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Women and girls in societies with fundamental inequalities are the intended and unintended casualties of war. Women caught in military conflicts face sexual violence and exploitation, torture, forced recruitment, rape, mass rape, and trafficking. In postconflict transitions, women are often denied access to justice and a role in decision making, including peace and reconciliation efforts.

In most impoverished communities, there has long been a heavy reliance on self-help mechanisms and micro-enterprise development (especially among women) in the informal economy for household and community survival and local income-generation.

January 05, 2009

A law passed in November 2008 prohibiting female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in the state of Southern Kordofan is unique in Sudan. But for it to translate into genuine abolition, deep-seated attitudes and misinformation will have to be overcome.

January 02, 2009

The U.S. government’s calls for civil society to work for "regime change" in Iran has increased pressure on activists on the ground who are engaged in a peaceful process of improving their society and addressing social problems, according to Sussan Tahmasebi, a prominent women’s right activist in Iran who has not been allowed to leave the country for the past two years.

Omid Memarian interviews Iranian activist Sussan Tahmasebi.

Do government interventions address the needs and priorities of those most vulnerable to climate change? That’s the central question addressed in WEDO’s latest publication. The study challenges the prevailing view among policy makers that climate change and financing for mitigation are gender-neutral.

At 10 PM on a Friday night, peer educator Roland Awume begins his rounds of outreach work through Lomé's 'red light districts'. Mr. Awume works at the UNICEF-supported Centre la Providence, a rehabilitation centre for sex workers.

By Nicolas Martin-Achard and Hadrien Bonnaud
Lome, Togo, 31 December 2008

AusAID's Office of Development Effectiveness (ODE) has undertaken a study to assess the effectiveness of methods currently being used to address violence against women and girls in five of Australia's neighbouring countries: Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and East Timor.

This report, published in print and online by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC), the Third World Institute, and Dutch development organisation Hivos, collects the perspectives of ICT academics, analysts, activists and civil society organisations from across the globe in over 50 reports.

There are many ways to donate to the cause. But exactly how can you use your checkbook as a transformative tool for women worldwide?

By: Malalaika Durban
December 02, 2008

This legal literacy leaflet sets out to discuss issues of reproductive health rights of women in Nigeria.