It’s been 17 years since more than 500,000 Rwandans were killed in the horrific genocide of 1994. Today, this tiny East African nation has become a poster child for women’s rights. How have they done it? And what more needs to be done?
The kitchen is all too often a symbol of women's exclusion from public space, but Sharon Ajongakoh Asonganyi believes it can also be a source of strength and innovation for women.
It was to rousing applause on Tuesday that UN Women Executive Director, Michelle Bachelet addressed a full capacity audience in Britain’s House of Commons on her first visit to the nation since her ap
Nanda Kumari Rai 31 is a conflict affected person living in Sahkhuwasabha, in eastern mountain region of Nepal, as her husband Bhisma Rai was kidnapped and murdered during the period of armed conflict
While Côte d’Ivoire violently splits into camps supporting Laurent Gbagbo or Alassane Ouattara—the two men vying for power after November’s disputed election—Ivorian Voices of Our Future correspondent Harmony B. suggests a third option: none of the above.
About Me: I come here today with a smile. To greet myself humbley to my sisters of all the Nations, I am just one more voice honored to be in such a time as this.
GWED-G is a Community Based Women rights organisation working in Northern Uganda since 2004 Promoting women’s rights, Fighting against sexual and gender based violence, promoting peace building and ec
Insider trading, dirty politics, torturers — Friends of BHO Reward high-placed criminals or end masterminds’ impunity? What's it going to be? Re-reporting, editing, comment by Carolyn Bennett
I encourage all of you (who have not already) to check out the Peace and Collaborative Development Network. You can register for their list serve at http://internationalpeaceandconflict.org .
Once sidelined, women are now gaining momentum within the UN system. UN Women opened its doors in January—and with it the doors to women's leadership at the global level.
Return to the dream of peace: one mind, one body, one spirit with Creator. His is always a message of peace and the coming together of all people as family.
Zimbabwean writer Fungai Machirori makes the case that gender development isn't just for the poor. She challenges new UN Women executive director Michelle Bachelet to support leadership opportunities for women at all income levels.
It is commonly said in Somalia that “while women can build peace only men can make it”. One reason for this is that a woman’s affiliations with the clan of her father, mother
