· Would you like to have a quilt exhibited at the United Nations?
· Are you interested in issues facing women around the world?
· Have you lived or worked overseas, or travelled and become interested in the role of women as leaders in other countries?

Then take part in the Women, Peace and Security Quilt Challenge.

In December 2004, when the Indian Ocean tsunami devastated the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, women died, in part, because they could not swim, because they put the needs of their children first, and most tragically of all, they drowned in their homes because they would not flee after debris had torn off their clothes.

The Gender Equitable Local Development (GELD) Programme in partnership with the Gender Research and Documentation Centre ( GRADOC) University of Sierra Leone with funding from GELD/ UNCDF (United Nations Capital Development Fund has embarked on female leadership skills training in Kenema District.

Lead implementing agency and international non-governmental organization, OXFAM, has collaborated with other implementing partners, with funding from the European Union to organize a three-day workshop for women in Kono, Koinadugu and Freetown on "advocacy and networking for women's empowerment training of trainers agenda" at the Coopi conference hall, Spur Road.

A video created from various news clips to promote a documentary photo project I will be pursuing in January 2011. Please take a look and help support my project.

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Liberia is leading the way on the UN's first ever law on women peace and security. The law, UN security council resolution 1325, was passed a decade ago and Liberia is the first country in Africa to complete a national action plan to implement the law. 1325 seeks to have women participate in every security force, to stop sexual violence and involve women in peace building.

It is break time at the Victory Chapel School in Congo Town. Children dressed in their royal blue uniforms with bright yellow and white trim fight to get under the shade of the only mango tree in the yard. It is the start of the dry season and the scorching sun will soon be almost unbearable to stand in.

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One of the most contentious issues within Islam today is the role of women in society. Conservatives endorse a narrow reading of Islamic texts to justify restrictions on women's mobility, legal rights and access to the public sphere, including health care, education and the workplace. Extremists among them use violence to impose their views.