Tuesday, May 17th, 2005
As of April 2005, approximately half of all people living with HIV worldwide—nearly 20 million—are female, and increasingly young and poor. The number of HIV infected women and girls is on the rise in every region of the world.
Women and the Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic (2005) (pdf)…
Tags: Human Rights, US Policy
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Tuesday, May 17th, 2005
Seventy percent of the 600,000-800,000 people trafficked across international borders every year are women. And while the complex issue of trafficking occurs in different forms and affects both women and men around the world, it is women and girls who suffer most acutely.
Trafficking of Women: U.S. Policy and International Law (2005) (pdf)…
Tags: Human Rights, US Policy
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Tuesday, April 12th, 2005
Fact sheet discussing the effects of U.S. policies on immigrant, refugee and internally displaced women.
Immigrant, Refugee and Internally Displaced Women and U.S. Policy (2005) (pdf)…
Tags: Human Rights, US Policy
Posted in Global Governance, Library |
Friday, February 25th, 2005
Leaders to Bush Administration: U.S. Must Reaffirm Historic Women’s Human Rights Agreement
Another U.S. Withdrawal at the United Nations? (2/25/2005) (html)…
Tags: Beijing Platform for Action, Human Rights, Political Participation, US Policy
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Friday, October 1st, 2004
Examines the U.S.’s position on the Kyoto Protocol, CEDAW, the International Criminal Court and the ICPD Programme of Action and why these treaties are important for women in the U.S.
How U.S.Unilateralism Harms Women (2004) (pdf)…
Tags: Sustainable Development, US Policy
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