Search

Searching with a thematic focus on ,

Showing 251-260 of 366 results

Pages

• Document

  Programme planning materials and training resources: a compendium

  United Nations Population Fund, 2004

  This compendium of materials is intended as a tool for programme planners and health workers interested in improving their youth-focused HIV prevention programmes. Documents summarised in the compendium are drawn from a variety of organisations and institutions, and address global issues, rather than region-specific topics.
• Document

  Focus on Human Rights and Gender Justice: Linking the Millennium Development Goals with the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women and the Beijing Platform for Action

  2005

  Three principle frameworks guide international work on gender equality and women's empowerment: the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) outlines legal commitments for the constitutional guarantee of women's rights; the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA) complements CEDAW, providing an analysis of the issues and presenting an agenda of policy commitmen
• Document

  Men Who Have Sex with Men and HIV in Vietnam: A Review

  Guilford Publications, New York, 2004

  Men who have sex with men (MSM) in Vietnam's urban centres are increasing in numbers and visibility. Although limited to a few surveys, the available data on MSM in Vietnam show that they are at increased risk of HIV infection due to high numbers of sexual partners, high rates of unsafe sex, and inconsistent condom use.
• Document

  Worldwide Joint Submission to the Commission for Africa

  United Kingdom Gender and Development Network, 2004

  This short report is a submission to the consultation process of the UK's Commission for Africa. In February 2004 British Prime Minister Tony Blair set up the Commission, aimed at providing a new focus and a comprehensive set of policies for a strong and prosperous Africa.
• Document

  Sudanese women’s priorities and recommendations to the Oslo Donors’ Conference on Sudan

  United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2005

  This statement was issued at the Oslo Donor's Conference on Sudan in April 2005. Its authors comprise Sudanese women delegates from all regions, including representatives from the Government of Sudan, the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A), civil society and academic institutions.
• Document

  Gender Mainstreaming Guidelines in National Policy Formulation and Implementation

  National Committee for the Advancement of Women in Viet Nam, 2004

  Women's groups, such as the Viet Nam Women's Union (VWU) and the Committees for the Advancement of Women (CFAW), cannot achieve gender equality alone. Strong leadership from the top is needed and broad commitment and action by all of government at all levels and in all sectors. This guide is a practical tool for government officials in learning how they can work in a more gender-responsive way.
• Document

  Rural Women's Access to Land and Property in Selected Countries: Progress Towards Achieving the Aims of Articles 14, 15 and 16 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

  International Land Coalition, 2004

  Women's access to land is a fundamental factor in food security. Yet women all over the world suffer under discriminatory property and inheritance laws and customary practices which restrict their rights over the land on which they live and work. Articles 15 and 16 of CEDAW state the rights of women to property and inheritance.
• Document

  Impacting through Media. A Guide to Using the Media in Technical Cooperation

  2003

  This publication offers practical guidelines for employing the media in development cooperation. It is based on the experience of NGOs in using media in their information, education, communication and advocacy work, as part of The German Agency for Technical Co-operation's (GTZ) Strengthening Women's Rights project.
• Document

  Women's International Human Rights

  BRIDGE, 2003

  At the World Conference on Human Rights held in Vienna in 1993, the international community officially recognised women's human rights as ?an inalienable, integral and indivisible part of universal human rights?.
• Document

  Statistics and Indicators on Women and Men

  United Nations, 2005

  The United Nations (UN) Statistics Division website provides statistics and indicators on women and men in six specific fields of concern: population; families; health; education; work; and politics and human rights. The data are compiled mainly from official national and international sources, as these are consistently authoritative and comprehensive.

Pages