Political participation of women has changed since 2005 when Uganda, under donor pressure, opened political space to allow political parties in a country that had been largely a one-party state. With these new political changes, more women found space to engage in politics.

In the presence of H.R.H Princess Astrid of Belgium, Catherine Ashton, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice President of the European Commission, and Steven Vanackere, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belgium, co-hosted a high-level conference at the Palais d'Egmont in Brussels today to mark the tenth anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women's Participation in Peace and Sec

The United Nations is launching a campaign to combat the rape of Haitian earthquake victims living in camps for the homeless, the U.N.'s top official in the country said Monday.

Thirty-four indigenous groups face extinction due to internal armed conflict from the ongoing violence in Colombia, according to a report released by the United Nations High Commission on Human Rights.

Sitting on the barren ground and waving away dust swirling around her, Khadija Abdi Hajji patiently waits for the metal gates to open.

Hajji, 62, is in a group of Somalis who have just entered Kenya to escape years of violence in their country.

A Spanish delegation arrived in Colombia Thursday to meet with Colombian congressmen and discuss the problem of the sexual abuse of women in the Andean nation's armed conflict.

"We were invited by women who are members of the new Colombian Congress in order to observe and share ideas of how to combat the use of sexual violence as a weapon in the armed conflict in Colombia," said Spanish delegate Jordi Pedret.

Parliament – Juba Female members of Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly are up in arms against an alleged women under-representation in the distribution of chairs of the assembly's 17 Standing Specialized committees.

Peace Mothers came together in İstanbul Galatasaray Square before sending the postcards to President Abdullah Gül, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Chief of Defence Staff Işık Koşaner to demand consideration of bringing military operations to an end.

By Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar

Sierra Leone's government launched a major initiative on April 27 to make health care free for pregnant women and children, and I'm just back from a trip to Freetown, Sierra Leone's capital, to find out more about it. The program abolished fees at public hospitals and health clinics across the country for a set of basic health services for all pregnant and nursing mothers, and for every child under five years old.