On the occasion of the European Anti-Trafficking Day in Human Beings of 18 October 2007 the Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies [MIGS] is pleased to announce the publication of a research report entitled "Mapping the Realities of Trafficking in Women for the purpose of sexual exploitation in Cyprus ".

Non-governmental organizations have jointly asked the President of the UNHRC to integrate gender perspective into yearly programme of work. In the open letter, civil society represenatives proposed allocating a full or half-day slot for discussing this issue at the next session of the Council that will be held in September - a proposal that reflects the requests made by 57 States in a joint statement delivered at last session of the Council. Furthermore, NGOs suggest that the review of mandates and protection gaps as far as human rights are concerned is needed. Importance of exploring a number of important substantive human rights concerns has been also highlighted.

419,5 thousands unemployed women and 270,8 unemployed men are registered on the end of July is re in Ukraine. One vacancy has three candidates. Men are in priority.

We would like to thank you all for having participated in the online discussion on the priority theme of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in 2008: "Financing for gender equality and the empowerment of women". Around 1,300 people from a wide range of countries and organizations registered, and we received more than 250 contributions to the discussion.

EU Project "Strengthening Multi-sectoral Approaches to HIV/AIDS Prevention among Youth in Ukraine" is organizing series of training sessions with Hamburg MP Farid Mueller on the improvement of service organization in multisectoral HIV prevention on the background of best practices, strengthening multisectoral cooperation among service providers and effective policy formulation regarding HIV/AIDS problem and HLS.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India elected its first female president on Saturday, official results showed, in what supporters called a boost for the rights of millions of downtrodden women, despite a bitter campaign marked by scandal.

United Nations, New York and Nairobi — At the first international conference on women and HIV and AIDS, the United Nations Development Fund for Women, UNIFEM, will stress the importance of new approaches to tackle the link between violence against women and the spread of HIV and AIDS. "Today, we have a much better knowledge of how these two pandemics are intertwined in a vicious cycle," said UNIFEM Executive Director Noeleen Heyzer ahead of the conference that is to be held from 4 to 7 July in Nairobi, Kenya. "What we need now is to learn more about how to break out of this cycle. We need new strategies and practical solutions that will address stigma and discrimination and put an end to both violence against women and HIV and AIDS," Heyzer added.

The European Platform of Women Scientists organised a lunch debate in the European Parliament in Brussels on the 4th of July 2007, hosted by MEP Zita Gurmai, Vice- Chairwoman of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. Given the need for at least 700 000 additional researchers in Europe in order to make the Union the most competitive knowledge-based economy in the world1, the EU cannot afford to waste the talent and expertise of its women scientists.

6-7th of July, 2007 in Kyiv, the two-day training “Social audit” took  place. It was conducted by Dutch nongovernmental organization the Fair Wear Foundation (FWF), with office in Amsterdam. The aim of Wear Foundation is to assist to the improvement of labour conditions in textile and sewing industry. The Wear Foundation is  the initiative of commercial and industrial groups in sewing industry, trade unions and nongovernmental organizations.

An Indian minister has proposed that all pregnant women register with the government and seek its permission if they wish to undergo an abortion.

14-16 June,  2007, Madrid – an annual WIDE* conference took part in Spain, where more than 160 women from 45 countries participated. The topic of the conference was - ´New aid, expanding trade: What do women have to say?´

14-22th of  July, 2007, Ukraine  on the ground courts of «MEGARON» the womanish tennis  tournament of «Megaron Ladies Open by of PEOPLEnet» will take a place with a prize fund in $50 000+Нospitality (that organizers take on itself all of charges on dwelling of players). This will be the most representative international womanish tennis tournament in history of Ukraine.

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) gave support to a five-day training course aimed at raising awareness of gender equality issues among members of the Tajik Parliament as well as equipping them with the necessary knowledge to take gender aspects into account when drafting and revising laws. The training took place on at the mountainous health resort of Khoja Obi Garm in central Tajikistan. The project is part of a wider OSCE strategy to support the Tajik authorities' efforts in promoting gender equality in the country.