SEXISME et DROITS des FEMMES
Sexism and Women's Rights

Bulletin 2005 - 9 : Consulter l'intégralité du bulletin - Download the newsletter
(version franco-anglaise - French-English version)

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History / Histoire
* Enheduanna (later 2300s or early 2200s BCE)
* Iran : Ahmadinejad names woman vice-president
* UN / ONU : 14 eminent women honoured this month
* Marche mondiale des femmes (17 octobre 2005)

Petition / Pétition
* France : Dénis de justice concernant les enfants victimes de sévices sexuels incestueux
* European Petition / Pétition européenne
* UN / ONU : Petition in Support of a United Nations Sponsored 5th Women's World Conference

Campaign / Campagne
* Arab Women's Right to Nationality !
* 2005 Global Campaign : 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence !

News / Nouvelles
1 - France
France's polygamy problem
Procès de l’imam Bouziane devant la Cour d’Appel de Lyon
La représentation des femmes dans les organes décisionnels des sociétés françaises
Women's Magazine Article Response by US Director of Office to Monitor & Combat Trafficking in Persons
2 - Germany : German court rules against Muslim teachers wearing head scarves
3 - Suisse : Une association pour la défense de la place des femmes à l'Université se constitue
4 - Norway / Norvège : Parité dans l'entreprise
5 - The Western Balkans : The Enlarged EU and Its Agenda for a Wider Europe: What Considerations for Gender Equality ?
6 - Russia : Woman's Right to Self-Defense
7 - Tajikistan : The number of girls attending school has been steadily decreasing
8 - Pakistan joins 80 other countries pledging to stop violence against women
9 - Afghanistan : La violence contre les femmes
10 - China : "Towards Gender Equality and Common Development"
11 - Ethiopia : Married as Children, Women With Obstetric Fistulas Have No Future
12 - Saudi Arabia : Saudi women to get first taste of polls
13 - Bahrain : Research Study Indicates Women's Participation in Elections is Not Essential to the Democratic Process !
14 - Israel : Women must be included in peace talks, policy decisions
15 - Moyen orient : Elles seraient de "vraies féministes" (!)
16 - Iran
* University can fail improperly veiled students
*  "In the eyes of God Men and Women are equal"
17 - Kenya : Religions, Femmes et recul des droits !
18 - Namibia : New Inheritance Bill Introduced to Protect the Rights of Widows & Children
19 - Uganda: Domestic Relations Bill Would Save Lives
20 - Canada (Ontario) : Premier Says Civil Law Will Prevail over Shariah and All Religious Laws

21 - Europe : Le Parlement européen et les mesures destinées à combattre la violence envers les femmes

22 - Australia : Australian prime minister rejects Muslim headscarf ban

UN / ONU
NGO and the Study of the Secretary-General on violence against women
UN / ONU : Adoption du Plan d'Action du Programme Mondial pour l'Education aux Droits Humains
UN / ONU / Millennium Summit 2005 - Women's Organizations Urge Governments to Strengthen Revised Draft Outcome Document
UN / ONU : Strengthening governance with a gender perspective and the political participation of women at the local level"
UN AGENCY REGRETS AS 'DISHEARTENING' US WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS OVER ABORTION
SECURITY COUNCIL Condemns Sexual Abuses by UN Peacekeeping Personnel 

Worldwide / International
When Work Just Traps People in Poverty
Internally Displaced Women
Rural and Minority Women still meet many forms of discrimination
Inedita circular de la OMC a favor de los matrimonios gays 

Report / Rapport
WIDE and GADN Conference Manifesto
UNIFEM Report Calls for Increased Focus on Women's Informal Employment in Efforts to Combat Poverty and Gender Inequality
Women's Empowerment: Measuring the Global Gender Gap'
States should make more effort to prevention violence against women migrants
Progress of the World's Women 2005: Women, Work and Poverty
Bangladesh : Trafficking
Congo : Rape Used as Weapon of War
Chad : Gender-Based Violence Faced by Darfur Girl Refugees

Book / Livre

Poem / Poème
Tears from Somalia

Conference
Violences envers les femmes en Europe, colloque Paris - France
Training / Netherlands : International training course : Gender, development and participatory governance
Recommandations by the 13th Annual Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Regional Framework
A Six -Days of intensive experiential learning for peace activists

Website / Site Internet
Feminist Forum / Forum féministe
An online discussion : "Give examples of good practice in combating all forms of violence against women"
"Galvanizing action to combat violence against women"
Discussion-Groups / Forum de discussion
France : Le site du Ministère...

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