Issues and Analysis
Mexico's Abortion Wars
In 2007, Mexico City decriminalized first-trimester terminations. That decision triggered a backlash that has pro-choice activists on the defensive.
Read more...Uganda’s Radical Anti-Gay Measure and the American Religious Right
A proposed measure in Uganda would make repeated homosexual activity punishable by death. Anti-gay activists in the United States may think that it goes too far, but they laid the groundwork for it.
Read more...Iran: INTERVIEW-Ebadi says Iran court suspends bank cash, pension
An Iranian court has suspended the bank accounts and pension payments of Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi and her husband and blocked her access to a bank box containing her Nobel medal, Ebadi said on Saturday.
Read more...Women Need Water Rights, Not Just Technologies
In poor communities, technologies are often touted as panaceas for poverty. For women in productive and reproductive roles, technologies, such as those for fetching and storing water, can make daily tasks easier. But do such technologies actually ensure women’s rights?
Read more...INDIA: Women’s Political Empowerment, Yes; Better Lives, No
Despite getting suitably politically empowered, women in India continue to lag behind on almost all crucial developmental parametres like education, health and economic participation.
Read more...Q&A: Women Should Be More Than Window Dressing
Women in developing countries are among the most vulnerable to the effects of crisis - be that climate change, food price hikes, the HIV/AIDS pandemic or the global recession. It is becoming more commonplace to hear women's testimony, but are women's voices heard when it comes to deciding on solutions?
Read more...10th Anniversary Statement on the UN International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
On this 10th anniversary of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, we can applaud the fact that the issue of violence against women and girls is no longer treated as simply a woman's concern.
Read more...Highlights from the Testimonies by Honduran Women’s Rights Advocates Regarding Women’s Human Rights Violations in the Context of the Coup
Presented to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Washington, DC
Liberia: "The new war is rape"
In Liberia rape survivors are increasingly speaking up and seeking help as awareness of rights increases, but social taboos persist and seeking justice does not always mean that justice is served.
Read more...Afghanistan: Q&A: "Karzai Assigned a Rabbit to Take Care of the Carrot"
Chris Arsenault (IPS) interviews MALALAI JOYA, author and Afghan parliamentarian. In the aftermath of national elections widely condemned as fraudulent, the United States and its allies are wondering what to do about Afghanistan.
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