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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 […]

Anorexia Nervosa

Commonly referred to as ‘anorexia’, anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder, defined by extreme low body weight and body image distortion, with an obsessive fear of gaining weight. It is a psychiatric illneess associated with pubescent girls although approximately 10% of sufferers are male. Severe cases of anorexia can lead to death. Table of Contents […]

APEC Policy Partnership on Women and the Economy The Women Entrepreneurs in APEC (WE-APEC) Network: Sharing the Foundation, Envisaging the Future

In the lead up to the 2015 APEC Women and the Economy Forum in Manila, a critical and strategic two day-long interactive working session will take place June 23 -24, 2015 in Singapore to advance women’s entrepreneurship across the 21 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies. This initiative is developed in collaboration with domestic and […]

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April 2016

Boardroom Quotas: The Slow Pace of Gender Equality in Corporate Germany (Thomas Reuters 27.04.2016) Lack of access to abortion leaves women in poverty (The Guardian 27.04.2016) Push to ward off disasters in Dhaka slum deters early marriage (Thomas Reuters 25.04.2016) Girls in Guinea cut at earlier age as female support for FGM rises – UN (Thomas Reuters 25.04.2016) Women […]

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Arab Women Organization

The Arab Women Organization is an intergovernmental organization established under the umbrella of the League of Arab States and headquartered in . It emerged from the Cairo Declaration issued by the First Arab Women Summit which convened in Cairo in November 2000 in response to a call by H.E. Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak, Egypt’s First Lady […]

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Arranged marriage

An arranged marriage is a marriage arranged by someone other than the persons getting married, curtailing or avoiding the process of courtship. Such marriages are not uncommon in the , parts of , and . Other groups that practice this custom include the Unification Movement, royal families and . The term “arranged marriage” also applies […]

Artemisia Gentileschi

Artemisia Gentileschi (July 8, 1593 – 1651/1653) was an Early Baroque painter, today considered one of the most accomplished painters in the generation influenced by Caravaggio. She was the first female painter to become a member of the Accademia di Arte del Disegno in Florence. She was one of the first female artists to paint […]

Asian Development Bank

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is an international development finance institution whose mission is to help its developing member countries reduce poverty and improve the quality of life of their people. Headquartered in , and established in 1966, ADB is owned and financed by its 67 members, of which 48 are from the region and […]

Association Femmes en Communication

Table of Contents 1 Présentation de l’association: 1.1 Objectifs 2 Activités réalisées: 2.1 Projet Sensibilisation aux droits des Femmes par les Média et L’Art 2.2 Projet MEDIA*NES En partenariat avec l’Institut Panos Paris et avec le soutien financier de l’union européenne, l’Ambassade du Canada et l’Ambassade de France 2.3 Production de dossiers et d’études: 2.4 […]

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