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19/06/2013
NEW online discussion on Wikichild: How should child well-being be measured in view of future development frameworks? Participate from 19 June until 2 July! Post your comment here and help us spread the news on Twitter using #childwellbeing
11/06/2013 See our May gender media review - and more gender news updated daily here!
30/05/2013 The May newsletter Wikigender Connect is out! Read our latest news.
28/05/2013 Follow @Wikigender at the OECD Forum! We will be live-tweeting on 29 May for the session on "Women of Influence" from 9-10.30am (GMT+1 - Paris time)
21/05/2013 The latest report in the "Girls Count" series of the Population Council was recently released: "Girls on the Move: Adolescent Girls and Migration in the Developing World" finds that rural-to-urban migration can be a positive experience for adolescent girls, provided that necessary social nets and resources are in place. Read more in the Community Portal.
21/05/2013 Participate in an online discussion on "Legal pluralism in Madagascar: can customary and statutory law be reconciled to promote women’s land rights?" - organised by the FAO from 3-14 June. Read more.
17/05/2013 Two weeks left to participate in the online discussion on Political Financing for Women organised by iKnow Politics!
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11/06/2013 See our May gender media review - and more gender news updated daily here!
30/05/2013 The May newsletter Wikigender Connect is out! Read our latest news.
28/05/2013 Follow @Wikigender at the OECD Forum! We will be live-tweeting on 29 May for the session on "Women of Influence" from 9-10.30am (GMT+1 - Paris time)
21/05/2013 The latest report in the "Girls Count" series of the Population Council was recently released: "Girls on the Move: Adolescent Girls and Migration in the Developing World" finds that rural-to-urban migration can be a positive experience for adolescent girls, provided that necessary social nets and resources are in place. Read more in the Community Portal.
21/05/2013 Participate in an online discussion on "Legal pluralism in Madagascar: can customary and statutory law be reconciled to promote women’s land rights?" - organised by the FAO from 3-14 June. Read more.
17/05/2013 Two weeks left to participate in the online discussion on Political Financing for Women organised by iKnow Politics!
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Special Focus: Women and elections
Women have a critical role to play in elections to have their voice heard, both as voters and as elected representatives. Still, while more and more women vote, fewer are elected officials. This Special Focus looks at the role of women in elections, drawing on articles from various situations around the world; for example, the recent general election in Pakistan, where women voted in record numbers in many parts of the country despite restrictions imposed through family tradition, political party orders, and the threat of Taliban violence; or the case of Indonesia, where female candidates running for next year’s legislative election are now rushing to learn campaign strategies. And many more...
Gender in the Media
- Women big part of UAE culture (Khaleej Times 19.06.2013)
- Online porn: animals have more rights than women, campaigners say (The Telegraph 18.06.2013)
- Women Owned Businesses: Thriving, But Hampered (The Wall Street Journal 17.06.2013)
- US military to open elite combat roles to women by mid-2015 (The Guardian 17.06.2013)
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