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A workshop on post referendum gender issues commences today. The workshop is organized by Gender and Development Unit at Development Studies and Research Institute of University of Khartoum in collaboration with German based Friedrich Ebert Organization, and will focus on constitution and laws.

Today, like every other Friday since February, Iraqi citizens will gather in Tahrir Square – in Baghdad, not Cairo – to protest corruption, poor government, lack of basic services, high unemployment rates and constraints on freedom of expression.

The relationship between gender equality and economic advancement is continuing to strengthen, and can greatly affect the productivity of companies and countries alike. The issue was raised yesterday at the World Bank's press conference in anticipation of the release of its World Development Report on Gender and Equality and Development.

Michelle Bachelet first met Hillary Clinton at a photo opportunity, when the Chilean was on the cusp of becoming her country's first female presidential candidate. The two women wound up talking for almost an hour, on women, politics and health policy.

The UN Women (United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women) and the Karnataka government on Wednesday signed a project cooperation agreement to empower elected women representatives and promote gender responsive good governance. The agreement was signed between the department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (RDPR), government of Karnataka and the UN Women.

The United Nations today marked the annual International Day of Peace with tributes to those working to build a better future as well as a call to people everywhere to make their voices heard to strengthen peace and democracy.

Just a few days after independence was declared, the South Sudan Women Lawyers Association (SSWLA) issued a rallying call to supporters of women's rights, demanding greater equality and human rights for the women of South Sudan.

Ms. Almas Jiwani, President of the UN Women Canada National Committee is pleased to announce that a celebration of the National Committee for the newly established United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) will be held in Quebec City on September 6, 2011.

The ten year long armed conflict started by the Communist Party of Nepal -Maoist (CPN Maoist), with the objective of establishing a Republican state, claimed more than 13,000 lives and forced millions to live as internally displaced.

Peace is not made with friends, it is made with enemies. Peace deals are then about finding a minimum common ground and making compromises: It comes at a cost, but the price is not necessarily equal for everybody. Sari Kouvo, AAN Senior Analyst, discusses some of the key themes that came up in her meetings with Afghan women about reconciliation and what is needed to make peace in Afghanistan.