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28 Oct 2011
Lakshmi Puri
Credit: Courtesy of UN Women
Sunaina Perera interviews LAKSHMI PURI, Deputy Executive Director of UN Women
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 18, 2011 (IPS) – The donor base for UN Women has expanded to 95 countries since the new United Nations entity was launched at the start of this year, according to Lakshmi Puri, the assistant secretary-general and deputy executive director of UN Women. More »
28 Oct 2011
Edith Nawakwi is the only female candidate to run for president in Zambia’s upcoming elections. Credit:Ephraim Nsingo/IPS
Ephraim Nsingo interviews Zambia’s female presidential candidate EDITH NAWAKWI
LUSAKA, Aug 10, 2011 (IPS) – In Zambia’s highly patriarchal society Edith Nawakwi, 52, has broken a few records on the political scene over the last two decades. And she broke another one on Sunday by being the only female candidate to file for nomination to run for president in Zambia’s upcoming elections. More »
28 Oct 2011
Bineta Diop (l.) with Asha-Rose Migiro, U.N. Deputy Secretary-General Credit: Ryan Brown/UN Photo
Souleymane Faye interviews BINETA DIOP, founder and executive director of the NGO Femmes Africa Solidarité
DAKAR, Jul 22, 2011 (IPS) – Bineta Diop, director of the non-governmental organisation Femmes Africa Solidarité, is at the forefront of the fight for better protection of women in conflict zones and their integration in peace processes. More »
12 Jul 2011
By Jody Williams and Rachel Giora (*)
Jody Williams
Rachel Giora
WASHINGTON AND TEL AVIV, Jul (IPS) As the world watches the “Arab Spring” unfold in the Middle East -a reaction against decades of oppression and suppression of civil society- there are disturbing signs that Israel is stealthily moving to dismantle some key civil rights and quiet the voices calling for justice and equality for the Palestinians.
16 Jun 2011
By Erika Guevara Rosas and Christine Ahn
Erika Guevara Rosas
Christine Ahn
SAN FRANCISCO, Jun (IPS) Today millions of women workers from across the globe made history. From June 16, domestic workers secured the passage of the ILO Convention on domestic work for governments to ratify into law.
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09 Mar 2011
Shirin Ebadi
By Shirin Ebadi (*)
LONDON, Mar (IPS) Not so long ago, my colleague Nasrin Sotoudeh was the lawyer that so many of us human rights defenders in Iran called when our own government harassed us or put one of us, or a family member, in jail.
Sadly, it is now Nasrin who is in jail.
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08 Feb 2011
Emma Bonino
By Emma Bonino (*)
ROME, Feb (IPS) Italy is one of the most backward countries in Europe in almost every indicator of gender equality. This is despite the fact that in terms of advanced degrees and qualifications, women surpass men and, in the last 30 years, have reached positions of power in all sectors of the market and proven that a company improves with a woman at the helm. More »
30 Jan 2011
Wangari Maathai
By Wangari Maathai (*)
02 Dec 2010
Wangari Maathai
By Wangari Maathai (*)
NAIROBI, DEC (IPS) A year after much-touted climate change summit in Copenhagen, country negotiators from around the world are together again to work out an international response to climate
change. While many believe we should lower our expectations for this year’s climate change summit underway in Cancun, this would be a mistake. As global temperatures rise, so do the challenge’s for
the world’s poorest citizens- women, especially those living in developing countries. More »
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Agriculture is key to women’s livelihoods in rural West Africa and to the survival of the national economies. But despite women’s crucial work on the farms women’s rights to land ownership, control and access to land continues to be neglected. The importance of African women farmers has been long recognized in international development since the [...]
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