogo CELAC-UE en materia de Género 4 See Also 5 External links A propósito de la Fundación EU-LAC Creada en Mayo de 2010 por la VI Cumbre de Jefes de […]

A new study published on April 12 2010 in the medical journal The Lancet found that the number of maternal deaths has gone from over 500,000 in 1980 to about 350,000 a significant decrease on a major challenge to health systems worldwide and coined as a Millennium Development Goal. Coincidently enough, a few days later, […]

The feminization of poverty is a change in the levels of poverty biased against women or female headed households. More specifically, it is an increase in the difference in the levels of poverty among women and men or among female versus male and couple headed households. It can also mean an increase of the role […]

Overview A dowry (also known as trosseau or tocher) is a custom, strectching back to the Code of Hammurabi, of a woman bringing money, goods, or estate to her husband in marriage. The opposite – property given to the bride by the groom – is called dower or mahr. Normally the bride would be entitled to her […]

Table of Contents 1 The concept of E -learning 2 Types of e-learning in Thailand 3 Positive and Negative Sides of e-Learning 3.1 The following are some of the positive sides of E-learning 3.2 The following are some of the negative sides of E-learning 4 Examples of e-learning sites in Thailand 4.1 Thailand’s Gender Information […]

Table of Contents 1 Desnudo como entretenimiento sexual: el striptease 2 El striptease 3 Orígenes del Striptease 4 Acuerdos y desacuerdos 5 El caso mexicano 6 Críticas 7 References Desnudo como entretenimiento sexual: el striptease En el siglo XIX, en diversos contextos regionales, ha cambiado la percepción de los gobiernos y de la misma sociedad […]

Eleanor Roosevelt was First Lady of the from 1933 to 1945. She supported the New Deal policies of her husband, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and was a vocal advocate for the African-American civil rights movement. Prominent in promoting human rights, Roosevelt was the delegate to the United Nations from 1945-1953, and 1961-62 where she played […]

With the progression of , the education sector has emerged as an important arena for preventing new infections and maintaining the HIV-free status of young people.Beasley, M, Valerio, A and Bundy, D (2008, p.ix) Education and HIV AIDS: A Sourcebook of HIV/AIDS Prevention Program Vol 2 Education-Sector-Wide Approaches. Washington DC: The World Bank. http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EDUCATION/Resources/278200-1099079877269/547664-1099080042112/SourcebookofHIVAIDSvolume2.pdf (Accessed […]

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (born 29 October 1938) is the current of . She served as Minister of Finance under President William R. Tolbert, Jr. from 1979 until the 1980 coup d’état, after which she left Liberia and held senior positions at various financial institutions. She placed a distant second in the Liberian presidential election, 1997. […]