BY: Thatsany Nasankham I recently went to Sabah Malaysia to attend the ” Climate Change Adaptation – Learning Highway” conference. On the trip the first day was spent in a planning meeting looking at the various activities that had been enacted by the participants. This meeting discussed activity in in each of the target areas […]
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Oxfam, in partnership with the Gender Development Association and the Association for Development of Women and Legal Education launched a European Union funded project to promote gender equality yesterday in Vientiane. The “Promoting Gender Equality through the Rule of Law and Good Governance” project was officially launched with EU funding of 514,000 euros about 5.33
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A government-sponsored campaign to shame educated women into marrying young has been underway for several years in China. Though concerns have been raised internationally, there’s little opposition inside the communist nation due to government control and censorship, writes Alex McClintock. Read more….
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BY Sally Sara – ABC Women are on the frontline of the effort to find and destroy millions of unexploded cluster bombs which are still claiming lives decades after being dropped on Laos. Read more….
Gender Development Association would like to invite you for training on the topic “Gender Action Learning System 1” I. What is it about ? · The tools for involvement of women and men · Setting goals for achievement · Monitoring and evaluation tool for the results on gender · Integrated gender to justice · Transformation
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Madame Boutsady Khounnouvong, GDA Executive Director attended the recent UN Women conference “Regional Consultation to Share Findings of Evaluation of Regional Mechanisms to Protect the Human Rights of Women and Girls in Southeast Asia” held in Jakarta on 7-8th July. Madame Boutsady was one of four Lao representatives at the conference which sought input into the
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Countries have made substantial progress towards Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 – to reduce child mortality and improve maternal health. Since 1990, both maternal and child mortality have been reduced by 50% worldwide and access to reproductive health services has improved. Lao People’s Democratic Republic is considered a “fast track” country due its prioritization
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As Thailand was downgraded for not doing enough to stop human trafficking, one undercover policeman in the North continues to track down and lock up the child abusers. Read More…..
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Last week I went to visit the Namtheun 2 project in Nakai district in Khammouane Province. This is part of the Communal Lands Title program run by CIDSE. I attended a meeting with the Resettlement Team. This team was established to help the local community members who were affected by their displacement during the dam construction. I
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Staff from Gender Development Association and their government counterparts from the Santhong District Administration spent quality time getting to know each other and building capacity during a 4 day team building training session from the 2nd-5th June at the picturesque Long Ngum View resort overlooking Nam Ngum dam. The conference was facilitated by experienced trainers
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