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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: […]

Soong Ching-ling

Soong Ch’ing-ling (traditional Chinese: 宋慶齡) (27 January 1893 – 29 May 1981), also known as Madame Sun Yat-sen, was one of the three Soong sisters—who, along with their husbands, were amongst most significant political figures of the early 20th century. She was the first non-royal woman to officially become head of state of China, acting […]

Sonke Gender Justice Network

Table of Contents 1 Mission and Vision 2 About 3 Work areas 4 Activities 5 Impact 6 See Also Mission and Vision Sonke was established in August 2006. Its mission is to “work across Africa to strengthen government, civil society and citizen capacity to support men and boys to take action to promote gender equality, […]

Son preference in China

Despite the old Chinese proverb according to which “Women hold up half the sky”, Chinese families prefer having sons instead of daughters. As a consequence, China faces nowadays millions of missing women, as many of its neighbouring countries. Son preference is often considered as a recent phenomenon whereas it is an old characteristic of the […]

Son Preference

Son preference reflects the economic valuation of women, based on information on the number of “” in a country. Missing women, a concept suggest by economist , measures gender bias in mortality due to sex selective abortions or insufficient health care to baby girls. See also External Links www.oecd.org/dev/gender/sigi  

Solar Sister

Table of Contents 1 Presentation 2 A success story 3 Future developments 4 See also 5 References 6 External links Presentation Of the 1.6 billion people that don’t have access to electricity in the world, 70% are women and girls.Solar Sister: Bringing a market based, gender inclusive, bottom up clean energy revolution to Africa , […]

Social Watch

Social Watch is an international network informed by national citizens’ groups aiming at following up the fulfillment of internationally agreed commitments on poverty eradication and equality. These national groups report, through the national Social Watch report, on the progress – or regression – towards these commitments and goals. The Social Watch groups, organized on an […]

The Social Institutions and Gender Index (2009)

The Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) is a of gender equality, introduced by the . It solely focuses on that have an impact on the equality between men and women. Social institutions comprise norms, values and attitudes that exist in a society in relation to women. Table of Contents 1 What are social institutions? […]

SisterLove, Inc.

SisterLove, Inc., is a reproductive justice organization for women, with a focus on .  Based in Atlanta (), the organisation was founded in 1989. Mission SisterLove is on a mission to eradicate the adverse impact of /AIDS and other reproductive health challenges upon women and their families through education, prevention, support and human rights advocacy […]

Sigrid Undset

Sigrid Undset (20 May 1882–10 June 1949) was a novelist who was awarded the in 1928. Table of Contents 1 Early Life and Education 2 Writing Career 3 Marriage and Religion 4 World War II 5 Works 6 See Also 7 Sources Early Life and Education Sigrid Undset was born in Kalundborg, , and emigrated […]

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