Table of Contents 1 Background 2 Present Condition 3 Regional Differences 4 Inhibiting Factors 4.1 Language 4.2 Gender 4.3 Poverty 4.4 Child Labor 4.5 Child Marriage 5 International Gender Parity and Equality Protocols 5.1 Millennium Development Goal 3: 5.2 Education for All 5.3 Dakar Framework for Action|Dakar Framework for Action 6 Statistical Indicators 6.1 Gender […]

The International Campaign to save Sakineh Ashtiani from Stoning in Iran had a huge echo worldwide. Table of Contents 1 Who is Sakineh? 2 Mission Free Iran’s International Committee Against Stoning 3 International Protests 4 The European Union’s Reaction 5 References 6 See Also 7 External links Who is Sakineh? She is an Iranian woman […]

SEWA is a trade union registered in 1972 in . It is an organisation of poor, self-employed women workers. These women earn through their own labour or businesses and receive no welfare assistance. Working in the informal sector (like 94% of women), these women are especially vulnerable. SEWA’s main goals are to organise women workers […]