Budgeting for women's rights; monitoring government budgets for compliance with CEDAW.
1932827471 Budgeting for women's rights; monitoring government budgets for compliance with CEDAW. Elson, Diane. UNIFEM 2006 171 pages $15.00 Paperback KF478 Elson (U. of Essex, UK) presents a rights-based approach to...

The Howard government's budgets: stay-at-home mothers good--single mothers bad.
In response to the 'barbecue-stopper' issue of balancing work and family, the federal government argued that it was giving mothers more choice and flexibility in the 2004 federal budget. The political aims of the family assistance contained in the budget were to target voters who could make or break...

Generics could save states money.
Increasing access to generic medicines would help states lower health care costs, which are putting pressure on state government budgets, according to the Generic Pharmaceutical Association (GPhA). The National Governors Association and the National Association of State Budget Officers said in December that "steadily rising health care costs" are...

Generics could save states money.
Increasing access to generic medicines would help states lower health care costs, which are putting pressure on state government budgets, according to the Generic Pharmaceutical Association (GPhA). The National Governors Association and the National Association of State Budget Officers said in December that "steadily rising health care costs" are...

Lawmaker strives for county timber payments.
Byline: Susan Palmer The Register-Guard Keeping the county government budgets in his 4th District from imploding is one of Rep. Peter DeFazio's never-ending tasks. Annual federal payments to the counties are tangled up in Oregon timber history. Going back 70 years, Oregon counties with federal...

2,216 teachers employed by LGUs, PTAs in Region 3.
Byline: TONY PE. RIMANDO SAN FERNANDO CITY, Pampanga -- Aware of the inability of the Department of Education (DepEd) to fully provide the required teacher needs in public schools due to financial constraint, various local government units (LGUs) and ParentTeacher Association (PTAs) in Central Luzon have taken...

First Global Parliamentary Meeting on HIV/AIDS at the historic landmark Manila Hotel.
A FEW days before the observance of World AIDS Day, parliamentarians from around the world gathered in Manila starting yesterday for the First Global Parliamentary Meeting on HIV/AIDS. The legislators will discuss and commit to undertake action to prevent, cure, and assist those who have been affected by the...

Bliss or blues: with state revenue performance improving, states appear to have turned the corner on the latest national recession.
State budgets are healthier than they've been in five years, thanks to improving revenues and careful balancing of priorities. Although the downturn seemed to last forever, the turnaround has occurred quickly. While final numbers for fiscal year 2005 are still coming in, the news is surprisingly positive on several...

Regulatory approaches have to fit societal preferences.
Conventional wisdom holds this syllogism about prescription drugs: they cost much more in the United States than in Europe; the price differential is due to European governments' desire to keep down costs to their health-care spending; and the long-term effect is driving corporate research and development on new drugs...

ASEAN bats for integration amid oil fears.
VIENTIANE, Sept. 28 (AFP) - Southeast Asian economic ministers knuckled down here Wednesday to thrash out free trade agreements (FTA), with historically high oil prices intensifying calls for greater regional cooperation. Lao Prime Minister Bounnhang Vorachith said ministers from the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)...