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 World Development Report 2012: Gender Equality and Development
This new report finds that women's lives around the world have improved dramatically, but gaps remain in many areas. The authors use a conceptual framework to examine progress to date, and then recommend policy actions. The World Bank
 Progress of the World’s Women: In Pursuit of Justice
Justice remains out of reach for millions of the world’s women, a flagship report by UN Women warns.
Progress of the World’s Women: In Pursuit of Justice is UN Women’s first major report, following the organization’s launch in early 2011. UN Women
 Prevent, Combat, Protect: Human Trafficking
A joint UN commentary on selected articles of the EU Directive on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting victims, this report provides practical guidance on the application of a human rights-based approach to the transposition and implementation of the EU instrument. OHCHR, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNODC, UN Women, ILO
 Gender dimensions of agricultural and rural employment: Differentiated pathways out of poverty
This publication discusses key issues related to gender equality and rural employment in the context of poverty reduction. It presents various policy responses, empirical data and good practices.
FAO/IFAD/ILO
 Technologies for Transparency and Accountability: Implications for ICT Policy and Recommendations
This working report focuses on analyzing the conditions under which new technologies can enhance delivery of public services to the poor, women, and citizens more broadly, through improved accountability and transparency. This the report is open for comments until 28 February 2012 via Scribd. For more related reports, click here. The World Bank, Intel, Open Devlopment Technology Alliance
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 Gender Equality, UN Coherence, & You
Online course to raise awareness of gender issues and dynamics, developed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and UN Women.
 Video: Livestock, life and livelihoods among women and men in East Africa
This film provides an overview of the contribution of livestock to livelihoods in rural communities, particularly for women. Stories from Ethiopia and Kenya show how poor men and women use and accumulate livestock to pull themselves out of poverty and food insecurity. A film by the IGAD Livestock Policy Initiative, under the Multidisciplinary Fund on Gender and Food Security (MDF) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
 Video: Closing the Gap between Men and Women in Agriculture
Produced by FAO, this video explores how the world cannot eliminate hunger without closing the gap between men and women in agriculture. With equal access to productive resources and services, such as land, water and credit, women farmers can produce 20 to 30 percent more food, enough to lift 150 million people out of hunger. Watch video: English | Spanish | French | Chinese | Russian. Learn more about the issue at www.fao.org/sofa/gender.
 Video: Gender and Rural Microfinance — A Learning Route in Uganda
FAO in collaboration with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and PROCASUR launched an initiative to strengthen women's access to micro financial services. The objective of this activity was also to target practitioners of the rural microfinance industry and assist them with generating effective microfinance programs for both women and men.
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Safety net with World Bank support helps poor people in Tanzania
The World Bank is helping Tanzania establish a safety net programme to improve the lives of 15 million people, over half of whom are women. Through cash for work projects and other programmes, people are earning money to support their families while rebuilding their communities.
The World Bank, 18 May 2012
Statement by UN Secretary-General on World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
Statement by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the occassion of World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, 17 May 2012. This year the day focuses on women and girls.
UN, 17 May 2012
Statement by ITU Secretary-General on World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
Statement by ITU Secretary-General Dr Hamadoun Touré on the occassion of World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, 17 May 2012. This year the day focuses on women and girls.
ITU, 17 May 2012
UN Women announces members of Global Civil Society Advisory Group
UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet on 17 May announced the members of her Global Civil Society Advisory Group that will facilitate regular consultations and dialogue between civil society and UN Women.
UN Women, 17 May 2012
International Day against Homophobia — Equal rights for everyone, whomever they love
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has renewed her call for States to confront prejudice towards lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender (LGBT) persons.
OHCHR, 17 May 2012
Maternal mortality estimates 2012
New maternal mortality estimates confirm that the number of women dying in pregnancy and childbirth is declining. Along with other indicators, this joint U.N. report validates the fact that we are making progress in saving mothers' lives, even if progress is slower than what is called for by the Millennium Development Goals.
UNFPA, UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, 16 May 2012
Treat the mother - save the baby
The past decade has seen great advances in child survival, but while toddlers and small children are benefiting, the death rate for new-born babies remains stubbornly high. Now a new report suggests that paying more attention to their mothers' health, and focusing on certain damaging but treatable diseases, could be one key to tackling neonatal mortality.
IRIN News, 16 May 2012
Algeria elects women legislators in record numbers
Algeria has become the first and only country in the Arab world to have more than 30 per cent of its parliamentary seats held by women, according to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). IPU reports that 145 women were elected as parliamentarians during last week's elections in Algeria. In the outgoing parliament, women MPs accounted for less than eight per cent of the elected legislators. Jemini Pandya, spokesperson for the Inter-Parliamentary Union, says Algeria is now ranked among the top countries worldwide with a large proportion of women legislators.
