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19 November 2014 | Women

New global initiative to close gender gap in science and technology

To kick off its new Technology Initiative, Global Fund for Women today launched IGNITE: Women Fueling Science and Technology, an online campaign and multimedia project which explores the roles of science and technology in advancing women’s human…
10 November 2014 | Indigenous Peoples, Women

ECLAC Calls for an End to Inequalities that Contribute to Violence Against Women

Violence against women cannot be analyzed or confronted in isolation; it must be linked to the factors of economic, social and cultural inequalities that occur in power relations between men and women, according to the latest annual report of the…
10 November 2014 | Indigenous Peoples, Women

ECLAC Calls for an End to Inequalities that Contribute to Violence Against Women

Violence against women cannot be analyzed or confronted in isolation; it must be linked to the factors of economic, social and cultural inequalities that occur in power relations between men and women, according to the latest annual report of the…
27 October 2014 | Indigenous Peoples, Women

Maternal care for indigenous women in the Philippines

The road from Sitio Gawasan, on the Philippines island of Mindanao, to the nearest district health centre is a long one. Accessible only by foot or via bumpy motorcycle ride, the journey can take up to four hours – a trip few expectant mothers from…
27 October 2014 | Indigenous Peoples, Women

Maternal care for indigenous women in the Philippines

The road from Sitio Gawasan, on the Philippines island of Mindanao, to the nearest district health centre is a long one. Accessible only by foot or via bumpy motorcycle ride, the journey can take up to four hours – a trip few expectant mothers from…
27 October 2014 | Indigenous Peoples, Women, Youth

Access to justice is key to advancing individual and collective human rights for indigenous women and girls

To present best practices from across Latin America regarding indigenous women’s rights and access to justice, country representatives from Mexico, Ecuador and Guatemala took part in a side event during the Third Committee of the 69th UN General…
27 October 2014 | Indigenous Peoples, Women, Youth

Access to justice is key to advancing individual and collective human rights for indigenous women and girls

To present best practices from across Latin America regarding indigenous women’s rights and access to justice, country representatives from Mexico, Ecuador and Guatemala took part in a side event during the Third Committee of the 69th UN General…
27 October 2014 | Indigenous Peoples, Women, Youth

Access to justice is key to advancing individual and collective human rights for indigenous women and girls

To present best practices from across Latin America regarding indigenous women’s rights and access to justice, country representatives from Mexico, Ecuador and Guatemala took part in a side event during the Third Committee of the 69th UN General…
14 October 2014 | Cooperatives, Women

Teamwork fosters business growth and women’s economic empowerment in Albania

On the fertile and lush fields of the Dibra region, one of the poorest in Albania, located on the north-east border of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, 47-year-old Emrie Lata and her husband collect their daily harvest. Emrie has worked on…
14 October 2014 | Cooperatives, Women

Teamwork fosters business growth and women’s economic empowerment in Albania

On the fertile and lush fields of the Dibra region, one of the poorest in Albania, located on the north-east border of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, 47-year-old Emrie Lata and her husband collect their daily harvest. Emrie has worked on…
29 September 2014 | Women, Youth

Leaders pledge to help end preventable maternal, newborn and child deaths within a generation

By improving access to essential sexual and reproductive health services – including voluntary family planning and safe delivery care – preventable maternal, newborn and child deaths could be eliminated within a generation. This was the central…
29 September 2014 | Women, Youth

Leaders pledge to help end preventable maternal, newborn and child deaths within a generation

By improving access to essential sexual and reproductive health services – including voluntary family planning and safe delivery care – preventable maternal, newborn and child deaths could be eliminated within a generation. This was the central…

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