UN-INSTRAW will participate in a project with the National Council for
Competitivity (CNC) to be implemented by the Dominican Republic and the
World Bank aiming to create a model for the certification of Dominican
enterprises on gender equity.
The management and staff of UN-INSTRAW would like to express their
heartfelt condolences to the victims of the terrible earthquake in
Haiti and to their families.
The Council of Ministers for Women of Central America will hold a meeting with agencies and international entities with the objective to align and harmonize international cooperation on gender issues for the region’s Central American Integration System (SICA).
UN-INSTRAW trained a group of eight young women and men to facilitate
the debate at the Gender Film Festival organized by the Gender Interagency
Group of the UN System in the Dominican Republic in coordination with
the First Lady (DEPRIDAM) and the State Secretary for Women (SEM). The
festival was held in commemoration of the International day for
Elimination of Violence Against Women.
Media professionals in Algeria participated in a training session on
the issue of women’s political participation, introducing a gender
approach in the media to promote a more equal media treatment of women
politicians.
"To participate is to decide. Let’s engage in political life for more
equality.” This was one of the slogans presented by students for a
large scale awareness campaign in the Maghreb area, as part of the
UN-INSTRAW and CAWTAR project "Strengthening women's leadership and
participation of women in politics and decision-making process in
Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia."
Local female politicians from over ten Latin American countries
gathered in Quito, Ecuador, on 14-15 December to consolidate their
networks and to create a space for the regional articulation of the
rights and obligations of local women authorities in Latin America.
“It is important to build bridges, not only to connect different
government ministries or women’s organizations but also across all the
sectors and areas of responsibility to connect different stakeholders
in different countries to reach our goal for the full implementation of
the Resolutions on women peace and security.”
In order to promote women’s representation in the media, in the field of journalism, as reporters, presenters and editors, work must be carried out to implement training activities, formulate laws and increase pressure from the civil society. These were some of the resolutions of the II Seminar on the responsibility of the media in the elimination of violence against women and girls.
The Global Forum for Migration and Development, taking place in Athens,
Greece, this week, is focused on the integration of migration policies
into development to find strategies that benefit all.
