Through this civic initiative, the ProGen Alliance – Elections 2009, has proposed itself to draw the attention of public opinion, especially of political parties, to the provisions of the Council of Europe’s documents and namely: Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member states on balanced participation of women and men in political and public decision making (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 12 March 2003 at the 831st meeting of the Ministers' Deputies) and the Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member states on gender equality standards and mechanisms (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 21 November 2007 at the 1011th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies)

            DEADLINE 15TH OCTOBER 2008

   KARAT Coalition together with its partners has the pleasure to announce a call for the submission of photographs addressing

   THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC SITUATION OF WOMEN FROM: ALBANIA, AZERBAIJAN, ARMENIA, BELARUS, BOSNIA AND HERCEGOVINA, GEORGIA, KAZAKHSTAN, KYRGYZSTAN, MACEDONIA, MOLDOVA, MONTENEGRO, SERBIA, UKRAINE, AND UZBEKISTAN

       June 2nd 2008
       From Economist.com






Girls are getting as good as boys in maths, and are better at reading

   TRADITION has it that boys are good at counting and girls are good at reading, but the reasons for the differences have always been hotly contested. Now a new study by Luigi Guiso of the European University Institute of Florence and his colleagues published in Science suggests that culture explains most of the difference, in maths at least.

The day of May, 15th
has been proclaimed
by the United Nations General Assembly as the

International Day of Family

    The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women is composed of 23 experts of high moral standing and competence in the field covered by the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Nominations for membership on the Committee may be made by States parties to the Convention, in accordance with article 17 of the Convention. The article states that "the experts shall be elected by State parties for a term of four years and shall serve in their personal capacity, consideration being given to equitable geographic distribution and to the representation of the different forms of civilization as well as the principal legal systems".

    The European Parliament has adopted (13 March 2008) a resolution on the particular situation of women in prison and the impact of the imprisonment of parents on social and family life. In this resolution the Parliament recalls the "specific nature" of women's prisons and insists that security and reintegration arrangements aimed at women should be put in place.

    The EP also recalls further that for women who have been abused, exploited and excluded resettlement arrangements in a supportive environment responsive to their individual needs is important.

   The Ministry of Social Protection, Family and Child has organized at April 17, the "Gender dimensions on the Labour Market" Conference. The event has been built up in collaboration and with the financial aid of UNIFEM's Program in Moldova and the Center "Partnership for Development" NGO. This conference is the first one from the series of conferences and public consultations planned as a part of the National Strategy on Gender Equality elaboration process. The Strategy Elaboration emerges from national and international engagements to consolidate the gender equality principle assumed by Republic of Moldova by signing the Convention on eliminating of all forms of discrimination against women (1994), Millennium Declaration (2000), as well as by elaboration of the Law assuring the equality between women and men Nr.5-XVI from 2.9.2006, the National Plan "Promoting gender equality in society for the period of 2006-2009".

First Global Broadcast -
Women on the Frontline
Presented by Annie Lennox
on BBC World
18 April 2008 at 19.30 GMT

   United Nations, Geneva

17 April 2008

This is an unfortunate anniversary

   The Meeting time of the CEDAW Committee is governed by Article 20(1) of the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. That article currently allows the Committee to meet "normally... for a period of not more than 2 weeks annually ...to consider the reports submitted..."