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WINNER is a UNDP Programme financed by the Italian Cooperation for Development
(Ministry of External Relations) and executed by DEVNET Association.

Since 2000, gender equality and women’s rights advocates have been saying that progress on normative frameworks and agreements has been steady, but that implementation has lagged far behind.

See: Since 2000, gender equality and women’s rights advocates have been saying that progress on normative frameworks and agreements has been steady, but that implementation has lagged far behind.

By Inés Alberdi, Executive Director, UNIFEM

Since 2000, gender equality and women’s rights advocates have been saying that progress on normative frameworks and agreements has been steady, but that implementation has lagged far behind. Today, 15 years after Beijing, women are still outnumbered 4 to 1 in legislatures around the world; the proportion of women’s work in vulnerable employment is increasing in almost all parts of the developing world, reaching 85 percent in some regions; women’s wages still lag behind those of men; and millions of women endure some form of gender-based violence, often on a daily basis.

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	NEPAL - When economic times are tough, women in small businesses get tougher


With export performance adversely affected by lack of buyers from traditional markets in developed countries, as a result of the global economic recession, woes of developing countries have become cause for concern. No less than the United Nations has taken notice of the 90 million more people across the developing world that has been pushed to extreme poverty. See more


	Accord signed to extend WINNER to China, Mekong countries

See: Accord signed to extend WINNER to China, Mekong countries

An agreement between Devnet Association and the Women’s Federation of Shanghai was recently signed to intensify the cooperation and communication between international organizations and local Chinese government entities in the run up to the Shanghai World Expo in 2010. The agreement is viewed as a strategic alliance between these organizations, whereby Devnet will undertake preparatory activities for the introduction of the WINNER Program in China, including the countries of the Mekong Sub-region in Southeast Asia See more

More than 125.000 Chinese add names to Say No to Violence Against Women campaign


More than 125.000 people in China have signed on to UNIFEM's Internet-based advocacy campaign Say NO to Violence against Women. The signatures were collected on a separate web site created on a pro-bono basis by NetEase, one of China's leading Internet portals and content providers. They were symbolically handed over to UNIFEM at a ceremony in Beijing today. This puts the total count of campaign supporters at close to 200.000. See more

Nationwide songwriting contest picks song for women’s world without woes


The dream of life without woes for women is captured in the winning hymn of the recently concluded national songwriting contest launched by the National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women (NCRFW), to mark the 26th anniversary in the Philippines of the international treaty CEDAW (Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women). See more


	Wine Cabinet



	A Philippine Firm, Design Ligna Inc., is offering to supply wine cabinet. It is made of cherry oak wo ... See more


	Virgin Coconut Massage Oil



	A Philippine firm, Prosource International Inc., offers to supply virgin coconut massage oil. It i ... See more


	Waste Bins



	A Philippine firm, Morada’s Handicraft, is offering to supply waste bins. The products are made of wood. ... See more

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