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Thursday, March 5 at 10:00am - Women Shaping Science
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Measuring, Managing and Evaluating Progress in Gender EqualityUpdated about 7 months ago
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Wikigender Hello from the Wikigender Team! Ready to test your knowledge on gender equality? Try this month's Wikigender fun quiz and see whether you're a gender equality expert or need to brush up your knowledge. (TIP: all answers can be found on www.wikigender.org!)
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Wikigender Girls' education is one of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) since it has been recognised as one of the most effective means of tackling poverty and achieving gender equality. However, did you know that only three countries (Canada, Japan and Denmark) reach school enrolment ratios of 100% for girls? The ratio is below 40% in Sudan, Burkina Faso, Niger and Guinea Bissau. Wondering how your country compares?
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Education is a cornerstone of social and economic empowerment. Providing sufficient educational facilities and allowing both men and women to acquire necessary skills and competencies is a prerequisite of ...
Wikigender As you all know, Facebook is one of the most popular social networking sites on the web and Wikigender already has 347 fans! But did you know that you can recommend your friends to be fans of Wikigender? Just click on the left panel! There appears to be gender inequality in our fanbase so far: 72% of Wikigender's Facebook fans are female and 28% are men. Read more about Facebook and gender equality on the link below:
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Did you know that almost all OECD countries have fertility rates below the replacement rate (2.1)? In some developing countries (Niger, Timor Leste, Afghanistan, Guinea Bissau and Uganda), on the other hand, women on average bear more than 7 children. Curious how your country fares? Read more on http://www.wikigender.org/index.php/Wiki
Wikigender How much do you know about gender equality? This quiz tests your knowledge on key events, individuals, and international agreements on gender equality. All answers can be found on Wikigender!
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With much talk about female political participation ahead of the upcoming European elections, did you know that in OECD countries less than 25% of seats in national parliaments are held by women (unweighted average)? Sweden, Norway and Finland top the list with values exceeding 37%. Read more about female political participation: http://www.wikigender.org/index.php/Stat
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Although most women around the world have the right to vote, there is still a big disparity between the number of women and men who are actively involved in politics. For example, out of 193 heads of government, only 23 are women. What is more, women are outnumbered by men in all the world’s pa...
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Gender inequality has multiple facets, including both overt and more hidden instances of discrimination. In the framework of the 2009 session of the Commission on the Status o...
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Wikigender 2.0 will be presented in Stockholm on 20 November 2008. For more information, see: http://www.wikigender.org/wiki/index.php
November 17, 2008 at 3:12am · Report
A vibrant forum for sharing experience and knowledge, assessing the present environment for women scientists and why and how that can and must be improved
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Time:11:00AM Thursday, June 5th
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