The Miriam College- Women and Gender Institute (MC-WAGI)
invites students and professionals to enroll in its
summer courses on Gender Fair Education, International
Women's Human Rights and Migration Studies. The courses
are one week in duration and are offered within April
and May 2007. Click
to read the course details.
The new release of HuriSearch, the human rights search
engine, has been publicly launched by HURIDOCS in Geneva.
Read
the news article at the BBC new site.
Senior government
officials from eight Southeast Asian countries pledged
to use the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms
of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) to better protect
women migrant workers in the region. Read
An online advocacy
promoting the use of information and communication technologies
(ICTs) takes off with a trendy, youth-oriented magazine.
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(You and Me, Against Violence
Against Women!)
The Philippine government will once again commemorate
the Campaign to End Violence Against Women (VAW). Originally
a 16-day campaign that runs from November 25, the International
Day for the Elimination of VAW to December 10, International
Human Rights Day, the Philippine government is extending
the campaign to December 12 to highlight the signing
of the United Nations Convention Against Transnational
Organized Crime in Palermo, Italy, thus, making it an
18-day campaign. This year's 18-Day Campaign to End
VAW links various forms of VAW.Read
The Miriam College-Women and Gender
Institute (MC-WAGI) invites gradute level students,
government officials and staff, and nongovernment workers
to enroll in its pioneering program, the Master of Arts
in Migration Studies.
Application is now going on. Read
Armenia has acceeded to the Optional Protocol on 14
September 2006 and Bulgaria has ratified the Optional
Protocol (OP) on 20 September 2006 bringing the total
number to 81. This means that out of the 184 States
parties to the CEDAW Convention, 103 are not bound by
the OP-CEDAW. read>>
Organizations of
the CEDAW Watch Philippine Network has lined up a series
of events --knowledge fairs, fora and a concert--celebrating
the 25th year of the treaty. read>>
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