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Special Focus

Special Focus - Women's access to public space

• High female voter turnout in Iraq’s local elections (Al Arabiya 09.06.2013)
• Iran's Presidential Candidates Courting Female Vote (Voice of America 07.06.2013)
• How do we get more women into politics? (MSNBC 06.06.2013)

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Publications

Recently released papers

• Female genital mutilation in the European Union and Croatia (2013, EIGE)
• Girls on the Move: Adolescent Girls & Migration in the Developing World (May 2013, Population Council)
• Report on Progress on equality between women and men in 2012 (May 2013, The European Commission)
• The Grammatical Origins of Gender Roles (Working Paper by Victor Gay, Estefania Santacreu-Vasut and Amir Shoham)
• Accessing justice: Models, strategies and best practices on women's empowerment (2013, IDLO)
• Economic crises and women’s work, exploring progressive strategies in a rapidly changing global environment (January 2013, UN Women publication)

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Media Review

Gender in the Media

• Online porn: animals have more rights than women, campaigners say (The Telegraph 18.06.2013)
• US military to open elite combat roles to women by mid-2015 (The Guardian 17.06.2013)
• Argentina's prostitutes – mothers first, sex workers second (The Guardian 17.06.2013)
• Maternity remains the biggest obstacle to equality in the workplace (The Irish Times 12.06.2013)
• ‘Davos for Women’ May Marginalize Female Leaders (TIME 08.06.2013)
• Afghanistan: Women in parliament receive threats - from fellow lawmakers (The Christian Science Monitor 08.06.2013)

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Media Archive

Gender in the Media Archive

• Gender in the Media - December 2012

• Gender in the Media - November 2012

Special Focus Archive

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Blog Review

Blog posts on gender

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Wikigender Videos

Where's the Controversy in Saving Lives? by Gates Foundation

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