In war, men more often than not suffer only one consequence-death. On the other hand, in addition to being killed, women are subjected to the most despicable and horrendous violations including but not limited to rape, abduction, gang rape, sexual slavery, forced marriage, and at times forced conscription.

Women groupings under the Women NGO's Secretariat of Liberia (WONGOSOL) have reached a broad consensus on the need to punish heads of the former warring factions and "warlords" in the Liberian civil conflict.

With two years away from Nigeria 's 2011 General Elections, the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development has concluded plans to hold an all-inclusive National Women Political Summit for the country, which is expected to map out workable strategies that will ensure greater participation of women in the exercise.

An international non-governmental organization, PAN African Women Project, is to shortly embark on the construction of modern home for women and children in Liberia.

The women organization which has headquarters in South Africa with branches in five regions in Africa currently has a delegation in the country to hold talks with the relevant government institutions to begin the project in January of 2010.

Repercussions from this summer's coup in Honduras are far from over.

Continued political wrangling is bad enough for democracy there and across Latin America. What's worse is that the international community, including the Obama administration, is ignoring the widespread abuses of human rights in the coup's aftermath.

"Women help to reduce poverty and raise family incomes, but they pay too high a price for it, because in every country their working days are longer than men's," said Sonia Montaño, head of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean's (ECLAC) Division for Gender Affairs.

The Sierra Leone delegation to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) has received showers of praises from the Commonwealth Women Parliamentary Committee Chairman at the Rivers State House of Assembly, Port Harcourt, when it (Sierra Leone) was singled out as the leader out of the seventeen (17) Commonwealth African Countries, currently consolidating its position to end political marginalization and harmful practices a

Gender-based discrimination and violence against women have been identified as Achilles' heel for women's participation in public spheres hence limit their participation in democratic experiment.

Hundreds of women have taken to the streets of Nigeria's capital, Abuja, and the central city of Jos in rallies against Sunday's massacre near Jos.

The women, mostly dressed in black, demanded that the government protect women and children better.

At least 109 people were killed in the ethnic clashes near Jos. Many were said to be women and children.