Inspiring Change With the Women’s Directorship Programme

Prof. Amy Lau  Director of Executive Education and Chair Professor of Accounting, Faculty of Business and Economics, The University of Hong Kong: www.fbe.hku.hk . Nick Marsh    Managing Director of Harvey Nash Executive Search APAC, an executive search and leadership consulting firm: www.harveynash.com/executivesearch/ .   Abstract: Women’s progression in the workplace is stalling. There are multiple […]

Empoderamento feminino sem fronteiras

Valdir Lamim-Guedes / Eliane Santana / Luciene Silva Souza /Paulo Guilherme Martins da Rocha Instituto Educadores Sem Fronteiras. Address: Rua Capão Redondo, 794; Jardim Santa Margarida, São Paulo/SP 04931-100  Phone number: +551136732066 e-mail: contato@educadoressemfronteiras.org.br / web: http://www.educadoressemfronteiras.org.br/ . Resumo: A Igualdade de Gênero e o empoderamento das mulheres são Direitos Humanos e pré-requisitos para o sucesso do desenvolvimento socioeconômico, sendo ações para redução da pobreza, […]

Rape in Somalia: Women and ‘Double Victimisation’

Patrick Mugo Mugo Institutional Filiation: Aljazeera Television Producer (F/L), Eastern and Horn of Africa, Nairobi Bureau and also Conflict and Policy Researcher at Horn and Eastern Africa UN’s-mandated University Graduate with Masters of Arts in Media, Peace and Conflict Studies (2012) Contacts; patrickmaragi@gmail.com,@PMugoMugo , www.mugomugo.com .   Abstract: Rape is crime that ought to be punished and […]

Turning Policy into Action: One Adolescent’s On-the-Ground Activism

Julia Carter represents a new generation of young global activists. She eschewed the traditional high school-to-college path, choosing to devote two and a half years towards international travel and community service before college. She completed a Semester of Service with our partner organization Cause & Affect Foundation, served as a Fellow for Global Citizen Year in […]

Mulheres Rurais: Cooperação Internacional para Estudos Multidisciplinares de Gênero, Educação, Cidadania e Responsabilidade Social da Universidade

José Cláudio Rochai Professor Titular UNEB e Pesquisador em Direitos Humanos. Professor permanente do Doutorado Multi-Institucional e Multidisciplinar em Difusão do Conhecimento. Coordenador do OBEDHCV E-mail: jrocha@uneb.br . Denise A. B.F. Rochaii Professora Pesquisadora UNEB/UAB. Pesquisadora do OBEDHCV E-mail: dfrocha@uneb.br .   Resumo: O presente artigo relata a experiência e parceria do Observatório da Educação em Direitos Humanos, […]

The Divine Nature of Women Naturally – A Challenge of 21st Century

Rashmi Chandran  Founder & Chairperson, Natural Health and Environmental Research, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India E-mail: rashmichandran@gmail.com / https://www.facebook.com/NHEROrg . Abstract: Woman is the embodiment of God’s creative power, Shakti. Woman embodies the feminine aspect of God, through which he created the creation. God placed within women divine qualities of strength, virtue, love, and the willingness to sacrifice to raise […]

Education and Suicide

  Anna Barchetti Durisch Mentor, public speaker and education specialist e-mail: anna@helioslife.org web: helioslife.org .   Abstract: Whether we fail in school or life exams, suicide is not an answer. What is the meaning of education?How to heal the pain within us, which one day might result in divisions and conflicts at large?   Keywords: Education, suicide, […]

Mujeres: Narrar lo público-privado y la política del entre-lugar y el entre-tiempo

María Antonia Miranda González Graduación (2004) y Mestrado en (2009) Sociología por la Universidad de la Habana. Formada en el Centro de Formación Literaria Onelio Jorge Cardoso. (Cuba 2004). Fue profesora del Departamento de Sociologia de la Universidade de la Habana 2004-2007. Investigadora del Instituto Cubano de Investigaciones Culturales- ICIC.  Colaboradora del Centro Félix Varela […]

Female Genital Mutilation – Truths and Lies

Athanasia Zagorianou Strathclyde University, Glasgow. Master in Human Rights Law. e-mail: nassia_izago@yahoo.gr . Abstract: This article examines and analyzes the controversial issue of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). With goal to find the truths and the lies around the issue, this article provides a description and an analysis of important factual information regarding the practices of FGM and its […]

Vidas Sumisas: la Mujer Indígena

Lorena Yañez Ruano Mestrando en Estudios Latinoamericanos: Cultura y Gestión, por la Universidad de Granada loyarua@gmail.com .   Resumen: Nuestro estudio va a consistir en una mirada a las mujeres indígenas en América Latina. Éstas se encuentran en una situación de pobreza y subordinación, viven en un contexto de doble rechazo por el hecho de ser […]