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Looking for a trainee in gender and development at the OECD Development Centre

The OECD Development Centre is a special body of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation of Development (OECD) linking OECD members with developing and emerging economies. The Development Centre produces high-quality analysis and fosters dialogue to identify creative policy solutions to emerging global issues and development challenges. We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated trainee to […]

Louise Michel

Louise Michel (1830-1905) was a French anarchist, school teacher and medical worker. She was one of the major revolutionary figures of the Parisian “Commune”. Table of Contents 1 Origins 2 Militancy 3 Social legacy 4 Feminism 5 Bibliography 5.1 Posthumous 6 References 7 See Also Origins Louise Michel was born in France at the Château […]

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Luisa Dias Diogo

Luísa Dias Diogo (born April 11, 1958) has been prime minister of from February 2004 until January 2010. She was the first female prime minister of Mozambique. Table of Contents 1 Education 2 Political career 3 Policies for women 4 Distinctions and international recognition 5 References 6 See Also Education Diogo received her Bachelor’s degree […]

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Maasai Girls’ Education Fund

The Maasai Girls Education Fund (MGEF) was created to improve the literacy, health, and economic well-being of Maasai women in Kenya through education. To achieve its mission, the organization is committed to the complete education of a majority of Maasai girls over the next 20 years. Through this long-term effort, the next generation of Maasai […]

Machismo

Machismo is a prominently exhibited or excessive masculinity.  As an attitude, machismo ranges from a personal sense of  virility to a more extreme male chauvinism. In machismo there is supreme valuation of characteristics culturally associated with the masculine and a denigration of characteristics associated with the feminine. Its manifestation can include , , , and […]

Madeleine Albright

Madeleine Korbel Albright (born Marie Jana Korbelová on May 15, 1937) was the first woman to become Secretary of State in 1996. At the time, she was also the highest rankign woman in the US Government. She is currently a professor at Georgetown University (Washington). Table of Contents 1 Early Life and Education 2 Academic […]

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MADRE

MADRE is an international women’s human rights organization that works towards a world in which all people enjoy the fullest range of individual and collective human rights; in which resources are shared equitably and sustainably; in which women participate effectively in all aspects of society; and in which people have a meaningful say in decisions […]

Mairead Corrigan

Máiread Corrigan-Maguire, was the co-founder, with , of the Community of Peace People, an organization which attempts to encourage a peaceful resolution of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. The two women were co-recipients of the in 1976. Table of Contents 1 Early Life and Education 2 Peace Activism 3 Prizes and Distinctions 4 References 5 […]

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Making Care Visible

Table of Contents 1 About 2 What is unpaid care work? 3 Introduction 4 A multi-country programme 5 References About This ActionAid report published in February 2013 looks at women’s unpaid care work in , , and . The report shows that women living in poverty carry heavier workloads than men in all four countries, […]

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