7/12/2000
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UNIFEM Cites Gender Digital Divide As Global Issue
Unless information and communications technologies (ICTs) are equally shared between women and men, the economic and social gap between sexes will worsen, warns Noeleen Heyzer, the head of the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)... |
7/12/2000
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Mexican PAN Has Anti-Women's Rights Record
The recently elected right-wing National Action Party (PAN), led by president-elect Vicente Fox, has a disturbing history of hostility towards women's human rights... |
7/12/2000
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Parliament Quota for Women in Bangladesh Is Denounced as Tokenism
Women's groups in Bangladesh are criticizing the government's move to renew a constitutional law that gives women only a tenth of the seats in the 330-member national parliament... |
7/11/2000
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CEDAW Committee Deplores Honor Killings
Gender inequity persists in forms such as "honor killings," trafficking and sexual exploitation, and legal restrictions on property rights, reported members of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), the only UN human rights body that exclusively addresses women's rights... |
7/11/2000
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Date Rape Underreported in Australia
Women in Australia are reluctant to report date rape, according to a study released July 5th by the Australian Institute of Criminology... |
7/11/2000
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First Teen Sexual Health Education Center Opens In China
Public health advocates and women's rights activists are celebrating the July 7th opening of the first teen sexual health education center located in the capital of China... |
7/11/2000
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The Technological Revolution Leaves Women in Africa Behind
Women in Africa and developing nations are being left behind in the technological revolution, threatening to exacerbate gender inequities and further push women and girls into impoverishment... |
7/6/2000
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List of Afghan Refugees Targeted for Criticizing the Taliban Grows
Afghan refugees living in Pakistan face severe consequences if they outwardly criticize the Taliban regime, which has instituted a brutal system of gender apartheid... |
7/6/2000
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Sex Trade in Europe and Middle East Sees No End
The sex-trafficking trade, which deceives and coerces women and children into sexual slavery, continues to flourish as a highly profitable enterprise for the criminals who capture and sell their victims... |
7/6/2000
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Clinton Signs U.N. Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child; Conservative Senate Leaders Continue to Block Ratification
On July 5th President Clinton signed two United Nations (U.N.) documents that protect the role of children in armed conflict, sex trafficking and slavery... |
7/6/2000
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Yugoslav International Tribunal Prosecutes Bosnian Serbs for Wartime Rape Crimes
The international war crimes trial of a Bosnian Serb accused of raping four Muslim women marks the first international prosecution for wartime sexual enslavement... |
7/6/2000
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Women Are Casualties of World's Early Indifference Towards AIDS Epidemic in Africa
According to a Washington Post report, global organizations and national governments ignored the warnings of an imminent AIDS plague in Africa... |
7/5/2000
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Women in Kuwait Are Denied Voting Rights By Highest Court
On July 4th, the Constitutional Court of Kuwait refused to grant Kuwaiti women the right to vote and hold political office based on claims of procedural flaws... |
7/5/2000
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Mexican Elections Are Proclaimed As Democratic Victory But Women's Rights Are Endangered
Although Vicente Fox Quesada's presidential victory on July 2nd has been seen as an advancement for democracy, he has failed to clearly outline a position promoting women's rights in his policy priorities... |
7/5/2000
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France's Highest Court Prohibits "Morning-After Pills" At School
In a severe setback to women's reproductive rights, France's highest administrative court overruled a decision that had permitted the distribution of "morning-after pills" at schools... |
7/5/2000
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Gay Scout Troops Are Acceptable In Canada
On June 30th, 800,000 people marched in Toronto's annual gay and lesbian parade, many of whom were there to show their support for the world's first official gay and lesbian Scout troop... |
6/30/2000
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Forced Marriage Is A Violation Of Human Rights, Britain's Home Office Reports
Britain's Home Office Working Party released a report condemning the practice of forced marriage... |
6/30/2000
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Poor Economic Status Inhibits Women Contesting Political Office Across Globe
Women globally struggle to achieve their political aspirations due to obstacles such as poor economic status and patriarchal stereotypes... |
6/30/2000
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Extremist Violence Escalates in Indonesia
A ship filled with Indonesians seeking refuge from violence caused by Muslim extremists in the Malaku islands sank Thursday in Eastern Indonesia, killing a large number of the 492 people on board... |
6/30/2000
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AIDS Epidemic Ravages Africa
A new United Nations report, published by the UN Joint Program on HIV/AIDS, predicts that approximately half of all 15 year olds in AIDS-affected African countries will die of the disease... |
