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Arab Spring puts women's rights in the spotlight

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:24:00 GMT

In post-revolution Libya, Egypt and Tunisia, women are exploring what the Arab Spring means for them

Libyan refugees tell of region suffering in silence

Sun, 10 Apr 2011 13:26:00 GMT

The violence in the Western Mountains region, a sparsely-populated area reached only by winding roads, has received little of the international attention given to attacks on cities on the coast such as Misrata and Ajdabiyah.

FEATURE-In Iowa, Bachmann is early favorite for vote

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 19:16:00 GMT

INTERVIEW-Chechnya Muslim leader calls for women to cover up

Wed, 2 Feb 2011 21:22:16 GMT

About 100 women raped in Congo - MSF, radio

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 10:22:00 GMT

The attacks have been blamed on a group of about 200 rebels

Kenya: over 7,000 Somali refugees make first contact with relatives left behind

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 01:00:00 GMT

Protecting the rights of older women in Tanzania

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:29:00 GMT

HelpAge International’s programmes in Sukumaland, Tanzania focus on community interventions to prevent witchcraft allegations and violent attacks against older women.

‘International Day of the Girl Child’ gets a final push

Tue, 6 Dec 2011 09:27:00 GMT

The world is close to reaching a historic milestone in girls’ rights as the UN General Assembly considers designating October 11 as the ‘International Day of the Girl Child’, says child rights organisation Plan International.

Ivory Coast's Ggagbo forces kill, torture-watchdog

Wed, 26 Jan 2011 00:00:32 GMT

Bodies of fighters, civilians crowd Benghazi morgue

Sun, 20 Mar 2011 11:04:05 GMT

Clashes in Yemen protest wound at least 150 - medic

Wed, 16 Mar 2011 11:35:47 GMT

Women left behind in heart device tests - study

Wed, 2 Mar 2011 02:25:17 GMT

Girls urged to strip to support Putin as president

Sun, 17 Jul 2011 23:47:00 GMT

Lesbians in India: living a life of anonymity, isolation

Mon, 16 May 2011 18:22:00 GMT

It’s hard enough to be female in India, a country where a woman is raped every hour, a bride is set on fire every six hours in a dowry dispute and 80 percent of illegally aborted foetuses are female, according to government estimates.

Ouattara's forces not guilty of I.Coast atrocities-UN envoy

Sun, 10 Apr 2011 02:05:00 GMT

Study finds supplement may help pregnancy problem

Thu, 19 May 2011 23:01:00 GMT

Girls Decide: Putting girls’ sexual and reproductive health at the heart of development

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:11:00 GMT

Girls Decide, a new initiative from the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), highlights the importance of girls’ and young women’s sexual and reproductive lives for both individual and global development

Study on magnetic fields, asthma is flawed -critics

Tue, 2 Aug 2011 16:13:00 GMT

Libyan women demand support for war rape victims

Sat, 26 Nov 2011 15:02:00 GMT

About 100 Libyan women in silent march to demand more support from new government for victims of rape during the eight-month war

Video Blog: YouTube reflections of a transgendered life

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:10:00 GMT

A selection of YouTube videos highlighting the world transgendered people live in

Â¿Breast is bestÂ¿ critical to child nutrition & survival

Sat, 6 Aug 2011 11:47:00 GMT

VIDEO INTERVIEW: Sunila Abeysekera, award-winning women's rights campaigner

Thu, 21 Oct 2010 12:11:00 GMT

HRW reports lives of Haitian women at risk in squalid camps

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:57:00 GMT

Some women are resorting to trading sex for food, human rights activists have warned

Hearing problems linked to increased dementia risk

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 03:43:45 GMT

Pay gap widening between U.S. male, female doctors

Thu, 3 Feb 2011 05:00:00 GMT

At least 30 killed in clashes in Libya's Ajdabiyah - tv

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 11:36:25 GMT

Albinos in Tanzania murdered or raped as AIDS "cure"

Thu, 5 May 2011 08:53:00 GMT

At least 63 albinos, including children, are known to have been killed, mostly in the remote northwest of Tanzania

