Gender violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo and other conflict zones around the world is a subject of continual research and education through witness testimonials, podcasts and information presented by the Committee on Conscience of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.

Although the apex court's decision acquitting five persons went against Mukhtaran Mai, yet she remains victorious. To many it would seem strange, but the way in which Mai raised her voice throughout the world to get justice has no parallel. In fact, she can be called the Rosa Parks of the 21st century. Her struggle is a beacon of hope for those who are suffering from discrimination.

Khadarlis for Sierra Leone is a non-governmental and non-profit making organization determined to improve on the living conditions of vulnerable Sierra Leoneans, who are always faced with numerous challenges in the areas of education, health and sanitation, housing and water facilities, among others, the organisation has said.

The Canadian-funded textbooks and computers aren't overly expensive — certainly not compared to the price Afghan women risk having to pay for using them.

The sort of mundane learning most westerners have long taken for granted carries a persistent and very real threat for female students in southern Afghanistan: injury or death at the hands of the Taliban.

For the determined, however, it's no deterrent.

Female political prisoners in the quarantine section of Iran's Evin Prison have issued a letter for Iranian Women's Day, saying they have suffered repeated sexual threats by their interrogators.

The letter, which was published on the opposition website Kaleme, indicates that male interrogators have often forced these female activists “to make false self-incriminating confessions” by threatening them with sexual assault.

The Advocates for Human Rights has suggested the government of Pakistan to include provision in the Domestic Violence Bill (DVB) that can ensure adequate funding to guarantee effective implementation of the law.

Had help not arrived on time, eight Nepali women would have fallen prey to traffickers, who were plotting to send them to Jordan on forged papers.

The women, most of them in their 20s, were rescued from a hotel in Pahadganj on Thursday evening after Help Nepali Mission informed Delhi Police that a man was allegedly trying to traffic them to Jordan.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton gave a boost to the candidacy of French finance chief Christine Lagarde for the top job at the IMF on Thursday, but stopped short of endorsing anyone yet.

Clinton said at a conference in Paris that "We welcome women who are well qualified and experienced to head major organizations such as the IMF."

By next week, Goodluck Jonathan would have assumed a fresh presidency that is completely his, and one of his first jobs would be to pick the men and women that will work with him to actualise the programmes of his administration.

Political parties should be forced, through changes in legislation, to bring more women into government.

This is the call from the Commission on Gender Equality (CGE) after the country's local government election saw only 17.25 percent of women elected as councilors out of the total number of candidates standing in the election. Of the candidates running for election, only 37 percent were women.