1. Migration, Remittances and Development Map
(Migration and Development/Knowledge Management - Español)

... municipality of Vicente Noble to Spain. In the beginning of 2008, it finalized similar studies for Colombia, Guatemala, the Philippines, and the sending of remittances from South Africa to the six countries ...

2. UN-INSTRAW to Present at CSW 2010
(Media Centre/Instraw Press Releases - Español)

... North Africa and the Observatory for Gender Equality in Latin America and the Caribbean” Click to view the remarks of UN-INSTRAW LAC and Maghreb (ici en français) and ECLAC. Thursday, 4 March ...

3. Research and Capacity-Building:
(Instraw/About Us - Español)

... household production and including these contributions into the system of national accounts; examining women’s access to credit and water in Africa, Asia and Latin America; and evaluating women’s political ...

4. UN-INSTRAW e-Newsletter - January 2010
(Media Centre/Newsletter - Español)

...    Urgent action needed to reach goals of female political participation Organizations working in Eastern and Southern Africa warn that the backwards trend in women’s political participation in ...

5. Urgent action needed to reach goals of female political participation
(Media Centre/Global Gender News - Español)

Organizations working in Eastern and Southern Africa warn that the backwards trend in women’s political participation in the region is threatening the goals set out by governments and stress that urgent action ...

6. Mobilization of women on eve of elections in Burundi
(Media Centre/Global Gender News - Español)

Women’s organizations have drawn up a national strategy to increase participation in general elections in Burundi this May. This will be the second election since the conflict ended; the second post-conflict poll ...

7. Hopes for modernization of marriage and divorce law in Uganda
(Media Centre/Global Gender News - Español)

... of cruelty and impotence. It also gives women the right to consent to marriage, something which is often overlooked in African arranged traditional weddings. The bill prohibits widow inheritance ...

8. Woman breaks tradition in chieftaincy elections
(Media Centre/Global Gender News - Español)

The decision of whether women can stand for a chieftaincy election in Sierra Leone is being challenged in Kono, the eastern part of the country.   Elizabeth Kumba Simbiwa Sorgboh Torto has declared ...

9. “2009 a bad year for migrants”
(Media Centre/Global Gender News - Español)

... in 2009,"  includes coverage of China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Thailand, the United ...

10. UN-INSTRAW e-Newsletter - November 2009
(Media Centre/Newsletter - Español)

UN-INSTRAW Activities     Gender-based violence represents threat to human security Latin America and the Caribbean is a dangerous place for women. More than 50 percent of the women ...

11. Iceland best at closing gender gap
(Media Centre/Global Gender News - Español)

... the Nordic top four. According to the report South Africa (6th position) and Lesotho (10th) are countries that have made great strides in closing their gender gaps to enter the top 10, while the ...

12. Mujeres deberían participar más en debate sobre clima
(Media Centre/Global Gender News - English)

... africanos van en busca de agua y leña para su familia. Ellas toman las decisiones sobre los alimentos y sobre la disponibilidad de los mismos. En la medida que ocurren los cambios climáticos, se ven afectadas ...

13. Exploring migration and development in global forum
(Media Centre/Instraw Press Releases - Español)

... primarily from neighbor countries, but also from Africa, the Middle East, and beyond.   Migration, and its potential to contribute to development, is one of the most critical issues our world ...

14. Guinean soldiers use systematic sexual abuse as war tactic
(Media Centre/Global Gender News - Español)

... of rape and sexual assault. Because of the shame associated with sexual violence in this West African country, the exact number of women who were abused is not known. Many victims will not speak ...

15. Hopes for emphasis on women in post-conflict settings with new gender entity
(Media Centre/Global Gender News - Español)

... equally in the reform of the security sector in post-conflict states,” declared Ecoma Alaga, Gender and Security Sector Reform (SSR) expert of the Women Peace and Security Network Africa, to Inter Press ...

16. Common agenda for Sudanese women in upcoming elections
(Media Centre/Global Gender News - Español)

... can participate in their own government processes,” said Michael Stulman, Associate Director for Policy and Communications at Africa Action. Africa Action calls for the United States to use its ...

