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Gender equality
Gender equality
The right and opportunity to take part in the conduct of political processes at all levels in society is a universal human right. Gender equality is understood as women and men having the same entitlements to all aspects of human development; economic, social, cultural, civil, and political rights.
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Sonja Iskov
Promoting women empowerment
Commitment to rights and gender equality permeate all areas of DanChurchAid's development and relief work.
DanChurchAid is concerned about gender inequality because the majority of the world's poor are women. Around 70 per cent of the 1.3 billion people who live in extreme poverty are women and girls.
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Articles about gender equality
Where have all the young men gone, gone to Russia everyone," might be the modified refrain of a folk song in many a rural village in Tajikistan, at least for the women folk left behind. This is the 4th part in the series on self help groups in Central Asia, written by Peter Kenny.
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Margarita Zobnina, a medical biologist in the nursing profession, joined a women's group in her native Kazakhstan after the collapse of the Soviet Union, at a time when women faced not only increasing impoverishment but also loneliness.
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Faith based organisations (FBOs) have a unique possibility and responsibility to address one of the most important drivers of the aids pandemic, namely gender inequality. View the position paper "Human Rights, HIV and AIDS prevention and Gender Equality", which has been co-signed by DanChurchAid's sister agencies: Christian Aid, Norwegian Church Aid, FinnChurchAid, ICCO, Brot fur die Welt and Kerk in Actie.
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In India, people beneath the traditional caste system, the Dalits, are particularly badly affected by natural disasters. This summer’s monsoon flooding in India is no exception. But with disaster preparedness, disaster-proof housing and not least strong women self-help groups, things can improve.
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DanChurchAid in India is working to contribute to the improvement of the quality of life among the poorest and most marginalised groups, in particular Dalits. Dalits in India are subject to all sorts of discrimination, including untouchability. Dalit women face dual discrimination, i.e., discrimination due to both gender and caste.
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Human trafficking can be described as a modern-day form of slavery. Trafficking involves the transport or trade of people within and across borders for the purpose of forcing them into slavery conditions. Trafficking is a serious violation of human rights. In Cambodia, DanChurchAid works for the recognition of trafficked persons, especially women and girls, to be seen as victims with rights - in need of protection and assistance - rather than as offenders or illegal migrants.
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DanChurchAid supports Palestinian NGOs in promoting the participation of Palestinian women in the development of a Palestinian society based on equal opportunities, universal principles of human rights and priciples enshrined in Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination.
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DanChurchAid in Ethiopia works to counter the hardships of rural women and girls, and to enable them to exercise their rights and participate in social, economic and political life.
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In Zambia a group of women fight to change oppressing traditions and rituals that increase the women’s risk of being infected with HIV.
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Efforts against human trafficking pays off – but trafficking remains. DanChurchAid in Cambodia focuses on assisting young women subject to trafficking to find alternative livelihoods.
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