Issues and Analysis
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.
Read more...Report on Women's Human Rights Violations Shows Systematic Attack on Women Under Honduran Coup
On Nov. 2 representatives from Honduran women's organizations presented a grim panorama of violations of women's human rights by the de facto regime led by Roberto Micheletti before the Inter-American Human Rights Commission.
Read more...Putting an end to violence against women in Guatemala
On November 25 in Guatemala, the Multi-Annual Campaign (extended from 2008 to 2015) of the Regional Chapter, “ÚNETE para poner fin a la violencia contra las mujeres” (“JOIN together to put an End to Violence against Women”) will be launched.
Read more...Africa: The Antigay Highway: New Report Details Mutually Beneficial Relationship Between US Evangelicals and African Antigay Clergy
A new report documents the trend of evangelicals like Rick Warren exporting sexuality issues to Africa, whose clergy, in turn, support the minority antigay view in mainline denominations, weakening them. The author of the report speaks with RD at length about what he found.
Read more...North African women at forefront of legal reform
Women in North Africa have made tremendous progress in promoting and upholding their rights. Women in this region—commonly known as the Maghreb—are at the forefront of the Arab world in terms of individual rights and gender equality, and constitute models for other Arab women to follow.
Read more...1888: Stepping beyond Rhetoric
On September 30, 2009 the United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution on sexual violence in situations of armed conflict. Sam Cook, Project Director of PeaceWomen, a project of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, spoke with AWID about Resolution 1888 and its implications.
Read more...The UN Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change: How are Women Organizing?
An interview with Cate Owren of the Women's Environment and Development Organization.
Read more...Uganda: Gays and Muslim women share a common struggle to redefine family
What have gay rights activists in Christian-majority Uganda and Muslim women fighting for family law reform in Asia got in common? You’d be surprised…
Read more...What is the status of women in Kyrgyzstan?
As one of five Central Asian Republics who have become separate, sovereign states after the collapse of the Soviet Union, made progress towards integrating into the world economy and now see the rising influence of religious fundamentalisms, Kyrgyzstan is in an ongoing state of transition. Dr. Nurgul Djanaeva, President of the Forum of Women's NGOs of Kyrgyzstan and author of Kyrgyzstan Women in Transition, spoke with AWID about how women are playing important roles in, facing persistent challenges amidst and experiencing new setbacks due to this complex transition.
Read more..."CEDAW is UNIFEM'S Entry Point"
Andrea Borde interviews Joanne Sandler, Deputy Executive Director, UNIFEM
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