Week of 02-18-2008

• Kenya - YWCA Immediate Needs IDP Assessment Shows Women in Camps Need Health Services
• Ireland - Report Shows that Peace Process Can Improve General & Mental Health of Irish Women
• Gender Mapping the EU's Policy & Decision Making in Development, External Relations & Trade
• Turkey Eases Headscarf Ban at Universities
• Brazil - Born in Brazil - Film Documentary - High Cesarean Rate
• European Women's Lobby-Hear Trafficking Survivor Voices-Call for More Political Will, Funding, Attention to Root Causes of Sex Trafficking
• Trafficking - Sexual Exploitation - Photos
• Palestine - Women & Poverty in the Palestinian Authority
• Spain - New Clothing Size Guidelines - Promotion of Healthier & Realistic Body Images - No Ultra-Thin Models
• Gender Importance in Urban Development & Housing Projects - Asian Development Bank
• Bhuddhism & Feminism: Allies for Social Change - Course - IWP
• Afghanistan - Survey Finds Violence Against Women Often by Member of Family
• India - Dowry Related Deaths as in State of Madhya Pradesh - Dowry Against India Law
• Africa - Health Consequences of Child Marriage - Research
• Bosnia & Herzegovina - Council of Europe Commissioner For Human Rights Report - Gender
• Trafficking-CATW Representatives Go to Bangladesh for Facts & Advocacy for UN SR Trafficking Sigma Huda
• Girls In Fighting Forces: Moving Beyond Victimhood - Report
• Call for Papers-Global Women's Movements in Changing Societies-Women for Women International Journal
• Chad - Radio Programs on Issues of Sudan/Darfur Refugee Women in Chad
• Middle East & North Africa - Strategies for Enhancing Women's Rights
• Cambodia Passes New Law on Human Trafficking & Sexual Exploitation
• Disaster Risk Reduction: 2007 Global Review - Gender
• HIV/AIDS - Microbicide Gel for Women Fails in Research Study to Stop HIV Infection
• Afghanistan - Training Female Teachers to Increase Girls' School Enrollment
• Africa First Ladies for Peace
• Gender, Environment, Conflict
• Pakistan - City of Peshawar - Fears of Safety Kept Many Women from Voting
• CEDAW Committee - 41st Session - Countries Reporting - 2008
• Call for Papers-Conference on Future of Asian Feminisms-Confronting Fundamentalisms, Conflict & Neoliberalism
• Bulgaria-Village of Ribnovo - Traditional Muslim Marriage - White-Painted Bride - Dowry
• Gender Equality Architecture of UN - WIDE
• Iran - Consideration of Restrictions on School Textbooks Differ for Girls & Boys
• CSW 2008 - Events Organised by UN Missions, UN Entities, & Inter-Governmental Organizations
• UK - Muslim Marriages & Divorces - Legal Issues - Polygamy - UK Welfare Benefits
• Western Balkans - Firearms Possession & Domestic Violence - Comparative Study
• Foundation for Female Photojournalists - Africa
• UK - Newspaper Society Urges Against Ads Which May Encourage Prostitution & Trafficking
• United Arab Emirates - Number of Women in UAE Cabinet Doubled

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