17. Women are new face of U.S. migration
(Media Centre/Global Gender News - Español)

... homes for their families,” states the study. The study was based on surveys of 1,002 female immigrants from Latin American, Asian, African and Arab countries during 2008. It was conducted by Bendixen ...

18. UN-INSTRAW News - E-newsletter - March 2009
(Media Centre/Newsletter - Español)

Current UN-INSTRAW Work/Activities UN-INSTRAW on the agenda at Commission on the Status of Women session Several of the UN Member States showed their appreciation for the work of UN-INSTRAW ...

19. UN-INSTRAW News - E-Newsletter - February 2009
(Media Centre/Newsletter - Español)

...  A year of “firsts” for UN-INSTRAW During the period covered by the UN-INSTRAW Annual Report 2007-2008, a series of significant achievements have been made, such as projects initiated in Africa ...

20. Liberia breaks new ground for women, peace and security
(Media Centre/Instraw Press Releases - Español)

... fourteen years of armed conflict (1989-2003), Liberia has established an effective government highly committed to human development, gender equality, and sustainable peace. The only African nation with ...

21. UN-INSTRAW - E-Newsletter - January 2009
(Media Centre/Newsletter - Español)

... Violence Research Initiative announced its first conference, the SVRI Forum 2009, which will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa from 6 to 9 July 2009. The conference aims to promote research on sexual ...

22. Migration and development from a gender perspective
(Media Centre/Instraw Press Releases - Español)

... that examine nine countries of origin with diverse global migratory flows (Guatemala-United States, Colombia-Spain, Dominican Republic-Spain, Philippines-Italy, and Southern African Development Community-South ...

23. UN calls for more collaboration to fill research gaps on gender, peace and security
(Media Centre/Instraw Press Releases - Español)

... the specific needs of communities in peace building processes. Njoki Wamai, Peace and Security Fellow at Kings College London, commented, “Investment in training more women, more Africans, more younger ...

24. UN calls for greater recognition of rural women’s role in the eradication of poverty
(Media Centre/Instraw Press Releases - Español)

... sector worldwide. In Sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia, 68% and 61% of women, respectively, work in the agricultural sector. Although some women work the land, traditionally they lack resources ...

25. Women and ICTs in the fight against corruption
(Media Centre/Instraw Press Releases - Español)

... activities. Experts from Africa (Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria), Asia (India, Pakistan), the Americas (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, ...

26. Women's Political Participation in Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco
(Maghreb/General - Español)

... participation in the political, economic, social, cultural and educational fields and reinforcing their rights and status in society.” In addition, the Organization of African Unity (OAU) and the New Partnership ...

27. Building bridges for women's empowerment in Somalia
(Media Centre/Instraw Press Releases - Español)

... on women in Somalia; how to encourage women’s participation in the peace-building process; and the role of the Diaspora in this respect. Press Monitoring Relief Web allAfrica UN News ...

28. Donors & Partners
(Migration and Development/General - English)

... developed a close working relationship with UNFPA, which has financed three case studies on the gender dimensions of migration and remittances in Dominican Republic (2005), Guatemala (2007) and Southern Africa ...

29. Remittances Reception by Women in Numbers
(Migration and Development/Knowledge Management - Español)

... Crush Jonatham y col., Migration, Remittances and Development in Southern Africa, Migration policy Series N.44, 2006 Morocco (1) Cálculo propio a partir de datos de: Hein de Haas, Morocco’s ...

30. Women Migrants Laboral Insertion in Numbers
(Migration and Development/Knowledge Management - Español)

...  Unskilled worker (20.5%) Office worker (16.8%) Lesotho South Africa (1) South Africa 16% (2) Domestic work (44%) Informal economy (14%)  ...

31. Feminization of Migration in Numbers
(Migration and Development/Knowledge Management - Español)

...  (2) South Africa 16% Morocco 33,241,259 (1) 2,200,000 (1) 7.5% End of 90's  ...

32. Southern Africa: Women Are Changing The Face Of Migration
(Media Centre/Instraw in the News - Español)

All Africa Gender, Remittances and Development: Preliminary Findings from Selected SADC Countries, published by UN-INSTRAW and the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA), with support ...

