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 Migration and remittances have positive impacts on gender equality in the Philippines
The Study "Gender, Remittances and Local Rural Development: The case of Filipino migration to Italy", assesses the impact of remittances sent by Filipino migrants in Italy for promoting gender-sensitive local rural community development in the Philippines and supports capacity-building activities with migrant associations to improve the living conditions of Filipino migrants in Italy.
UN-INSTRAW, 2008
 Gender
in Local Government:
A Sourcebook for Trainers
Local governments have significant responsibilities to strengthen gender equality in decision making, development policies and planning, and service delivery. This manual is designed to assist training institutions in mainstreaming gender in capacity building for local government...
> Read more
> Download PDF
UN-HABITAT, 2008
International Women's Day: UNHCR launches handbook for protection of women
The handbook denounces "a massive culture of neglect and denial about violence against women and girls" and outlines strategies to answer the protection challenges faced by women and girls of concern...
UNHCR, 2008
Women and the Right to Food - International Law and State Practice
The study looks at the right to food in the context of gender
discrimination. It includes an overview of the position
of women's right to food in international law and identifies
gaps in both law and practice...
FAO, 2008
 Gender Perspective: Working Together for Disaster Risk Reduction, Good Practices & Lessons Learned
This publication aimed to increase the knowledge and understanding of the vulnerabilities and risks associated with gender, as it presents a collection of 15 practices that showcase the valuable contributions of women to the ongoing efforts for building resilience against disasters at the community level.
OCHA - UN/ISDR, 2007
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CSW communications procedure available online!
Any individual, non-governmental organization, group or network may submit communications (complaints/appeals/petitions) to the Commission on the Status of Women containing
information relating to alleged violations of human rights
that affect the status of women in any country in the world.
Deadline
approaching! Any person or organization with a communication should write before 26 August 2008.
New database: Gender and the Empowerment of Women in the Arab Region
The new
database by UN-ESCWA's
Centre for Women will be regularly updated
to reflect new research in the field, and will be expanded
to include information on civil society organizations working
on gender and women's empowerment as well as experts on
gender and women's issues in the Arab world.
Visit
Gender and the Empowerment of Women
in the Arab Region >>
UNFPA:
Pop Star Lends Her Voice to Stop Maternal, Infant and
Child Deaths >>
 New
Online Video:
UNIFEM's
Gender-Responsive Budgeting Initiative
View Video >>
Visit
the UNIFEM video channel >>
 Ending
violence against women
A multimedia exhibit by UNFPA:
www.unfpa.org/
endingviolence
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Family planning vital to improving maternal health, UN officials say
Family planning is a critical element to improving maternal health, one of the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) or global targets world leaders have pledged to achieve by 2015, senior United Nations officials said today, urging that women everywhere have access to this vital service.
UNFPA, 11 July 2008
> World Population Day
UNHCR helps Central Europe tackle sexual and gender-based violence
The UN refugee agency's efforts to protect women and children refugees from violence throughout Central Europe came a step closer recently when Slovenia agreed to include refugees and asylum seekers in prevention and response mechanisms for those at risk.
UNHCR, 3 July 2008
UN campaign to end violence against women backed by 10 more countries
Prime ministers and foreign ministers from 10 countries have signed on to the "Say NO to Violence against Women Campaign" - a move welcomed by the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), which is organizing the drive.
UNIFEM, 24 June 2008
> News release
> Click to add your name: www.saynotoviolence.org
Security Council demands action to end sexual violence as a tactic in war
In a resolution adopted unanimously after a day-long debate on women, peace and security, Council members said women and girls are consistently targeted during conflicts "as a tactic of war to humiliate, dominate, instil fear in, disperse and/or forcibly relocate civilian members of a community or ethnic group."
