United Nations Nations Unies Commission on the Status of Women Fifty-fourth Session

European Population Forum 2004: Population Challenges and Policy Responses

Morbidity and mortality in transition countries in the European context Background paper for the session on: Morbidity, mortality and reproductive health: facing challenges in transition countries. Disclaimer: This document has been reproduced without formal editing. The views expressed in it are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations Economic Commis...

First session of UN's permanent Social Commission.

*Bureau of Public Assistance, Technical Training Service. Miss Lally, formerly welfare consultant with UNRRA in England, France, and Germany, was technical adviser to the United States representative at the Social Commission meetings. Vital decisions on pressing emergent problems and the necessity for laying the foundation for long-range planning for international organization in the social fie...

The Global Initiative towards Education for All A Framework for Mutual Understanding United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’éducation, la science et la culture

Commentary: Actions to end violence against women: A multi-sector approach

Overall, 35% of women worldwide have experienced either physical and/or sexual violence by an intimate partner or non-partner sexual violence, although most is by an intimate partner (World Health Organization, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, & South African Medical Research Council, 2013). Many other forms of violence can affect women and girls, such as trafficking, female geni...

Poverty among Hispanic Women in the United States of America between 2005 and 2010

Poverty is a widespread problem not only inflicting poor nations, but also nations like the United States of America. In the history of the United States, women and racial minorities had always been persistently struggling with poverty. This paper intends to investigate poverty among Hispanic women between 2005 and 2010 and identify and analyze the relevant contributing factors. Within this per...