IPS Reports on Gender based Violence in Africa’s Conflict Areas

May 2, 2009

IPS Ugandan correspondent Wambi Michael reported on gender based violence, rape and sexual abuse of women and girls associated with armed conflict in Africa.

Gender experts interviewed by IPS explained how the lack of economic independence and failure of legal protections, as well as poverty and illiteracy, have contributed to leave women vulnerable to gender-based violence in Africa. More »

PAKISTAN: A Marriage of Convenience?

April 11, 2009

By Zofeen Ebrahim
KARACHI, Apr 11 (IPS) Pakistan’s Mukhtaran Mai, who gained global
acclaim for daring to take her rapists to court, announced her marriage
last month to an already married police constable.

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CHILE: Therapeutic Abortion - Hot Election Issue

April 7, 2009

By Daniela Estrada
SANTIAGO, Apr 2 (IPS) The debate on the decriminalisation of therapeutic
abortion has been revived ahead of the December presidential elections in
Chile, one of the few countries in the world where abortion is illegal
even under extreme circumstances, such as risk to the mother's life or
a severely deformed foetus.

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POPULATION: Global Financial Crisis Threatens Family Planning

April 1, 2009

By Thalif Deen

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 1 (IPS) - The spreading global financial crisis is
threatening to undermine another one of the U.N.’s major development and health goals: family planning.

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Gender Wire launched on International Women’s Day

March 8, 2009

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IPS is celebrating international women’s day with the launch of a new weekly newsletter, the Gender Wire.

Only 22% of the voices we hear and read in the news today belong to women. Gender Wire will cover frontline issues such as elections, health, education, armed conflicts, corruption, the global financial crisis, food insecurity, and climate change, asking an often forgotten question: What does this mean for women and girls? More »