As August 30 marked the International Day of the Disappeared, news from Canada that nearly 600 native women have gone missing over the past three decades has spread far and wide and throughout the Canadian blogosphere. Human rights activists claim that the Canadian government has not done enough to investigate the disappearances. Most of the women are thought to have been murdered.

The old Pakistani maulawi laid two currency bills on the table between us, one for 50 rupees, the other for 100 rupees. "Now tell me," Rahat Gul asked, "which is the more valuable?" I thought it was a trap – which it was, in a way – but he lost patience with me and seized the 100 rupee note. "Now come with me." And he stood up and led me down a narrow corridor into a small bedroom.

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by Patrick Corrigan, Northern Ireland director of Amnesty International

Over recent months, Amnesty International has been highlighting the plight of two women sentenced to death in Iran.

Both of them have suffered incredible injustices, but their stories are actually very different.

While one of them has received a great deal of publicity, the other has failed to attract the attention her case deserves.

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War and conflict often affects women and children more than men.

Recognizing the important role women play in building peace, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1325 on 31 October 2000.

Liberian women are taking positions of power and filling roles usually dominated by men.

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Dr. Hanan Daoud Khalil Ashrawi is a Palestinian Christian legislator, activist, and scholar.

We, the participants from South/Central Somalia, Puntland and Somaliland representatives from IFCC, Members of Parliament UNPOS, UNDP, representatives from Civil Society Organizations and Diaspora attending the Gender Audit Consultation Workshop held at the UN Headquarters, Gigiri, Nairobi from 6th to 8th September, 2010.