Uganda to give women pepper spray to fight 'endemic' rape

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 13:48:08 GMT

Straw in row over Pakistani men sex abuse comments

Sat, 8 Jan 2011 17:46:06 GMT

Bahrain releases women seized in election protest

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:39:00 GMT

Susana's Story

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 11:35:01 GMT

UN Women's Bachelet outlines policies to end violence against women-1

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:49:00 GMT

Government¿s continuing support a resounding endorsement that aid works, says ActionAid

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 00:00:16 GMT

Ivory Coast abuses may amount to war crimes-HRW

Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:43:00 GMT

Simple treatment cuts preterm births by 45 percent

Wed, 6 Apr 2011 18:20:00 GMT

Women who married as girls discover education, livelihoods and a sense of community

Mon, 5 Mar 2012 10:18:00 GMT

On the cusp of International Women’s Day on March 8, we tell the stories of two women who faced obstacles as young brides and mothers

FACTBOX-Soccer-loving Polish PM set for new term

Sun, 9 Oct 2011 20:30:00 GMT

Researchers develop test for pregnancy complication

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 23:26:00 GMT

Libya to give weapons to 1 mln people:state media

Sun, 20 Mar 2011 12:43:34 GMT

Shift work may have little impact on pregnancy

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 02:12:00 GMT

Landmine and UXO risk education for women in eastern Sudan

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 14:40:00 GMT

Fawzia Mahmoud Saeed is driven by a desire to help those most at risk from landmines and unexploded ordnance – and to contribute to a better future for women and children in eastern Sudan.

FACTBOX-Possible 2012 Republican US presidential candidates

Fri, 18 Feb 2011 21:12:04 GMT

Quake-hit Haitians still trapped in 'state of emergency' - rights group

Thu, 7 Oct 2010 18:43:00 GMT

Germany gripped by celebrity weatherman rape trial

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:47:00 GMT

Nigeria police break suspected baby-trafficking ring

Thu, 2 Jun 2011 15:24:00 GMT

FACTBOX-Republican Romney kicks off White House campaign

Thu, 2 Jun 2011 11:00:53 GMT

Oklahoma is fourth state to ban abortions after 20 weeks

Thu, 21 Apr 2011 00:16:03 GMT

Study finds key to high blood pressure in pregnancy

Wed, 6 Oct 2010 05:00:25 GMT

From South Korean spy to bicycle repair man

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 05:21:00 GMT

Woman at centre of rape case leaves Libya-UNHCR

Tue, 7 Jun 2011 11:58:00 GMT

In March, Eman Al-Obaidi said she had been held for two days and raped by 15 militiamen loyal to Gaddafi

Evidence suggests role for chemicals in diabetes

Fri, 14 Jan 2011 03:57:00 GMT

Fish oil no help for mother's mood, baby's development

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 05:39:42 GMT

Kenya takes steps to ease women’s water woes

Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:56:00 GMT

Water scarcity linked to climate change has worsened the lives of Kenyan women but reforms to national water systems are now giving women a bigger say in its management

Ban child marriages to help prevent birth injuries - UN

Tue, 12 Oct 2010 11:13:00 GMT

Is the world failing a generation of child soldiers?

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:21:00 GMT

Ivory Coast's Gbagbo forces kill, torture-watchdog

Wed, 26 Jan 2011 03:41:00 GMT

Human Rights Watch says its investigations have revealed "an often-organised campaign of violence"

Mother "offered cash" if Libya woman changes story

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 03:42:00 GMT

Kenyans circumcise girls in Tanzania to evade law – report

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:54:00 GMT

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is prohibited in Tanzania but the law is not effectively enforced

Colombia's displaced women sexually abused and forced into early motherhood

Wed, 2 Apr 2008 16:18:00 GMT

Relishing liberty, Libyans protest at new rulers

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:36:28 GMT

Mothers globally face barriers to register child births

Tue, 6 Mar 2012 16:42:00 GMT

Millions of children could be going unregistered as mothers around the world face widespread discrimination when it comes to birth registration, says child rights organisation Plan International.