33. In Southern Africa, women are changing the face of migration
(Media Centre/Instraw Press Releases - Español)

Gender, Remittances and Development: Preliminary Findings from Selected SADC Countries, published by UN-INSTRAW and the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA), with support from the United ...

34. Remittances in SADC
(Migration and Development/Migration map - Español)

General information The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is composed of 14 countries: Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, ...

35. Migration from SADC to South Africa
(Gender and Remittances (DR)/General - Español)

Beginning and evolution of SADC migration to South Africa While in Africa most migration over the last 150 years has been from rural to urban areas, cross-border migration has also been significant. ...

36. E-Newsletter - December 2007 -January 2008
(Media Centre/Newsletter - Español)

... past few years in the enforcement of Islamic rules when dealing with female criminals. Read more US$13 Million Grant Boosts African Women Scientists in Agriculture The African Women in Agricultural ...

37. UN-INSTRAW - E-Newsletter - April 2008
(Media Centre/Newsletter - Español)

Current UN-INSTRAW work/activities In Southern Africa Women are Changing the Face of Migration Gender, Remittances and Development: Preliminary Findings from Selected SADC Countries, published ...

38. Women act for sustainable peace and gender equality in Africa
(Media Centre/Instraw Press Releases - Español)

UN-INSTRAW launched two new projects in Africa that aim to support the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSCR), by calling for the full and equal participation of women in all peace ...

39. Events remittances
(Migration and Development/Knowledge Management - Español)

  Date: 13.10.2009 Event: "1er Seminario Internacional Migración en los Albores del Siglo XXI", Mexico DF, Mexico Description:   Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4  ...

40. Migration from Lesotho to South Africa
(Gender and Remittances (DR)/General - Español)

Beginning and evolution of Lesotho immigration to South Africa The migration from Lesotho to farms in the Free State Province of South Africa dates back to the beginning of the 19th century ...

41. Moroccan Migration to Spain
(Migration and Development/Migration map - Español)

... des Migrations Internationales, Volume 15, Numéro 2, p.9-36. 4. Hein de Haas, Morocco : From Emigration Country to Africa’s Migration Passage to Europe, in Migration Information Source, ...

42. Senegalese Migration to France
(Migration and Development/Migration map - Español)

... by the socio-cultural changes that characterized modern African society and due to the fact that women’s level of education increases although the access to schooling continues to be unfavourable. ...

43. Remittances in Senegal
(Migration and Development/Migration map - Español)

... 13,8% of Senegalese emigrants travel to a country of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), mainly the Ivory Coast (6,6%) and 30,1% to other African countries. Forty-six percent emigrates ...

44. Remittances in Lesotho
(Migration and Development/Migration map - Español)

General information Lesotho covers a surface area of 30,355 km2 and is entirely surrounded by South Africa. It has a population of 2,031,348 people of which 28 % lives in urban areas, while ...

45. Remittances in Philippines
(Migration and Development/Migration map - Español)

... others) and 80 % go to Oceania (Australia and others to New Zealand) migrating permanently, only 38 % travel to Africa, 17 % to Europe and 9 % to the Middle East. Rural development in the Philippines ...

46. Academic Institutions
(Instraw/Partnerships - Español)

...  South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) University of Witwatersrand  ...

47. Activities Archive
(Instraw/About Us - Español)

... in Dominican Republic, Romania and South Africa. The findings of the studies were presented in an expert group meeting held in Romania 2-3 September 1999. The publication entitled Engendering the Political ...

48. Introduction
(Constructing Gender Sensitive Dev/Project Page - Español)

... the Philippines, and the sending of remittances from South Africa to the six countries in Southern Africa (Lesotho, Malawi, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, and Mozambique). Other case studies were developed ...

49. Project Description
(Constructing Gender Sensitive Dev/General - Español)

... Senegal-France, Morocco-Spain, Lesotho-South Africa. Objectives The Project’s overall objective is to enhance gender-responsive local development by identifying and promoting options in the ...

50. Introduction
(Gender Dimensions of Remittances SADC/Project Page - Español)

This Study is the result of collaboration between UN-INSTRAW and the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA). Though there is no scarcity of research on migration in SADC, existing ...