Full Coverage: Gender

31.05.2007 US organisation Save the Children recently released its annual publication - State of the WorldÂ’s Mothers Report. The report also highlights child mortality rates in developing countries including the Child Survival Progress Rankings of 60 countries, which together account for 94 per cent of all child deaths worldwide.

30.05.2007

30.05.2007 During last weekÂ’s debate in the Sabor (Croatian Parliament) on the report submitted by Gender Equality Ombudsperson, Karmela Caparin, an MP from the ruling HDZ (Croatian Democratic Community), said that there is more discrimination in labour and employment now, compared to previous years. In her view, the main cause for such regression is the insufficient public visibility of the work done by the Ombudsperson. The Croatian Women Network reacted strongly to that statement, but also to the debate in general.

29.05.2007 Girls in Rajasthan, IndiaÂ’s dry western state, lack the fruits of higher education. There is a strong need for a changeover in the attitude of people toward education of girls, feels Jaipur based activist Kalyan Singh Kothari.

25.05.2007 A group of about 400 womenÂ’s organizations in India has called for noteworthy changes in the draft bill against sexual harassment at the workplace. They have suggested that the bill should be gender-neutral and want to expand the definition of sexual harassment

25.05.2007 An Indian NGO, Sahayog, in partnership with other concerned organisations, is holding a round table discussion on maternal health on the International Day of Action for Women's Health on May 28 at Lucknow in northern state of UP.

23.05.2007 The Ombudsperson for Gender Equality and Government Committee for monitoring and evaluation of implementation of gender equality policies reacted to the beer commercial of “Zagrebacka pivovara” brewery, that goes with the slogan “Zuja’s Law No.11: Men notice only the important stuff”. The said commercial depicts a woman coming home with bags filled with groceries – after she went to hairdresser to get done for her man – but he totally ignores her showing interest only for beer bottles.

23.05.2007 A unique road show screening films on ‘Girl Stars’ carries stories of success through rural India. Organised by UNICEF, the show will travel through three states – Rajasthan, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh – where the gender gaps in education are glaring.

17.05.2007 Indian radio broadcaster All India Radio (AIR) is broadcasting everyday a programme on women health issues from its 14 stations in collaboration with the Madhya Pradesh government, UNICEF and the Department of International Development (DFID).

17.05.2007 Indian radio broadcaster All India Radio (AIR) is broadcasting everyday a programme on women health issues from its 14 stations in collaboration with the Madhya Pradesh government, UNICEF and the Department of International Development (DFID).

14.05.2007 The Indian government, in its upcoming planning commission meeting on strategies to boost agriculture and its output, is set to address women's right to land. Moving forward on the proposed 30 percent resource allocation for women in XI five year plan, this meeting will address the need to include women's access and control over land, infrastructure support, ICT and technical knowhow, credit, inputs and marketing as a move towards recognizing and enhancing their contribution to growth in the agriculture sector.

11.05.2007 SAN FRANCISCO, May 10 (OneWorld) - Antiwar activists from around the country will celebrate Mothers Day by converging on Washington, DC, where they will demand Congress end the U.S. occupation of Iraq.

11.05.2007 Gender policies and EU integration was the topic of the day at a recent course on 26 and 27 April organized by the Training Institute of the Public Administration (TIPA) and UNDP.

10.05.2007 Women decoys are being used to demand sex-determination tests in a series of recent sting operations in India. The stings expose the medical fraternity indulging in this unlawful practice in the states of Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Delhi.

10.05.2007 The fourth annual Global Monitoring Report 2007 on the Millennium Development Goals was released on April 13. The annual report assesses progress and emerging priorities of nations and financial institutions on meeting the MDGs. This year's report focuses on gender equality and problems of fragile states where poverty is extreme.

08.05.2007

08.05.2007 Last night, the fifth Queer Zagreb festival started with the play "Oedipus in Corinth", directed by Ivica Buljan. The Festival will last for six days and this years edition will deal with the topic of "Balkans Queer".

04.05.2007 The Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) is organizing the International Festival on Gender and Sexuality: Identities and Spaces at the Stein Auditorium, Indian Habitat Center, Delhi, India from 12th to 15th May 2007. This event, in collaboration with Prasar Bharti Corporation, the MacArthur Foundation, UNESCO and India Habitat Center, aims to facilitate an effective environment for the integration of gender and sexuality.

03.05.2007 After the south Indian state of Kerala, it's now the turn of West Bengal in the east. Women from the Municipality of Howrah have proceeded to set up a group, named Prakash (Bengali for Expression) for ICT-based enterprise.