People’s Communications for Development is a three-year study conducted by Isis International-Manila in collaboration with four partner organizations in India, in Thailand, in the Fiji Islands and in Papua New Guinea. In coordination with organisations involved with grassroots women across these five countries, the study analyses extensive interviews and focus group discussions in order to examine the relationship between communication tools and empowerment within the lives of grassroots more...
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The Women's League of Burma (WLB) is an umbrella organization comprising 12 already-existing women's organizations of different ethnic backgrounds from Burma. WLB was founded on December 9,1999. Its mission is to work for women's empowerment and advancement of the status of women, and to work for the increased participation of women in all spheres of society in the democracy movement, and in peace and national reconciliation processes through capacity building, advocacy, research and documentati more...
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The International Women's Tribune Centre (IWTC) is an international non-governmental organization established in l976 following the United Nations International Women's Year World Conference in Mexico City. With a commitment to empowering people and building communities, IWTC provides communication, information, education, and organizing support services to women's organizations and community groups working to improve the lives of women, particularly low-income women, in Africa, Asia and the Pac more...
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Women Talk Peace, produced by The International Women's Tribune Centre (IWTC), is a series of radio productions that aim to raise awareness about the varied aspects of the United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325, which specifically addresses the impact of war on women and women's contributions to conflict resolution and sustainable peace. The Resolution mandates that all UN member states ensure that women are active participants at all levels of decision making on peace and secur more...
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Report of the Expert Group Meeting organized by
The Division for the Advancement of Women, hosted by the Government of Norway in Oslo, Norway 4-7 September 2007. The Expert Group Meeting explored the mechanisms of financing for gender equality and the empowerment of women, in particular in relation to follow-up to the Monterrey Consensus on financing for development, including macroeconomic policies; public finance, including gender-responsive
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From Beijing to Doha: Tracking the Gender Dimension of Financing for Development and Gender Equality
An annotated guide to those UN conferences and the associated outcome documents and follow-up meetings that make specific reference to the need
for increased financing for gender equality and/or to support a strong gender dimension in financing for development, 1995-2008.
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This collection of official documents and analysis on financing for gender equality as well as practical materials related to fundraising was originally produced as a CD-ROM and distributed during the 52nd session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. The theme of the commission was Financing for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women.
In light of upcoming conferences such as the Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implement more...
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