Author: watchthedot
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E-discussion on Education: Closing the Gap
An e-discussion on Education: Closing the Gap is being held from 1 February to 4 March, organised by the Department for Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the UN Development Group’s MDG-Net forum. The e-discussion is an open, multi-stakeholder…
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Getting Our History Right – Women and the UN
Torild Skard, Senior Researcher and Chair of the Norwegian Association of Women’s Rights has published a great article on the history of the UN, gender equality and inclusion called ‘Getting Our History Right’. For those who want to know more about the history of women’s issues at the UN and the establishment of CSW this…
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Live Webcast from the UN Headquarters New York – Global Aging Issues
The United Nations University Office at the United Nations is broadcasting a Live Webcast as part of the Current Affairs Series entitled "2011 AARP-UN Briefing Series on Global Aging" on key global aging issues from February 8-9, 2011. Date: 8th and 9th of February, 2011 Time: 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm EST / 6:30pm –…
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Resources on Women, Peace and Security
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New Resource Kits from UNIFEM:
Ending Violence against Women and Girls: UNIFEM Strategy and Information Kit (http://www.unifem.org/materials/item_detail.php?ProductID=185)
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2010 Global Education Digest: Comparing Education Statistics Across the World (UNESCO)
“Being a girl still remains a powerful cause for exclusion despite universally enshrined human rights, constitutional guarantees and political declarations. Although progress towards gender parity has been particularly rapid over the past decade, girls are more likely to be out of primary school than boys – a blatant denial of their right to education. At…
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The Global Gender Gap Report 2010, published by the World Economic Forum (annually).
This year’s report shows marked improvement globally in the gap between men and women. The report uses statistical analysis and the Gender Gap Index, which benchmarks national gender gaps on economic, political, education- and health-based criteria, and provides country rankings that allow for effective comparisons across regions and income groups, and over time. The report…
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The human development report also includes statistical information on gender equality and the gender inequality index.
As Amartya Sen writes: “Twenty years after the appearance of the first Human Development Report, there is much to celebrate in what has been achieved. But we also have to be alive to ways of improving the assessment of old adversities and of recognizing—and responding to—new threats that endanger human well-being and freedom.”
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UN Human Development Report 2010: The Real Wealth of Nations: Pathways to Human Development.
This is the 20th anniversary edition of the Human Development Report, which not only examines cutting edge issues in and approaches to international development, but also uses empirical data to rigourously scrutinise different aspects of development, country by country. The report contains each years rankings by the Human Development Index. The report also draws upon…