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Changing their World: Concepts and Practices of Women's Movements
2008At some levels, feminist movements have lost much of the momentum, coherence and impact they seemed to have had even a decade ago, while at others, women are building their collective power in vibrant ways.DocumentGender Accountability: Services Fail Poor Women
Gender Diversiteit Annette Evertzen, 2008What role can donors play in ensuring that women and girls are able to claim their right to equal access to basic services? How can donors help ensure these services are gender-sensitive? This paper considers what is needed in order to make public services - mainly health and education - work for poor women. It argues that services often fail poor women and girls in three key respects:DocumentOn the Way to Improved Legal Reality. Strategies and Instruments Used to Tackle Discrimination Against Women in the Arab World
Federal Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development, Germany, 2008What interventions are needed to improve the legal position of women, especially in Muslim societies, so that women's rights exist not only on paper but are realised in practice?DocumentWorking with young women; empowerment, rights and health
Promundo, 2009How do rigid ideas of what it means to be a woman or man affect women's life choices? This manual includes a series of group educational activities designed to help educators engage young women (15-24 years old) in reflecting on this question.DocumentPromoting the Rights of Women Migrant Domestic Workers in Arab States: The Case of Lebanon
International Labour Organization, 2008Thousands of women leave their homes each year to work as domestic workers in the Arab world with the hope of securing a better economic future. Some have their dreams fulfilled; others find themselves in a financial and emotional bind.DocumentRights and reality – on the legal reality faced by women in Arab countries (as exemplified by matrimonial law)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH, 2007In recent years a number of legal reforms have been implemented in several Arab countries in relation to marriage, such as the right for a woman to consent to the marriage contract and to a divorce on the grounds of misconduct of the husband. However, discrimination against women remains an integral part of legal systems in the Arab world.DocumentBuilding Feminist Movements and Organizations
Zed Books Limited, 2007The feminist movement is facing serious challenges such as armed conflicts, the advance of HIV/AIDS, the rise of fundamentalisms, and the increasing scarcity of resources for work on gender equality. This book argues that a revision of the internal dynamics and work of feminist organisations is necessary in order to face these challenges effectively.DocumentThe Future of Women's Rights: Global Visions and Strategies
Mama Cash, 2004How can the women's movement change strategies to respond to new challenges in the contemporary world? This book is a collection of diverse perspectives and proposals from women of different generations and different locations, and with different experiences.DocumentThe Women's Movement in Africa: Creative Initiatives and Lessons Learnt
African Journals Online - AJOL, 2005Throughout history African women have employed great creativity in addressing the often adverse conditions in which they have found themselves. Post-independence, it has been African women, not their governments, who first proposed the establishment of National Women's Machineries.DocumentWhat's the Point of Revolution if We Can't Dance?
Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights, 2007This book is a compilation of many different activist voices and provides a powerful and personal account of the women's movement. Women activists' lives show common patterns. They work very long hours, never take breaks, travel a lot, and feel guilty for not spending enough time with their families.Pages