UN News Centre, 19 June 2008
> News story
> View Security Council resolution 1820 (2008) in:
Arabic|Chinese|French|English|Russian|Spanish
> Special
feature on women, peace and security
Ban leads call for greater efforts to end ‘silent war’ of sexual violence in conflict
Noting that an increasing number of women and girls are falling victim to the “silent war” of sexual violence in conflict areas, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today led a chorus of United Nations officials in urging greater efforts to combat the scourge.
UN News Centre, 19 June 2008
> News story
> Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's Remarks to the Security Council meeting on Women, Peace and Security
Liberia: UN mission builds safe house for victims of sexual violence
The United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) has built a new safe house for survivors of sexual violence in the capital, Monrovia, to boost assistance for abused girls and women.
UNMIL, 13 June 2008
Perpetrators of violence against women must be held to account - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Governments and other actors in positions of power and influence must make it a priority to bring perpetrators of violence against women to account, the top United Nations human rights official said in address to the Human Rights Council, which is holding its eighth session in Geneva.
UNHCR, 5 June 2008
> News story
> Statement by Ms. Louise Arbour UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
> Human Rights Council
Time to turn commitment to ending gender-based violence into action – Migiro
Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro today pressed for action to end gender-based violence, stressing that stopping the deadly scourge will free up the world’s women – a powerful weapon in the fight for peace, development and human rights.
UN News Centre, 4 June 2008
UNDP improves gender equality
Investing in women and girls is one of the fastest and best means
of advancing human development for all. To ensure that UNDP is
doing its part, a Global Gender Equality Retreat was organized in
Rwanda, Kigali 21 - 25 April 2008. UNDP staff from all over the
world took stock of progress in supporting developing countries to
achieve the MDG on gender equality for future programme planning.
Focus was on the implementation of the UNDP's new Gender
Equality Strategy.
UNDP, May 2008
Secretary-General focuses on role of fathers for International Day of Families
Fathers can make a positive impact on the development of their children, but too many men have difficulty taking up the responsibility of fatherhood, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a statement today to mark the International Day of Families.
UN News Centre, 15 May 2008
> News story
> Statement of the Secretary-General
> International
Day of Families website
Women hold key to breaking out of global food crisis, stresses Migiro
Not only do women suffer the most from global problems, such as the current crisis arising from the surge in food prices, but they can also contribute the most to its solutions, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro said today....
UN News Centre, 1 May 2008
Rural women could suffer due to increased biofuel production, warns UN agency
Rapid increases in the large-scale production of liquid biofuels in developing countries could exacerbate the marginalization of women in rural areas threatening their livelihoods, according to a new FAO study.
FAO, 21 April 2008
> News story
> FAO study "Gender and Equity Issues in Liquid Biofuels Production"
Climate change a further challenge for gender equity
"In order to be truly prepared for the impacts of climate change on food security, we must ask ourselves who are the most vulnerable and how they can be involved in addressing this global issue, noting that men and women are differently vulnerable and how each can contribute to addressing climate change," said FAO Deputy Director-General James Butler.
FAO, 10 March 2008
> News story
> Gender issues and climate change adaptation
> Brochure on the gender dimension of climate change
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Global diversity and gender equality symposium
UNHQ, New York, USA, 9 July - 11 July 2008
World Population Day: Plan to gain equality
Worldwide, 11 July 2008
The role of ECOSOC in addressing violence against women in all its forms and manifestations: A dialogue with the chairpersons of the functional commissions
UN Economic and Social Council, 8 July 2008
International Day of Families
"Fathers and Families: Responsibilities and Challenges"
Worldwide, 15 May 2008
International Women's Day
08 March 2008; UN Commemoration on 06 March
Theme for 2008: "Investing in Women and Girls"
52nd
Session of the Commission on the Status of Women
UNHQ, New York, 25 Feb - 7 March 2008
Priority theme: Financing for gender equality and the empowerment of women
> Calendar of parallel events organized by Permanent Missions and UN Agencies
> Calendar of parallel events organized by NGOs
CEDAW: 40th Session of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Geneva, Switzerland, 14 January - 1 February 2008
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