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Around 700 Bedouin women held a protest in Jerusalem challenging the demolition of their villages by Israeli forces. They travelled to Jerusalem from the Negev desert in southern Israel, where they live in 'unrecognized' villages that have been razed multiple times since Israel was created in 1948.

Political parties must constantly identify and groom more women to take up political appointment in their organisations as their commitment to the cause of women.

A recent graduate from Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Amy was volunteering as a rape crisis counselor in Chicago when she learned about the alarming levels of sexual violence in Congo. When Amy told family and friends that she wanted to relocate to the Democratic Republic of Congo, her cousin gave her the email address of Father Charles, a Catholic priest from the war-torn province of North Kivu.

Israel's outgoing U.N. ambassador, Gabriela Shalev, calls her job "an almost impossible mission," but she's still heading home on a note of hope.

The impending resumption of direct Israeli-Palestinian talks comes as a welcome change after nearly two years of having to contend with the fallout from Israel's deadly actions involving Gaza and a cooler relationship with the Obama administration.

THE topic, "Women, power and politics" has several dimensions. It has links to economic, religious and cultural issue. Cultural practices such as that of Buganda, where princesses are referred to as “Ssebo” (Sir) and the king belongs the mother's clan and the fact that princesses inherit large tracts of land and are consulted on important issues is simply a novelty.

Structural change is expected within the ruling Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front's (EPRDF) top leadership at its congress scheduled for next month. The front's newly emerging youth and women leagues are likely to join the party's top leadership for the first time, a knowledgeable source has indicated.

MP Setrida Geagea's Press office issued a statement on Monday about the Lebanese Forces MP's words during the meeting organized by Women's Affairs department of LF Bsharre division.

During the meeting, Setrida Geagea confirmed the necessity to boost women's role in the society, particularly in municipal work and developmental projects.

Two Iranian rights activists arrested on their way to the funeral of a senior dissident cleric last year have won international press freedom awards, RFE/RL's Radio Farda reports.

The two are jailed blogger Kouhyar Goudarzi and prominent women's rights activist Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh.

Cyprus is a nation with a rich cultural history that stretches back over many centuries.Its modern history has been dominated by the territorial conflict between Turkey and Greece, and it is a unique nation, prosperous in some ways and challenged in others.

Girls and boys have equal access to education, and at higher education institutions,young women outperform men by number and by performance.

Uniting under the theme, “Moving forward the militant global women's movement in the 21st century,” more than 350 women from 32 countries participated in the Montreal International Women's Conference, held Aug. 13-16. The conference resulted in the formation of an International Women's Alliance. The IWA will hold its first assembly in 2011 to adopt a constitution of principles of unity and an action proposal.