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Calendar
Global AIDS Week of Action
Global (Global)
18/05/2008 to 24/05/2008
AIDS Memorial Day
Global (Global)
31/05/2008
UN General Assembly Special Session on HIV and AIDS
New York (United States of America)
10/06/2008 to 11/06/2008
2008 World CIVICUS Assembly
Glasgow, Scotland (United Kingdom)
18/06/2008 to 21/06/2008
Lead story
International Nobel Peace Prize winner hits moves to change Article 9
08/05 — 13:54
Japan Times
Altering the war-renouncing Article 9 of the Constitution could threaten the safety of Asian people and trigger a regional arms race, Nobel laureate Mairead Corrigan-Maguire told a symposium Sunday. Speaking at the Global Article 9 Conference to Abolish War held in Makuhari Messe in the city of Chiba, the winner of the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize expressed distress over recent moves to revise the Constitution.
International
30/04
Women key to Middle East peace, Lebanese speaker says
Any chance for meaningful peace in the Middle East hinges on the continued participation of women in the process, a Kitchener audience heard Friday."In spite of the horrid terror around them, the M…
International
23/04
Lifting HIV and AIDS-Related Travel Restrictions
The International Task Team on HIV-Related Travel Restrictions has pointed out that HIV-related travel restrictions raise serious human rights concerns, including violations of the principles of equalit…
International
15/04
Women win big say in law-making
Without the presence of women MPs, most parliaments would not have adopted laws addressing gender issues, including violence against women, according to a study by the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
National
15/04
Women Outnumber Men in Spain's New Cabinet
For the first time ever, women outnumber men in Spain's cabinet. Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero chose nine women and eight men to lead the country, including a highly pregnant 37-year-old d…
International
11/04
Women Face Bias Worldwide - UN
Women are discriminated against in almost every country around the world, a UN-commissioned report says. It says that this is despite the fact that 185 UN member states pledged to outlaw laws favouring…
National
11/04
Sudanese Youth and Women Identify Challenges in a War-Torn Country
Based on a candid assessment of how two decades of war have affected them, Sudanese youth told church leaders what they need most: skills training, jobs and means of participating in shaping their count…
International
07/04
More HIV-Positive Children And Pregnant Women Getting Treatment, New Report Says
More HIV-positive children and pregnant women are receiving treatment but there is still a long way to go before the promise of an AIDS-free generation is fulfilled, according to a United Nations report…
International
07/04
In Southern Africa, women are changing the face of Migration
Gender, Remittances and Development: Preliminary Findings from Selected SADC Countries, published by United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (UN-INSTRAW…