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Collaborating Centre  Latest Publications  Multi-media | Launch of Work-Family Arrangements Study Online SurveyThe survey, the first of its kind in South Africa, will obtain information on work-family arrangements in a sample of South African organisations. This information will relate to topics such as flexible working arrangements (working from home, flexi-time, job sharing etc), leave arrangements (leave to attend to sick children, maternity and paternity leave etc) and information on other supportive arrangements offered by employers. The sample comprises those organisations listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) that fall within the parameters set for the final sample.
The use of web questionnaires is becoming increasingly utilised in survey methodology and presents interesting and unique challenges for researchers. |  Workshops & Training New workshop dates will be released soon. Please email enquiries to  Events: Jun 2013  | S | M | T | W | T | F | S |
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 Live Feeds Dissolvable female condoms to protect against pregnancy and HIVScientists have developed a female condom which they claim can protect against pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV by dissolving inside the body and releasing specific chemicals.
View the Article... Prevention Now (preventionnow.net)
Retrieved: Wed, Feb 6, 2013 Revellers Receive Female CondomsRevellers in various night clubs in Bulawayo were at the weekend issued with free condoms by the city’s commercial sex workers. Each lucky patron received an orange envelope full of male and female condoms.
View the Article... Prevention Now (preventionnow.net)
Retrieved: Wed, Feb 6, 2013 Case in Point: Marketing the female condomHow do you create a market for a life-saving consumer product when the population with the highest demand for it cannot afford it?
View the Article... Prevention Now (preventionnow.net)
Retrieved: Wed, Feb 6, 2013 Press statement by Michelle Bachelet at the 2013 African Union SummitPress Statement by Michelle Bachelet United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women at the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 26 January 2013. United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
Retrieved: Wed, Feb 6, 2013 Malian women make their voices heard: emergency aid, participation in the peace process, and justice for all“Our women have been beaten, raped, whipped, forced into polygamous marriages, and who knows what else. They have lost their dignity, but what is man’s dignity without that of women?” These are the words of Sophie*, a displaced woman living in Bamako, the country’s capital, but originally from Timbuktu in... United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
Retrieved: Wed, Feb 6, 2013 UN Women adopts Paper-Smart initiative for its Executive Board sessionsIn response to the Secretary-General's call to move towards a paperless UN system and reduce the organisation's costs and carbon footprint, UN Women went Paper-Smart at its Executive Board session from 28-30 November, 2012 – and the initiative is now being replicated during the First Regular Session of the UN... United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
Retrieved: Wed, Feb 6, 2013 “Ride on! Speak Out!”: Nine countries, 15 bikers, one issue – ending violence against womenA group of motorcycle buffs joined forces with Harley-Davidson Johannesburg and UN Women in a novel initiative to raise awareness about violence against women and girls. Over 16 days, they rode 8,200 km, across Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Swaziland and Lesotho. United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
Retrieved: Wed, Feb 6, 2013 Economies rebound faster from crisis when responses focus on women’s needsThe need for gender-sensitive economic policies is the focus of two UN Women research papers being launched at a two-day workshop being held in New York from 21-22 January. Renowned feminist academics and policy experts will share critical perspectives on financial and economic crisis recovery. United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
Retrieved: Wed, Feb 6, 2013 Enshrining Human Rights, Justice and Security in the Post-2015 Development GoalsSpeech given by John Hendra Assistant Secretary General, And Deputy Executive Director, Policy and Programme of UN Women at Wilton Park Symposium on Integrating Transitional Justice, Security and Development. 17 January 2013. United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
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