After the bilateral Strategic Dialogue meeting in Islamabad today, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced a new five-year, $40 million Gender Equity Program to be funded by USAID aimed at advancing women's rights and empowerment in Pakistan by:

MADRE Talking Points: The Role of the US in Colombia's Conflict

Today, the United Nations Human Rights Committee will begin its review of the human rights record of the state of Colombia. As part of this review process, MADRE will present a shadow report prepared in conjunction with a coalition of Colombian human rights organizations to counter the positive assessment offered by their government.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that Guatemalan women could possibly be eligible for political asylum in the United States due to the alarming murder rate of females in their home country.

Honduran women rejected on Wednesday the increased US military presence in the country and the installation of two new bases in the Caribbean.

"There are clear intentions by Washington to continue extending its operational range and to demonstrate from our territory its hegemony to wage a war that we, the peoples, do not want," warned the Visitacion Padilla Movement of Women for Peace.

It is often philosophized, based on a certain unknown background, that ‘If you educate a woman, you educate a nation; but if you educate a man, you educate an individual'.

Two years after its initial release, the documentary film Courting Justice continues to inspire audiences around the world with its story of South African women who fought against all odds to win judgeships in the country's highest courts.

Only a handful of women are running in Mozambique's municipal elections scheduled for Nov. 19. Among the 111 candidates vying to become president in 43 municipal councils, only eight are women.

Plans for a peace deal with the Taleban in Afghanistan could seriously jeopardize the rights of the Afghan people, in particular Afghan women, unless concrete human rights benchmarks are incorporated, said Amnesty International.

The Mozambican Ministry of Women's Affairs and Social Welfare signed in Maputo on Monday a partnership agreement with the Mozambique Red Cross (CVM) to formalize cooperation in implementing actions to improve the lives of vulnerable groups.