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2005 NEWS ARCHIVE
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DECEMBER
ICRW Hires New Vice President for Finance and Administration
Tues., Dec. 20
ICRW is pleased to announce that Luis Guardia has joined its staff as vice president of finance and administration, and chief financial officer. Read the press release.
ICRW Releases Blueprint for Strengthening Civil Society’s Role in Global Institution
Thurs., Dec. 1
ICRW today released the first comprehensive blueprint for how to strengthen civil society’s role in global governance — a crucial step in winning the fight against HIV/AIDS. Read the press release and the report. A companion report explores lessons learned that can be applied to other international institutions.
NOVEMBER
ICRW Names New Board Chair
Tues., Nov. 29
ICRW has named Jeanne Warner, adjunct professor of finance and commercial banking at St. John’s University in New York City, as its new board chair. Read the press release.
ICRW Hires New Vice President for External Relations
Tues., Nov. 8
ICRW is proud to announce that Leslie Calman has joined its staff as vice president for external relations. Calman will oversee the organization’s newly reorganized communications, advocacy and development divisions, guiding its strategic planning in these areas. Read the press release.
Fall 2005 Newsletter Highlights Child Marriage, Reducing Poverty
Thurs., Nov. 3
From our recent forum at the U.S. State Department to ICRW President Geeta Rao Gupta discussing poverty with President Clinton, the fall newsletter is your key to knowing the most recent information about ICRW. Read more here.
OCTOBER
ICRW Releases 2004 Annual Report
Wed., Oct. 26
The 2004 Annual Report (1.8MB) provides a snapshot of ICRW's activites in 2004, with information about our work on child marriage, violence against women, women and HIV/AIDS, women's property rights and more.
An Integrated Approach to Women’s Health:
The Only Way Forward
Mon., Oct. 24
"Terrible things are happening to women and girls on our watch," says Mary Robinson, the former president of Ireland and U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, who spoke Oct. 24 at the third annual Irene Tinker Lecture Series on the need to better integrate health care in international development efforts. Read more...
ICRW India Conference Confirms that Women’s Ownership of Property Reduces Their Risk of Domestic Violence
Fri., Oct. 7
ICRW’s work for the past two years in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa has shown linkages between women's property rights and violence, self-confidence and decision-making power. Read more...
SEPTEMPER
Three New ICRW Briefs Detail How to Support Women’s Key Role in Development
Fri., Sept. 30
Investing in women in developing countries achieves results. And three new briefs issued by the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) detail the types of investments women need, including the social barriers that must be addressed, if poorer communities are to escape poverty. Read the press release.
ICRW Partner Honored for Work Linking Gender, Nutrition and Agriculture
Tues., Sept. 27
Rosanna Agble, former head of the nutrition unit within the Ghana Ministry of Health and an ICRW project partner, was honored at the recent meeting of the International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS) in Durban, South Africa, for her presentation and essay based on two ICRW projects: The Agriculture Nutrition Advantage Project; and The Nutrition-Gender Initiative.
ICRW President Meets President Clinton to Discuss Investing in Women and Girls
Sept. 15-17
At the Clinton Global Initiative’s first meeting in September, President Bill Clinton endorsed investing in women and girls as key to reducing poverty, points raised by ICRW’s president, Geeta Rao Gupta. Read more...
Child Marriage Threatens U.S. Development Goals
Wed., Sept. 14
ICRW co-sponsored a public forum at the U.S. State Department to address the impact of child marriage and offer effective strategies to curb the practice. Read the press release.
AUGUST
Multi-Pronged Effort to Reduce Hunger Is Needed, Says ICRW
Tues., Aug. 2
To ratchet up the fight against hunger, agriculture and nutrition communities must work together while also considering the different roles and needs of men and women when it comes to growing food and feeding a family, according to a new report released by the International Center for Research on Women. Read the press release.
JUNE
To Achieve MDGs, World Must Invest in Women
Fri., June 24
Yesterday was a historic day for the United Nations – and ICRW was there.
ICRW President Geeta Rao Gupta spoke June 23 before an informal session of the General Assembly, stating that if the world is to meet the economic and social development targets set in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), it must invest in achieving gender equality and empowering women. Read more...
ICRW Joins with African Parliamentarians to Battle HIV/AIDS
Tues., June 21
The International Center for Research on Women and four key international partners will join forces with African parliamentarians to accelerate efforts to help women fight HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases in East and southern Africa. Read the Press Release.
ICRW Honored for Its Leadership in Improving Women’s Lives
fri., June 3
The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) recently was honored for its leadership role in advancing women’s education and gender equality in developing countries, most notably its work on the U.N. Millennium Project. Read more ...
APRIL
ICRW President Testifies on Women and HIV/AIDS
Wed., April 13
ICRW President Geeta Rao Gupta testified today on the U.S. response to global HIV/AIDS before the U.S. House International Relations Committee, which is chaired by Rep. Henry Hyde (R-IL). She emphasized that to curb the HIV/AIDS pandemic, the president’s Plan for AIDS Relief must move beyond the “ABC” approach (to abstain, be faithful and use condoms) to include programs and interventions that address women’s and girls’ specific vulnerabilities, including child marriage and the needs of married women, violence against women, and the lack of property and inheritance rights for women and girls in many countries. Read her remarks.
MARCH
ICRW Helps Conclude Five-City U.S. Tour to Highlight Anti-AIDS Efforts for Women and Girls
Tues., March 8
ICRW President Geeta Rao Gupta spoke March 8 — International Women's Day — at a Congressional Women and AIDS breakfast, concluding a five-city tour sponsored by UNAIDS, M.A.C AIDS Fund, U.N. Foundation and World Vision to educate Americans about the impact of AIDS on women and girls. Read her remarks.
This tour builds on the momentum of World AIDS Day 2004, Empowered Women are Key: Women and Global HIV/AIDS.
Education Starts in School
Sun., March 6
David S. Broder’s Sunday column in The Washington Post, "Education Starts in School," highlights the work of ICRW and its partners to achieve universal primary education for girls and boys, and greater investments in girls’ secondary education. At least 100 million youngsters — the majority girls — are not attending school at any point of their lives, Broder writes. “That denial blights their individual prospects,” he adds, “but also, as I learned from Geeta Rao Gupta and her colleagues, damages their countries.”
The Women and AIDS U.S. Tour: Empower Women, Save Lives
Wed., March 2
ICRW President Geeta Rao Gupta is joining a dynamic group of international AIDS experts in a five-city tour to educate Americans on the impact of AIDS on women and girls and the solutions that can save lives. Read the Press Release.
Missing the Mark: Girls' Education and the Way Forward
Wed., March 2
ICRW, Center for Global Development and the U.N. Millennium Project hosted a conference March 2 on progress toward the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of universal primary education and gender parity in primary and secondary education. Speakers included: Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY), Sen. Charles Hagel (R-NE), and Jeffrey Sachs, director of the U.N. Millennium Project.
Educators from developing countries discussed progress and challenges in eliminating the gender gap in education as well as ways to speed progress in raising girls’ enrollment and retention. ICRW President Geeta Rao Gupta chaired the panel, Gender Parity: Why Secondary Education is Critical to the MDGs. Click here to read more.