Patriarchal values in Asian politics and reluctance among mediators to include women have led to poor female representation in peacemaking, said the world's largest privately-owned mediation organization.

Like many women in East Timor, 34 year-old Mariquita Soares joined the Revolutionary Front for an
Independent East Timor (FRETILIN) party during the nation's 24-year resistance struggle against Indonesian occupation from 1975 to 1999.

As the city`s partner, Women's Organization Cooperation Body (BKOW) always support and actively participate in the city development. Through its work programs, BKOW has tried to enhance its role to cut the chain of poverty and hunger.

On-the-ground innovative efforts to be supported in 18 countries by the multilateral Fund

HANOI (Xinhua) - Vietnam will host the 14th meeting of the General Assembly of the ASEAN Confederation of Women's Organizations (ACWO) from Oct. 19 to 20, according to the Vietnam Women's Union on Tuesday.

The meeting is expected to draw more than 200 delegates from women's organizations of countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and several international organizations.

Thirty members of the All-Women Corps in the Civilian Protection Component of the International Monitoring Team (IMT), most of them wearing white blouses, took their oath of service Monday morning, pledging their “time, efforts, skills and talent on a 24/7 basis, to assist, accompany and defend the Constitutional and internationally guaranteed rights of Internally Displaced Persons.”

El Geneina, 30 September 2010 – More than 50 representatives gathered yesterday in El Geneina, West Darfur, to discuss women's rights in the Darfur state. The event marked the third and final in a series of Darfur-wide forums on UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325. The occasion was led by the Wali's (Governor's) Advisor for Women and Children, with assistance from UNAMID.

Afghanistan's parliamentary election was accompanied by claims of rampant fraud, but that wasn't its only failing. The ballot may also have given the outside world a false impression of progress on women's rights.

A record number of women ran in the September 18 election - there were 385 female candidates, 57 more than in the 2005 polls, among the 2,446 vying for 249 seats in parliament,

The Regional Economic Community Action Program will receive $575,000 from the federal government to support the redevelopment of a nursing home in Walden into supportive housing for 20 female veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan who face difficult economic and other challenges.