IN THIS ISSUE

OPPORTUNITIES
Rooms of their own: Women in the knowledge economy and society

NEWS
HURRIYAT
Bangladeshi workers protest against abuse in Jordan
UN special rapporteur on trafficking in persons to visit Bahrain
TRADE & ECONOMY
Civil society groups boycott Singapore meetings
GENDER
More Leadership Positions for Women in Saudi Education Ministry
Pregnant Palestinians give birth at Israeli checkpoints
The Right to Pass Nationality to the Children of Iranian Mothers
WLUML Exhibition: Dress Codes & Modes - Women’s Dress in Some Muslim Countries and Communities

REPORTS, BOOKS & ARTICLES
GENDER
Advancing Reproductive Health and Family Planning through Religious Leaders and Faith-Based Organizations
Budgeting for women’s rights: monitoring government budgets for compliance with CEDAW
Crimes of honor book – “Beyond Honor”
Disabled Women - Double Discrimination - Working for Inclusion & Networks
Engaging Men in Gender Equality: Positive Strategies and Approaches
European Women's Lobby - Women & Multiple Discrimination
Gender and Citizenship - Report by Shamim Meer with Charlie Sever
Gender Equality as Smart Economics: A World Bank Group Gender Action Plan (Fiscal years 2007-10)
Study Exposes Extent of Abuse of Women
The girls' stipend programme in Bangladesh
UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing to the United Nations 2006: Women's Equal Rights to Adequate Housing Land, & Property;
UN Secretary-General’s Study on violence against women;
Women's Participation in Middle East Peace Efforts;
Working with Men to End Gender-Based Violence: Lessons for the South Asian Context, January 2003;
GENDER & ECONOMY
2004 World survey on the role of women in development: women and international migration;
Corporate Social Responsibility in Latin America: Chiquita, women banana workers and structural inequalities;
Female migrants: bridging the gaps throughout the life cycle: selected papers of the UNFPA Expert Group;
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) 2005 Report on Women and Entrepreneurship;
State of the World Population: A passage to hope - women and international migration;
GLOBALIZATION AND GENDER
Globalization, economic policy and employment: Poverty and gender implications;
Made by women: gender, the global garment industry and the movement for women worker's rights;

RESOURCES
DONORS PROFILES
Irish Aid
Women’s World Summit Foundation

LINKS
Alternative Reports to UN CEDAW Committee – OMCT;
Gender and Development: Bridging the Gap between Research and Action March 2006;
Securing Equality, Engendering Peace: A Guide to Policy and Planning on Women, Peace and Security;
Online directory on gender, peace and security research;
Women living with the everyday realities of war: A website dedicated to understanding women's roles in war and peace