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Education
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Education in Science Technology
Literacy
Ideas for Action
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The Information Society
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Human Security and Peace
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Human Security & Peace
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- Humanizing
Globalization: Empowering Women, the 2001-2004 IFUW Study and Action
Programme:
addresses humanitarian concerns raised by globalization and introduces
key issues relating to empowering women, education, human security,
human rights, and a culture of peace and offers ideas for action, topics
for workshops and interdisciplinary seminars, as well as resource materials
- http://www.ifuw.org/advocacy/index.htm
- WomenWatch:
is a gateway to information and resources on the promotion of gender
equality throughout the United Nations system (English) - http://www.un.org/womenwatch/
- International
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination (CEDAW):
adopted in 1979 by the UN General Assembly, is often described as an
international bill of rights for women (full text available in Arabic,
Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish) - http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/
- The World
Bank Group site on the Millennium
Development Goals: is an important source of statistics
and reference materials for the eight development goals adopted by the
United Nations in 2000, as well as for related work being done in different
regions (mainly English, but also considerable content in French, Spanish,
Arabic, Chinese, Spanish and Russian) - http://www.developmentgoals.org/
- The
United Nations Development Fund for women - UNIFEM: focuses
on gender equality and the millennium development goals; women, war
and peace and gender and HIV/AIDS; the site includes links to UNIFEM
regional sites, many of which have information on UNIFEM’s work
in local language - http://www.unifem.org/
- UNESCO:
is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
The UNESCO web site portal provides considerable information of particular
interest to IFUW as one of the 6 themes of the web site is Education.
The other themes are Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, Culture, Communication
and Information and Special Focus. The Special Focus features HIV/Aids
and Sustainable Development. Material is available in French, Spanish,
Russian and Arabic. http://www.unesco.org/
- UNDP:
is the United Nations Development Program. The UNDP site
is a valuable resource as it is the link to many UN programs and agencies.
Reports such as Report on Democracy in Latin America; Human Development
Report 2003; and Africa 2015 are available. Check out the Knowledge
Services section. (Real Time Solutions for a Developing World -http://www.undp.org/knowledge/index.htm).
Material in English, French and Spanish. Also information by region.
http://www.undp.org/
- The
Club of Rome: The
Club of Rome is a global think tank and centre of innovation and initiative.
As a non-profit, non governmental organisation (NGO), it brings together
scientists, economists, businessmen, international high civil servants,
heads of state and former heads of state from all five continents who
are convinced that the future of humankind is not determined once and
for all and that each human being can contribute to the improvement
of our societies. Reports can be ordered for a charge. The links section
offers some interesting suggestions regarding global governance. Information
on a Young Think Tank. English only, although links are to a variety
of country resources.
http://www.clubofrome.org/
- Reports
available from the world wide web:
Human Development Report 2002
Deepening
democracy in a fragmented world http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2002/en/
Human Development Report 2003
Millennium
Development Goals: A compact among nations to end human poverty http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2003/
Women and the Environment (Sustainable Development)
http://mirror.unep.org/Documents.Multilingual/Default.asp?DocumentID=67&ArticleID=4518&l=en
Women as Peacemakers: From Victims to Rebuilders
of Society http://www.un.org/events/tenstories/story.asp?storyID=700
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