An ancient Khmer proverb says, “A man is gold; a woman is a white piece of cloth.” Gold can get dirty or be dropped in the mud, but it can be polished and become as shiny as new; if white cloth is dropped in the mud, it will be forever stained, soiled, and ruined. This is a sad reflection of how Cambodian society traditionally views female sexuality.

A seminar on Gender and Governance is taking place since Tuesday in Ndalatando city, northern Kuanza Norte province.

Promoted by the Forum of Journalist Women for Gender Equality and local government, the seminar gathers journalists from different state-owned mass media organs.

AMBASSADOR ZHARBUSSYNOVA: Ladies and gentlemen, today I am truly honored to welcome the Secretary of State Madam Hillary Clinton. Madam, all of us present here today are grateful that despite the challenging schedule and the long flight, you were willing to have this meeting with representative of the civil society and other organizations and students of the university.

Disability Rights are Human Rights

On Wednesday, October 20, 2010, the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna hosted and celebrated the tenth Anniversary of UN-Security Council Resolution 1325. Resolution 1325 was adopted unanimously on October 31, 2000.

Dear Respected U.S. President Barack Obama, Secretary Hillary Clinton, vice president Biden and U.S. Senators.

As IVAWA voting approaches, I am writing to beg and encourage you to pass this important Act for the benefit of women and girls everywhere in this world.

In this letter I want to clarify and share some of the tragedy issues that Somalia women face.

In January, people in Southern Sudan are due to vote in a referendum on independence.

The option to secede was part of a peace deal signed in 2005 which ended decades of civil war between the north and the south.

Southern Sudan faces immense challenges - the war prevented development from taking place and there are very few job opportunities in the south.

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UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict Margot Wallström talks about her recent trips to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Bosnia Herzegovina saying that sexual violence is still seen "as one of the weapons or tactics of war or even as a kind of reward for soldiers." UNTV / FILE

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The Sierra Leone Action Network on Small Arms (SLANSA) will today Thursday 2nd December 2010 end two day national conference on youths in governance.

The conference is being held at the conference hall of the National Stadium Hostel in Freetown on the theme ‘Partnership in Promoting Human Security in Sierra Leone.'

It is five years since the African Union Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa entered into force on November 25, 2005. To date, over fifty per cent of AU member states (29) have ratified it.