Nutrition through lifecycle
Adults
Exploring the linkages: Women's Empowerment, Microfinance and Health Education
01/08/2011 - This booklet highlights the results of a survey of women clients of microfinance institutions in 14 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, with a special focus on the effects of the social [...]
The state of the world population 2010
30/04/2010 - Ten years ago, the United Nations Security Council passed a landmark resolution calling on governments to protect women from rape during war time and to tap the power of women to keep the peace and [...]
Gender Handbook in Humanitarian Action
21/12/2006 - This Handbook sets forth standards for the integration of gender issues from the outset of a new complex emergency or disaster, so that humanitarian services provided neither exacerbate nor [...]
Enhanced commitments to women to ensure food security
26/09/2002 - This is a comprehensive study based on research in 48 countries showing how WFP has implemented its 2003–2007 gender policy. For managers planning a food aid intervention targeting women. The [...]
Multilateral Treaty Framework: An Invitation to Universal Participation. Focus 2001: Rights of Women and Children
15/09/2001 - This publication summarizes the objectives and key provisions of 23 multilateral treaties related to the advancement of women's rights and the goal of gender equity, deposited with the UN [...]
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
19/12/1979 - The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), adopted in 1979 by the United Nations General Assembly, is often described as an international bill of rights [...]
The Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols
12/08/1949 - The Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols are international treaties that contain the most important rules limiting the barbarity of war. They protect people who do not take part in the [...]