Over 200 women came together to celebrate the International Women's Day under the theme “Working Together for Development” in Cape Coast Ghana.

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As the international community and the Afghan government gather in Paris on June 12 to review the effectiveness of aid investment in Afghanistan, women from parliament and civil society gather as a single voice to stress the need to put concrete action behind promises in safeguarding women's human rights and promoting their full participation as equal partners in building a peaceful Afghanistan.

IFES is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to strengthening inclusive and transparent political process in emerging and established democracies around the world. IFES' civil society initiatives in Ghana include institutional strengthening and advocacy skills for civil society organizations (CSOs).

Despite recent advancements in the women's movement in many Arab countries, flagrant discrimination and violence continue to be perpetrated against women in both the public and private spheres throughout the region.

Millions of innocent Iraqis have been forced to flee horrific violence: a girl whose father was killed in stray crossfire, a traumatized boy who watched his schoolmate blown to pieces by a hidden bomb, a teacher whose son has been kidnapped.

Karama aims to strengthen efforts to end violence against women by bringing together local women's organizations and other civil society groups in collaboration, analysis, and advocacy at national, regional, and international levels.

The International Rescue Committee is working with writer, photographer and long-time women's advocate Ann Jones to give women in war zones an opportunity to document their own lives with digital cameras and make their voices heard.

Ann is blogging from West Africa, posting new photos and stories each day for 16 days, starting Sunday, November 25 — the kick-off of “16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence.”

Amnesty International yesterday met, in Paris, His Excellency Mr Pierre-Aimé Kipré, Côte d'Ivoire ambassador to France.

Honoring the lives of feminist Haitian leaders who died in the massive earthquake on January 12th, will be the focus of International Women's Day on March 8, 2010, which is also the 100th anniversary of this annual celebration. Women's groups around the world are asked by the Haitian women's movement to organize a memorial activity as part of their celebration of International Women's Day in their countries and communities.

This article focuses on women's involvement and participation in peace and security issues on the regional level in June 2008. In the beginning of the month, femLINKPACIFIC participated in the Forum Regional Security Committee (FRSC) and they worked to further advance women, peace, and security issues in official spaces. The following is an excerpt from the article: