Participation

Thirty-two American protestors, majority of them are women, joined Imran Khan's peace march against the drone attacks.

Campaigners from the anti-war group 'Code Pink', visited Pakistan to make contact with people affected by the drone strikes and draw the attention of the American public to the impact of attacks.

Winning the endorsement of the ANC Women's League (ANCWL) is useful, but not critical. Of the 4,500 voting delegates who will attend Mangaung, 45 will be drawn from the ANCWL, the same amount as from the Youth League and the Veteran's League. This is minuscule compared to, say, the 974 delegates coming from KwaZulu-Natal province.

Over three consecutive days, ending Sep. 23, low-income residents of high-rise flats on River Road, Penang Island, cast ‘ballots' to compellingly indicate to planners their priorities.

In August 2011, UN Women signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Pakistan's National Database and Registration Authority to provide technical assistance, enhance institutional efforts and support gender responsive policies leading towards gender equality and the empowerment of women.

There is a frequent image of African women restricted under a male dominated culture.

Yet much of the institutional limitations came with colonization and the spread of the traditional Abrahamic religions. (For a glimpse at women in earlier times, Google Queen Nzinga of Angola.) Today, however rapid strides are being made.

BBC Africa Debate comes from Malawi this month and asks whether African women are winning the power battle.

Presented by Audrey Brown from Lilongwe, the debate takes a look at change brought about by African women who have made inroads into traditionally male spheres such as politics, business, the church and management.

A decade after the last attempt to end Latin America's longest-running insurgency failed, the Colombian government and the country's largest rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) are to sit down at the negotiating table in the Norwegian capital Oslo later this month.

It is my pleasure to join in welcoming you to the 10th annual Women PeaceMakers Program. I only wish I could be with you in person. I would like to thank the University of San Diego for hosting this important gathering and the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice for your invitation to be a part of this event.

Now that world leaders have addressed the United Nations General Assembly, it's time to think about the role of global peace. The protests have taken place. Once again, some nations have been in the hotspot. There doesn't seem to be agreement amongst all nations – a scenario that seems to repeat itself over and over again.

“In the struggle to defend our territory, our natural resources, what's at stake is our very existence.” - Miriam Pixtún, Indigenous Women's Movement Tz ́ununija ́