As part of the “Strengthening the voice of Young Women as Gender Equality Advocates in Southeast Asia Project” a number of eager students converged on Thalath for a 4 day workshop from 25-28/2/2015. The workshop is meant to continue the process of developing the skills of young women in drawing accountability for law and policy reform […]
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On the 22nd of February 2015 I attended Gender training with staff from Oxfam and Camkid.The training was held for 2 days by Camkid for villagers in Hauyxay Noy village Huayxay district, Bokeo province. On Day 1 of the training our team and government staff members at the provincial level joined the Gender training with the
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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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