Full Coverage: Gender

23.04.2007 The MULTIMEDIA Centre of Performing Arts, under the auspices of its From Female Point of View project, organizes the first national debate on the topic “Development, Labour and Gender”. The debate will take place in the Municipal Council Hall in Stip, on April 24, 2007, starting at 12:00 hours.

20.04.2007 KRITI: a development research, praxis and communication team will be releasing a Hindi version of their publication From Thought to Action: Strategies to combat Violence against Women, entitled Aurato ke Khilaf Hinsa: Dhrishtikon aur Rannitiyan at the Amphitheatre, India Habitat Centre, on the 4th of May 2007 from 6.30 pm onwards. The book shares findings from an in-depth field-based study and suggests possible interventions.

18.04.2007 In this paper, presented at the national workshop on Gender Budgeting as an effective tool for women's empowerment, organised by the Equity Foundation Patna and the Planning Commission of India on 15th April, 2007, Dr. Vibhuti Patel, Director, PGSR, SNDT Women's University Mumbai, shares a detailed analysis of the state of gender budgeting in India.

17.04.2007 UNDP-APDIP and APC WNSP release a publication on Gender and ICT which says access to ICTs benefits women. This e-primer examines the role of women in ICT, and to ensure their equal participation in the Information Society.

16.04.2007 In this paper on Education and Health of Girl Child presented at a symposium organized by The Indian Academy of Pediatrics Child Abuse, Neglect and Child Labour (IAP CANCL) in Mumbai on 12th January, 2007, Dr.Vibhuti Patel, Head of Department of Economics at SNDT University Mumbai, reports on the situation of the girl child in urban India.

11.04.2007 The Albanian Coalition for Promotion of Women, Youth and Minorities in Politics, under the framework of the Programme “Promotion of Democracy and Good Governance through Political Parties in Albania”, organised on Saturday, April 6 the Open Forum “Local Elections 2007 and Participation of Women and Young Girls in the Political Processes in Albania”, funded by Olof Palme International Center and Sida.

09.04.2007 A UK-based development organisation Womankind Worldwide has released a report - Tackling Violence against Women: A Worldwide Approach – that shares the stories, struggles, and strategies of people in Zimbabwe, Afghanistan, Ghana, Peru, India and the UK who have come together to stand up for the rights of women.

09.04.2007 A new form of bondage has been found in the south Indian state Tamil Nadu where textile units under the Sumangali Scheme or the Marriage Assistance Scheme are hiring adolescent girls and forcing them in bonded labour.

04.04.2007 The “Vecernji list” daily illustrated its yesterday’s (April 3, 2007) article on the arrival of IKEA shop in Croatia published on the paper’s web-site, with a photo of a naked female body tied in S&M props, used as a stand for and IKEA product. The caption of the illustration states that this was IKEA advertisement for the Russian market.

04.04.2007 A survey conducted by Pakistani NGOs finds that traditional customs and domestic disputes are the major reasons of violence against Pakistani women. The NGOs said that 11,703 women were subjected to violence in 2006.