Moki Edwin Kindzeka YAOUNDE — Cameroon police have freed 40 of the more than 100 women arrested while trying to ask President Paul Biya, who has been in power for 36-years, to negotiate a peaceful...
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Moki Edwin Kindzeka YAOUNDE — Cameroon police have freed 40 of the more than 100 women arrested while trying to ask President Paul Biya, who has been in power for 36-years, to negotiate a peaceful...
Marthe van der Wolf January 16, 2014 ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA — Three members of the team negotiating for South Sudanese rebels in Ethiopia are women. They have been playing a role in what is usually a...
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Cecily Hilleary April 11, 2013 Each day, hundreds of Syrian women straggle into Jordan, Egypt and other neighboring countries in search of security and a better life for themselves and their...
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WASHINGTON, DC — Rape is becoming increasingly widespread in Syria, where a civil war has been underway for almost two years, and recent studies indicate much of it is being carried out by troops and...
Hannah McNeish November 08, 2012 JUBA , SOUTH SUDAN — In war-ravaged South Sudan, a lack of basic health and education, early marriage, and a culture that values big families have led to alarming...
by Nancy Palus DAKAR – On July 30, Senegal inaugurates its first national assembly since the passage of a gender parity law two years ago. Experts say much is at stake, both for restoring people’s...
by Emilie Iob JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - The gang-rape of a mentally impaired girl last month in Soweto Township in Johannesburg outraged South Africa and the world. It was a stark reminder that...
Aru Pande CHICAGO - As world leaders gather in Chicago to discuss the future of Afghanistan, human rights groups say Afghan women are being left out of the conversation. Afghan activists say they...
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As the world marked the International Day Against Homophobia Thursday, in Washington, U.S. activists and officials outlined efforts to protect an extremely vulnerable group - gay refugees in east...
Despite the large role women play in agriculture in the developing world, experts say they continue to face discrimination, gender inequality and a lack of access to credit. A global partnership is...
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday that there is no cultural justification for female genital cutting, a practice that is sometimes referred to as female circumcision. Secretary...
Roopa Gogineni | Mogadishu, Somalia Two decades of civil war in Somalia have made the country one of the most dangerous places in the world for a woman to give birth. The World Health Organization...
Peter Clottey A Libyan economist Sami Zaptia is expressing satisfaction with the growth of civil society groups, which he says are educating citizens about their rights and responsibilities in a...
Heather Murdock | Goma, DRC Five years after officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo passed stricter laws against sexual violence, there are more criminal prosecutions - including prosecutions...
A new study from Plan International says two-thirds of girls in Zimbabwe's rural areas have dropped out of secondary school due to what it called 'overwhelming' social and financial pressures Tatenda...
Women's Affairs Minister Olivia Muchena said the stigma associated with and discrimination resulting from an HIV positive status, and fear of violence from partners, often deter women from obtaining...
The group says women in prominent positions including Ambassador to Australia Jacqueline Zwambila, and Co-Minister of Home Affairs Theresa Makone, have been subjected to sexist verbal attacks ...
Heather Murdock | Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo In Eastern Congo, rape can be an act of war or revenge, or a response to extreme poverty, ignorance and fear. A new study published by the...
Most Western bilateral donors have been reluctant to provide funding other than humanitarian programs without clear progress on a range of political, human rights and economic reforms by the Harare...