In the past few years the situation of women's rights in Chechnya has deteriorated significantly, requiring immediate attention from the Russian government and Russia's international partners.

Molqi — The NUEW branch in Molqi sub-zone is striving to improve women's economic wellbeing and address social problems they are encountering, stated Ms. Asmeret Tsegai, head of the branch office.

The Taliban movement is harassing, threatening and killing local women who are working as professionals for the Afghan government or as leaders of women's networks in the province of Helmand (teachers, headmasters, police, health workers and leaders of women's groups/centres). Sometimes threats and violence have been imposed on their husbands too.

UN Special Rapporteur on gender-based violence, Rashida Manjoo, is visiting Algeria through Saturday (November 20th) to meet with women in cities across the country.

Manjoo plans on meeting with senior officials and producing a report on instances of violence against women.

Southern African region which carries the highest burden of the deadly HIV-AIDS in the world is planning to launch a string of mobile HIV/AIDS clinics along major trade routes throughout the region.

An estimated 22.4 million people, around two thirds of the global total, are living with HIV in the southern African region.

The murder of a British honeymooner in a township near Cape Town made the headlines – but what about the women living in a country where they are more likely to be raped than to learn to read?

With women the world over facing the fear of falling victim to violent crime on a daily basis, the 16 days of Activism begins with a call for action.

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has provided critical medical and other assistance to tens of thousands of pregnant women, who are among the 340,000 people uprooted by the recent eruptions of Indonesia's Mount Merapi.

UNFPA has provided medical supplies to four districts in the affected areas in Central Java, and is giving technical assistance in delivering reproductive health services.

Nine years after the overthrow of the Taliban, the women of Afghanistan continue to fight for basic human rights. Sima Samar, chair of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, knows exactly what the stakes are.

Women's entrepreneurship and empowerment are keys to solving the world's most pressing challenges, Melanne Verveer, the first U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues, said in appearances in Seattle this week.