Full Coverage: Gender

26.02.2008 In a southern state of India, Belaku Trust offers employment alternatives to hundreds of poor women who otherwise have very little choices in their lives. Started as a health research project more than a decade ago, the trust now is involved in several sectors from education to vocational training to counselling.

25.02.2008 The International Women’s Media Foundation is seeking nominations from around the world for this year’s Courage in Journalism Awards and a Lifetime Achievement Award. The foundation recognises three women journalists every year for their extraordinary strength of character in pursuing their profession under difficult circumstances.

22.02.2008 The Women's World Summit Foundation (WWSF) invites nominations for the fifteenth Annual Prize for Women's Creativity in Rural Life. The annual award is a recognition of creative endeavours of women in transforming lives of rural communities.

21.02.2008 Yhteiskunnan ja usein perheenkin hylkimät Intian transsukupuoliset elävät köyhyyden ja HIVin varjossa. Tamil Nadun osavaltio aikoo puuttua transsukupuolisten ongelmiin sosiaaliturvan ja lakimuutosten avulla.

21.02.2008 Three firebrand Indian young reporters of Appan Samachar armed with mikes and handy cams, go around Bihar villages scouting for stories primarily on women’s lives and their concerns. These news capsules are then shown to a targeted audience once a month to create social awareness on gender and other issues.

20.02.2008 Put your questions to Molly Melching and the women of Senegal, OneWorld's People of the Year.

20.02.2008 New knowledge about the mechanics of HIV transmission is already shaping new approaches to stopping the virus, says an anti-AIDS advocate reflecting on the news that a cream that was hoped to revolutionize how women protect themselves from AIDS had failed in clinical trials.
From: Global Campaign for Microbicides

19.02.2008 Being a widow in a socially backward and less developed country is hard. Subjected to ostracism, exploitation and harassment, they are forced to live in poverty and deprivation. President of UK-based Loomba Trust, Cherie Blair says that the UN needs to increase its focus on emancipation of widows.

18.02.2008 A young tribal has helped the women in his village become successful entrepreneurs by realising the true potential of traditional medicines. Haribol is an all-women self-help group in Chhattisgarh in central India that profits from the state’s abundance of herbs and medicinal plants.

18.02.2008 Thirteen spirited Nepali women will make the bold journey to Mount Everest this spring. Backed by the United Nations, these women will draw attention to the impact of climate change on the Himalayas, and hope that their effort will inspire other women across Nepal to follow their dreams.

15.02.2008 Saammeko esitellä, Vuoden ihmiset 2007: Molly Melching ja senegalilaisnaiset, jotka ovat työskennelleet väsymättä tyttöjen sukuelinten silpomista vastaan Länsi-Afrikassa. Melchingiin ja muihin palkittuihin saat yhteyden OneWorld-blogin kautta.

15.02.2008 An international seminar by UNCTAD will focus on gender concerns in trade in India and other developing countries from 25-27 February at New Delhi. The forum aims to sensitise trade experts, policy makers and stakeholders, and seek ways to integrate women into the international trade system.

12.02.2008 Dayamani Barla reports on the concerns of rural people in Jharkhand. She feels that dominance of journalists with middle class background in Indian media industry makes it difficult for them to relate to the issues of the poor.

11.02.2008 Young women need to be part of an organisation to understand the 'collective consciousness', says Ruth Manorama, whose efforts have helped make a space for Dalit women in the mainstream feminist movement in India. In a close conversation, she looks back at her three decades of struggles and many victories.

10.02.2008 UNITED NATIONS, Feb 9 (OneWorld) - Efforts to restore peace in Kenya will be doomed to failure if women are not invited to the negotiating table, civil society activists warned international mediators this week.

05.02.2008 A documentary filled with the message of hope and courage, follows a young South African HIV/AIDS activist as she crosses linguistic and cultural barriers to reach HIV positive women living in the city of Mumbai in India. The documentary is due to be shown on Indian television this year.

05.02.2008 Tyttöjen ja naisten koulutuksen ja hyvinvoinnin asettaminen etusijalle on sekä taloudellisesti että sosiaalisesti kannattavaa, kertoo tuore raportti.

05.02.2008 When it comes to investing in girls, actions must speak louder than words. A new report Why Girls Count says governments and multilateral agencies in developing countries must invest in the welfare of girls for better social and economic outcomes; countries that do not do so risk perpetuating poverty.

04.02.2008 In a region where education for girls meant only deen ki taleem or religious studies, Vinod Kumar Kanathia had to struggle to teach the girls jeene ka saleeka (way of life). Starting with 25 students and five teachers, he now runs 95 educational centres for Muslim girls in Mewat region in north India.

04.02.2008 There are over 20,000 indentured domestic workers in Nepal. Known in local parlance as Kamlari, the system originated half a century ago under which daughters were provided as domestic servants in exchange for cash. Some NGOs are now engaged in rescuing these girls from this appalling practice.