Full Coverage: Gender

28.07.2006 Under the auspices of its Awareness: Transgender Rights and Issues, Zenska Soba association published a notebook/exercise book on creation of terms of sex and gender on social and individual levels, titled Creation: of Sex? of Gender?

28.07.2006 The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), in collaboration with the Ramakrishna Mission (RKM), is empowering the women of the Sunderbans to promote the use of solar power. This pilot project has successfully created viable enterprises, targeting women entrepreneurs, who provide solar products as well as services in remote and interior villages.

27.07.2006 ANIMA Centre for Women And Peace Studies from Kotor invites all interested individuals and organizations to support the candidacy of Ervina Dabizinovic for the NGO seat in the RTVCG Council.

27.07.2006 All women will now be inducted into the Army, along with their male counterparts, through the Short Service Commission (SSC). Until now, the only entry point for them was the Women Special Entry Scheme (WSES). The long-delayed notice was finally issued by Army Headquarters on July 20, just days ahead of the Monsoon Session of Parliament.

24.07.2006 Panchachuli Women Weavers, the largest independent womenÂ’s cooperative in the north Indian state of Uttaranchal, has played a key role in changing the socio-economic dynamics of the local community. Women from over 32 villages in the hilly region of Almora are involved in the processing of raw materials and production of woven and knitted products.

24.07.2006 The Pakistani government is seriously thinking of amending the Hudood ordinances - laws that govern and define behaviour for women and impose harsh penalties if violated - after a television channel had a debate on the controversial laws.

23.07.2006 Stifled by a culture of incredulity, public and private lenders alike have made little progress in supporting women-run businesses, In such a scenario, self-help groups, better able to judge women's plans for themselves, have taken up the slack, but there is still a long road to travel for aspiring businesswomen. Puja Awasthi reports in India Together.

21.07.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Jul 20 (OneWorld) - An Afghan government proposal to re-establish the notorious Department for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice has raised concerns among U.S. human rights advocates.

18.07.2006 At a time when the role of women in the Army has been so much in debate, the story of these 1,764 women in khaki contradicts stereotypes. The journey of these women from their remote villages to their present postings has been rather difficult. But they have gone the whole distance.

18.07.2006 “We do not buy seeds from the market because we suspect they may be contaminated with genetically engineered or terminator seeds,” says Paramma, a Dalit woman in village Pyalaram, near the town of Zaheerabad, about 110 kms north-west of the high-tech city of Hyderabad.

18.07.2006 Vidya Bhandari , senior member of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist), pushed for and recently got parliament approval for two controversial rights 33 per cent reservation for women in parliament and citizenship on the basis of the mother's nationality. Bhandari speaks to Sudeshna Sarkar of the Women's Feature Service.

11.07.2006 The Women and Society Centre from Sarajevo started an initiative to force Lidija Korac, member of Central Election Commission in B&H, to publicly apologize to all women she insulted in her interview for “Korak” show on Hayat TV, in which she said that she considers the women that haven’t created a family failures.

10.07.2006 The story of how Bedia and Bacchara women in Madhya Pradesh have joined together to fight caste-based commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking in their communities.

07.07.2006 The GNOME Foundation is offering USD$18000 to female students in order to promote the participation of women in GNOME-related development.

06.07.2006 Mrezata na zeni Romki „Zaedno” e zadovolna od zgolemenoto ucestvo na zenite Romki na Parlamentarnite izbori 2006, pokazuvaat rezultatite od nivnite aktivnosti za nabljuduvanje na izborniot proces vo izbornite edinici 1, 2, 3 i 6, vo lokalnite zaednici kade mnozinstvoto naselenie se Romi.

06.07.2006 The “Zaedno” Roma Women Network is very satisfied with the participation of Roma women in 2006 Parliamentary Elections, show the findings of their activities for monitoring of electoral processes in Election Districts 1, 2, 3 and 6, in the local communities with majority Roma population.

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05.07.2006 The first conference of Women Members of Government in SEE will be held in Dubrovnik on Thursday, July 6. The Conference, organized at the initiative by the Stability Pact for SEE is dedicated to the role of women in politics and their vision of Europe.

03.07.2006 The Macedonian Women Lobby (MZL) presented today the summarized results on inclusion of women on Electoral Lists in the 2006 Elections (scheduled to take place this Wednesday, July 5) and called for free, fair and democratic elections.