Content update - Gender and Development

1. Globalization and Child Labor: The Cause Can Also be a Cure
2. UNFPA Global Population Policy Update (Newsletter)
3. A Gendered World: Students and Instructional Technologies, by Indhu Rajagopal and Nis Bojin 4. IATP Reaches out to Eurasian Women, Helping them Succeed in Non-Traditional Roles
5. BIAS FREE Framework
6. A Life Free of Violence Is Our Right! The UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women
7. World Bank Latin America and Caribbean Portal
8. Litigating Reproductive Rights: Using Public Interest Litigation and International Law to Promote Gender Justice in India
9. Gaining Ground: A Tool for Advancing Reproductive Rights Law Reform
10. Entries Invited for Fourth Annual Gender in Journalism Awards 2007
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1. Globalization and Child Labor: The Cause Can Also be a Cure http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do~1094641?intcmp=700
"Pressure of globalization has led to child trafficking and forced labor. Similar global pressure from public opinion can also put an end to the practice. Five years ago, reports emerged about small groups of children being trafficked and forced to pick cacao beans ...
Contributed by Emmanuel Asomba on 20 March, 2007

2. UNFPA Global Population Policy Update (Newsletter) http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do~1094787?intcmp=700
This newsletter is issued by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in its capacity as secretariat for the biennial International Parliamentarians' Conference on the Implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action (IPCI/ICPD). The first IPCI/ICPD was held in ...
Contributed by Maribeth Lovegrove on 21 March, 2007

3. A Gendered World: Students and Instructional Technologies, by Indhu Rajagopal and Nis Bojin http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do~1094832?intcmp=700
A literature review of the paper A Gendered World: Students and Instructional Technologies, by Indhu Rajagopal and Nis Bojin, First Monday, Volume 8, Number 1, January 2003. URL: http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue8_1/rajagopal/index.html, has been done here ...
Contributed by Shambhu Ghatak on 22 March, 2007

4. IATP Reaches out to Eurasian Women, Helping them Succeed in Non-Traditional Roles http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do~1094854?intcmp=700
Women across Eurasia have relied on IATP for access to resources that, for cultural, economic, or geographic reasons, are largely unavailable to them. With training in computer skills, an online forum to exchange their views, web hosting to publicize their ideas ...
Contributed by Ari Katz on 22 March, 2007

5. BIAS FREE Framework
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do~1094862?intcmp=700
The BIAS FREE Framework: A practical tool for identifying and eliminating social biases in health research by Mary Anne Burke and Margrit Eichler, recently published by the Global Forum for Health Research. The BIAS FREE Framework is a new, rights-based tool for ...
Contributed by Andrea Pupulin on 22 March, 2007

6. A Life Free of Violence Is Our Right! The UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do~1094864?intcmp=700
"This booklet outlines examples of promising approaches that grantees of the UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women are using to eliminate the multiple forms of violence in womens lives. In showcasing the work with diverse constituencies, including survivors ...
Contributed by Maribeth Lovegrove on 22 March, 2007

7. World Bank Latin America and Caribbean Portal http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do~1094877?intcmp=700
This site contains links to World Bank activities in Latin America and Caribbean. It presents highlights, events and updates on what's new in the region. There is an overview of the Bank's activities, links to data and statistics, publications and reports, and ...
Contributed by Claire Stockman on 22 March, 2007

8. Litigating Reproductive Rights: Using Public Interest Litigation and International Law to Promote Gender Justice in India http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do~1094900?intcmp=700
"This report explores the use of Public Interest Litigation (PIL) to promote gender justice and advance womens reproductive rights in India. Womens reproductive rights in India are severely undermined by gender-biased practices. As a result, women face a wide ...
Contributed by Maribeth Lovegrove on 22 March, 2007

9. Gaining Ground: A Tool for Advancing Reproductive Rights Law Reform http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do~1094932?intcmp=700
"Gaining Ground is a resource for advocates promoting law reform at the national level. Each chapter, devoted to a key reproductive rights issue, provides positive examples of recently adopted laws and policies from around the world. Gaining Ground is aimed at ...
Contributed by Maribeth Lovegrove on 22 March, 2007

10. Entries Invited for Fourth Annual Gender in Journalism Awards 2007 http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do~1095063?intcmp=700
Entries are invited for the fifth annual Gender in Journalism Awards 2007. The two awards, which are for print journalists, have been instituted by the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) with the support of The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural ...
Contributed by Owais Aslam Ali on 24 March, 2007