UPDATE: UN: Voices of protest over appointment of UNIFEM head
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/04/08/news/UN-GEN-UN-Women-Appointment.php
International Herald Tribune
8 April 2008
'Top Post in UN Women's Agency Slated for Spain in "Donor-Driven Process," $700 Million Echoes'
http://www.innercitypress.com/un1alberdi040708.html
By Matthew Russell Lee
Inner City Press
7 April 2008
'Women's network accuses UN of giving into political pressure in Spaniard's appointment'
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/04/09/news/UN-GEN-UN-Women-Appointment.php
International Herald Tribune
April 9, 2008
'Women activists criticize U.N. appointment'
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN08391592
By Patrick Worsnip
Reuters
8 April 2008
'NGO criticizes the choice of Spanish Inés Alberdi as director of UNIFEM'
http://actualidad.terra.es/nacional/articulo/ong_ines_alberdi_unifem_2384761.htm
Terra Actualidad – EFE (the largest Spanish-language news agency)
http://www.soitu.es/soitu/2008/04/08/info/1207683226_696780.html
8 April 2008
'UN forced to choose Spanish head over Indian'
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/UN_forced_to_pick_Spanish_head_over_Indian/articleshow/2939223.cms
Times of India
10 April 2008
'In UNIFEM Spin, Alberdi Speaks Only to Spanish Media, India Calls Sen More Qualified, UNDP Silent'
http://www.innercitypress.com/un1unifem041008.html
By Matthew Russell Lee
Inner City Press
10 April 2008
'How much does an office cost at the United Nations?'
http://www.choike.org/nuevo/informes/6187.html
By Roberto Bissio
Agenda Global, La Diaria (Montevideo, Uruguay)
11 April 2008
'In UN, Job Search by Kouchner and Prodi, Replacement for Eliasson Sought, Alberdi Fall-Out'
http://www.innercitypress.com/un1posts041808.html
By Matthew Russell Lee
Inner City Press at the UN
April 18 2008
'Controversial appointment of UNIFEM Executive Director'
http://www.awid.org/go.php?list=analysis&prefix=analysis&item=00439
By Rochelle Jones
April 18, 2008
AWID Friday File