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Data 2X: Mapping Gender Data Gaps

Table of Contents 1 Background 2 Soliciting Feedback 3 How to Submit Feedback 4 Next Steps for Data 2X Background We keep statistics on everything we care about, from RBIs to ROI, the daily ups and downs of the Dow and our bank accounts. So if we’re serious about narrowing the gender gap and helping […]

Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN)

Development Alternative with Women for a New Era (DAWN) is a network of women scholars, researchers and activists from the Global South, working towards the enhancement of economic and gender justice and democratic sustainable development through research, analysis, proposals, advocacy and training.Carroll, William. 2015. “Modes of Cognitive Praxis in Transnational Alternative Policy Groups”. Globalizations, 1-18. […]

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Water access and gender

Table of Contents Why does gender matter? Gender vs. sex Gender formed by culture Gender, the environment, and gender mainstreaming Cultural gender norms and water Effect of climate change on women and water Precipitation pattern changes Sea level rise Desertification Glacier melt See also Why does gender matter? Gender vs. sex Gender and sex connote […]

Addressing women’s needs for financial education

Table of Contents 1 About 2 About OECD INFE 3 Publication 4 See Also 5 External Links About Both women and men need to be sufficiently financially literate to effectively participate in economic activities and to take appropriate financial decisions for themselves and their families, but women often have less financial knowledge and lower access […]

Afghan Women Skills Development Centre

Afghan Women Skill Development Centre (AWSDC) is a non-profit, non-government and non-political organization, established in 1999 by a group of committed Afghan women with the aim to reduce the suffering of women and children through promotion of peace and initiation of rehabilitation and development projects. Table of Contents 1 Vision and Mission 2 Objectives 3 […]

African Women’s Rights Observatory (AWRO)

The Beijing Platform for Action, outcome of the , recommended the creation of mechanisms for monitoring gender equality and the advancement of women. The African Centre for Gender and Social Development of United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ACGSD/UNECA) in collaboration with Regional Gender Programme for Africa (UNDP/RGPA) has launched in 2008 the African Women’s […]

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Annie Leibovitz

Anna-Lou “Annie” Leibovitz (born October 2, 1949) is an American portrait photographer whose style is marked by a close collaboration between the photographer and the subject. She is renowned for having taken photographs of some of the most famous people of this generation, including  John Lennon and Bob Dylan. Table of Contents 1 Education 2 […]

Amnesty International

Amnesty International is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights for all.  A , Amnesty works to improve through campaigning and international solidarity. Amnesty has more than 2.2 million members and subscribers in more than 150 countries and regions which are coordinated to act for justice on a wide range […]

Angela Davis

Table of Contents 1 Angela Davis 2 Early Life, Education, and Teaching 2.1 Birmingham and “Dynamite Hill” 2.2 Educational and Philosophical Influences 2.3 Time as a teacher at the University of California, Los Angeles 3 Activism and Imprisonment 3.1 The Soledad Brothers and the Marin County Courthouse incident 3.2 “Free Angela Davis” 4 Current Activism […]

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