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United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)

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Name: United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) (CEDAW)

First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

PNG women target government in fresh CEDAW push

The organisers of last week’s Haus Krai or House of Mourning in Papua New Guinea say they will be pushing the government to fulfil the commitments made in the Convention for the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, or CEDAW.The Haus Krai was an ... [Published Pacific Islands News Association - 2 hours ago]

Entities: United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of..., Peter O'Neill, Papua New Guinea, Murderer

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Too few women in cabinet: NGOs

) : Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have decried the marginal presence of women in the newly appointed cabinet, saying it falls far from the government's target of at least 30% of female representation in decision-making positions.The Joint Action ... [Published The Sun Daily - May 19 2013]

Entities: Domestic Violence Act, United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of..., Family Law

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Human Rights Watch

OP-ED: Put a Spotlight on African Women’s Reproductive Rights

A mother and her child from West Point, a low-income neighbourhood of Monrovia, Liberia. The 10-worst countries to be a mother in are all in sub-Saharan Africa. Credit: Travis Lupick/IPSVictoria J. married in 2009 at age 14, and became pregnant shortly ... [Published Inter Press Service - May 19 2013]

Entities: Mortality, Human Rights Watch, PLAN International, Fistula, United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of...

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Sabah, Sarawak concerns

"IT'S not surprising that only a few women were chosen to stand in the 13th General Election (GE13), as the perception that men make better leaders or that they are entitled to lead is still common in our society, particularly in rural areas."In Sabah, ... [Published New Straits Times - May 19 2013]

Entities: Malaysia, United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of..., Abdul Karim, Transportation, Leadership

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

United Nations

Frida’s sisters ensure UN will examine disabled women’s issues

The particular barriers faced by disabled women have been included for the first time in a crucial report to the United Nations, thanks to the campaigning work of a disabled women’s co-operative.The UK CEDAW Shadow Report – produced by a coalition of ... [Published Disability News Service - May 18 2013]

Entities: United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of..., United Nations, United Kingdom, UK Government

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Too few women in Cabinet

THE Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG) congratulates the seven women appointed as ministers and deputy ministers in Prime Minister Datuk Sri Najib Tun Razaks newly formed Cabinet.The marginal presence of women however, is extremely disappoi ... [Published thestar.com.my - May 18 2013]

Entities: Action, Appointed, Sisters In Islam, Domestic Violence Act

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Najib fails to meet 30% women in cabinet pledge, says JAG

Reset PETALING JAYA (May 17): Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak will have a tough time convincing public and private sectors to meet the minimum 30% target of women in decision making positions as he himself has not walked the talk, the Joint Action ... [Published Malaysia Edge - May 17 2013]

Entities: Domestic Violence Act, Marital Rape, United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of..., Rape, Family Law

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Drug elites favoured

Brian McConnell, president of Families and Friends of Drug Law Reform, (Letters, May 15) asked whether ACT politicians were serious about alternatives to jail. My answer would be no. They refuse to include naltrexone implants even though naltrexone has ... [Published Canberra Times - May 16 2013]

Entities: Tony Abbott, Canberra, Australia, Drugs, Julia Gillard

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Our children needs protection

AN alleged rapist: a 40-year-old restaurant manager, the victim; a 13-year-old girl. According to The Star and the Sabah Daily Express on May 8, the man had applied for the withdrawal of the rape charge before the Sessions Court in Kota Kinabalu as he ... [Published Malay Mail - May 16 2013]

Entities: United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of..., Malaysia, Rape, Statutory Rape, Kota Kinabalu

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

15.05 - Professor Shaheen Ali in 100 most influential Pakistani women - WARWICK

Professor Shaheen Sardar Ali , Professor of Law at the University of Warwick and Vice-Chair of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, has been included in a list of the 100 most influential Pakistani women in 2012 . The Women Power 100 ... [Published MyScience - May 15 2013]

Entities: United Nations, Pakistan, University of Warwick

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 3 reports

3-day workshop on HR, gender equity concludes

Islamabad: Three-day training workshop on promoting Human Rights and Gender Equality in society concluded here Tuesday inculcating analytical skills for evaluating programs related to gender equality.The workshop, organised by Women’s Organization for ... [Published The News International - May 15 2013]

Entities: Human Rights, Equality, United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of..., Elections, Democracy

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Govt negotiating with UAE

Job Switch for BangladeshisSays Khandker MosharrafThe government is negotiating with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to allow Bangladeshi workers the opportunity to change their employers and jobs during their stay, said Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas ... [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - May 14 2013]

Entities: United Arab Emirates, Workers, Zafar Ahmed (Ministry of Defence), Mosharraf Hossain, Bangladesh

Quotes

"The rising of the women means the rising of us all"

The foundation of human security in every society [Published open Democracy News Analysis - - 20 mins ago]

The presence of women in the cabinet is invaluable, the group stressed, saying: "Having more women in cabinet will help ensure the issues important to women are not sidelined."

