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The global gender pay gap

February 2008, 54 p., pdf

, by International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)

On the eve of International Women’s Day, a new ITUC report, the Global Gender Pay Gap reveals that on average, women are paid 16% less than their male counterparts. The report includes detailed analysis of statistics from official sources in 63 countries around the world. Data from an online (…)

The world wide web of desire: Content Regulation on the Internet

Published by: APC Women’s Networking Support Programme

, by MALHOTRA Namita

It is obvious that the discourse around content regulation has shifted mostly towards the protection of children from harmful content and child pornography on the internet. Any references to gender-related concerns were dropped, including even problematic conceptions that women and children need (…)

Africa: A positive guide to dating

, by Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN)

The dating scene is often compared to a jungle: rough, tough and a little bewildering. But when you’re HIV-positive and looking for love, the map’s even harder to decipher, the journey fraught with esteem-threatening decisions and nagging uncertainty.
To mark Valentine’s Day, IRIN/PlusNews had (…)

The fight against female circumcision in West Africa transposed on the internet

by Sylvie Niombo

, by GenderIT

Sylvie Niombo, APC-Africa-Women Co-Coordinator, examines a role of information and communication technologies in the fight against female circumcision, a harmful practice carried out on over a hundred million girls and women in West African countries. She explores ’shadow areas’ through a closer (…)

Case studies in Women’s Empowerment from the West, South and East

, by Wide Network

WIDE recognises that while women are bearing the brunt of the asymmetries of globalisation, they are also at the forefront of resistance.
While some are advocating for change at the policy level, demanding that the BPfA, CEDAW and other well-tooled international instruments are used to promote (…)

Persistent organic pollutants can render vaccines ineffective

, by Down to earth

Researchers from usa and Denmark have confirmed an association between increased exposure to persistent organic pollutants (pops) like polychlorinated biphenyls (pcb) and decreased antibody production in children vaccinated against tetanus and diphtheria. Action against pops was initiated in the (…)