Women's health Being a man or a woman has a significant impact on health, as a result of both biological and gender-related differences. The health of women and girls is of particular concern because, in many societies, they are disadvantaged by discrimination rooted in sociocultural factors. For example, women and girls face increased vulnerability to HIV/AIDS. Some of the sociocultural factors that prevent women and girls to benefit from quality health services and attaining the best possible level of health include: unequal power relationships between men and women; social norms that decrease education and paid employment opportunities; an exclusive focus on women’s reproductive roles; and potential or actual experience of physical, sexual and emotional violence.
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.
Devpro Resource Centre SOUTHERN SUDAN: Moving Forward After decades of conflict, four years into a regional peace accord, school enrolment in Southern Sudan shot up, and children – including hundreds of thousands of girls, who were previously excluded – swarmed into overcrowded classrooms. The government’s priority in moving forward is improving quality, so that schools like Buluk A Basic School can become child-friendly schools. The child-friendly school (CFS) model has emerged as UNICEF's signature means to advocate for and promote quality education for every girl and boy. Learn more at the CFS Portal Featured Podcasts Ensuring human rights key to educating children in conflict zonesUNICEF Radio moderator Amy Costello talks to Mary Robinson, President of Mary Robinson Foundation–Climate Justice and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on ensuring children's rights in conflict zones.
Learning Indonesian - The fun and easy self-paced course in Bahasa Indonesia, the Indonesian Language Commission on the Status of Women-Follow-up to Beijing and Beijing + 5 Follow us on: The Commission's mandate was expanded in 1987 by ECOSOC resolution 1987/22 to include the functions of promoting the objectives of equality, development and peace, monitoring the implementation of measures for the advancement of women, and reviewing and appraising progress made at the national, subregional, regional and global levels. Following the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women, the General Assembly mandated the Commission to integrate into its programme a follow-up process to the Conference, regularly reviewing the critical areas of concern in the Beijing Platform for Action and to develop its catalytic role in mainstreaming a gender perspective in United Nations activities. The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) again modified the Commission's terms of reference in 1996, in its resolution 1996/6, deciding that the Commission should: (e) Maintain and enhance public awareness and support for the implementation of the Platform for Action.
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. Related links: Social Indicators The World's Women reports Gender Info 2007 Contact: genderstat@un.org
ILO- LABORSTA Internet (E) Russia invades Georgia. How did it come to this? - By Anne Applebaum For the best possible illustration of why Islamic terrorism may one day be considered the least of our problems, look no further than the BBC's split-screen coverage of Friday's Olympics opening ceremony. On one side, fireworks sparkled, and thousands of exotically dressed Chinese dancers bent their bodies into the shape of doves, the cosmos, and so on. On the other side, gray Russian tanks were shown rolling into South Ossetia, a rebel province of Georgia. The effect was striking: Two of the world's rising powers were strutting their stuff. The difference, of course, is that one event has been in rehearsal for years while the other, if not a total surprise, was not actually scheduled to take place this week. Russia, by contrast, is an unpredictable power, which makes a response more difficult. Both sides have deeper motives for fighting. In any case, the time to deal with this conflict was two years ago or four years ago.
Commission on the Status of Women The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the principal global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women. A functional commission of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), it was established by Council resolution 11(II) of 21 June 1946. The CSW is instrumental in promoting women’s rights, documenting the reality of women’s lives throughout the world, and shaping global standards on gender equality and the empowerment of women. In 1996, ECOSOC in resolution 1996/6 expanded the Commission’s mandate and decided that it should take a leading role in monitoring and reviewing progress and problems in the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, and in mainstreaming a gender perspective in UN activities. During the Commission’s annual two-week session, representatives of UN Member States, civil society organizations and UN entities gather at UN headquarters in New York. Methods of Work
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. The seminar aimed at helping parliaments in the Asia-Pacific region achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The discussions focused on climate change, which according to Tòng Thị Phóng, Vice Chairperson of the National Assembly, is one of the most serious threats to sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific region. She said that environmental degradation and disaster risk need to be part of parliamentary engagement on climate change... read more 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 Representative Democracy
FMI - Data and Statistics World Economic Outlook Databases (WEO) Updated Download time series data for GDP growth, inflation, unemployment, payments balances, exports, imports, external debt, capital flows, commodity prices. More International Financial Statistics (IFS) More IMF Statistics Data Provides comprehensive access to IFS, BOPS, DOTS, GFS and free access to a range of additional IMF datasets. Data Portal Principal Global Indicators (PGI) A website that brings together data for the major economies available from international agencies covering the financial, governmental, external, and real sectors, and provides links to data in web sites of international and national agencies. More Global Housing Watch A website that tracks developments in housing markets around the world. More Balance of Payments Statistics (BOPS) More Coordinated Direct Investment Survey (CDIS) Updated The CDIS collects data and metadata on inward and outward direct investment positions cross-classified by counterpart economy. More More More More
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Women, War & Peace - Gender Issues War has always impacted men and women in different ways, but possibly never more so than in contemporary conflicts. While women remain a minority of combatants and perpetrators of war, they increasingly suffer the greatest harm. In contemporary conflicts, as much as 90 percent of casualties are among civilians, most of whom are women and children. Even after conflict has ended, the impacts of sexual violence persist, including unwanted pregnancies, sexually transmitted infections and stigmatization. Moreover, women continue to be poorly represented in formal peace processes, although they contribute in many informal ways to conflict resolution. United Nations Resolutions However, the UN Security Council now recognizes that women’s exclusion from peace processes contravenes their rights, and that including women and gender perspectives in decision-making can strengthen prospects for sustainable peace. UN Women’s Approach UN Women programming focuses on four key thematic areas: