Published in Gender, technology and development
After the departure of the British, India was divided into a non-Muslim-majority state (India) and a new Muslim-majority entity (Pakistan). This territorial separation of religious communities emerged as the political solution to communal tensions and Muslim claims for a separate state. In this paper, the books ¿Borders and Boundaries: Women in Ind...
Published in Population today
This article reports experts' views on the important population trends and events observed in the 20th century. One expert mentioned that demographically the 20th century was the most remarkable century ever. Among its major features were the following: highest rate of growth; highest annual increment; shortest period in history to add 1 billion pe...
Published in ReproWatch
This article presents the summary of the 23rd Special Session of the UN General Assembly entitled ¿Women 2000: Gender Equality, Development and Peace for the 21st Century¿ held in New York during June 4-10, 2000. The Beijing+5 Review focused on re-examining the extent of compliance of world governments to commitments made 5 years ago at the 4th Wor...
Published in World of work : the magazine of the ILO
In the special Symposium on Decent Work for Women, conducted during the Governing Body meeting, the challenge of eliminating gender-based discrimination in the workplace was highlighted. Among the topics discussed were rights-based and development-based approaches; progress and gaps in decent work for men and women; promoting women workers' rights;...
Published in ReproWatch
According to a report by the UN International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), up to half of the world's female population have suffered abuse at the hands of those closest to them, at some point in their lives. This report on Domestic Violence Against Women and Girls is a first effort by the UNICEF to establish the global dimensions of domestic...
Published in Village voice (Greenwich Village, New York, N.Y.)
This article focuses on how women's powerlessness and subordinate status spreads HIV throughout Africa. It discusses specific traditional practices that lead to increasing rates of infection in the region. Dry sex is one such practice that is common throughout southern Africa, where the AIDS epidemic is the worst compared with anywhere in the world...
Published in Pop Sahel : bulletin d'information sur la population et le développement
In the Maradi district of southwestern Niger, the country¿s commercial hub, children are born with business sense. Parents in the district expect their young daughters to take part in the region¿s business activities by selling products at village markets. Therefore, only 13% of girls in the district attend school and during market days, classrooms...
Published in Psychology of women quarterly
This study examined differences in sexual attitudes and behavior among women who described themselves as dominant in their relationship with a male partner, sharing equal dominance with a male partner, or being dominated by a male partner. Data from 615 White and African American college women (aged 18-25) in the US were analyzed. Results indicate ...
Published in CIRDAP development digest
This article tells the success story of Fatima Begum from Jhenaidaha, Bangladesh. Having learned of the Integrated Rural Women Development Program of the Bangladesh Rural Development Board, Fatima started a Mohila Samobaya Samity or Women's Cooperative Society on August 21, 1993, with a deposit of Tk. 15 as savings and Tk. 10 as share. In 1994 and ...
Published in Pop Sahel : bulletin d'information sur la population et le développement
The most recent population survey conducted in Senegal in 1988 found that women comprise 52% of the country¿s total population and that rural women make up 75% of the active female population. The female population is very young overall since 58% of women are under 20 years old. However, women¿s numerical advantage is inversely proportional to thei...
