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An Online Resource Library on Domestic & Sexual Violence
The article lists 45 facts about violence against women in the U.S. and globally along with their sources. It also includes a selection of other web site links to find and verify violence against women statistics.
It provides a specific breakdown for each of the following:
"This study uses household and individual-level data from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) program to examine the prevalence and correlates of domestic violence and the health consequences of domestic violence for women and their children. Nationally representative data from nine countriesÑCambodia (2000), Colombia (2000), the Dominican Republic (2002), Egypt (1995), Haiti (2000), India (1998-1999), Nicaragua (1998), Peru (2000), and Zambia (2001-2002)Ñare analyzed within a comparative framework to provide a multifaceted analysis of the phenomenon of domestic violence."
It looks at the status of women today, discusses how gender equality will move all the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) forward, and shows how investment in women's rights will ultimately produce a double dividend: advancing the rights of both women and children.
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The guidance sheet series is produced by UNIFEM's Gender Responsive Budgeting Program to assist government officials and gender equality advocates in their efforts to make gender responsive budgeting a reality in their countries. Issues in this series explore Gender Responsive Budgeting concepts, tools and experiences and highlight good practices adopted by ministries of finance, sectoral ministries, local governments, parliamentarians, and civil society around the world.
Although publicly-funded International Financial Institutions (IFIs) have missions to reduce poverty and promote economic growth, IFI projects often ignore gender inequality and increase poverty, prostitution, and HIV/AIDS, particularly among women and girls.
This resource page includes audiofiles (MP3 format) of key presentations, as well as selected PowerPoint slides. All of the audiofiles are in the original language of the speaker only.
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Building on the achievements/impact of the 1st Fundher Report, Where is the Money for Women's Rights? Assessing the resources and the role of donors in the promotion of women's rights and the support of women's rights organizations, this Report probes deeper into fundamental questions related to resource mobilization and movement-building:
In accordance with its multi-year programme of work for 2007-2009, the Commission on the Status of Women will consider "Financing for gender equality and the empowerment of women" as its priority theme during its fifty-second session in 2008. In order to contribute to a further understanding of the issue and to assist the Commission in its deliberations, the United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women convened an Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on the topic. The EGM was hosted by the Government of Norway in Oslo, from September 4-7 2007.
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Promoting Gender Equality in New Aid Modalities and Partnerships from UNIFEM (March 2006) This note is an outcome of a November 2005 international consultation in Brussels organized by the United Nations Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and the European Commission. It identifies an initial set of considerations to ensure that gender equality is central to the aid effectiveness agenda.
