UN Women’s Conference 2012
- Cora Weiss
- • March 9, 2012
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This essay was adapted from a speech that Cora Weiss, president of the Hague Appeal for Peace, a network of peace and justice groups, read as a panelist on the “Women, War and Peace” debate held during the 56th Commission …
- Categories: Peace and Security, Women
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- Barbara Crossette
- • March 7, 2012
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On the eve of the current session of the Commission on the Status of Women, Cora Weiss received her new United States passport. Weiss, president of the Hague Appeal for Peace, is well known around the United Nations as a …
- Categories: Women
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • March 5, 2012
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Rural women are worse off than their urban counterparts and their male neighbors. They are generally poorer, less educated, discriminated against and left with limited health care choices and jobs, yet they are classic behind-the scene doers, often performing most …
- Categories: Human Rights, Women
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • March 4, 2012
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In India, a title to land can literally be a passport to security. Everything from bank credit to legal proof of caste, income, residence, eligibility for government housing, admission to schools and colleges – and even bail for a jailed …
- Categories: Asia, Development, Women
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- Barbara Crossette
- • February 28, 2012
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As the world pins hopes on more effective farming to end cycles of hunger in many developing countries, an important factor holding back food production is a persistent cultural opposition to giving women more power over the land. Nearly half …
- Categories: Development, Women
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