Nepal's Ministry of General Administration (MoGA) is gearing up to create government posts for women only.
Xinhua quoted a Himalayan Times report as saying on Wednesday that the cabinet had directed MoGA to create government posts for women.

"When we women speak out, without showing fear, we pay a high price: living with that fear," says one peace activist in Colombia. "The threats will not stop us from working for peace and social justice," says another.

In an effort to kick-start public debate on Canada's post-combat mission in Afghanistan, CARE Canada recommends the government become an international champion for Afghan women.

Canada should focus on preserving and enhancing gains made by Afghan women, among the poorest and least powerful in the world, after troops withdraw by the end of next year, the non-government aid agency says in a report released Wednesday.

Sexual violence as a weapon of war and as an outcome of turmoil and disaster is inflicting a terrifying toll on women, the United Nations said on Wednesday.

"Women rarely wage war, but they too often suffer the worst of its consequences," the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) said in its annual snapshot of the state of the world's population.

The 14th ASEAN Confederation of Women's Organizations (ACWO) General Assembly Meeting opened in Vietnam's capital city of Hanoi on Tuesday.

The meeting, with the theme of "Enhancing Women's Effective Participation toward a Peaceful, Prosperous and Sustainable ASEAN", drew over 200 representatives from Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries.

Bukavu, 18 October 2010 - Peace and demilitarisation is the main theme of the third International Action of the World March of Women whose activities were held in Bukavu, South Kivu province from 13 to 17 October 2010. Thousands of people including DRC's First Lady Ms. Olive Lembe Kabila were in attendance.

The new super agency at the United Nations, called UN Women and combining four of the major women's agencies, is off to a good start with a new additional $10m grant initiative coming from the UN trust fund.

Assisting 18 nations with 13 separate initiatives to stop the spread of violence against women and girls worldwide, the UN Trust Fund aims to help local as well as national efforts.

Violence against women and girls has become a worldwide institutionalised phenomenon and a major public health crisis, the World Medical Association has declared at its annual Assembly in Vancouver, Canada.

Mr Mark Woyongo, Upper East Regional Minister, at the weekend said it was government's desire to see peace maintained in Bawku so that the Better Ghana Agenda could be implemented.

He noted that without peace, all human endeavours such as education, health delivery and farming could not take place and that would hamper development.

Pretoria - Ministers of Women's Affairs from various African countries have called for 1 percent of the African Union's membership fees to be put towards empowering women on the continent.

The money could be used to set up and finance an Empowerment Fund for Women which will support various women's projects under the Decade of African Women (2010-2020), according to the ministers.