Since July 2007, the Comité d'Aide Médicale has implemented a psychosocial program that supports people traumatised by the conflict in Birao, Vakaga province, thanks to the support of the United Nation Emergency Response Funds (ERF).

The Government of Burundi and the international community should take urgent action to stop widespread sexual violence, including rape, against women in Burundi, Amnesty International urged today in a new report entitled Burundi: Rape - the hidden rights abuse.

Women and children have been systematically attacked during Burundi's 10-year conflict Sexual violence has been widely used during Burundi's 10-year civil war to terrorize and humiliate the population.

From April 19 to 21, women's rights advocates, gender experts, legal practitioners and others will speak up--and speak out--for gender justice at the International Gender Justice Dialogue in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

A delegation of Burundian women from different groups, backgrounds and political parties presented at the Arusha Peace Negotiations a declaration in which they express their commitment

The Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition (WHRD IC) calls on Fiji's military regime to end its harassment of Imrana Jalal and all women human rights defenders.

The Institute of Human Rights Communication Nepal (IHRICON) has established Community Women Peace Volunteers in 5 districts of Nepal among the 75 districts. In these groups there are 5 District Peace Volunteers (DPVs), 25 Community Peace Volunteers (CPVs) and 25 Community Peace Groups (CPGs) where 25-50 women are in one group.

On the International Peace Day, Nepali women will hold a women's panel discussion assessing the need of the voice and role of Nepali women in the peace-building process. After the panel, a Walk for Peace will be done from Bhrikuti Mandap, Bhadrakali, Shahid Gate, New Road Gate, Ratna Park to Bhadrakali.

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A group of 50 women, made up of a Tutsi majority, from the organization Twishakira amahoro ("We want to have peace") in Musaga, a district in Bujumbura, joined and helped Hutu women members of the same organization living in Busoro, another area situated at the outskirts of the town in the Kanyosha region populated by a Hutu majority.

In order to reach the many Nepalese who live beyond the scope of regular mass media HIV/AIDS prevention campaigns, PSI/Nepal has launched an innovative postal sticker campaign which will expose those in remote areas, who are often unable to access newspapers, television and radios, to lifesaving prevention messages.