Issues and Analysis
Q&A: Bolivian Women’s Right to Land Thwarted by Patriarchal Traditions
Bolivian legislation on land ownership is highly favourable to women, but a lack of awareness makes it difficult to enforce these laws and ensure that women are able to obtain - and maintain - control of the land they farm.
Read more...USA: Legal Abortion Is a Fundamental Right -- Why Do We Often Forget That?
It's time to demand that the promise of Roe becomes a reality for women whose choices are already limited by poverty, joblessness and marginalization.
Read more...Haitian Women: Pillars of the Economy, and of Resistance
Faced with enormous debt, poverty, political instability and ongoing violence, Haiti is struggling on multiple fronts. Women, though, are continuing the legacy of resistance and reform that has characterized the country since its founding more than 100 years ago.
Read more...Ciudad Juárez: Finally, Steps Towards Justice
Violence, including human rights violations, has been increasing in Mexico, and women's rights have suffered blow after blow, but 2009 ended with steps towards justice: on December 10 the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) issued a judgment in the "cotton field" case against the government of Mexico for violations of human rights. This judgment represents clear progress in the midst of so many legal reversals. AWID interviewed Andrea Medina Rosas from the Comité de América Latina y el Caribe para la Defensa de los Derechos de la Mujeres (CLADEM), which represented the cases before the Court.
Read more...How are women faring in Ukraine?
On the eve of the January 17 presidential elections in Ukraine, Olena Suslova, Chair of the Board at Women’s Information Consultative Center in Kiev, offers a glimpse of the status of women and women’s rights there.
Read more...A Look Back at the 2009 Parliament of the World’s Religions
In December 2009, Melbourne, Australia hosted the Parliament of the World’s Religions, a global dialogue of faiths. Sister Joan Chittister, longtime champion of peace, human rights and gender equality attended the Parliament and spoke with AWID to share her perspectives on what the Parliament proceedings mean for women.
Read more...Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill is inherently discriminatory
Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill would, if enacted into law, violate international human rights law and lead to further human rights violations, a report from Amnesty International has said. This extract from the report offers a human rights analysis of the bill.
Read more...Iran: Shirin Ebadi Prepares for the End - Why the Nobel laureate thinks the Iranian regime's days are numbered
To listen to Shirin Ebadi's story is to grasp how dramatically Iran has changed in recent months. The Nobel laureate has not been back to Iran since the country's disputed June election.
Read more...Uganda: Signs of Eroding Support for Anti-Gay Bill?
It's being reported that, at the urging of U.S. government officials, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni will block the anti-gay bill introduced in October in the Ugandan Parliament. It is also reported that the majority of Ugandans supports the bill. The controversy over the bill, however, continues to bubble unrelentingly.
Read more...Bringing Moldova's Women Into The Democratization Process
Moldova's women remain prime targets for human trafficking and exploitation, and it will take more than just improving Moldova's economy to save them.
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