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20.12.2012
New issue of Women United out now!
Truths, causes and consequences of violence against women are investigated and revealed in this year's last issue of Women United
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19.12.2012
Calls for inclusion of women in post-conflict processes in Sri Lanka
Current efforts to include women in rebuilding Sri Lanka following the civil war are fragmented, according to Salma Yusuf. Referring to an assessment conducted by FOKUS in Sri Lanka, Yusuf claims t...
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13.11.2012
Human Rights Violations in Colombia
Colombia will undergo the Universal Periodic Review by the Human Rights Council in 2013. Here is the report on the Human Rights situation in Colombia 2008-2013, by international platforms and organ...
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13.11.2012
Swaziland: Urgent action needed to boost women in decision-making
While the constitution aims for 30 percent women in decision-making, the Swaziland local government elections on 3 November resulted in a drop in women’s representation from 18,8 percent in 2008 to...
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23.11.2012
The Filmmaker from Kashmir
In the Indian part of Kashmir, Iffat Fatima risks her life in order to tell the story about men who have disappeared. For six years Fatima has worked on the film “On a Trail of Vanished Blood”, whi...
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02.11.2012
Swaziland Local Government Elections: Will Women’s Participation Increase?
Reaching the goal of 50 percent women’s representation is unlikely as people of Swaziland take to the voting booths for local government elections on Saturday 3 November
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01.11.2012
Quotas: African Women Navigating a Man’s World
The introduction of gender quotas in the public sphere of Africa roughly two decades ago signified an evolutionary transformation in granting African women access to decision-making positions. The ...
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29.10.2012
‘I don’t want to die without seeing justice’: Sexual Slavery During Guatemala’s Armed Conflict
Fifteen brave Guatemalan women from the indigenous q’eqchí people testified before the High Risk Court in Guatemala City on Sept. 24-28, as part of the first criminal trial for sexual slavery and r...
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25.10.2012
Norwegian politicians officially unite to end violence against women
As first in the world, Norwegian politicians dress in orange to support UN campaign to save women from violence
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19.10.2012
Why are women so adversely affected by poverty compared to men?
Today, 2, 7 billion people live on less than 2 dollars a day, and 70 percent of these are women. This situation is commonly referred to as the feminization of poverty. Why are women so adversely af...
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12.09.2012
The Revictimization of Victims of State Crimes- The Aggressions Continue
Colombia: New report from the National Movement of Victims of State Crimes (MOVICE)
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20.08.2012
FOKUS launches new policy on disability
FOKUS is committed to protecting the rights and interests of all the world’s women. By extension, FOKUS is committed to the inclusion of people who have physical and intellectual disabilities and t...
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15.08.2012
I WAS HERE - World Humanitarian Day
World Humanitarian Day is a time to recognize those who face danger and adversity in order to help others. The day was designated by the General Assembly to coincide with the anniversary of the 200...
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22.06.2012
Fundamentalisms and patriarchy hard at work!
Women’s sexual and reproductive rights under attack:
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07.06.2012
Colombia the Current Panorama:Victims and Land Restitution Law 1448
This document outlines how the Victims and Land Restitution Law (Ley de Victimas y de Restitución de Tierra, Law 1448, June 2011) has been a positive step forward in recognising the existence of an...
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27.02.2012
Michelle Bachelet: Walk the talk
-Walk the talk – we have to talk as we go up the road to a world where women have the same rights as men, says Michelle Bachelet, Under-Secretary General and Executive Director of the new UN women’...
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16.02.2012
FOKUS challenges the Amir of Qatar
“You have a unique opportunity to challenge the UN and national delegations to include women and to include the gender perspective to climate change. How will you and the Kingdom of Qatar, as the o...
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