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1. Progress in Reproductive Health Research Newsletter, Issue 72, 2006
2. Gender and ICT Awards 2005; Mobile Help-Line for Women in Bangladesh tops
Gender and ICT Awards 2005
3. Call to participate in EASSI Internship Program for Young Women 2007
4. The Role of Local and Regional Representatives in the Fight Against
Domestic Violence
5. Les Pénélopes
6. Islamic Development Bank
7. UNIFEM
8. Advocating for Women's Participation in Afghanistan's Supreme Court
9. UNIFEM Launches Joint Programme to Prevent Gender-Based Violence and
HIV/AIDS in the Great Lakes Region
10. Turning the Tide: The Next Wave of Action for Gender Equality and
Women?s Empowerment
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1. Progress in Reproductive Health Research Newsletter, Issue 72, 2006
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1078239
This issue of Progress reviews current information, based on recent survey
data, about the extent of female genital mutilation (FGM) and explores some
of the factors that account for its persistence, despite growing awareness
of its dangers to health...
Contributed by Maribeth Lovegrove on 20 Oct , 2006

2. Gender and ICT Awards 2005; Mobile Help-Line for Women in Bangladesh tops
Gender and ICT Awards 2005
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1078478
Pallitathya Help-line, an innovative Mobile Help-Line program of D.Net
(www.dnet-bangladesh.org) via cell phones among under-priviledged women in
rural Bangladesh bested thirty other entries from all over Asia Pacific to
win 2005's Gender and...
Contributed by Mahmud Hasan on 23 Oct , 2006

3. Call to participate in EASSI Internship Program for Young Women 2007
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1078483
The Eastern African Sub-regional Support Initiative for the Advancement of
women (EASSI) was formed in 1996 as a post-Beijing support mechanism for
Eastern Africa covering the countries of Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya,
Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania...
Contributed by Mahmud Hasan on 23 Oct , 2006

4. The Role of Local and Regional Representatives in the Fight Against
Domestic Violence
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1078619
The Congress has just launched a website given over to the Council of Europe
campaign ''Stop domestic violence against women'' The site contains
information on the campaign and will serve as a discussion forum for local
and regional elected...
Contributed by Giulia D'Amico on 24 Oct , 2006

5. Les Pénélopes
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1078730
The goal of les Pénélopes is to promote, edit and diffuse information using
all types of media, from the point of view of women and to favor all
activity ensuring the exchange, the handling, the updating, the
centralization, and the diffusion of this...
Contributed by Olivia Barata Cavalcanti on 24 Oct , 2006

6. Islamic Development Bank
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1078561
The purpose of the Bank is to foster the economic development and social
progress of member countries and Muslim communities individually as well as
jointly in accordance with the principles of Shari'ah i.e., Islamic Law.
Contributed by Brian Wilcox on 23 Oct , 2006

7. UNIFEM
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1078764
UNIFEM is the women's fund at the United Nations. It provides financial and
technical assistance to innovative programmes and strategies to foster
women's empowerment and gender equality. Placing the advancement of women's
human rights at the centre...
Contributed by Anuradha Bhattacharjee on 24 Oct , 2006

8. Advocating for Women's Participation in Afghanistan's Supreme Court
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1078770
Although women judges can be found in Afghanistan's lower courts system, and
both the Family and Juvenile Court are headed by women, female
representation in the country's justice sector as a whole remains limited
and confined to lower levels. The...
Contributed by Anuradha Bhattacharjee on 24 Oct , 2006

9. UNIFEM Launches Joint Programme to Prevent Gender-Based Violence and
HIV/AIDS in the Great Lakes Region
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1078781
Date: 17 October 2006, Bujumbura ? UNIFEM and the Government of Burundi have
launched a Joint Programme on Preventing Gender-Based Violence and HIV/AIDS
at a workshop that was held in Bujumbura on 2-3 October 2006, with support
from the Norwegian...
Contributed by Anuradha Bhattacharjee on 24 Oct , 2006

10. Turning the Tide: The Next Wave of Action for Gender Equality and
Women?s Empowerment
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1078788
Excerpt from Speech by Noeleen Heyzer, Executive Director, UNIFEM on 9th
October 2006 at the 61st Session of the UN General Assembly, Third
Committee. Agenda item 60(a): Advancement of Women. "As the report before
you (A/61/292) illustrates, the...
Contributed by Anuradha Bhattacharjee on 24 Oct , 2006

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Received on Mon Oct 30 14:31:55 2006