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An informal government inquiry has found the India representative of UNICEF prima facie guilty of sexual harassment of a female colleague.
Women and Child Development Minister Renuka Chowdhury, whose ministry conducted the probe against Cecilio Adorna, has requested External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukerjee to withdraw diplomatic immunity against law given to the UN official.
Complainant Rema (name changed) worked in the Delhi office of UNICEF till December 31, 2006 -- till two months aft more...
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Approximately 60 percent of China's population, 800 million people, live in rural areas. In these villages today, between 80 to 90 percent of youth drop out during or right after middle school with few life-relevant skills and a sense of apathy or disdain towards their communities. This is due to a combination of factors, such as the irrelevance of traditional curriculum to daily rural life, discouraging teaching methods, financial obstacles, and a severe shortage of quality teachers. The R more...
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By participating in modules on human rights and responsibilities, democracy, and health, Tostan participants learn about the universal human right to free consent to marriage. They also learn about the negative health consequences related to giving birth at a young age. As a result of this newly acquired knowledge, Tostan participants have begun to end the traditional practice of child marriage and forced marriage in their communities. To date, over 2,460 communities in West Africa have collecti more...
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In 1997, a group of women from the Senegalese village of Malicounda Bambara stood before 20 journalists and declared their decision to end the practice of Female Genital Cutting (FGC), a centuries-old tradition in their village. The women had participated in Tostan's basic education program, and the knowledge they had gained in classes on human rights and health led them to make this momentous decision. Since 1997, 2,336 villages in Senegal, 298 in Guinea, and 23 in Burkina Faso, as well as vill more...
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The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights announced on 4 April that it is seeking nominations for the 2008 United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights. The Prize, established by the General Assembly in 1966 and first awarded on 10 December 1968, is awarded to individuals or organizations once every five years for “outstanding achievements in the field of human rights”.
The Prize was first given out on the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of more...
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Women, Ink, a program of the International Women’s Tribune Centre (WTC) that distributes resources to raise awareness on women, gender and development, announces its resource pack entitled “HIV/AIDS and Women: Resources to Support Policy and Advocacy.” This free resource pack, comprising some 50 action-oriented tools as well as analyses, reports and case studies, addresses the increasing vulnerability of women and girls to the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the critical need to promote a gender-bas more...
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Despite recent advancements in the women’s movement in many Arab countries, flagrant discrimination and violence continue to be perpetrated against women in both the public and private spheres throughout the region.
In June 2006 human and women's rights organisations from throughout the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region came to together in Rabat, Morocco to launch the “Rabat Appeal for the Regional Campaign Equality without Reservation.” The campaign calls for the ratification o more...
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