Issues and Analysis
Bangladesh Islamists Demand that Women Stay at Home
Members of Hifazat-e Islam, a radical Islamist party in Bangladesh, attacked female journalists on assignment as the group marched in the country's capital to demand strict Islamic law, including a ban on free mixing of the sexes and punishment of “atheists and blasphemous bloggers”.
Read more...The Struggle for Abortion Rights in Ecuador
Despite recent advances and increases in social services spending in Equador, widespread disparities and inequalities in access to health care remain, and access to safe or legal abortion services is nonexistent.
Read more...Is There Hope for Women's Rights in Post-Assad Syria?
As the violent conflict in Syria rages on, women are increasingly playing a vital role on multiple fronts to bring about change to Syria’s historical gender inequality.
Read more...Kurdish Men for Gender Equality
“Being a woman is not a tool to punish or humiliate anyone – No free society without free women”
Read more...145 Organizations Call on US & Mesoamerican Presidents to Reevaluate Regional Security Policies
As Heads of State from Mexico, Central America and the United States prepare to meet for the Summit of the Central American Integration System (SICA) in Costa Rica on May 4 and 5th, JASS (Just Associates), the America's Program, the Guatemala Human Rights Commission-USA and the Latin America Working Group collaborated to present a letter that has been signed by over 145 international, regional and local organizations from 10 countries in the Americas.
Read more...Over 100 Million Women Lead Migrant Workers Worldwide
The face of migration is changing dramatically as women and girls now represent about half of the over 214 million migrants worldwide.
Read more...Armenia - Elections Will Test Female Candidates Quota System
Of the three sets of local elections Armenia will hold this year, the one that women’s rights activists will be watching most closely is the May 5 ballot in the capital Yerevan, where female representation is lagging behind the rest of the country.
Read more...Sandberg's Advice Fits My World, Here and There
Attorney Angeli R. Rasbury "leaned in" to graduate from law school, pass the bar (on her first attempt) and beat a fail-out statistic haunting African American peers. But some of the Facebook COO's take-charge advice is strictly Silicon Valley.
Read more...Solidarity Amidst Diversity: An Interview with the Board Chair of Women Living Under Muslim Laws
Human rights lawyer and Board Chair of Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) Zarizana Aziz talks with IMOW about the plural nature of the Muslim community, diversity in laws that govern women's bodies, and how WLUML has taken action on behalf of Muslim women everywhere.
Read more...Q&A: Ecuador Guarantees Right to Free Emergency Contraception
The government of Ecuador is determined to curb the growing number of teen pregnancies, and has begun to knock down barriers that stand in the way of the right to a responsible sexual and reproductive life.
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