UN Radio, 15 May 2012
International Criminal Court prosecutor pushes arrest of rebels for DR Congo crimes
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is seeking new war crimes charges against Democratic Republic of Congo rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda. Luis Moreno-Ocampo accused Mr. Ntaganda of murder, ethnic persecution, rape and sexual slavery. The ICC Prosecutor is also seeking similar charges against Sylvestre Mudacumura, military commander of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda or FDLR militia.
UN Radio, 14 May 2012
Innovative campaign highlights HIV-positive mothers
Women infected and affected by HIV face persistent challenges as a result of their gender. Each year as many as 42,000 HIV-affected women die from complications relating to HIV and pregnancy alone, and many others struggle to access prevention, treatment, care and support services.
UN Women, 14 May 2012
My mother: A remarkable woman
In this opinion piece written on the occasion of Mothers' Day on 13 May, UNFPA Executive Director Babatunde Osotimehin talks about how his own remarkable mother shaped his attitudes toward women, human rights and empowerment. "She would say that Providence has put me here to accomplish an important mission in the world," he writes.
UNFPA, 13 May 2012
Discrimination against women persists around the globe hampering development
Social and legal discrimination against women remains a major obstacle to economic development in emerging and developing countries, according to the latest edition of OECD's Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) launched 10 May. Though women's rights are improving in a number of countries, in others women are still barred from fully contributing to social and economic life. SIGI is available at www.genderindex.org
OECD, 10 May 2012
UNODC develops domestic violence prevention training for Vietnamese police
One third of married women in Viet Nam have suffered from domestic violence, according to a national study by the General Statistics Office of Viet Nam and the World Health Organization. Recognizing that police officers are at the forefront of the justice system's efforts to prevent domestic violence and protect victims, UNODC and Vietnamese experts are developing a domestic violence prevention training module for police, to be used at the national People Police Academy of Viet Nam.
UNODC, 9 May 2012
Indigenous women, their concerns and contributions for a more sustainable world
At the Eleventh Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples in New York, UN Women organized a side event on "Good Practices: Indigenous Women´s Contributions to Citizenship and Governance Processes". The panel focused on the results of public policies in Mexico which have tried to integrate a gender and intercultural approach to advance indigenous communities. These policies aim to promote indigenous women's rights including land rights, economic empowerment and knowledge preservation.
UN Women, 9 May 2012
Nominations open for Wangari Maathai Award 2012
The Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) has launched the first ever Wangari Maathai Award to honour and commemorate the impact of this extraordinary woman who championed forest issues around the world. The award in the amount of USD20,000. The closing date for receipt of nominations is Friday, 15 June 2012.
CFP, 8 May 2012
UNFPA salutes landmark agreement to advance the health, rights and well-being of young people
At the conclusion of its 2012 session late last month, the United Nations Commission on Population and Development adopted a groundbreaking resolution that provides a major boost to the sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights of adolescents and youth.
UNFPA, 8 May 2012
Madagascar: Peer pressure to stop teen pregnancy
Daughters as young as 12 in the villages surrounding Antsohihy, the capital of Sofia Region, in Madagascar's remote, traditional north, often suffer the harmful consequences of falling pregnant and giving birth too young when parents accept zebus (cattle) or cash as a dowry.
IRIN News, 4 May 2012
Social media campaign offers critical support to breastfeeding mothers in China
When Xiaoyu Su, from Fujian Province, tried to convince her parents that her newborn daughter should be fed breastmilk and nothing else, she was criticized for being stubborn. Nevertheless, Ms. Su is proud that she managed to exclusively breastfeed her daughter for the first 6 months of life.
UNICEF, 4 May 2012
New UN-backed report calls for action to prevent millions of preterm births
Some 15 million babies worldwide - more than one in ten births - are born too early, according to a new United Nations-backed report, released today, which calls for steps such as ensuring the requisite medicines and equipment and training health staff to promote child survival. WHO's Director of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health, Elizabeth Mason, noted that a key way to reduce preterm births is to find ways to help all pregnancies go to full term, or 39 weeks.
UN News, 2 May 2012
UNICEF stresses importance of breastfeeding as rates decline in East Asia
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) today voiced alarm at the decline of breastfeeding across East Asia, and stressed the need to ensure that mothers understand the long-term benefits of this important practice for the survival and development of their children.
UNICEF, 1 May 2012
UNICEF stresses importance of breastfeeding as rates decline in East Asia
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) today voiced alarm at the decline of breastfeeding across East Asia, and stressed the need to ensure that mothers understand the long-term benefits of this important practice for the survival and development of their children.
UNICEF, 1 May 2012
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