News

06. July 2006

Who are the "new" men?

Old concepts and Traditions are changing - yes or no?

To achieve the Millennium Development goals men and women have to work together on an equal level. We need the "new" men! Read a UNFPA report on this issue: http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2005/english/ch6/index.htm ...

 

04. July 2006

DADs - Dads and Daughters

Fathers Provide Inspiration and Support to their Daughters

A group of dads in America have come together with the commitment of becoming a positive influence on their daughters lives. Using an internet platform DADs (Dads and Daughters),  the website ...

 

04. July 2006

Mark Twain on Women's Suffrage

I should like to see that whiplash, the ballot, in the hands of women

Who has not read Tom Sawyer and Hucklberry Finn? These stories penned by Samuel Langhorne Clemens  (Mark Twain's real name) to this day continue to entertain and enchant people from diverse ...

 

04. July 2006

Men’s Involvement in Gender Equality Movements in Japan

By Hiroko Hashimoto

Lowest among the developed countries, Japan was ranked 41st by the United Nations Development Programme in terms of the Gender Empowerment Measure in the year 2000. There are three main factors behind ...

 

03. July 2006

Personal Status Law for Women

When Arab men are given the percetibly God-given right to make decisions on behalf of Arab women, who are at leat 50 per cent of the population, power abuse can occur. In order to avoid such abuses (such ...

 

29. May 2006

India - Men Included!

"Women empowerment empowers men too"

India is complex. And empowering Indian women a far more complex task, At the heart of women’s empowerment is the challenge to change attitudes, the time honored traditions of society, and of ...