IN THIS ISSUE

NEWS
GENDER
Gender Goes Wiki, UN-INSTRAW Creates a new Interactive e-Tool to Promote Trainings
Syria signs Arab League human rights charter
Empowering Women
UAE plans stiffer sentences for human trafficking
Lebanese among 8 new Arab Women Goodwill Ambassadors
Women and minorities, the Arab invisibles
Women's movement puts spotlight on campaign for right to equality
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Microcredit as a Driver of Development
YOUTH & CHILDREN
Egypt and Yemen begin to address challenges created by population growth

REPORTS, BOOKS & ARTICLES
ECONOMY & TRADE
Jordanian human rights group links press freedoms to economic growth
GENDER
Images of real women highlight real inequality 
Gender Equality Architecture and UN Reforms
Beyond access for boys and girls: how to achieve good quality, gender-equitable education
Getting girls out of work and into school
Politics of the possible: gender mainstreaming and organisational change, experiences from the field
Globalization, economic policy and employment: poverty and gender implications
Female Genital Cutting: Breaking the Silence, Enabling Change

RESOURCES
DONORS PROFILES
Prospects for donor conference 'not promising,' Barclays says
US gets as much as it gives to the UN
CAPACITY BUILDING
Handbook on gender and empowerment assessment
Using gender research in development
Elimination of violence against women in partnership with men
Working with men on gender, sexuality, violence and health: trainer's manual
Women and Elections: Guide to Promoting the Participation of Women in Elections