Social norms

Syria bans niqab (2010)

About A Syrian act of protecting secular identity has caught international attention. A ban issued on Sunday, 18 July 2010, prohibits the wearing of niqabs at public and private universities. The Syrian Ministry of Education, under minister Ghiath Barakat’s orders, expressed that wearing the niqab will not be allowed for either students or professors, and […]

Sonke Gender Justice Network

Table of Contents 1 Mission and Vision 2 About 3 Work areas 4 Activities 5 Impact 6 See Also Mission and Vision Sonke was established in August 2006. Its mission is to “work across Africa to strengthen government, civil society and citizen capacity to support men and boys to take action to promote gender equality, […]

Son preference in China

Despite the old Chinese proverb according to which “Women hold up half the sky”, Chinese families prefer having sons instead of daughters. As a consequence, China faces nowadays millions of missing women, as many of its neighbouring countries. Son preference is often considered as a recent phenomenon whereas it is an old characteristic of the […]

Son Preference

Son preference reflects the economic valuation of women, based on information on the number of “” in a country. Missing women, a concept suggest by economist , measures gender bias in mortality due to sex selective abortions or insufficient health care to baby girls. See also External Links www.oecd.org/dev/gender/sigi  

Sexual Harassment

Sexual harassment is unwelcome attention of a sexual nature and is a form of illegal social harassment. Unwelcome sexua l advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitute sexual harassment when this conduct explicitly or implicitly affects an individual’s employment, unreasonably interferes with an individual’s work performance, or […]

Reproductive Rights

Table of Contents 1 About 2 Beijing Platform 3 Other 4 Sources 5 See also 6 External links 7 Further reading About In 1994 the Cairo Programme of Action was adopted at the International Conference on Population and Development. This reproductive health document was the first to be of international policy nature. It states: Reproductive […]

Widows’ Rights International

Widows’ Rights International is a based, nonprofit, founded in 1996. WRI mobilises action by campaigning with international organisations, national governments and legal and other civil society organisations. Activities WRI offers resources for: capacity building and networking advice and information for national groups, through our website research into the status and condition of widows and their […]

Widow

A widow is a woman whose husband has died. A man whose wife has died is a widower. A widow can be especially socially vulnerable in some countries due to the lack of protection of a male figure, and sometimes face significant economic problems as a result. In other societies, widows can carry on her […]

Musawah – A Global Movement for Equality and Justice in the Muslim Family

Table of Contents 1 Launch of Musawah 1.1 Framework for Action 2 The Musawah Community 2.1 Musawah Advocates 2.2 Musawah Affinity Groups 2.3 The Musawah Secretariat 2.4 Musawah Working Groups 3 Current Projects 3.1 Musawah Knowledge Building Initiative on Qiwamah and Wilayah (QiWi Initiative) 3.2 Musawah International Advocacy Initiative on CEDAW and Muslim Family Laws […]

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