“It’s important to be aware of what’s going on in the world and to think about how you can start to make a difference, even when you’re a kid.”
The Southern African Gender Protocol Alliance has called on gender ministers to craft a strong rights-based appro
Everywhere I go there is a palpable sense of anger and sadness at the recent spate of abuse and killing of women and
"Two excellent stories, one by Buzzfeed's Jina Moore and another by Lauren Wolfe at Foreign Policy, recently bro
"The United Nations Development Programme in Ethiopia announced the appointment of its Goodwill Ambassador for E
Colombia's former minister of justice emphasized the need for the country's judges to familiarize themselves with int
Aug.
Every day, women around the world are cracking glass ceilings.
Do women hold the key to a peaceful society?
In the last few days, while the world has been overwhelmed by the flow of information about atrocities committed by I
It has been four months since the 14th of April -- the beginning of a life-changing horror story for almost 300 schoo
Women groups and Civil Society Organisations have made their inputs into the Sierra Leone in-country monitoring of th
When Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee led women in song at the fish markets on the Liberian coast in the late 1
Operation Protective Edge and the costs of war in the latest round of the Israel-Palestine conflict have dominated al
Women leaders in the Ugandan police force and the military have called for deliberate measures and policies to increa
Activist groups called on African government officials to ban child marriage amid President Barack Obama's first U.S.
“EMPOWERMENT to women around our region is something I feel is very important because we have the lowest rate o
Since the Seneca Falls Convention launched the women's rights movement in the United States 166 years ago, wise men h
The Sadc Protocol on Gender and Development is a perfect instrument that needs to implemented by all member States to
Minister in the Presidency responsible for Women, Susan Shabangu has launched the 2014 National Women's Month program
Too often the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is reduced to ‘the rape capital of the world,' a tragic title
Africa will celebrate on 31 July the African Women?s Day, which was declared by the African Union after the first Pan
For years women in Mogadishu have been on the side-lines in the fight against al-Shabaab, but more recently they have
April, Syeda Ghazala made headlines in Pakistan, becoming the first female to head a major police station in restive
The UN says militant Islamist group Isis has ordered all women and girls in Mosul, northern Iraq, to undergo female g
The Convention on the Elimination of Violence against Women is still missing, but progress on other dimensions of thi
The aspirations to achieve peace and reconciliation in Colombia were at the center of proposals in three regional for
The program of listening to problems facing women in the rural areas, opened this year by the government, indicates t
U.N.
On Tuesday July, 15, 2014, two of the United Nations System Agencies, the Joint Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) an
NEW YORK (WOMENSENEWS)-- From Iraq to Syria to the Gaza Strip, Arab women are paying a heavy price for violence flari
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HALIFAX - First Nation leaders, women's groups, elders and youth today gathered in a Circle of Hope in Halifax today,
The Moremi Initiative has launched the 2014 MILEAD Fellows Leadership Institute to train young women to develop their
A court in Egypt has sentenced seven men to life in prison and two others to 20 years for sexual assaulting women las
More women should play instrumental roles in determining the country's defense and diplomatic policies, MKs said at a
The appointment of a presidential adviser on conflict-related sexual violence and child recruitment in the Democratic
Prominent women-leaders from the Central-West region of Western province excelled to greater heights in knowledge and
Conflict Resolution Unit will lead the development of Ireland's Second National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Secur
ISLAMABAD: The government of Denmark has provided a grant of $1 million to support UN Women, the United Nations entit
ASMA, 14, was raped at gunpoint. Two soldiers attacked her as she looked for firewood in the forest.
As ongoing tensions and what has been called “the politics of hate” rises to a critical point today follo
Last Sunday, President Paul Kagame met with Rwandan women of all walks of life to celebrate the country's 20th libera
After gaining its independence three years ago, South Sudan got a rush of media attention.
On Monday, the President Michel Martelly, accompanied by Me Jean Renel Sanon, the Minister of Justice and Public Secu
The state government has reinforced its commitment to reducing violence.
As Burundi heads towards the 2015 general elections, and despite a quota of 30 percent women's representation in parl
Somali Ministry of Women and Human Rights in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund and United Nations
Gender-based violence, sexually transmitted infections including HIV, and maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidi