Women migrants must be better heard to make remittances more effective for development , urged a UN top official

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.

June 26, 2007

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).

Eliminating violence against women is everyone’s business

8 March, 2007

We would not let our neighbour’s house burn to the ground without calling the Fire Department. Yet how many female cries and screams would we ignore before daring to “interfere in domestic affairs”?
Too often, when a woman’s security is at risk, we turn a deaf ear, close our eyes, and remain silent. Too many people in the world still regard gender-based abuse, harassment and assault as private matters to be resolved as quietly as possible within families or couples. They are not.