|
27 November, 2007
Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) launched the Global Campaign to ‘Stop Stoning and Killing Women!’ on 26 November 2007 at Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey. The Campaign objective is to end the “misuse of religion and culture as justification to kill women as punishment for violating the ‘norms’ of sexual behaviour as defined and imposed by vested interests”.
|
|
|
04 December, 2007
The United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, in its capacity as Task Manager of WomenWatch, with support from the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, is organizing the Online Discussion “Women in Leadership Roles” from 19 November to 15 December 2007. |
|
|
25 November, 2007
On the occasion of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (25 November), the United Nations published a press release stating that although in recent years several legal and practical instruments have been formulated to make known the scale of violence against women, significant gaps in protection remain a cause for grave concern. Frequently, cultural and religious beliefs impede the application of measures aimed at protecting women from violence.
|
|
21 November, 2007
In his Statement for November 25th, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the launch of a multi-year campaign for the elimination of violence against women. The campaign, which would run through 2015, aims to focus on three key areas: global advocacy; United Nations leadership by example; and strengthened partnerships at the national and regional levels.
Read More... |
 |
|
|
|
|
<< Start < Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next > End >>
|
| Results 25 - 30 of 34 |
