June 2012, No. 1 & 2 Vol. XLIX, The Future We Want? Championed by a wide range of stakeholders from civil society and the Women's Major Group, to Governments and United Nations agencies, the Rio+20 ...

This commentary is the second of a four-part series that examines the intersection between trade and gender. Though the term “gender” can encompass a variety of identities, the series will limit its ...

Feminist Africa, No. 12 (December 2009), pp. 11-30 (20 pages) Akyeampong, E. and Agyei-Mensah, S. 2006. “Itinerant Gold Mines? Mobility, Sexuality and the Spread of Gonorrhoea and Syphilis in ...

Djibouti shelters about 22,000 refugees of primarily Somali origin. Climatic and soil conditions around the Ali Adde and Holl Holl camps are harsh, being dry and desert-like. Water shortages limit ...

Medicine, Conflict and Survival, Vol. 20, No. 2 (2004), pp. 151-165 (15 pages) For young refugees, the turmoil of adolescence is exacerbated by the acculturation process that sometimes places them at ...

The Ministry of the Environment launched the project « Support for gender-sensitive local development integrating adaptation to climate change » in Cap-Haïtien, funded by the Embassy of ...

Gender equality is central to the World Bank Group’s goals of ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity in a sustainable manner. No society can develop sustainably without transforming the ...

Based on the contents of the 2012 World Development Report (WDR) on Gender Equality and Development, and designed to meet the need for "just-in-time" learning and accommodate professional and ...

Joanne Sandler is the Ad Interim Executive Director of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). She guides efforts to implement rights- and results-based programmes in support of ...

The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Welfare, in collaboration with the Ministry of Fisheries, Water Resources and the Environment, has launched a three-day consultative workshop to identify ...

As a woman in economics — a field still heavily dominated by men — I’ve often found myself reflecting on what it takes to thrive in competitive environments. Economics rewards visibility, ...

Mount Saint Vincent University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA. Mount Saint Vincent University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. These are educational events ...