The Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, Mr Miloon Kothari, has long valued the contribution of civil society organizations to his work. Civil society organizations have assisted in providing in…
Violence against women is a worldwide epidemic. It may take different forms depending on history, culture, background, and experiences, but it causes great suffering for women, their families, and …
Gender is used to describe those characteristics of men and women which are socially determined, in contrast to those which are biologically determined. The word ‘gender’ was used by Ann Oakley…
This book is a collection of edited versions of the papers presented at the conference. In exploring various constitutional themes affecting women, these papers either expressly or implicitly raise…
For thematic evaluations, the review has highlighted methodological problems associated with treating gender mainstreaming as a goal, rather than as a means to the longterm objective of achieving g…
Violence and discrimination against women continues with impunity in many parts of the region and continues to be one of the most visible manifestations of the unequal and unjust power relations be…
The initial report briefly reviewed the methodologies and findings of previous Australian studies of the economic costs on domestic violence. An important source is the literature review undertaken…
This book brings together the themes of gender, sexuality, violence and organizations. The authors synthesize the literature and research which has been done in these fields and provide a coherent …
The model underlying the manual is culture-based, grassroots-oriented, participatory, and dialogical. This model develops a framework through which facilitators may convey universal concepts of hum…
The Consultation was organized by the Women's Health and Department programme of WHO. It focused on violence against women by partner/ex partners which is one of the most pervasive forms of violenc…
this is a report of 2009 International forum for women's Empowerment organized by the National women's Education Center of Japan ( NWEC).the issue of violence against women ( VAW) including violen…