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International Cooperation between DEVNET and China Ordos City |
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In order to promote and implement two cooperation projects, Economist Mr. Daniel Barrios, General Director of DEVNET, visited the city of Ordos in May 2010. Following extensive interviews and analysis with government officials, a Cooperation Agreement between the Government of Ordos City and Devnet Association has been agreed to be signed. See more |
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EDITORIALS
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. |
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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. See more |
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More than 125.000 Chinese add names to Say No to Violence Against Women campaign |
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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 |
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Nationwide songwriting contest picks song for women’s world without woes |
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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 |
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