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Provides coverage and analysis of gender and wome.'s human rights issues in Africa. The coverage is part of FEMNET?s role as an advocate of women?s development, equality, and other women?s human rights in Africa.
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Our Rights archives from January 1 2008
Editorial.(Editorial)
January 1, 2008... This year, as FEMNET commemorates 20 years of existence, we acknowledge with much appreciation the continued support received from our founding members, our dear members and the entire women's movement in working together to promote women's...
Report back on the 2008 CSW and the African Women's Caucus/Rapport de la CSF 2008 et du Caucus des Femmes Africaines.
January 1, 2008... Engaging with the United Nations (UN) Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is of increasing importance to African women. However, advocacy at the CSW by African women's organisations has in the past been greatly challenged by the lack of a...
When women say, "justice first!"/Quand les femmes disent: <<justice d'abord>>.
January 1, 2008... When women say, justice first!, it is because they suffer several forms of violence, and it is so because they wish the States could focus ore on social conditions within which stems all these different forms of violence. We must not give in to...
A roadmap to advancing gender equality within the new aid modalities/Carte de route vers la promotion de l'egalite des genres au sein des nouvelles modalites de l'aide.
January 1, 2008... Over the years, several development co-operation actions by international development partners and national governments have been undertaken to reduce poverty levels and inequalities. Between the 70's and 80's, aid was largely allocated to...
Gear up! Gender equality architecture reform/RAEG demarre! Reforme de l'architecture de l'egalite de genres.
January 1, 2008... During the 52nd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), women's rights organizations from all over the world launched the GEAR Campaign. The Gender Equality Architecture Reform of the UN system (GEAR) aims at ensuring that the...
Quotable quotes/Citations a citer.
January 1, 2008... "Aid effectiveness agenda is not only about efficiency but that development effectiveness matters too". Eckhard Deutscher, Chair of the OECD's Development Assistance Committee (DAC)
"Aid is only effective if it achieves good development...
Agreed conclusions at the 2008 CSW: 52nd session: "financing for gender equality and the empowerment of women"/Conclusions convenues a la CSF 2008: 52eme session: <<financement de la promotion de l'egalite des sexes et de l'autonomisation de la femme>>.
January 1, 2008... Every year, in this first issue of Our Rights, FEMNET shares with our members and readers the agreed conclusions from the annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) meeting. We are pleased to share with you some of these agreed conclusions...