en-GB Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:42:45 +0100 The Toolkit shares information, tools, activities, and skills building ideas and methods to support organisations and individuals to better understand the needs of working with men to address sexual and gender based violence and the spread of HIV in collaboration with women’s rights organisations in Africa. ]]> article 4897 at www.gwi-boell.de Wed, 15 May 2013 15:29:27 +0100 With a supportive Constitution, leadership that intends to affirm women and youth, and almost 20% representation in the 11th Parliament thanks to affirmative action, could this be considered a new dawn for Kenyan women? ]]> article 4896 at www.gwi-boell.de Wed, 15 May 2013 13:58:03 +0100 Origin of the Women's Situation Room (WSR); its structure and reach; benefits of the WSR process to voters, candidates and members of the public, and how the WSR process was linked or supported by the national security, peace and legal machinery are some of the issues tackled at the forum. ]]> article 4880 at www.gwi-boell.de Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:06:18 +0100 What is the impact on the country's economy and society when its women double up as unpaid and underpaid labourers? Are these women subsidising the economy? If yes, how much is it? This short documentary raises such questions and provides apparent answers so that you will raise even more questions. Presenting "The Invisible Hands… that build India"- a curtain raiser on Gender and Macroeconomics.  ]]> article 4878 at www.gwi-boell.de Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:33:00 +0100 Apart from being rich, famous, widely successful and being recipients of numerous national and international awards, what could Omawumi, M.I Abaga, Waje and ElDee have in common? Well, we found out when the four of them came together to sing on one album and lend their voices to the cause of ending violence against women.
]]> article 4876 at www.gwi-boell.de Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:52:51 +0100 Khayelitsha township experiences one of the highest rates of violence against women in the Cape Town metro. In October 2012, the Heinrich Böll Foundation in partnership with Free Gender hosted a town hall meeting that sought to engage all relevant stakeholders in order to identify priority interventions for local government
]]> article 4862 at www.gwi-boell.de Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:39:03 +0100 With the support of the South Caucasus Regional Office of the Heinrich Boell Foundation three activists from Georgia and Armenia: Eka Aghdgomelashvili from Women’s Initiatives Supporting Group, Georgia; Nino Gamisonia from Independent Feminist Group and Partisan Girls, Georgia; and Elvira Meliksetyan from Women’s Resource Center of Armenia participated in the International Conference - “Feminism. Assemblage Point” organized on 5-7 March, 2013 in Kiev by feminist organization Ofenziva supported by the Heinrich Boell Foundation Ukraine Office.]]> article 4861 at www.gwi-boell.de Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:04:27 +0100 The Rio + 20 Conference ‘The Future We Want’ took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in June 2012. Women’s groups were critical of the Conference because it failed to make a stronger link between women’s rights and the environment, and to bring more women experts and activists into the official dialogue and meeting structure. ]]> article 4860 at www.gwi-boell.de Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:38:22 +0100 In the early 2000, the Collective for Research and Training on Development – Action, CRTD.A, and its network of feminist allies in the Arab region identified the denial of Arab women’s right to nationality to be a resilient form of state driven discrimination against women. How this reality changed during the last decade and what are the needed actions?   ]]> article 4856 at www.gwi-boell.de Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:58:14 +0100 The policy priorities of the G20 have profound gender implications, although the G20 rarely recognizes this fact. This report explores the possibilities for gender bias in the G20's policies, including those related to: fiscal and monetary priorities, employment, social protection, and development.  ]]> article 4855 at www.gwi-boell.de Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:01:34 +0100 article 4848 at www.gwi-boell.de Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:20:15 +0100 Quotas are a necessary prerequisite for full equal political and economic participation, a powerful tool to overcome the glass ceilings, experienced by so many skilled women over decades now. It is apparent that voluntary quotas don’t work, but regulatory pressure does. As a matter of equality and democracy quotas make a huge difference.
]]> article 4847 at www.gwi-boell.de Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:19:37 +0100 Most of the women who have accessed the Internet use it for finding a job, doing research or seeking additional income sources for their families.]]> article 4837 at www.gwi-boell.de Fri, 08 Mar 2013 12:54:26 +0100 article 4806 at www.gwi-boell.de Fri, 08 Feb 2013 09:46:55 +0100 article 4802 at www.gwi-boell.de Fri, 01 Feb 2013 11:12:15 +0100 In spite of declared equality, the lack of women in Georgian politics and at all levels of government is obvious. This was the main topic of the Heinrich Boell Foundation’s public discussion organized in Batumi.  ]]> article 4800 at www.gwi-boell.de Fri, 01 Feb 2013 10:19:51 +0100 Lepa Mlađenović is the winner of the Heinrich Böll Foundation’s Anne Klein Women’s Award. The award ceremony will take place in Berlin on 1 March 2013. The prize money is 10.000 €. ]]> article 4796 at www.gwi-boell.de Mon, 28 Jan 2013 10:54:35 +0100 efforts over the past year to implement United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 in its operations and activities in its annual report.  ]]> article 4788 at www.gwi-boell.de Fri, 25 Jan 2013 15:03:15 +0100 Tradition and Emancipation are two important poles influencing the societal acceptance of women's soccer in Lebanon. In this article, the author examines this influence through a number of interviews, observations and narratives. ]]> article 4781 at www.gwi-boell.de Fri, 25 Jan 2013 11:08:25 +0100 article 4772 at www.gwi-boell.de Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:26:11 +0100 The struggle for women’s rights and to overcome gender oppression has long engaged the efforts of inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations. Feminist Strategies in International Governance provides a new introduction to the contemporary forms of this struggle. ]]> article 4769 at www.gwi-boell.de Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:38:51 +0100  As a symbol of ‘Islamic’ oppression and backwardness for some and an emblem of dignity and devout faith for others, veiling has sparked discussions centered on religion. However, recent unveiling policies in several European countries have characterized veiling as far more than an expression of religious faith. Veiling is now also understood as a political statement. ]]> article 4759 at www.gwi-boell.de Fri, 14 Dec 2012 13:58:06 +0100 article 4741 at www.gwi-boell.de Fri, 30 Nov 2012 12:56:13 +0100 article 4730 at www.gwi-boell.de Thu, 22 Nov 2012 10:15:11 +0100 Gender-Responsive Multilateral Adaptation Investments in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region – This study analyses how gender-responsive multilateral adaptation projects in the MENA region are, finding and discussing both best and worst practice examples. The authors demands that multilateral institutions in all their MENA adaptation projects implement gender safeguard policies consistent with existing international conventions and instruments on gender equality.  ]]> article 4729 at www.gwi-boell.de Thu, 22 Nov 2012 09:42:01 +0100