A February 15-16 conference in Bishkek is considering the role women can play in restoring ethnic harmony.

"The Role of Women in Restoring Trust, Peace and Accord" attracted President Roza Otunbayeva and representatives of government agencies, domestic and foreign NGOs and the mass media.

Conferees intend to formulate a set of recommendations for the government's vision of ethnic development and consolidation.

The city of friendship, Chiclayo, Peru, was the place chosen for the South America Region's first National Women's Congress, "Extraordinary Women," February 3-6.

The event was historic for the Peru area as it is the first congress organized by Women's Ministries under the leadership of Pastor Lourdes Palacios de Rimarachin.

For a few brief days during the Egyptian uprising, women felt relatively safe on the streets of Egypt where sexual street harassment has, for many years, been a problem of epidemic proportions.

Recently, Obama Administration officials, including Secretary Hillary Clinton, Ambassador Susan Rice, and even President Barack Obama himself, have spoken in support of ratifying the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). The treaty also enjoys support from former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.

Astana will host the first Congress of Women of Kazakhstan on March 5, Labor and Social Security Minister Gulshara Abdikalikova said on Monday.

"This congress is dedicated to the 20th anniversary of Kazakhstan's independence and we carry out a preparatory work on the eve of the Congress,” Abdikalikova said at a news conference.

In 2011, Ban Ki-moon begins the fifth year of his five-year term as United Nations secretary-general, and a discussion will begin about a possible extension of his term or a possible successor for him.

U.N. member states should appoint a woman to be the next secretary-general starting in January 2012.

Six years ago journalist Lauren Booth went to Palestine taking with her, by her own admission, a big bag full of patronising attitudes.

She thought the Arabs a scary lot, and felt really sorry for women in the hijab, niqab and burqa. She thought they were unhappy.

But today Booth, who is also a broadcaster and a human rights activist, is actively fighting the Palestinian cause while donning the hijab.

The International Museum of Women will celebrate its project on Economica, Focusing on Latin America, tonight at the Women's Building.

Economica — organized by the Global Fund for Women and the International Association for Feminist Economics — documents the lives of women and is an ongoing site that takes submissions.

The first international conference on peace, security and governance was organised by the Centre for Peace, Security and Development (Dadabhoy Institute of Higher Education) in collaboration with Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP) at a local hotel.