IN THIS ISSUE

EVENTS & OPPORTUNITIES
GENDER
Gender and citizenship in a multicultural context
NEWS
CELEBRATION OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
Law does not recognize children of Lebanese females
UN celebrates International Women’s Day but is blasted on gender equality
'Unions for Women, Women for Unions' campaign enters phase two
FOREIGN AID
EU donates $17.8 million to refugees
U.K. donates $356,000 to UNRWA project to aid refugees
GENDER
Ashreat Al Amal (Sails of Hope) - Sudan
Communication for Healthy Living (CHL) - Egypt
Communicating Safe Motherhood in Morocco
Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) Encourages Women to Use ICTs for Development.
Morocco Family Planning/Maternal and Child Health Phase V Project - Morocco
Making Motherhood Safer in Egypt
No Economic Growth Without Women's Rights, UN Says
Reproductive Health Care for Somali Refugees - Yemen
Reforming Family Laws in the Middle East and North Africa
HURRIYAT
ICFTU denounces workers' rights violations in Djibouti
Local Iraqi NGO documents prisoner abuse
ICT
Beyond the dust and heat: APC looks at Tunis and Geneva in perspective
INTERNATIONAL NGOs
Finnish NGOs push for more and better focused aid
WIDE Statement to the 50th session of the CSW
Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO)
POLITICS
Governments hear civil society’s call for greater transparency in the Arab world
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
ConventionYES! Help protect the rights of people with disabilities
Egypt Agricultural Exports and Rural Income Project
NGOs
First human-rights organization licensed in U.A.E
Iranian civil society is an ‘ethical sector’
Arab Science and Technology Foundation
YOUTH
International Summer Work camp in Palestine
EDUCATION
AUB aims to bring back PhD program by 2007

REPORTS & BOOKS & ARTICLES
CHILDREN
Violence against disabled children
The Children of Iraq-in need of aid
GENDER
A gender perspective on the 6th WTO Ministerial Conference at Hong Kong
Funding Sources for Gender-Equality and Women-focused Projects, BRIDGE (ed.), 2006
From Microfinance to Macro Change: Integrating Health Education and Microfinance to Empower Women and Reduce Poverty
Gender mainstreaming since Beijing: a review of success and limitations in international institutions
Gender, development, and advocacy
Gender equality and the extension of social protection
Inequality in NGO and Government Salaries in Afghanistan
Social and gender analysis in natural resource management: learning studies and lessons from Asia
The First Lady syndrome and the marginalization of women from power: opportunities or compromises for gender equality?
Reference Documents on Gender and Land
Where is the Money for Women's Rights?
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Preventing Iraq's Disintegration

RESOURCES
CAPACITY BUILDING
Civil Society Budgeting Toolkit: Part 1
NGO Web-Kit in French and Arabic by Morocco Country Gateway
ECONOMICS
Ensuring that Micro enterprise Funds Reach the Very Poor
DEVELOPMENT AID
USAID Report-A Year in Iraq
Charities Aid Foundation
ICT
UNAIDS has launched a new version of its website complete with new navigation, branding and logo
Iraq Resource Information Site (I.R.I.S.)
DONORS PROFILE
Aga Khan Foundation
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
GENDER
OECD Development Centre database charts discrimination against women