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Violence against women and Post MDG Framework

Violence against women and Post MDG Framework

There should be a clear indicator or target on reducing violence against women and girls. In addition to being a violation of rights, violence against women and girls significantly undermines progress towards all the development goals, making them impossible to achieve.

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D C on May 6, 2013

‘I raped her because she belongs to me’

‘I raped her because she belongs to me’

jaynaidoo.org –

“I raped her because she belongs to me. I wanted to teach her a lesson. She is refusing everyone. Who does she think she is? She is just a woman. I own her body, she is my property; I don’t have to ask her permission. She was dressed like a whore, wearing that sexy miniskirt. She wanted sex. And she enjoyed it,” were the ominous words of a rapist. Our schools have become breeding grounds for sexual predators. In fact, I have heard some of these sexual predators who parade as teachers describe more...

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D C on April 11, 2013

Modern Parenthood: Roles of Moms and Dads Converge as They Balance Work and Family

Modern Parenthood: Roles of Moms and Dads Converge as They Balance Work and Family

pewsocialtrends.org –

The way mothers and fathers spend their time has changed dramatically in the past half century. Dads are doing more housework and child care; moms more paid work outside the home. Neither has overtaken the other in their “traditional” realms, but their roles are converging, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of long-term data on time use. At the same time, roughly equal shares of working mothers and fathers report in a new Pew Research Center survey feeling stressed about juggling more...

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D C on March 20, 2013

Ending Violence against Women: The case for a comprehensive international action plan

Ending Violence against Women: The case for a comprehensive international action plan

What progress has been made towards ending violence against women worldwide? Violence against women is a violation of human rights, a barrier to women’s active citizenship, and a fundamental constraint to the eradication of poverty. When governments meet at the UN Commission on the Status of Women in March 2013 their commitment is urgently needed to the implementation of existing frameworks to eliminate all forms of violence against women. This Oxfam policy paper outlines a proposal for a more...

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D C on March 6, 2013

China Views America: Aspiration, Opposition, and the Telos of China’s Return

China Views America: Aspiration, Opposition, and the Telos of China’s Return

Chinese perceptions of America have frequently been characterized as having a kind of “love/hate” dynamic, though perhaps one should use the more culturally idiomatic description of “sweet and sour.” This kind of “sweet and sour” dichotomy is a common way to characterize things, and not a bad one. But there may be a better way to think about it. China’s America, as it were, is projected through a prism both of aspiration and of opposition. Chinese thinkers have been all over the map during the more...

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D C on March 3, 2013

Financing Empowerment: A Gendered Inquiry into the Practice of Microfinance.

Financing Empowerment: A Gendered Inquiry into the Practice of Microfinance.

A common refrain of the Microfinance industry is that it empowers women. Empowerment, it would seem, is the principal buzzword of the movement. As with any nascent field, the early research and conventional wisdom surrounding the industry was one-dimensional and lacking in both context and historical profundity. Largely unchallenged, the practice enjoyed explosive growth and credibility as an alleviator of poverty—and in many ways this veneration was justified. However, as new evidence more...

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Janice Knopfe on March 1, 2013

Transforming social norms to prevent violence against women

How can social norms be transformed? This event on the topic of social institutions and the prevention of violence against women and girls is co-hosted by the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the South African Ministry of Women, Children and People with Disabilities (DWCPD) and the OECD Development Centre. This will panel will explore the relationship between social norms and violence against women. Starting with perspectives from Finland and South Africa, the OECD Development Centre more...

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D C on February 22, 2013

Breast Cancer Management 2013

Breast Cancer Management 2013

columbiasurgery.org –

This program will review the current state-of-the-art in breast cancer management, highlighting the key components of multidisciplinary treatment to include surgery, medical oncology, radiation, radiology, pathology, and psychology. Current understanding of epidemiology and prevention strategies will be discussed. Emphasis will be given to emerging technologies which improve our ability to provide highly personalized breast cancer management through improved understanding of tumor biology and more...

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D C on February 13, 2013

New data resources on poverty, gender, jobs, health and more: a quick guide

New data resources on poverty, gender, jobs, health and more: a quick guide

blogs.worldbank.org –

"You’ll find a large amount of data available through the World Bank’s Open Data Initiative: for time-series alone, there are some 8,000 indicators for around 200 countries. And we’re often asked: “what indicators do you have on topic X, and which should I use?” One way to find your way around is to start at our topical pages. Or, if you have some familiarity with our databases already, look at our full repository of time series data. "But we’ve also been working with some of the Bank’s more...

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John Daly on January 12, 2013

Are women less corrupt than men? And other gender/corruption questions

Are women less corrupt than men? And other gender/corruption questions

blog.transparency.org –

Gender and corruption is a surprisingly recent issue in anti-corruption scholarship. The first wave of research into the gendered dimensions of corruption focused on whether women are more or less corruptible than men, and whether the promotion of women in public life can be an effective anticorruption strategy. A second line of enquiry examined the impact of corruption on women as a group, building on the growing evidence that corruption has a disproportionate impact on vulnerable more...

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D C on January 8, 2013

What stops women reporting corruption?

What stops women reporting corruption?

blog.transparency.org –

The impact of corruption on women is under-researched and hard to document because it is not easy for women to come forward and report it. A closer analysis of the type of corruption cases women reported sheds light on why they had found it difficult to report initially. Women made complaints mostly about sexual extortion. The shame and stigma associated with women reporting sexual offences like rape is the same stigma associated with reporting incidents of sexual extortion. It became more...

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D C on January 8, 2013

Gender equality: it’s your business

Gender equality: it’s your business

Enlightened businesses are realizing that enabling women’s full potential delivers returns. Throughout this briefing paper, Oxfam make the case that the responsibility of business to treat women and men equally in its operations, and the business advantage in stepping up on gender equality, are entirely compatible. There are strong ethical, legal, and business imperatives for delivering far better and far faster on gender equality throughout business operations and value chains. The authors more...

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Sonia Hossain on September 4, 2012

Report on the Gender Initiative; OECD Council

Report on the Gender Initiative; OECD Council

The 2011 Meeting of the OECD Council at Ministerial level is the first milestone in the Gender Initiative, which was launched by the OECD to help governments promote gender equality in Education, Employment and Entrepreneurship (the “three Es”). This Interim Report – the first milestone of the OECD’s Gender Initiative – presents indicators to illustrate the relative standing of OECD and selected non-OECD countries on selected dimensions of gender inequality in education and employment. It also more...

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Sonia Hossain on September 4, 2012

Economic Development, Structural change and Women’s Labor Force Participation

Economic Development, Structural change and Women’s Labor Force Participation

sew.unisg.ch –

There is a sizable literature that claims that female labor force participation follows a U‐shaped trend over the course of economic development. In this paper the authors use improved panel econometric methods and updated data to show that the feminization U is not a robust finding across alternative specifications and data sources. It is argued that instead that as countries are undergoing different types and speeds of structural change, it is more useful to study the impact of these sectoral more...

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Sonia Hossain on August 2, 2012

Women & Agriculture

Women & Agriculture

feedthefuture.gov –

This report discusses the importance of investing in women and agriculture and highlights ways that Feed the Future, the U.S. global hunger and food security initiative, builds on best practices and incorporates a rigorous monitoring and evaluation system. To better enable women agricultural producers to reach their full potential, Feed the Future promotes women’s leadership in agriculture, fosters policy changes that increase women’s land ownership and strengthens their access to financial more...

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Sonia Hossain on August 2, 2012

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