They address educational policy, learning environment and access to quality education. Experts suggest action to address the educational needs of girls and women in especially difficult circumstances such as refugee and minority or socially disadvantaged girls and women. Click here for order information. The book highlights education and training of women as a means for increasing and improving opportunities in the world of work, for increasing their economic and social power, and for enabling them to fulfill their potential in contributing to the development of society. The experts' papers focus on current labour market conditions and employment trends for women, on obstacles to women's access to vocational training and lifelong learning and on strategies to overcome them.
Some experts describe experiences and initiatives taken at national level.
Click here for order information. This issue of Women 2000 explores the question of women's role in decision-making. The UN Division for the Advancement of Women has created a statistical database on women in the executive branch of governments. At the Fourth World Conference on Women one of the most striking features was the use of the information superhighway to spread the word about the Conference and the NGO Forum well beyond the boundaries of previous global conferences. This issue of the the DAW newsletter Women 2000 examines the growth in computer networking and the experience of women in using these new technologies.