Daniel Gérard Rouzier, the Prime Minister-designate, met last Friday with feminist activists worried about remarks and rumors reported by the local press on the possible disappearance of the Ministry for Women and Women's Rights (MCFDF) and the creation, in lieu of a Directorate of Women Affairs in the Ministry of Social Affairs.

The Sri Lankan government has released all the former female combatants of the defeated terror organization, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), and they are with their families now, a senior diplomat said.

Non-governmental organization Salvadoran Women for Peace (Organizacion de Mujeres Salvadorenas por la Paz - ORMUSA), which tracks violence against women, reported that, according to police statistics, there were 160 such murders committed in the country in the first three months of the year.

The hullabaloo about councillors with challenges in taking oaths of office in English reminds me of Mr Adeel, a technician I met in Khartoum 29 years ago.

Since the beginning of the Arab Spring – starting with the unrest in Tunisia in early January – questions have been raised about the role of women in the uprisings across North Africa and the Middle East.

Photography of demonstrations in Egypt's Tahrir Square reveals the presence of women of all ages. The same appears to be true in other parts of Egypt, and in Tunisia, Syria, and Bahrain.

The day Fawzia Koofi was born, her parents, disappointed she wasn't a boy, left her to fry in the sun. It was a cruel introduction to the world, but Koofi was not deterred. She says she has faced every challenge her country has thrown at her and is still willing to die for a country that's threatened to kill her from day one.

Sakena Yacoobi has worked tirelessly to educate the women of Afghanistan. Now, she hopes to bring some of them to Saskatoon.

A program designed to pair Afghan women with Saskatchewan mentors is underway and despite the hurdles, organizers are hoping to launch the project this fall.

Have you ever imagined what internally displaced persons go through? Imagine war breaks out and you flee but have no destination. Imagine the harsh reality of losing your child because of cholera outbreak necessitated by the inhuman conditions in which internally displaced persons live as they run away to safe-areas.