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The Intersection of HIV and AIDS and the Education System in Sub-Saharan Africa

Table of Contents 1 Introduction 1.1 The HIV and Education Challenge 1.2 The Gendered Impact of HIV on Education 1.3 Primary School Children and HIV 1.4 TeachersAvert.org (2012) ‘The Impact of HIV & AIDS in Africa’ http://www.avert.org/aids-impact-africa.htm (accessed 14 July 2012) 2 See also 3 References 4 External links 5 Feedback Introduction The past two […]

The International Alliance for Women

The International Alliance for Women (TIAW) is a network of professional women dedicated to improving the economic status of all women around the world: from senior level executive and professional women, to career women just beginning their careers, to women in transition and young girls planning for their careers, to the most needy of all: […]

The Global Reporting Initiative

Table of Contents 1 About GRI 2 GRI’s Sustainability Reporting Framework 3 Gender Related Indicators in the G3 Guidelines 4 Call for Comment on the Gender Revision of the G3 Guidelines 5 References About GRI The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is an international and collaborating centre of the United Nations Environment Programme that has developed […]

The Case of Pakistan’s Protection Against Harassment of Women at the Workplace Act 2010

Pakistan’s Sexual Harassment Act 2010 Pakistan is a developing country comprising of a patriarchal society with well-defined gender specific behaviours. The general consensus in the society holds men as the dominant, powerful and superior beings, whereas, women are often considered as weak and powerless in the society. These diverse views have led to a clear […]

The Agri-Gender Database

A statistical toolkit for the production of sex-disaggregated agricultural data Table of Contents 1 The Database 2 Focus on Africa 3 Structure 3.1 The Database is structured around nine data items 3.2 The toolkit consists of two sections 3.2.1 Section 1 3.2.2 Section 2 4 References 5 See also The Database The Agri-Gender Database is a […]

Teen Mothers

Teenage pregnancy refers to pregnancies that occur before the adolescent girl has reached legal adulthood. The rates of teenage pregnancy differ widely across developed countries. The United States continues to have one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the developed world—almost twice as high as those of England, Wales and Canada, and eight times as […]

The Campaign “Africa for women’s rights: ratify and respect!”

Table of Contents 1 The Campaign “Africa for Women’s Rights: Ratify and respect!” 2 The Campaign “Dossier of Claims”  3 The Campaign Blog 4 The Campaign in 31 African countries The Campaign “Africa for Women’s Rights: Ratify and respect!” In the majority of countries in Africa, women continue to face discrimination, violence and violations of their […]

Susan Sontag

Susan Sontag (1933 – 2004) was an author, filmmaker, philosopher, literary theorist, and political activist. Table of Contents 1 Early Life and Education 2 Works 3 Political Activism 4 Prizes and Distinctions 5 Relationships 6 Sources Early Life and Education Susan Sontag was born in New York City on January 16, 1933, grew up in […]

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

Juana Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez de Santillana nació en San Miguel Nepantla el 12 de noviembre de 1651, murió el 17 de abril de 1695 en la Ciudad de México. Fue una poeta considerada como la mayor representante de la literatura novohispana del siglo XVII. Méndez Plancarte, Alfonso, «Introducción», Obras completas, t. I. México: […]

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