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Moremi Initiative: investing in women and girls’ leadership in Africa

Table of Contents 1 Introduction 1.1 Moremi Initiative: Training Young Women to Lead Change 1.1.1 The Moremi Initiative’s Leadership and Empowerment Development (MILEAD) Fellowship 2 See also 3 External links 4 References 5 Feedback Introduction Young women have long been identified as agents of change. As articulated by the World YWCA in their training manual […]

“Auntie Stella”: A Best Practice Sexual & Reproductive Health Education and HIV Prevention Resource for Adolescents

Table of Contents 1 Overview 2 Getting to Know “Auntie Stella” 2.1 Including Adolescents’ Voices in Sexual and Reproductive Health Education 2.2 Analysing AS 2.2.1 AS in Zimbabwe and the Southern Africa Region 3 See Also 4 Conclusion 5 References 6 Feedback Overview The importance of investing in adolescent girls’ is well documented, especially in […]

  • August 9, 2012
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Women’s legal empowerment

The ability to and to claim, use, and defend land and other natural resource tenure rights – of individuals and groups – is contingent on processes of empowerment. Women face additional hurdles to empowerment, ranging from their status within the household and community to their status under customary and/or statutory law. While many countries make […]

Sustainable development? Not without family planning!

This article is the 10th in a series of articles related to Wikiprogress. “The lack of recognition of reproductive rights as essential to sustainable development was especially disappointing.” Anita Nayar, Executive Committee Member of Development Alternatives with Women for A New Era (DAWN) – on the outcomes of Rio+20The Zimbabwean (2012), Women outraged at Rio+20 […]

Women and the conflict in Colombia

Women have been at the center of every stage of unrest in , despite their pronounced absence from formal peace negotiations. Colombia has a relatively high number of women in elected positions.  Colombia also boasts a strong, vibrant and diverse women’s movement. Despite repeated attack, disappearances, kidnappings and threats perpetrated against women leaders, women’s groups […]

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 […]

Gobernadoras y Jefas de Gobierno en el Distrito Federal

En la actualidad, únicamente seis mujeres han formado parte del régimen mexicano en términos de gubernatura y jefatura de gobierno del Distrito Federal. A pesar de que la participación de los hombres en la política es considerablemtne mayor a la de las mujeres, cada vez son más las que deciden participar activamente en la política […]

  • July 11, 2012
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The DAC Network on Gender Equality (GENDERNET)

Table of Contents 1 About GENDERNET 2 Practice Notes 2.1 Addressing gender equality and women’s empowerment through development co-operation 2.2 Women in society 2.3 Conflict, fragility, violence and humanitarian assistance 2.4 Governance and human rights 2.5 Economic empowerment and finance 2.6 Environment, climate change and agriculture 3 External Links About GENDERNET ‘s DAC (Development Assistance […]

Progress for Children: a report card on adolescents

Table of Contents 1 About 2 See also 3 References 4 External links About The April 2012 report, “Progress for Children: A report card on adolescents” provides an overview of the conditions of adolescents throughout the world.’ The UNICEF report aims to address the challenges faced by the World’s 1.2 billion of adolescents (18% of […]

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