On Tuesday, September 3, 2008, Members of the European Parliament (MEP) voted overwhelmingly in support of a report about the effects of marketing on gender equality and gender stereotyping. The report, drafted by Swedish MEP Eva Britt-Svensson and prepared by the EU Women’s Rights Commission, was approved with 504 votes in favor, 110 against and 22 abstentions.
During a three-day meeting from September 3-6 in Accra, Ghana, the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and the European Commission (EC) emphasized the need for donors and governments to address the issue of gender inequality in order to achieve goals of poverty reduction.
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On August 6th, Patricia O’Brien of Ireland was appointed Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and Legal Counsel by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon. She is the first woman to hold the position of UN Legal Chief, and is replacing Nicolas Michel of Switzerland.
The United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC), South Asia, and the Gender Training Institute (GTI) of the Centre for Social Research (CSR), New Delhi have released a training manual for police officers dealing with cases of human trafficking in India.
Experts in Nigeria are campaigning for the inclusion of a gender perspective in all policy-making areas in Nigeria. Trade Network Initiative (TNI) organized the National Workshop on Gender, Trade and Poverty, which concluded that Nigerian development policies disregarded issues relating to gender equality.
