Instraw in the Press
Providing Gender-Responsive Aid in Haiti PDF Print E-mail
In Haiti, in addition to the urgent need for what we traditionally consider the pillars of immediate aid – food, water, shelter, medical care – there are needs that are specific to women.
 
The UN year in review PDF Print E-mail
Member states have taken a major step towards addressing the fragmentation of the UN work on women's issues, when the General Assembly voted to approve a new gender architecture.
 
Women's Political Participation in North Africa Enhanced Under UN-Backed Project PDF Print E-mail
AllAfrica.com, 22 December 2009
Women's political participation in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia is to be enhanced under a new United Nations-backed project launched today for an innovative website to provide them access to information, the exchange of experiences, ideas and good practices.
 
Algerian quotas for female political candidates spark debate PDF Print E-mail
Magharebia, 22 December 2009
The idea of using mandatory quotas as a means to boost women’s political participation in Algeria has sparked a debate in the region's political and legal circles.
 
Journées de sensibilisation ciblant les professionnels des médias PDF Print E-mail
Le Maghreb, 22 December 2009
Une session de formation et de sensibilisation qui vise à améliorer la participation des femmes à la vie politique, a regroupé, depuis le dimanche passé, les élus des deux sexes et les professionnels des médias, car il s'est avéré dernièrement dans un rapport que le rôle des médias dans la promotion de cette participation est stratégique.
 
Pinays in Italy are heroes in the Philippines PDF Print E-mail
Newsbreak, 24 November 2009
Italians may define “Filippina” as “cleaning woman,” but back home Filipino domestic workers in Italy are rural heroes—and martyrs.
 
El maltrato psicológico es la principal agresión PDF Print E-mail
El Informador, 25 November 2009
Según datos de la ONU, hasta 70% de las mujeres en el mundo ha sufrido alguna vez algún maltrato por parte de los hombres.
 
Piden castigos más severos a agresores de mujeres en República Dominicana PDF Print E-mail
Cenrto Tampa, 25 noviembre 2009
Alrededor de 200 dominicanas manifestaron el 25 de noviembres para exigir castigos más severos a agresores de mujeres.
 
Videos to end violence against women around the globe PDF Print E-mail
Global Voices, 25 November 2009
November 25th is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, and through videos, many people and organizations around the world are expressing their need to end the violence as well as the efforts they are undertaking to ensure that women have a safer world to live in.
 
Más del 50 % de las mujeres latinoamericanas fue víctima de violencia PDF Print E-mail
La Voz, 25 November, 2009
El informe de la ONU destaca que la región es peligrosa para las mujeres. En Bolivia, el 52,3 % de las mujeres de entre 15 y 49 años sufrieron violencia física por parte de su pareja.
 
Gender-based violence represents threat to human security PDF Print E-mail
Reliefweb, 23 November 2009
Latin America and the Caribbean is a dangerous place for women. More than 50 percent of the women on the continent have been victims of some form of violence. In commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, UN-INSTRAW is launching a media kit on violence against women and human security in the region as well as a new study about gender and security sector reform in the Dominican Republic.
 
No a la violencia contra la mujer PDF Print E-mail
Hoy, 25 November, 2009
Los índices de violencia contra la mujer son preocupantes en América Latina y el Caribe. INSTRAW sostiene que más de un 50 por ciento de las mujeres de esta región han sufrido agresiones. En nuestro país, según esos índices, entre los años 2000 y 2008 fueron asesinadas 1,453 mujeres.
 
La seguridad para las mujeres debe ser fortalecida PDF Print E-mail
BBC Mundo, 25 Noviembre, 2009
El UN-INSTRAW, cuya sede está en República Dominicana, aseguró en un informe que más del 50% de las mujeres y niñas en América Latina y el Caribe ha sufrido agresiones de alguna índole.
 
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