Lebanon, women’s rights and the fight against racism in the headlines of SHSviews n°23

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Lebanon, women’s rights and the fight against racism in the headlines of SHSviews n°23

SHSviews’ first issue of 2009 has just been published in English and in French with a new layout that devotes even more space to texts and illustrations in order to better report on UNESCO’s activities in the field regarding its social and human sciences programme.

Lebanon, women’s rights and the fight against racism in the headlines of <i>SHSviews</i> n°23

Featured in SHSviews n°23:

Social and Human Sciences within National Commissions for UNESCO: Focus on Lebanon

After the Philippines, Canada, Malawi and Cuba, SHSviews goes, this trimester, to Lebanon where, in 1948, UNESCO’s Member States adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which made UNESCO the first agency of the United Nations system to recognize these fundamental rights. In this dossier:

8 March 2009: International Women’s Day

Several articles in this issue of SHSviews are devoted to the activities set up in favour of women’s rights by the UNESCO Social and Human Sciences Sector.

An interview with the former President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IUP), Italian deputy Pier Ferdinando Casini, in which he underlines the importance of increasing the position of women in national parliaments since he believes that their participation in politics is changing political priorities all over the world.
An article on two important meetings for women of the Great Lakes region of Africa, which will take place in Mombasa (Kenya), early April 2009, emphasizing how urgent it is to take action against violence towards women.
The report on a conference on women’s participation in politics in the Caucasus, which took place in Derbent, in the Republic of Dagestan (Russian Federation).
SHSviews n°23 also reports on two events, organized in Mongolia and Qatar, against violence towards women, as part of the 60th birthday of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

21 March 2009: International Day against Racism

Four pages are dedicated to UNESCO’s action against racism and discrimination.

It gives the floor to Lilian Thuram and four young people from Germany and Sweden to talk about the project « Youth Voices against Racism » initiated by UNESCO, the European Coalition of Cities against Racism (ECCAR) and FC Barcelona.
It gives the current news on other regional coalitions created by UNESCO for Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean, and gives more details on the actions led by the towns of Edmonton and Windsor (Canada).
SHSviews n°23 also provides a first assessment of UNESCO’s role in the implementation of the plan of action that was adopted in Durban (South Africa) in 2001, just before the important conference that will examine the progress of this plan of action, set to take place in Geneva (Switzerland) at the beginning of April.

Also in this issue:

Editorial

Crisis [n.], from the Greek Krisis (decision), by Pierre Sané, UNESCO’s Assistant Director-General for Social and Human Sciences

Promoting Principles, Practices and Ethical Norms

Ethics is about acting morally and thinking about risk: three questions for the President of COMEST
Ethics of science: mobilization in Africa
Support for the installation of 4 African Bioethics Committees
"Redbioetica": Congress in Córdoba
Ethics and Bioethics: universal concepts?
Tools: 4 new volumes in the series Perspectives on Ethics of Science and Technology in Asia and the Pacific

Contributing to the Dialogue of Civilizations and Cultures

Closure of the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
3rd International Conference in Cairo: between rhetoric and reality of human rights
Meeting in Rabat on cultural rights in the Maghreb and Egypt
Lauren Child named UNESCO Artist for Peace
Debates on the concept of human security in Cairo and Tashkent
Poverty: UNESCO advocates for human rights in Manama
And provides training courses in Africa

Directing Research for Action in the Service of Populations

Forums of Ministers of Development: The crisis on the agenda
Partnership FLACSO/UNESCO
Africa adopts a social policy framework
Renewal of the Scientific Advisory Committee of MOST
Market(s), society(ies), and future of mankind
“Intermediate” towns: a new UNESCO Chair in Spain
City Professionals: the MOST network in Quito
Global radio marathon for migrants
Let’s give cities a human face!

Publications

The rights of women and Michel Foucault headlined in the ISSJ
A compilation of texts on Human Rights
Decrypting words of racism in Latin America
Human Security: a book to capture a complex idea
Concrete examples to make the right to the city a reality

Readers’ Forum

“Is Feminism Humanism?”, by Arnaud Drouet

Back Cover

African governments united against the use of drugs in sport
100 countries ratify the Anti-Doping Convention
Calendar for January to April 2009

Other events relating to the UNESCO’s Social and Human Sciences programme in March 2009:

9-10 March: Steering Committee of the West Africa Institute (WAI) on Regional Integration. Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
9-11 March: ABC Training Session on Working Methods. Kingston, Jamaica.
12-14 March: Meeting of Legal Experts for the GEObs Database, Nairobi, Kenya.
17-18 March: Workshop on Ethics Education, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
18-21 March: Meeting of Experts on Ethics Teaching, Banjul, Gambia.
19-20 March: International Conference on “Accessing the Urban Space: Responding to International Demand of Migrants”, Venice, Italy.
20 March: Event for the celebration of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Paris, France.
27-28 March: Annual Conference of the Sustainable Economic Development Unit (SEDU). Saint Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.
27-29 March: 7th Latin American Forum of Ministers of Social Development. Caracas, Venezuela.

For more detailed information: www.unesco.org/shs/agenda.

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Author(s)	UNESCO - Sector for Social and Human Sciences
Publication Date	02-03-2009
Source	SHS e-News 36 / March 2009

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