• Are women key to sustainable development?
• TED TALKS: Sheryl WuDunn: Our century's greatest injustice (YouTube version)
• 22 July 2010:Uganda becomes the 28th State Party to the Maputo Protocol!
• U.N Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict: sign the petition NOW!
• Take this survey on Community Indicators, Human Rights and Gender! This is a survey from the Global Reporting Initiative. Learn more.

• The United Nations regional economic agency (ECLAC) says more attention needs to be drawn to women’s unpaid work in Latin America. See report: What kind of state? What kind of Equality?
• UN Women is a new United Nations department that merges 4 international agencies and offices and will give a much stronger voice to gender equality at a global level.
• The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) launches a series of televised debates to discuss the theme Women’s empowerment, development cooperation and culture.
• OECD, ICRW and UNIFEM event on July 1st. “From Behind the Scenes to the Forefront: Gender Equality, Social Institutions and the Millennium Development Goals”
• United Nations “Global Open Day for Women and Peace” kicks off 10th anniversary commemorations of UN Security Council resolution 1325. Read more
• Access videos through our "Wikigender videos" page!

Despite the ratification by most African states of international and regional instruments protecting the rights of women, discriminatory practices remain widespread across the continent. On 8 March 2009, over one hundred organizations, present throughout the continent, launched the Campaign “Africa for Women’s Rights: Ratify and Respect!”. Wikigender partners with the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and Africa for Women's Rights Campaign.

Learn more about the campaign in 31 countries.

22 July 2010:Uganda becomes the 28th State Party to the Maputo Protocol!

In the Spotlight: Afghan Women

Afghan women are among the most vulnerable in the world and the media has been covering extensively their situation and the fear of it worsening with the rise of the Taliban. Learn more on women in Afghanistan and other issues making headlines, in the Community Portal. Learn more.

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Social Institutions and Gender Index The Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) is a composite indicator of gender equality, introduced by the OECD Development Centre. It solely focuses on social institutions that have an impact on the equality between men and women. Social institutions comprise norms, values and attitudes that exist in a society in relation to women. SIGI is based on a selection of indicators from the Gender, Institutions and Development Data Base. In particular, it uses information on social institutions variables that are classified into family law, physical integrity, civil liberties and ownership rights.