Issues and Analysis
New Insights on Religious Fundamentalisms
Drawing on the results of a global survey of over 1,600 women's rights activists, as well as in-depth interviews with over 50 key experts, AWID launched a special series of publications on religious fundamentalisms and women's rights in late 2008. This brief reports on the highlights of the research, which sought to map the major trends, strategies and impacts of religious fundamentalist movements across regions and religions.
Read more...Pakistan: Protecting women
The Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Act 2009 adopted by the National Assembly in August won plaudits from women and human rights activists alike.
Read more...How are Women Impacted by Climate Change?
Commentary on and analysis of climated change is often gender-blind. Yet, women, due to their productive and reproductive roles in families and communities, often bear the brunt of its impact. In particular, women are affected by climate changes related to water, soil, food and disease outbreaks.
Read more..."Women Need a Bigger Voice at the G20 Summit"
Ahead of the G20 Summit in April 2009, Rosa Lizarde of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) explained that the unique impacts of the global economic crisis on women must be taken into consideration in high-level talks AND that more women are needed in the dialogue and decision-making processes of such summits. Six months later and another summit on, the crisis and the need to pay attention to and to involve women continue.
Read more...Along Came a Spider: What the Pope Doesn't See
In the official "Year for Priests," dedicated by Pope Benedict, a priest in Florida has upped the ante on clerical malfeasance, allegedly fathering a child with a stripper, and threatening the woman with violence. What will it take for the Catholic Church to begin to take responsibility for priests gone wild?
Read more...The Dangerous Business of Climate Manipulation
The climate crisis is being felt everywhere: abundant, unseasonable rain; bigger droughts in places that never had drought before; more floods; extreme cold and heat; stronger hurricanes in new areas; lost crops; the devastation of ecosystems... by Silvia Ribeiro*.
Read more...What is a woman, anyway?
There is a lot of talk at the moment about what it means to qualify as a woman, especially if you are running in and competing in an athletic race. By Zillah Eisenstein
Read more...Malaysia/Singapore: Why should we care about Kartika?
How did you react when you heard in July that a woman was about to be caned in Malaysia? Did you think something like this? “What’s so bad about drinking beer? These fundamentalists are too much.” But did you think that what was to happen to Kartika had anything to do with you? No?
Read more...Obama Addresses U.N. - MADRE Responds
An Open Letter
Read more...Majority of Workers Still Hide Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity at Work
New “Degrees of Equality” report finds persistent negative climate for LGBT workers.
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