On a quest to find a new project for the University of Virginia School of Law's International Human Rights Clinic, clinic director and law professor Deena Hurwitz headed to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in early May with a delegation of lawyers to research gender-based violence. The group got a look at post-disaster Port-au-Prince from the perspective of displaced women and girls who had been raped in tent camps.

Between 2006 and 2008, three conflicts devastated parts of Lebanon. As happens everywhere, women suffered most, but they also showed striking resilience in the face of hardship and grief. Four of them speak of how they survived.

Several officials and leaders currently in Abidjan within the framework of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group Annual Meetings on May 24, 2010, called on women to take leadership roles in peace-building efforts in fragile states.

A few days ago, I was sent an article that accused the United Nations of not "walking the walk" on women's empowerment. My gut reaction was to agree. Working for UNA-UK – an NGO offering independent analysis on the UN – I am only too aware of the areas in which the UN could improve its performance. And gender equality is one of them.

“Mechanisms of implementation of gender policy: reality and perspectives” conference will open today in Dushanbe. The event is organized by the “From legal to actual equality” coalition.

Amnesty International has welcomed a decision by the Philippine government to implement a United Nations (UN) Security Council resolution, which aims to ensure the protection of women's rights during armed conflict and post-conflict situations. The Philippine government launched the National Action Plan (NAP) on Women Peace and Security in Quezon City, on Friday, 26 March.

The role played by Angolan women towards national independence in 1975 and achievement of peace in 2002 was highlighted Wednesday in Luanda by Angolan Armed Forces (FAA) General Staff Military History officer, captain Maria Quarta.

Speaking to Angop, the officer said that during the national liberation struggle, both on the frontline and rearguard, women always showed nationalism.

Iran should stop infringing on women's rights and take immediate steps to meet Iranian women's demands for full equality, Human Rights Watch said today. Iranian women's rights activists have issued a call for freedom and gender equality in Iran in connection with International Women's Rights Day on March 8.

The political situation in Madagascar is far from improving, after several unsuccessful attempts from national, regional and international mediators to resolve the political crisis during more than a year. This has overshadowed another worrying trend, which is clearly gendered: the crisis that affects not only political and civil rights, but also economic and social rights in the country.

A cross section of women groups have presented a three-page petition to the government calling for the lifting of the UN travel ban imposed on female associates of former president Charles Taylor during the civil war.