22 November, 2007

UN-INSTRAW, Progressio, Volens, the Dominican National Council for State Reform (CONARE), the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI) and the Friederich Ebert Stiftung (FES), organized a two-day Seminar on Gender Equality and Local Development, November 21st to 22nd 2007 in Santo Domingo, D.R.

With the aim of contributing to the eradication of violence against women, the United Nations General Assembly designated November 25th as the annual lnternational Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. This day also marks the beginning of the "16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence" campaign coordinated by the Centre for Women’s Global Leadership, which runs until lnternational Human Rights Day on December 1st.

A new research study highlights the importance of analyzing migration and remittances from a gender perspective

6 September, 2006

The United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (UN-INSTRAW) released today the case study “Gender, remittances and development: The case of women migrants from Vicente Noble, Dominican Republic”. The report uncovers that the money earned and sent by Dominican women migrant workers has empowered them as decision-makers; however, traditional gender roles persist at home.