Gender and Development Sub-Programme : Publications Since the establishment of the Gender and Development Desk at the CARICOM Secretariat there has engaged in public education through the preparation and publication of pamphlets, books and monographs on various aspects of women’s experiences in the Caribbean by various gender experts in the Region. These include: • A Framework and Recommendations for Action on Children Affected by Migration in the Caribbean (CARICOM/IOM/UNICEF, 2010) • Gender Equality in the Caribbean: Reality or Illusion / ed. Gemma Tang Nain and Barbara Bailey (Jamaica: IRP, 2003). This book is a collection of essays by several Caribbean gender experts on the situation of women in the Region in the period since the Beijing Conference of 1995 to 2000/1. • CARICOM Plan Of Action To 2005: Framework For Mainstreaming Gender Into Key CARICOM Programmes • Women and Family in the Caribbean: Historical and Contemporary Considerations with special reference to Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago / ed.
Development and Cooperation - EuropeAid European Commission decides to create a Support Group for UkraineThis Support Group will provide a focal point, structure, overview and guidance for the Commission's work to support Ukraine. More Mobile laboratory funded by EuropeAid to fight Ebola outbreak in GuineaAs part of the international response to the current Ebola outbreak in Guinea, WHO and its Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) have requested lab experts of the European Mobile Lab (EMLab) project to support the Ministry of Health of Guinea. Read more EU-Africa Summit - Nutrition side eventEU, World Food Programme and UNICEF address issue of malnutrition in Niger during EU-Africa Summit side event. 8th March - International Women’s DayIn support of International Women’s Day, EuropeAid presents its results in Ethiopia where woman are helping each other to fight female genital mutilation.
The impact of COPD on quality of life, productivity los... [COPD. 2012 Demographic and Social Statistics Statistics and indicators on women and men This web site provides the latest statistics and indicators on women and men in six specific fields of concern: This web site provides the latest statistics and indicators on women and men in six specific fields of concern: - Population - Health - Women and men in families - Education - Work - Political decision making The statistics and indicators refer to the latest year for which sex-disaggregated data are available. The data have been compiled from official national sources as well as international sources. All sources are given at the end of each table, as are technical notes on the indicators presented. Related links: Social Indicators The World's Women reports Gender Info 2007 Contact: genderstat@un.org
Portal URB-AL III - Bienvenido al Programa URB-AL III Age Structure of Mortality in Developing Countries United Nations (1986). Age Structure of Mortality in Developing Countries. A Database for Cross-Sectional and Time Series Research. This publication presents a data base of national life tables from developing countries. Since this publication is no longer available in printed form, it is made available here in electronic form in Adobe PDF format. Preface and Table of contents (1,425 KB) Introduction (947 KB) Chapter I: Sources of data (1,374 KB) Chapter II: Life tables (4,225 KB)
Inter-Parliamentary Union Parliaments need to act on climate change Parliaments should take stronger action on climate change through their legislative and oversight roles. This was one of the conclusions of a high-level regional seminar, which was jointly organized by the IPU and the National Assembly of Viet Nam in Ho Chi Minh City from 11 to 13 May. Parliaments need to act on climate change 136th IPU Assembly and related meetings (Dhaka 1-5 April) Study on climate change legislation and litigation launched at Bonn Climate Conference Building a bridge between science and policy: IPU side event at the 70th World Health Assembly Vietnamese Ambassador discusses upcoming regional conference on SDG implementation with IPU Secretary General Finnish Parliament organizes meeting on gender-sensitive parliaments Pakistan’s new Ambassador to the UN calls on the IPU Secretary General Study on climate change legislation and litigation launched at Bonn Climate Conference Representative Democracy Women in Politics
GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit The Ultimate Resource II: People, Materials, and Environment Introduction Preface Chapter 1 The Amazing Theory of Raw-Material Scarcity Chapter 2 Why Are Material-Technical Resource Forecasts So Often Wrong? Chapter 3 Can The Supply Of Natural Resources - Especially Energy - Really Be Infinite? Chapter 4 The Grand Theory Chapter 5 Famine 1995? Chapter 6 What Are The Limits on Food Production? Chapter 7 The Worldwide Food Situation Now: Shortage Crises, Glut Crises, And Government Chapter 8 Are We Losing Ground? Chapter 9 Two Bogeymen: "Urban Sprawl" and Soil Erosion Chapter 10 Water, Wood, Wetlands--And What Next? Chapter 11 When Will We Run Out Of Oil? Chapter 12 Today's Energy Issues Chapter 13 Nuclear Power: Tomorrow's Greatest Energy Opportunity Chapter 14 Dying Planet? Chapter 15 The Peculiar Theory Of Pollution Chapter 16 Whither The History Of Pollution? Chapter 17 Pollution Today: Specific Trends And Issues Chapter 18 Bad Environmental And Resource Scares Chapter 19 Will Our Consumer Wastes Bury Us? Chapter 20 Should We Conserve Resources For Others' Sakes? Chapter 21