The first workshop in 2004 on Maximizing the use and effectiveness of the Internet for human rights and development is now open for registration. The workshop is from Feb 2nd - Feb 27th

20000 person have gathered on Saturday in Paris on a manifestation of protest against an interdiction on carrying at schools of Muslim scarf.

The House of Representatives of parliament of Morocco has unanimously accepted the new Family code. The document offered by king of Morocco, Mohammed Shestym, considerably expands rights of women.

The Afghani state TV has decided to not show any more singing women as the country is not yet ready to such show, informs BBC News.

Work of summit will be focused on increase of role of women's business during economic development, promotion of business - initiatives, and also adjustment of contacts between business - community and the state structures.

The collection will be publish in February - March, 2004. The articles in volume no more than 15 pages in Russian and English languages are accepted.

Subregional bureau of the International Labor Organization for the countries of the East Europe and the Central Asia has opened the site devoted to a gender problematics.

The first lady of France (in May she will be celebrate 71 year), accepts active participation in a political life of the country

Overall objective of campaign - it is essential to reduce number of the murders on household reasons. Only the last year 140 women were lost from hands of partners in Britain.

On January, 12 - in New York regular session of Committee of the United Nations on the liquidation of all forms of discrimination concerning women started. In its agenda - consideration of reports of Bhutan, Belarus, Ethiopia, Germany, Kyrghyzstan, Kuwait, Nigeria and Nepal about the measures accepted in these countries directed on liquidation of discrimination concerning women