Bojana Stoparic, Author at Women's eNews

Women Press U.S. Violations at U.N. Rights Review

By Bojana Stoparic ● Politics ● July 17, 2006

When the U.N. Human Rights Committee in Geneva reviews U.S. compliance with a civil and political rights agreement this week, advocates will be raising women’s rights violations in a critical shadow report.

Women Push for Seats at Climate Policy Table

By Bojana Stoparic ● Employment ● July 6, 2006

Women are not only expected to bear the brunt of global warming they are also often in the best position to redress environmental degradation. For these reasons women are pushing for more seats at tables where climate change is discussed.

Guatemala Pressed to Investigate Surge in Killings

By Bojana Stoparic ● Crime & Law ● June 12, 2006

A U.S delegation is traveling to Guatemala this summer to raise awareness of the murders of 2,000 women since 2001. Rights advocates draw parallels to the widespread killings of women in Juarez, Mexico.

Women’s Funds Strive to Cover Philanthropy Gap

By Bojana Stoparic ● Uncategorized ● March 7, 2006

On International Women’s Day on March 8, women’s funding groups wind up an 88-day campaign for financially struggling women’s groups. Many small women’s organizations have lost funding in the past five years.

Report Says Abuse by U.N.’s Blue-Helmets Persists

By Bojana Stoparic ● Uncategorized ● October 18, 2005

A hyper-masculine culture among U.N. peacekeepers, often called blue helmets, creates tolerance for extreme behavior, says a report released Tuesday by Refugees International.

Women’s Paid Labor Keeps Door Open to Poverty

By Bojana Stoparic ● Uncategorized ● September 5, 2005

Labor Day finds women working in great numbers around the globe. But a recent U.N. report finds that women’s higher work-force participation isn’t a panacea for poverty, which claimed more than 14 million U.S. women last year.

Hungarian Woman Pushes Limits of U.N. Gender Pact

By Bojana Stoparic ● Uncategorized ● August 16, 2005

Six months ago, a U.N. committee asked Hungary to help a battered woman and enact laws against domestic violence. Inaction since then reveals how an international women’s rights pact depends on country-by-country activism.

Palestinian Women’s Rights Lost in Power Shifts

By Bojana Stoparic ● Uncategorized ● April 5, 2005

Palestinian women give birth at checkpoints and suffer domestic violence. Now, say human rights workers, they need representation in the current peace talks.

Women’s Rights: Ready to Swim in Mainstream?

By Bojana Stoparic ● Commentary ● January 28, 2005

Do women need special champions or are they better served when general humanitarian groups commit to their interests? The topic takes on urgency after the U.N.’s leading women’s rights group loses a key donor to so-called gender mainstreaming.

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