The First Lady of the Republic, Ms. Sophia Martelly has actively participated in various activities that marked the 66th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) in New York from September, 21 to 30 2011. Apart from the official meetings, related to these assizes and to which she accompanied the President of the Republic, Ms.

The 10th anniversary of the invasion of Afghanistan falls in the first week of October, but it will attract a fraction of the attention afforded last month's events marking a decade since 9/11. Only a few stalwart protests in the UK and the US planned for Saturday will try to get an inattentive public to engage with what is now America's longest war.

The involvement of men is key to the success of the gender-equality movement, but changing long-held social structures and convincing men of the importance of equal opportunities for women will not happen overnight, experts say.

On Monday, October 3, 2011, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will meet with 40 women entrepreneurs from 36 African nations participating in the 2011 African Women's Entrepreneurship Program, at the U.S. Department of State.

Wars are constructed as a ‘Masculine' concept where in only men are interested. Whatever women have done as warriors or ideologues or revolutionaries seems to be a deviation or aberration from the ‘norm'. The recognition of norm which is ‘War is Masculine' is coming from none other than the women who challenge the norms of patriarchy.

African women who bear the brunt of the continent's conflicts now demand to play a defining role in peacekeeping.

A resolution to foster women's political participation in the domain of peacekeeping and conflict management was accepted on Friday at the 2011 Women's Platform for Action in Africa (WPAA).

Stakes are high for Afghanistan's women, who fear their rights could slip away in a quick-fix bargain for peace, according to aid agency Oxfam. There is a risk that the Kabul government may sacrifice women's rights in its efforts to broker a peace deal with the Taliban, Oxfam says. The two sides are in talks to reach a political settlement to the Afghan war before U.S. and NATO troops withdraw in 2014.

If it had not been for the brutal government soldiers, may be Brigadier Proscovia Nalweyiso would not have become a soldier.

The two-day Intra-Kashmir Women's conference that concluded in Gulmarg on Thursday sought an end to protracted conflict in the State and decided to set up a joint forum for peace comprising women from both sides of the Line of Control (LoC).

Guns available in new abundance in the troubled north of Pakistan are increasingly being used on women in ‘honour' killings and domestic disputes, according to local reports. "About 65 percent of the women killed fall prey to gunfire in honour-related cases and issues relating to domestic violence," local security analyst Brigadier (retired) Muhammad Saad told IPS.