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Tribute to Denise Fuchs - former EWL President
It is with great sadness that the European Women’s Lobby (EWL) announces the untimely death of its former President Denise FUCHS at her home in France on Saturday 1ST December 2012. Denise was President of the EWL from 1998 to 2003 and one of the founding members of the EWL.
Belarus:harassment of "Viasna" Board member Tatsiana Revyaka
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), has received new information and requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Belarus.
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WILPF Peacewomen Award 2013 for Olivera Simic
The Peacewomen Awards recognise women as peace builders and celebrate the work they do. Organised by the Queensland branch of Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), the celebrations have run successfully since 2010.
Moving Beyond the Numbers: Integrating Women into Peacekeeping Operations
by Olivera Simić, 13 March 2013. This policy brief examines the steps needed to improve women’s participation in peacekeeping, highlights the problem inherent in commonly cited arguments for increasing women peacekeepers and proposes key recommendations.
MICHELLE BACHELET TO STEP DOWN AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF UN WOMEN
15 March 2013 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said that Michelle Bachelet had informed him of her intention to step down as head of the United Nations entity mandated to promote gender equality.
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Gender Equality in Poland and Arab Countries, 1-2 March, Gdansk, Poland
Problems in the southern Mediterranean will be presented based on issues of gender equality in Poland, and how the policy of equality affects the quality of democracy. Old Town Hall, ul. Korzenna 33/35, Gdańsk,
2013 SAIF Domestic Violence Fellowship at the Law Faculty of the State University of New York at Buffalo
Gender and Crisis across Europe
The GENDER and TRANSFORMATION in EUROPE Workshop—a joint project from New York University and the Network East-West Women--invites speakers to submit proposals for Friday afternoon talks for Fall 2012 at the NYU Center for European and Mediterranean Studies.
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Traineeships at the European Institute for Gender Equality, Vilnius, Lithuania
The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) announces its first two traineeships in 2013 based in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Poland Signs Convention On Preventing Violence Against Women
On the 18th of December, 2012 Poland has signed onto the Council of Europe's Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women.
Sign a Petition to Stop Violence Against Women in Europe
[Brussels, 13 March 2012] All over the continent – from Russia to Turkey to Norway – women experience psychological, sexual and physical abuse, including being harassed, beaten, raped, and forced into marriage.
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