28 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. |
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27 November 2007
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.
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19 October 2007
UN-INSTRAW urged a social-oriented commitment of the financial institutions to make remittances more profitable
At the International Forum on Remittances 2007 in Washington D.C., the Director of UN-INSTRAW, Carmen Moreno, called on representatives of financial institutions to develop socially-oriented services in order to strengthen the impact of remittances in developing countries.
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12 October 2007
Utilization and benefits of remittances for Guatemalan women – Results of a survey carried out by IOM and UN-INSTRAW
.jpg) The 2007 Survey on Remittances from a Gender Perspective, published by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (UN-INSTRAW), shows the impact of migratory experiences in the case of Guatemalan migrants and recipients of remittances, through 3,000 household interviews. |
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12 October 2007
Can quota mechanisms increase the number of women in decision making?
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During the Forum on Gender Equality and Political Participation in the Americas, held in Atlanta (U.S.A.), Ms. Carmen Moreno, Director of the United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (UN-INSTRAW) emphasized: “We need to increase the number of women in decision-making posts in order to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, consolidate democracy and advance in the fight against poverty.”
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12 October 2007
Women migrants must be better heard to make remittances more effective for development , urged a UN top official
.jpg) At the Global Forum on International Migration and Development (GFMD) in Brussels, Belgium, the Director of United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (UN-INSTRAW) Carmen Moreno called on representatives from private sector, trade unions, academia and governments to optimize the benefits of remittances for development by listening more carefully to migrant women. |
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12 October 2007
Involving male facilitators makes gender training for military, police and peacekeepers more effective, say experts in UN-sponsored discussion
 Increasing the number of qualified male trainers in gender training for security personnel is one of the key conclusions of an online expert-group discussion hosted by United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (UN-INSTRAW), the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).
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