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3rd Pacific Ministers Meeting on Women, June 2007 & Final Decisions of The 10th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women, May 2007
Secretariat of the Pacific Community,, 2007The 10th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women was attended by Ministers and officials from Pacific island countries and territories (PICTs) holding responsibilities for women's ministries and departments, and development partners.DocumentIraqi Women: Untold Stories from 1948 to the Present
Zed Books Limited, 2007Since 2003 the war in Iraq has put the situation of Iraqi women firmly on the global agenda. This book draws on interviews with women and other sources to challenge the myths and misconceptions which have dominated debates about Iraqi women, integrating a much needed gender perspective.DocumentIraqi Women Under Siege
Women for Peace and Global Exchange, 2007Are Iraqi women less politically, economically and socially active in post-war Iraq than they were under Saddam Hussain? This paper argues that Saddam Hussein's dictatorial government and 12 years of severe sanctions reduced the relatively extensive rights and freedoms Iraqi women had gained under previous governments.DocumentIraqi Women Four Years after the Invasion
ZNet, 2007Since the invasion of Iraq in 2003, Iraqi women have played an important role in helping communities cope with the exceedingly difficult living conditions, and in relieving the emergent humanitarian crisis.DocumentWindows of Opportunity: The Pursuit of Gender Equality in Post-War Iraq
Women for Women International, 2005Iraq's post-war reconstruction period will have long-lasting implications for women. This is a window of opportunity in which decisions are being made which will determine women's permanent roles in governance, their rights under civil law and their future status in Iraqi society.DocumentIraq: The Status of Women in Iraq: An Assessment of Iraq's De Jure and De Facto Compliance with International Legal Standards
Iraq Legal Development Project, 2005Although women in Iraq have a 25 percent quota in political representation, they still face considerable obstacles in their quest to secure their human rights. This paper assesses the degree to which Iraqi women in law (de jure) and in practice (de facto) enjoy the protection of their rights as guaranteed under international agreements.DocumentIraq, Women's Empowerment and Public Policy
Strategic Studies Institute, United States, 2006American policy makers often use the rhetoric of "women's empowerment" to justify the invasion of Iraq but in reality much American policy has had an adverse impact on women's rights in the country. This paper looks at the contradictions that are involved.DocumentUnsafe Abortion
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2007What is the cost of unsafe abortion-related ill-health and death? This was the subject of a meeting held at the Institute of Development Studies (UK) in April 2007. The meeting reviewed recent work estimating the cost of unsafe abortion. Participants also discussed the economic costs to health systems, individuals and households, and the links between unsafe abortion and poverty.DocumentSexuality, development and human rights
Expert Group on Development Issues, Department for International Development Cooperation. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sweden, 2006Historically development work has dealt with sexuality in limited ways, the best illustration being the subsuming of sexuality under family-planning that prevailed from the 1960s on.DocumentWoman's Identity and the Qur'an: A New Reading
University Press of Florida, 2004An original and uncompromising study of the Qur'anic foundations of women's identity and agency, this book is a bold call to Muslim women and men to reread and reinterpret the Qur'an, Islam's most authoritative source, and to discover within its revelations an inherent affirmation of gender equality.The book documents the historical development of Islamic thought and describes how Muslim males havPages