To have women coming together in order to learn and to be empowered, this is one of the most difficult challenges.

For every Predator missile we fire at an Al Qaeda target here, we should help Yemen build 50 new modern schools…

The West African country of Niger recently approved Dr. Wall’s plan for a fistula hospital.

Africa does not seem to be an exception to the rule that, as countries get richer, they experience a demographic transition.

The day the Pakistani government decides it doesn’t want maternal deaths, we will have no more mothers dying.”

Advocates are fighting entrenched traditions of forced marriages and spousal abuse.

King Abdullah has demonstrated a desire to modernize Saudia Arabia, but he must make bolder changes to meet the needs of his people.

Fistulas, internal wounds that leave women incontinent, soaked in urine and often outcasts, are a scourge of the poor.

A documentary about the women’s peace movement in Liberia spotlights people who courageously intervene in their own fate.

The ordinary Afghan people don’t trust their own government. But there’s still hope for a change. A key role will be played by the new American president-elected: Barack Obama

Sexual violence destroys the whole community because the stigma stays.

(The New York Times)
MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2008
There is an urgent need for the government to adopt consistent humane policies that treat women’s rights as fundamental human rights.

By Nicholas D. Kristof (The New York Times)
MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2008
One of war’s oldest, most brutal and most effective weapons is finally drawing world attention.