It seems not a day passes without these images of female fighters being shared.

Other Barriers to Women's Participation in the Public Sphere

And without his story, I wouldn t have the ability to try and share it.

Specific measures have been undertaken to eliminate barriers to women's participation in the labour market.

It is a fantasy to believe that peace can be concluded without the radicals participation.

Currently the attitudes of both men and women hinder women's equal participation in public life.

Some legislation also criminalized the participation of nationals in the military conflicts of other States without permission.

In the Niger, there is no legislation which hampers the participation of women in the work of international organizations.

The Hague Code of Conduct was drafted and endorsed outside the United Nations and without the participation of all interested countries.

Its main aim was to remove the political, socio economic and cultural obstacles that prevented rural women from participating fully in economic growth and social development and from fully exercising their rights.

With the full participation and understanding of members, the programmes could be used to guide UNIDO's ongoing and pipeline programmes, activities and projects in subregional sectoral priority areas.

7.25 There are no legal barriers to the participation of women in Non Government Organizations or civil society organizations.

(e) Removal of all obstacles that prevent the Turkish Cypriot side from participating in international sports, culture and other activities.

Thus there is no restriction or bar on women in Pakistan to participate in any manner of political activity.

Nigeria believes that a fundamental requirement for ending the involvement of children, as well as preventing them from being exploited in situations of armed conflict, is the prevention of conflict.

UNESCO intensified its efforts and work with its partners and Governments to address the barriers impeding girls' and women's full participation in order to make the goal of gender parity and equality a reality by 2015.

For much of the past 60 years, it would have been impossible to hold such a fundamental dialogue without US participation.

The State is legally required to eliminate obstacles to Nicaraguans' effective participation in the country's political, economic and social life.

In the event that one or more member States do not wish to implement particular cooperation projects of interest to other member States, the lack of involvement in them on the part of those member States shall not hinder the implementation by interested member States of such projects and, furthermore, shall not hinder those member States from participation in such projects in the future.

The Government was in the process of revising all legislation with the aim of removing any remaining obstacles to women's participation in political life.

In addition, lack of access to basic services, such as education and health care, limits the opportunities available to poor people, while social exclusion and lack of a voice prevent poor people from fully participating in decisions that affect their lives.

And they can become an important political constituency, so that decisions made about them are not made without them.

We urge policymakers to take action and implement policies aimed at removing the obstacles that block women s participation in the workforce.

According to polls 77 favour the talks, but 72 oppose an eventual participation of FARC in politics, and 78 do not approve an amnesty with no jail terms for guerrilla commanders.

The problems of youth in human settlements cannot be addressed without the full participation of youth in defining the problems and in identifying and implementing solutions.

When most other Swedish banks followed Nordbanken s example and established their own bad banks, they did so without state participation.

Reintegration programmes continue in 2005 with increased or, in some sectors, exclusive involvement of development agencies and other actors.

It has a vital role in Afghanistan indeed, it was passively supportive of the removal of the Taliban from power in 2001.

Indeed, it is by now virtually impossible to implement any solution to the Israeli Palestinian conflict without Iran and its local allies Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Palestine.

First, the rise of an Arab political class that is more influenced by religion than by secular nationalism has eroded the main structural barrier to Turkish engagement.

Without their involvement, Assad s regime would most likely have remained repressive with their involvement, Syria has become a site of mass death and destruction.

One of the revitalized coordination mechanism's central tasks should be to promote participation by subregional offices in all relevant ECA initiatives and activities.

(d) Facilitating efficient and effective participation of non governmental organizations

Participation rates of women in higher education are greater than those of men.

The United Nations also provides most systematically and broadly for civil society participation and has unquestionably advanced the global agenda for gender equality and women's empowerment.

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(d) Holding the subregional consultation on the theme Parity and development participation of the Central African woman at Douala from 28 to 30 May 2002

(b) To eliminate laws, regulations and practices that, in a discriminatory manner, prevent or restrict women's participation in the political process and to implement positive measures that would accelerate the achievement of equality between men and women

In 2002 and 2003, women members of Parliament had unsuccessfully attempted to introduce a quota system for women's participation in political bodies, but the proposal would be put forward again.

The Millennium Development Goals could not be achieved without the active participation of all stakeholders official, private sector and non governmental alike.

Working Group 2 Young children as full actors in their own development