Extracto de ¿Qué Estado para qué igualdad? El presente documento se elaboró bajo la supervisión de Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), para su presentación en la undécima Conferencia Regional sobre la Mujer de América Latina y el Caribe (Brasilia, 13 a 16 de julio de […]
Excerpt from What kind of State? What kind of equality? This document was prepared under the supervision of Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), for presentation at the eleventh session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean (Brasilia, 13-16 July 2010). […]
Fuente: Comunicación y Prensa del CRIC INVITACIÓN A LA CUMBRE CONTINENTAL DE COMUNICADORES Y COMUNICADORAS INDÍGENAS DE LOS PUEBLOS DEL ABYA YALA Resguardo indígena de La María, Piendamó, Cauca, Colombia Del 8 al 12 de noviembre del 2010 ¿Por qué esta Cumbre? El compromiso de la Cumbre Continental de Comunicadores y Comunicadoras Indígenas de los […]
Excerpt from Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL, Fourteenth session, Agenda item 3, April 2010. By Rashida Manjoo Summary This is the first thematic report submitted to the Human Rights Council by Rashida Manjoo, Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, since her […]
Excerpt from Latin America: Social and Gender Impacts of the Economic Crisis By Alma Espino & Norma Sanchís, Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID) Full document here 4. What are the social and gender impacts of the crisis? The ILO Report on Global Employment Trends for 2009 estimates that the current crisis could generate […]
Extracto de América Latina y el Caribe: Crisis económica e impactos sociales y de género. Por Alma Espino – Norma Sanchís, Asociación para los Derechos de la Mujer y el Desarrollo (AWID) Documento completo aquí 5. ¿Cuáles serán los impactos sociales y de género? El Informe de Tendencias Mundiales del Empleo 2009 de OIT estima […]
Excerpt from Taking a Stock: the financial crisis and development from a feminist perspective By W IDE – Netzwerk Women in Development Europe WIDE, Globablising Gender Equality and Social Justice Gender-Specific Outcomes and Consequences of the Crises The gender-specific outcomes of the crisis vary greatly depending on the country and region. There are very few […]
Source: comunicaciones aliadas, Independent Information from Latin America and the Caribbean By Louisa Reynolds in Guatemala City Indigenous midwives are estimated to attend almost two-thirds of the births in Guatemala, and their work has proved vital in the recognition of indigenous peoples’ medicine. But while they play a key part of the process of coordination […]