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Ambassador-at-Large Verveer Briefs on Travel to Afghanistan, U.S. Commitment to Afghan Women
On June 30, 2009, Ambassador-at-Large Verveer briefed the press on her recent travel to Afghanistan and the U.S. commitment to Afghan women.
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Department of State -- Office of Global Women's Issues Secretary Clinton's "Forum for the Future" statement in Morocco included remarks on the importance of women's empowerment:
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Text and video of Amb. Verveer's most recent testimony before the House. Or, use the following link to get all the witnesses' testimony -- including that of Nicole Kidman. http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/schedule
Source: www.state.gov
Ambassador-at-Large for Office of Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer's Testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight: "International Violence Against Women: Stories and Solutions"
Department of State -- Office of Global Women's Issues NPR coverage of the under-reported crisis in Guinea. Ambassador Verveer is testifying before Congress this afternoon on violence against women around the world, and will be raising the need for urgent attention to the situation in Guinea. We'll post her remarks as soon as they're released. In DC? You can attend: http://www.house.gov/daily/comlist.html
Source: www.npr.org
Guinea is still struggling to deal with the deadly military crackdown on a pro-democracy rally last month. What has shocked people most is that women were targeted in a wave of sexual violence allegedly perpetrated by soldiers in public, in broad daylight.
Department of State -- Office of Global Women's Issues Ambassador Verveer testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday on the global costs and consequences of violence against women:
Source: www.state.gov
Testimony of Ambassador Melanne Verveer Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on Violence Against Women: Global Costs and Consequences
Department of State -- Office of Global Women's Issues Will women receive equal attention in the classroom? Will there be a long-term socially transformative effect? Questions, hopes, and excitement as Saudi Arabia opens its first co-ed university.
Source: www.google.com
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia inaugurated on Wednesday its first-ever fully integrated coed university, and its ruler declared the institution will be a "beacon of tolerance" in a world attacked by extremists.
Department of State -- Office of Global Women's Issues The so-called "happiness gap" article is back, trying to claim that women's lives were better before increases in choice and freedom. For those of you who prefer data to dogma, an excellent history and deconstruction of the meme can be found here:
Source: languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu
What may be the most widely-discussed statistical over-interpretation in history is coming around for the third time. The first gust front of commentary blew in with David Leonhardt in the NYT Business Section in September of 2007, echoed a few days later by Steven Leavitt in the Freakonomics blog. ...
Department of State -- Office of Global Women's Issues In high school/college? Or have a daughter or son who is? Student advocacy groups are a great way to raise awareness and fundraise for worthy causes. If your school doesn't have a women's organization, why not start one? Check out, for example, the one below (which had the networking savvy to request this plug!):
W.E. is a new club at Desert Vista High School promoting women's equality! Men can be feminists too! W.E. is not a club strictly for females, as males can be feminists as well! By feminism, we simpl...
Department of State -- Office of Global Women's Issues And a further update: fined $200 for the crime of wearing trousers, Hussein is refusing to pay and is instead facing a month's jail time.
Source: www.latimes.com
Reporting from Khartoum, Sudan, and Nairobi, Kenya - A Sudanese woman was convicted Monday of public indecency for wearing pants at an outdoor cafe and jailed for one month when she refused to pay a fine.The ...
Department of State -- Office of Global Women's Issues Update on the courageous Sudanese journalist facing 40 lashes for wearing trousers:
Source: www.nytimes.com
Lubna Hussein, charged with dressing indecently for having worn pants, is daring the Sudanese authorities to punish her for it.
Department of State -- Office of Global Women's Issues Ahead of their launch at the United Nations next month, the International Guidelines on Sexuality Education are causing international controversy...
PlusNews Global | Africa Asia East Africa Global Great Lakes Horn of Africa Middle East North Africa
Source: www.irinnews.org
JOHANNESBURG, 4 September 2009 (PlusNews) - An attempt to help educators around the world develop sex-education programmes as a way to reduce unwanted pregnancies and the spread of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among young people has become bogged down in controversy. ...
Department of State -- Office of Global Women's Issues
Throughout September, we'll take a periodic look at progress since the Fourth World Conference on Women, held 14 years ago this month in Beijing (http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/beijing
Source: clinton3.nara.gov
Distinguished delegates and guests, I would like to thank the Secretary General of the United Nations for inviting me to be part of this important United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women. This ...
Department of State -- Office of Global Women's Issues Women, Islam, and the West: an essay on the intersection.
Source: www.worldaffairsjournal.org
Judy Bachrach explores the plight of Western women living in Muslim lands. Summer 2009 (Full)
Department of State -- Office of Global Women's Issues Zimbabwe: not enough rights for women in the constitution, not enough women on the constitutional reform committee to create change.
Source: www.ipsnews.net
: Women’s Rights Activists Lobby to 'Engender' ConstitutionNyarai Kachere HARARE, Aug 27 (IPS) - Zimbabwe’s latest constitutional reform process has generated strong interest among activists in strengthening protection for women's rights. ...
Department of State -- Office of Global Women's Issues In Mali, the tens of thousands who protested AGAINST women's rights have been successful: the president has announced he will not sign the new family rights law, which, among other things, would have removed the stipulation that women "obey" their husbands.
Source: news.bbc.co.uk
The president of Mali has announced that he is not going to sign the country's new family law, instead returning it to parliament for review.
Department of State -- Office of Global Women's Issues In Nigeria, divorce, double standards, and disposable women:
Source: www.ipsnews.net
The high rate of divorce in Kano state, northern Nigeria has become a worrisome phenomenon. Six months ago, an organisation of widows and divorcees tried to stage a massive march through the city of Kano to draw attention to their situation.
