News
6 Nov 2008
Women'sNet is taking part in the Feminist Tech Exchange taking place three days before the Awid Forum. The workshop will give women an understanding of how technologies can be used by women's rights movements.
3 Nov 2008
A relieve in the HIV sector as Barbara Hogan assumed the health portfolio a month ago. She officially marked the end of the genocidal denialism that has characterised our country's management of the pandemic to date, on 13 October during the International HIV Vaccine Research Conference in Cape Town.
SANGONeT
3 Nov 2008
Following the initial rush of Information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D) projects in rural Africa, many did not yield the anticipated outcomes, and interest has been dying down.
APC News
3 Nov 2008
Over the years, education has focused on access and parity - that is, closing the enrollment gap between girls and boys - while insufficient attention has been paid to retention and achievement or the quality and relevance of education
Eldis
3 Nov 2008
The arduous work of engaging with the individuals, policies and institutions that drive the way in which aid flows from donors to less developed countries has been occupying women's rights advocates for several years now.
Association for Women's Rights in Development
3 Nov 2008
Theses articles focuses on women as active news creators/communicators - not as the "subjects" of journalistic reporting.
The Drum Beat
3 Nov 2008
Moremi Initiative for Women's Leadership in Africa (Moremi Initiative) recently launched its website as part of a re-introduction to partners and supporters.
Moremi Initiative
3 Nov 2008
The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University is pleased to announce the launch of the Global Network Initiative, a dynamic effort developed in partnership with leading human rights groups, academics, socially responsible investment firms, and information and communications technology (ICT) companies.
Berkman Center for Internet & Society - Harvard University
3 Nov 2008
In an effort to protect and advance the human rights of freedom of expression and privacy, a diverse coalition of leading information and communications companies, major human rights organisations, academics, investors and technology leaders today launched the Global Network Initiative.
Global Network Initiative
3 Nov 2008
This sourcebook combines descriptive accounts of national and international experience in investing in agriculture with practical operational guidance on to how to design agriculture-for-development strategies that capitalise effectively on the unique properties of agricultural growth and rural development involving women and men as a high-impact source of poverty reduction.
Eldis
3 Nov 2008
AWID interviews Lynda Yanz* from the Maquila Solidarity Network about their latest research on funding for women's labour rights in Mexico and Central America.
Association for Women's Rights in Development
3 Nov 2008
On a continent that has been dominated by the rule of men, this tiny East African nation is trying something new. Here, women are not only driving the economy -- working on construction sites, in factories and as truck and taxi drivers - they are also filling the ranks of government
Washington Post Foreign Service
3 Nov 2008
As October marks breast cancer awareness month, a research conducted by lgbthealthchannel website (focusing on gay health and wellness issues) found that lesbians, bisexual women and women who have sex with other women are more likely to develop breast cancer than heterosexual counterparts.
Behind the Mask
31 Oct 2008
The government of Pakistan wants projects to be gender sentive before they can be approved. This will serve as an effort to "minimise discrimination against women".
Daily Times
31 Oct 2008
Tomorrow South Africa switches on to digital migration. This is in accordance with the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) agreement that all countries should have migrated by 2015.
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