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Gender Equality

Our Story was such

by Ishtar Zikr | May 13, 2013 at 11:24 AM

I share my first piece of writing here at World Pulse, hoping this to be the beginning of a wonderful journey. Ploughed by the harsh hands of “hollow-souled” harvesters, … Read More»

Offer: UNWOMEN Call for proposal (Nepal) to enhance the capacity of local stakeholders / Proposals are due by May 14, 2013

by anaisabelbbp | May 2, 2013 at 9:32 AM | Funding

Call for Proposals … Read More»

Lonely travelers not alone

by Chrisitina | April 26, 2013 at 4:39 AM

China had made “Men and Women are equal” a political commitment right after its founding and that had later become a manifesto in our first constitution in 1954 and in other various laws and regulatio … Read More»

FEMINISM IN NIGERIA: Why Feminism, why here, why now - Part 1

by EVIA Woman | April 23, 2013 at 12:46 AM

Most people, men but interestingly enough, women, refer to feminists in third party - like a sect of a religion we don't understand, our magazine ran an issue on feminism which just about broached the … Read More»

Please don’t teach me to crush myself!

by Chrisitina | April 22, 2013 at 5:50 AM

I was born in the 1980’s, when girls in China have long been given the equal rights to attend schools. … Read More»

Offer: Call for Applications: 2013 SEED Gender Equality Awards (Deadline: 12 June 2013)

by mrbeckbeck | April 17, 2013 at 2:08 PM | Opportunities

UN Women joins the European Union, the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, the government of Flanders, the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNID … Read More»

Offer: Research Council of Norway: Women's Rights and Gender Equality - Application deadline: 29 MAY 2013 (13:00 CET)

by anaisabelbbp | April 15, 2013 at 11:52 AM | Opportunities

"The NORGLOBAL program offers Norwegian research institutions with travel and conference grants to engage female researchers in the global South. … Read More»

Shut up! It’s My Life!

by Chrisitina | April 15, 2013 at 3:51 AM

When I was a little girl, I was dressed in pink dresses and given dolls to play with. … Read More»

Optimism for the Likes of Rabi and Their Local Community

by Greengirl | April 6, 2013 at 4:34 PM

Nigeria has recorded very devastating environmental and human impacts of artisanal mining activities. … Read More»

Michelle Bachelet leaves UN Women

by Ruth Bech | March 16, 2013 at 3:06 AM

Yesterday, at the end of the UN Conference on the Status of Women (UNSCW), Michelle Bachelet announced her resignation from office to the delegates: "This will be my last UNCSW, I am going back to my … Read More»