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
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
Launched by UNICEF in partnership with the Department of Education, 'Meena Ki Duniya' or Meena Radio is an entertainment-education radio series designed to communicate with children, especially adolescent girls in rural schools, their educators, parents and community leaders. UNICEF
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.
Delivering support to Syrian women as the crisis worsens Like thousands of other people in the capital and surrounding suburbs, Abdulahadi and Aisha, along with their four children, fled their family home as shelling in their neighbourhood intensified. But Aisha had an additional concern: She was in her last month of pregnancy. UNFPA,2 August 2012 PHILIPPINES: Conditional cash for better maternal health A nationwide conditional cash transfer programme in the Philippines is slowly improving maternal health, but more is needed to reverse the climbing maternal mortality ratio, say women's groups. IRIN News,2 August 2012 UN Women establishes Civil Society Advisory Group in Pakistan A diverse group of sixteen women's rights advocates and champions for gender equality have been selected for UN Women's Civil Society Advisory Group in Pakistan. The members, both female and male, will meet in mid-August for the group's first meeting. UN Women,1 August 2012 Somali Assembly passes new constitution; protects right to abortion to save mother's life, bans FGM A new constitution for Somalia has been overwhelmingly adopted by the country's 825 leaders after a week of debate. The constitution, which was adopted by a vote of 621 in favour, 13 against and eleven abstentions, among other things, protects the right to an abortion to save the mother's life and bans female genital mutilation. UN Radio,1 August 2012 Women in EU public sector face higher risk of losing jobs Women working in the public sector in countries of the European Union (EU) have been particularly hard-hit by recent cutbacks in jobs, wages and benefits, according to a joint ILO European Commission study titled "Public Sector Adjustment in Europe". ILO,31 July 2012 New ITC-ILO Workshop - Mainstreaming gender equality: concepts and instruments The ITC-ILO is launching the 8th edition of the workshop "Mainstreaming gender equality: concepts and instruments", 5-16 November, in Turin, Italy. Deadline to apply: 21 September 2012. ITC-ILO,31 July 2012 NAMIBIA: Partial victory for HIV-positive sterilized women
The Namibian High Court has ruled that the human rights of three HIV-positive women were violated when they were coerced into being sterilized while they gave birth, but the judge dismissed claims that the sterilization amounted to discrimination based on their HIV status. IRIN News,30 July 2012 Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women ends session by adopting observations, recommendations arising from eight country reports
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women concluded its work on 27 July by adopting observations and recommendations arising from its consideration of eight country reports that it took up during its fifty-second session. Under consideration during the three-week session were periodic reports submitted by the Governments of Guyana, Indonesia, Bulgaria, Jamaica, Mexico, New Zealand, Samoa and the Bahamas. United Nations,30 July 2012 AIDS 2012 offers hope, new responses | Emilie Pradichit and Mandeep Dhaliwal
Science suggests an AIDS-free generation is within reach. We must reflect on lessons and human rights struggles of the last three decades of the AIDS response if we are to do better in delivering the best that science and innovation can offer to those most in need. More than 8 million people with HIV in poor and middle-income countries received AIDS medications last year, up from 6.6 million in 2010. Nearly 60 percent of the 1.5 million pregnant women living with HIV in poor countries also received medications in 2011, so their babies are less likely to be infected. UNDP,30 July 2012 SOUTH AFRICA: An uneven playing field
In an ideal society, every child would have an equal shot at achieving their human potential, regardless of their race, gender, family background or where they were born. The reality in South Africa, one of the most unequal societies in the world, is that a white boy born to a two-parent household in suburban Johannesburg has a much greater chance of succeeding in life than a black girl born to a single mother in rural Kwa-Zulu Natal. IRIN News,25 July 2012 Orange Day to End Violence against Women and Girls
The UN Secretary-General's UNiTE to End Violence against Women campaign proclaims every 25th of the month as Orange Day! The first in a series of Orange Days will be launched on 25 July, and will be repeated every consecutive month leading up to the 57th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women to be held in March next year. UNiTE to End Violence against Women,25 July 2012 Telecentre Women Digital Literacy Campaign Contest
Telecentre.org Foundation (TCF) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) are hosting a contest to award ICT equipment to the telecentre that trains the most number of women to become digitally literate. This Contest is in support of the Telecentre Women: Digital Literacy Campaign (http://women.telecentre.org) under the Cooperation Agreement signed by TCF and ITU. ITU,24 July 2012
World Development Report 2012: Gender Equality and Development
Prevent, Combat, Protect: Human Trafficking
Gender dimensions of agricultural and rural employment: Differentiated pathways out of poverty
Video: Closing the Gap between Men and Women in Agriculture
