United Nations Commission on the Status of Women 56, February 26 – March 9. UN Theme: Empowering Rural and Indigenous Women The Women’s Intercultural Network (WIN) and US Women Connect (USWC) invited all NGOs to an interactive Roundtable and Forum on “Winning Strategies for Economic Participation of Rural and Indigenous Women.” The Forum expanded on [...]
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ECONOMIC PARTICIPATION OF RURAL AND INDIGENOUS WOMEN
Posted in Economic Justice, Human Rights on March 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The War on Women
Posted in Health, Human Rights, Uncategorized on February 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
New York Times The War on Women Editorial Republicans in the House of Representatives are mounting an assault on women’s health and freedom that would deny millions of women access to affordable contraception and life-saving cancer screenings and cut nutritional support for millions of newborn babies in struggling families. And this is just the beginning. [...]
85-Year-Old-Woman Arrested for Bank Protest — 6 Revolts the Tea Party-Obsessed Corporate Media Overlooked
Posted in Economic Justice, Human Rights, Media, Uncategorized on January 24, 2011 | 1 Comment »
By: Rose Aguilar www.alternet.org Original Article at http://www.alternet.org/news/149562/85-year-old-woman_arrested_for_bank_protest_–_6_revolts_the_tea_party-obsessed_corporate_media_overlooked_?page=entire Some of the most undercovered stories of 2010 were actions taken by ordinary people standing up for a more just and equitable society. People are taking to the streets on a regular basis across the country, but unlike the corporate-sponsored Tea Party — whose spokespeople can’t answer [...]
54th Session on the UN Commission on the Status of Women Progress but Huge Political Challenges Ahead
Posted in Economic Justice, Education & Training, Environment, Health, Human Rights, Institutional Mechanisms, Media, Peace, Poverty, Power Sharing, Read before blogging, The Girl Child, Violence, tagged Beijing Plus 15, CSW, feminism, health, Human Rights, women rights on July 3, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The CSW 54 ended with lingering questions crying out for answers.
Were there any commitments to protect the universality of women’s rights, including sexual and reproductive rights?
Was there any significant progress on the proposal to set up a separate U.N. agency – officially called a gender entity – for women?
And were there any indications of increased funding for gender-related issues, including resources to battle sexual violence?
AN AFGHAN WOMAN SPEAKS OUT
Posted in Human Rights on November 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Good people cannot be silent” Synne Hall Arnøy Malalai Joya was ousted from the Afghan parliament because she dared to raise her voice. Now she asks you to raise yours. (You can do that on this blog – leave your comment on the Afghan situation below.) “I often say that silence of good people is [...]
Health Care Reform for Women NOW
Posted in Health, Human Rights on November 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We are at a critical juncture in Health Care Reform – the US Senate will soon debate their Bill (as yet with no number) and vote. It will go to a Conference Committee with the recently passed House of Representatives bill AND Stupak Amendment. Hopefully the final bill will be voted up or down by [...]
WOMEN AT RISK
Posted in Human Rights, The Girl Child on August 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
August 8, 2009 By BOB HERBERT Op-Ed Columnist, New York Times “I actually look good. I dress good, am clean-shaven, bathe, touch of cologne — yet 30 million women rejected me,” wrote George Sodini in a blog that he kept while preparing for this week’s shooting in a Pennsylvania gym in which he killed three [...]
Iran Women on Front Line of Street Protests
Posted in Human Rights on June 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The iconography dominating global television coverage of Iran’s biggest demonstrations since the 1979 Islamic Revolution is stunning: women are on the front line of the protests against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s allegedly fraudulent re-election. It is no surprise. They feel most robbed by his “stolen” victory. “We feel cheated, frustrated and betrayed,” said an Iranian woman [...]
Statement of President Barack Obama on Rescinding the Mexico City Policy
Posted in Health, Human Rights on January 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary _________________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release January 23, 2009 Statement of President Barack Obama on Rescinding the Mexico City Policy “It is clear that the provisions of the Mexico City Policy are unnecessarily broad and unwarranted under current law, and for the past eight years, they have undermined efforts [...]
Israeli & Palestinian Women Call for End to Military Action & for Peace
Posted in Human Rights, Peace on January 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Dear friends– Beacuse women expreience the pain of conflict, The International Women’s Commission (IWC) which is an entity dedicated to bring together Palestinian, Israeli and international women to an end of the Israeli occupation and a just peace based on international law [including relevant UN resolutions], human rights and equality issued the following statement. “The [...]
