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 ...more

The legal, political and social climate in Uzbekistan does not allow for efficient work of non-governmental organisations in the area of sexual and reproductive rights. Fear of repression prevents activists ...more

Violence against Afghan women in the home is so prevalent and so pervasive that practically every woman living in the country will experience it in her lifetime. This report presents ...more

Awareness of the complex and dynamic links between gender relations and climate change is growing fast in gender and development (GAD) circles and among women’s rights activists, but in mainstream ...more

How is the division of childcare and housework between Japanese women and men changing? To counteract a decline in birthrate, since the early 1990s the Japanese government has introduced a ...more