Too few women in cabinet: NGOs [Published The Sun Daily - May 19 2013]

"I sincerely hope in the GE14, more women will be fielded as candidates. Now is the time to start training and supporting women who aspire to go into party politics."

Sabah, Sarawak concerns [Published New Straits Times - May 19 2013]

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The foundation of human security in every society [Published Open Democracy - 7 mins ago]
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PNG women target government in fresh CEDAW push [Published Pacific Islands News Association - 2 hours ago]
UNAMA Call on Authorities to Ensure Full Implem... [Published Daily Outlook - 4 hours ago]
To claim their rights, US domestic workers must... [Published TrustLaw - 7 hours ago]
Afghanistan: UNAMA and UN WOMEN call on Afghan ... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - 17 hours ago]
Too few women in cabinet: NGOs [Published The Sun Daily - May 19 2013]
OP-ED: Put a Spotlight on African Women’s Repro... [Published Inter Press Service - May 19 2013]
Sabah, Sarawak concerns [Published New Straits Times - May 19 2013]
Frida’s sisters ensure UN will examine disabled... [Published Disability News Service - May 18 2013]
Too few women in Cabinet [Published thestar.com.my - May 18 2013]
Women of Evin: Ward 209 [Published Freedom House - May 17 2013]
Najib fails to meet 30% women in cabinet pledge... [Published Malaysia Edge - May 17 2013]
First national LGBT census launched in Singapore [Published Fridae - May 17 2013]
Drug elites favoured [Published Canberra Times - May 16 2013]
Swaziland: Wither absolute monarchism? [Published Pambazuka News - May 16 2013]
Abortion is murder - Gozo Bishop [Published MaltaToday - May 16 2013]
Our children needs protection [Published Malay Mail - May 16 2013]
15.05 - Professor Shaheen Ali in 100 most influ... [Published MyScience - May 15 2013]
Women make good leaders: Makone [Published The Zimbabwean - May 15 2013]
3-day workshop on HR, gender equity concludes [Published The News International - May 15 2013]
Workshop on HR, gender equality concludes [Published Daily Times - May 15 2013]
CIVIC EDUCATION TRAINS COUNCILLORS [Published Foroyaa Online - May 14 2013]
Govt negotiating with UAE [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - May 14 2013]
Andrew Nathan: Three Salient Cultural Disagreem... [Published Huffington Post - May 14 2013]
Gender and the Post-2015 Framework [guest blog] [Published Individual.com - May 14 2013]
Three-day workshop on human rights, gender equa... [Published Pakistan Today - May 14 2013]
Full Text: Progress in China's Human Rights in ... [Published Individual.com - May 14 2013]
SL Politics and Her Story [Published Daily Mirror Sri Lanka - May 13 2013]
Coalition cuts ‘setting back equality gains’ [Published HRreview - May 13 2013]

Blogs

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Nestle and the human right to water [part 1] [Published Larvatus Prodeo - Apr 26 2013] There is a video doing the rounds at the moment of Nestle Chairman Peter Brabeck-Letmathe declaring that water isn’t a human right and arguing that the best way to ensure fair distribution is through privatisation and assigning a market value to water. ...
The Afghan Local Police and the U.S. exit strat... [Published Foreign Policy BlogsForeign Policy Blogs \| The ... - Apr 05 2013] (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File) by Jennifer Norris Americans who left the theatre watching “Zero Dark Thirty” thinking that the dark stain of torture is in our past, should be cautioned by our exit strategy in Afghanistan. As a 2014 deadline for ...
Travails of the Women in the Vanni [Published groundviews - Mar 14 2013] Photo courtesy Amantha Perera / Perambara (Following is a copy of a presentation made by the author at a side event at the UNHRC in Geneva on 11th March, 2013 organised by the Co-operative Society of Netherlands in collaboration with the International ...
Ulster County Rises on V-Day to End Violence Ag... [Published 3BL Media blogs - Mar 11 2013] By John Bath <p style="">Women and men gathered at thousands of events in more than 200 countries to spend part of their Valentine’s Day joining a global phenomenon known as <a href="http://onebillionrising.org/" style="">One Billion Rising to ...
HRW Report Details Persisting Horrors of Child ... [Published Impunity Watch - Mar 08 2013] By Ryan Aliman Impunity Watch Reporter, Africa JUBA, South Sudan – On Tuesday, Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report urging the South Sudanese government to increase efforts to protect girls from child marriage. Sixteen-year old Akuot was ...