Full Coverage: Gender

28.06.2006 Lidija Korac, sitting member of the B&H Central Election Commission, in her appearance in the “Korak” show on Hayat TV (June 27, 2006, 21:00 hours), allowed herself to say, among other misogynist statements, that “...not creating a family, should be seen as failure (for the women)”.

27.06.2006 Last week, the “Novi List” daily published and interview with Herman Haller, Director of Clinical Centre Rijeka. In the interview that discussed the introduction of a vaccine for cancer of the uterus, Dr. Haller said that the official introduction of this vaccine should be discussed at many levels, including a discussion with the (Catholic) Church.

27.06.2006 The participants of the Gender Equality and Role of Women in Transition and Development of Democratic Values Conference presented the institutions, public services, media, the Priboj Municipal Gender Equality Council and NGO with a set of recommendations designed to assist the achievement of true gender equality.

27.06.2006 A woman in the Patna village of Baikunthpur district invited a hefty penalty on June 23, 2006, after she got on to the roof of her clay-made hut to lay tiles. Residents believe that such an act will lead to scanty rainfall during the monsoon.

27.06.2006 When Raazia Baloch, a mother of four with a 1,000-watt smile, was elected to Helmand's provincial assembly in October, local authorities congratulated her with an unusual present - a Kalashnikov rifle.

26.06.2006 Mandi village, six kilometres from the district town, is now buzzing with working women. About one hundred and twenty non-literate, poor women coming from faraway areas produce garments in a tin-shed room. Today they are self-reliant, earning Tk 150 to Tk 200 a day by working for six to eight hours.

26.06.2006 In compliance with the Cooperation Agreement concluded with the German Government, the BH Women Initiative (BHWI) Foundation announces the opening of public competition for financing of projects under the Economic Empowerment and Fight against Women Poverty Programme. The Competition is directed at interventions aimed at greater inclusion of women in labour, employment and self-employment in the country.

23.06.2006 Having in mind that express need for personal work and improvement, the Anti-Trafficking Centre decided to organize two thematic workshops for men.

20.06.2006 Activists of the “SOS Telefon Niksic” non-governmental organizations gave a performance on Friday, June 16, in front of the Municipal Building in Niksic, under the motto Did she stumble down the stairs? The performance was organized under the Programme for Improved Rights of Women in the Villages in Niksic Area, with financial support from the Balkan Community Initiatives Fund and the Dutch Central and Eastern Europe Foundation.

20.06.2006 For the first time in the country, experts from B J Medical College (BJMC) and NARI, in the western Indian state of Pune, have got together to study this threat and undertake cervical cancer screening for HIV-infected women.

19.06.2006 Unable to win on the battlefield, the Taliban are trying to undo one of the biggest changes initiated by the Kabul government in the past four years: the resumption of education for girls, which the Taliban outlawed soon after taking power in 1996.

19.06.2006 The Women Associations' Joint Struggle Committee (WAJSC) on Saturday demanded that the government include women in the interim constitution drafting committee formed on Friday.

19.06.2006 More than reservation, Indian women need equal opportunities in educational and professional fields for their collective emancipation...Ms.Shailaja Chandra opines in The Pioneer.

19.06.2006 In this country where women are forced to completely cover themselves in public, are barred from driving, and need permission to travel abroad, it's small wonder many are embracing the freedom of anonymity on the Internet.

19.06.2006 Indian concerns on women's land and resource rights will find voice at the Third World Urban Forum being held in Vancouver from 19th to 23rd June 2006.

18.06.2006 In a society that frowns upon alternate lifestyles, most lesbians in this country prefer to live their "illegal" love lives under the quilt.

16.06.2006 There's no getting away from football at the moment - unless you are an Iranian woman and therefore not allowed into a stadium to watch a match. Shirin Sadeghi sees an Iranian film that tells the story of six female fans who dress as boys in an attempt to see the national team.

16.06.2006 A paper presented by Dr.Vibhuti Patel, Professor and Head, Post Graduate Department of Economics, SNDT WomenÂ’s University, Mumbai, at the national consultation on Women and Health-Eleventh Plan Priorities and Strategies (sponsored by UNFPA) on June 10-11, 2006 at Chandigarh.

16.06.2006 According to a recent ILO report on child labour,there are 218m aged 5-17 years, who are employed; of this number, 126m are employed in hazardous work. The United Nations Children's' Fund says that the sheer volume of children engaged in work is living proof of the world's failure to protect them. Navdip Dhariwal reports on the situation in a south Indian state in BBC NEWS.

16.06.2006 At a meeting organised by GAATW in Bangkok, Thailand, lawyers and human rights workers, from ten countries, agreed on a plan of action to increase access to justice for victims of human trafficking.