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World Bank report on gender equality ...

Sarah Cheverton WVoN co-editor The World Bank’s World Development Report 2012 is the first ever devoted to the issue...

World Bank report on gender equality misses bigger picture
posted on: Feb 13, 2012 | author: Sarah Cheverton

Girls key to global agricultural deve...

Summary of story from The Guardian, October 7, 2011 Women – particularly adolescent girls – are key to...

Girls key to global agricultural development
posted on: Oct 7, 2011 | author: Lindsay Carroll

UN forum calls for an increase in wom...

Summary of story from UN News Centre, September 19, 2011 An increase in women’s high-level involvement in political...

UN forum calls for an increase in women’s political participation worldwide
posted on: Sep 20, 2011 | author: Helen Thompson

Preventing violence against women aid...

Summary of story from Swissinfo, 12 August, 2011 In the developing world, women who are victims of violence face...

Preventing violence against women aids development
posted on: Aug 12, 2011 | author: Simon King

UN holds conference to encourage wome...

Summary of story from All Africa, August 3, 2011 Dr Mary Okumu, the chief technical advisor of the UN Capital...

UN holds conference to encourage women’s participation in development
posted on: Aug 3, 2011 | author: Samantha Reeve

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