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31 October, 2007
From 8 to 31 October 2007, UN-INSTRAW hosted the Virtual Forum “Women and the Debating Community” within the framework of its project “Strengthening Governance with a Gender Perspective and the Political Participation of Women at the Local Level,” which is financed by the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI). The project aims to analyze governance processes, the obstacles encountered by women exercising political power and the strategies used to overcome them.
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29 October, 2007
UN-INSTRAW extends its congratulations to Argentina’s first elected female head of state, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. On Sunday October 28th, Fernández won the election with nearly 45% of the vote, outpacing her chief rivals Elisa Carrió of the Civic Coalition (who secured 23% of the vote) and Roberto Lavagna, former Economy Minister (17%). Eleven other candidates split the remaining 15%. The first lady will take over the leadership of Argentina on December 10th. |
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11 October, 2007
UN-INSTRAW extends its congratulations to Ms Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, in recognition of her achievements in the field and her commitment to illustrating women’s condition and participation in contemporary society.
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23 September, 2007
The preliminary research study from the UN-INSTRAW project on “The Gender Dimensions of Remittances: Their Flow, Uses and Development Impacts,” financed by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) was discussed in a meeting on 23 September 2007 in Rome, Italy.
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