East Asia
Documents on East Asia (152)
Women’s Studies Institute of China and the Chinese Women’s Research Society, Oct 2009
To prepare for the Asia Pacific NGO Forum on Beijing + 15 an initiative was launched to gather together women with a focus on China's progress on gender equality. This ...
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United Nations Development Programme , Jun 2009
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) is often referred to as the 'women's bill of rights'. The emphasis on CEDAW as a defining ...
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United Nations [UN] Non-Governmental Liaison Service , Nov 2009
On 2-3 November 2009, the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) organized the Beijing +15 Regional Review Meeting, bringing together government and UN representatives as well as civil society organizations ...
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C. Pincha,
Oxfam America, Jan 2009
The Indian Ocean Tsunami, also known as Asian Tsunami on 26 December 2004, is the deadliest in recorded history. Following Indonesia and Sri Lanka, India was the third hardest hit ...
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Author:
R Sotelo (ed),
Comité de América Latina y el Caribe para la Defensa de los Derechos de la Mujer / Latin America and Caribbean Committee for the Defense of the Women Rights, Peru, Jan 2009
In 2009, the Comité de América Latina y el Caribe para la Defensa de los Derechos de la Mujer (Latin American and Caribbean Committee for the Defence of Women's Rights) ...
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