In late December, Turkmenistan is due to submit a regular report to the United Nations on how it is meeting its obligations under the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women, CEDAW. Experts on women's rights say the reality is a long way from the appearance of equality the country presents.

The equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution does not protect against discrimination on the basis of gender or sexual orientation, according to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

Mogadishu — Fighters loyal to Al shabaab, which declared its allegiance to Al Qaeda, have imposed strict orders on Somali women in Afgoye corridor, where hundreds of thousands displaced by Mogadishu's protracted violence live, witnesses said on Sunday.

U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) today was sworn in to the 112th Congress, becoming the longest-serving woman in U.S. Senate history. Senator Mikulski was first elected to the Senate in 1986, after serving five terms in the U.S. House of Representatives as the Congresswoman from Maryland's 3rd District.

Women and girls living in makeshift camps are at increased risk of rape and sexual violence in the aftermath of Haiti's earthquake, according to a new report released Thursday.

The prosecution of Jean-Pierre Bemba, which resumes Jan. 11 in The Hague, is expected to continue taking testimony about the sexual violence committed by his troops in the Central African Republic between 2002 and 2003.

The trial marks the first major prosecution of rape as a weapon of war and a fulfillment of years of international legal advocacy for female war victims.

While Zimbabwe 's Robert Mugabe and his Zanu PF party continue to sound warnings of the first general election in the Southern African nation since the botched attempt of two years ago, ordinary people, especially women in the rural areas, are wishing that this could pass.Since Mugabe assumed power from Ian Smith in 1980, Election Day in the landlocked former British colony has been likened to the biblical “doomsday” and is –

Three alleged rape attempts were stopped by the border police in the northern Zaire province between the border of Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

According to a press release which reached Angop on Monday in Mbanza Kongo city, about 25 citizens from DRC were detained.

The offences happened at border check-points of the districts of Soyo, Kuimba and Mpala, district and Nóqui.

The international emergency medical humanitarian organisation, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has provided specialised care to 33 women raped on New Year's Day in Fizi, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo.

GABRIELA Rep. Luz Ilagan and Emmi de Jesus filed House Bill 1477 seeking the establishment of a national women's museum or institution dedicated to the heritage, heroism and martyrdom of Filipino women.