Delegates from around the world are in Kigali for the Women in Parliament (WIP) 2014 Summer Summit due to open today.

The three-day conference is expected to draw participants from 45 countries across the world.

The delegates are expected to discuss Rwanda's success in female political empowerment and the need for more women in politics worldwide.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A U.N. Security Council committee blacklisted Ugandan Islamist group, the Allied Democratic Forces, on Monday for recruitment and use of child soldiers, killing, maiming and sexually abusing women and children, and attacks on U.N. peacekeepers.

There are no Haitians in the Montreal neighborhood where Lovely lives. “There are mostly whites; it's very rare to find a black person, let alone a Haitian,” she says.

Justice and peace are not possible without the involvement and participation of women. To accomplish this vision the United Nations Security Council resolution (UNSCR) 1325 can be an important negotiation tool for religious women's on-going work for conflict resolution and peace-building around the world.

World Bank Group's Board of Executive Directors has approved US$107 million in financial grants to the countries of Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and Rwanda to provide integrated health and counseling services, legal aid, and economic opportunities, to survivors of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV). The project will also strengthen health services for poor and vulnerable women in Africa's Great Lakes region.

Not only should women be at the negotiating table, they need to be part of the conversation.

Bill Clinton got the photo op handshake but, in the end, failed. So did Nobel Peace Prize winner Jimmy Carter. John Kerry joins a long list of men – Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin, Ehud Barak, George Mitchell – who have unsuccessfully tried to forge peace in the Middle East.

AUTHORITIES will crack down on forced marriages, female genital mutilation and the abuse of migrant spouses under a new national plan to stop violence against women.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott will today launch the $100 million Second Action Plan to stop domestic violence, which will also see state and territory governments commit to work on implementing a national scheme for domestic violence orders.

Human rights activist Salwa Bugaighis was shot dead by unknown assailants at her home in the restive east Libyan city of Benghazi late Wednesday, hospital and security sources said.

“Unknown hooded men wearing military uniforms attacked Mrs Bugaighis in her home and opened fire on her,” said a security official, who did not wish to be named.

Inclusion of women in society indicates stability, and a stable Afghanistan will lead to greater international security.

24 June 2014 – With women and girls in Central African Republic (CAR) falling prey to a raft of “terrifying” violations ¬perpetrated by armed groups – from rape to sexual slavery and forced marriage ¬– the head of UN Women today urged the Security Council to take strong action to help restore the rule of law in the country and bolster women's participation, leadership and protection.