Afghans say joint NATO forces kill 64 civilians

Sun, 20 Feb 2011 19:14:52 GMT

Joint operations by Afghan forces and NATO-led foreign troops have killed 64 civilians in Kunar province, the provincial governor says

Former Eurovision winner joins Irish presidential race

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:11:04 GMT

FACTBOX-White House hopeful Michele Bachmann

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 13:59:00 GMT

Afghan women: Hopes and fears for the future

Wed, 9 Nov 2011 14:35:00 GMT

Hot flashes, night sweats tied to heart risks

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 22:56:42 GMT

War crimes in Misrata widespread - report

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 04:00:00 GMT

A rights group says Libya's National Transitional Council must move to prosecute people suspected of committing war crimes in Misrata

FACTBOX-Why are maternal deaths so high in Afghanistan?

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:01:00 GMT

One in 11 women dies of causes linked to pregnancy and birth during her childbearing years

Cancer to kill 1.3 million in Europe in 2011-study

Wed, 9 Feb 2011 00:30:44 GMT

U.S. may pay for sex disease tests for elderly

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 19:41:29 GMT

SPECIAL COVERAGE: Two decades, one Somalia

Wed, 4 Jan 2012 16:03:00 GMT

AlertNet brings you special coverage of Somalia 20 years after Mohamed Siad Barre was ousted

Moroccan women’s rights at stake in Friday vote

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 01:55:00 GMT

Will constitutional reform become legal reality?

INTERVIEW-Sudanese author welcomes Bashir genocide charges

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:00:00 GMT

Death more likely than school for South Sudan’s young– UN

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:23:00 GMT

South Sudan has world’s worst rate of secondary-school enrolment

UDPATE 1-Saudi activists eye protests, wait for new cabinet

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 19:00:37 GMT

Kabul supermarket bomb kills 9, foreigners target

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 14:42:21 GMT

When moms get flu shots, babies reap benefits

Mon, 4 Oct 2010 11:21:49 GMT

Coils almost halve risk of cervical cancer-study

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 23:01:05 GMT

Gender profile indicates Indian women mean business

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 03:24:00 GMT

Lack of equal opportunity is greatest barrier for girls

Hundreds of govt backers out in Bahrain capital-TV

Fri, 18 Feb 2011 11:35:37 GMT

Tunisian families demand release of men still held

Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:52:51 GMT

Women more vulnerable but neglected in climate talks – activists

Mon, 4 Apr 2011 16:40:00 GMT

Women’s roles and needs have been neglected in climate discussions, activists say as 2011 climate talks get underway

Crucial Help for Families in Japan's Disaster Zone

Fri, 3 Jun 2011 18:25:40 GMT

THE KHAT-SELLER: Rescuing husbands and saving marriages

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:47:00 GMT

‘Unlike wine, khat is good … but selling it is tedious work’

Church-backed abortion bill sparks protest in Russia

Tue, 8 Nov 2011 15:12:00 GMT

Russia has the world's highest rate of abortions

First global map of fistula to be launched

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 11:35:00 GMT

The map will show how many women are being treated for the devastating childbirth injury fistula, and where

Women who exercise a lot hit menopause earlier

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 01:25:00 GMT

Congo court jails nine soldiers in mass rape case

Mon, 21 Feb 2011 14:31:00 GMT

Case is seen as test of Congo's readiness to end culture of impunity

German researchers capture first birth on open MRI

Wed, 8 Dec 2010 16:24:01 GMT

Women's risk of uterine fibroids lower with fruit:study

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 04:41:00 GMT

Study links cellphones to child misbehavior

Tue, 7 Dec 2010 00:28:00 GMT

UPDATE 2-Europe rights courts faults Ireland on abortion ban

Thu, 16 Dec 2010 15:06:00 GMT

Giving birth is a battle for survival in Afghanistan

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:01:00 GMT

Afghanistan is the most dangerous place in the world for a woman to have a baby

Join the big inequality debate

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 00:00:23 GMT

ANALYSIS-Bachmann and Perry - a beautiful 2012 rivalry

Sun, 14 Aug 2011 14:54:06 GMT

UN urges sanctions against rebel rapists in Congo

Tue, 7 Sep 2010 22:04:00 GMT

FACTBOX-Republican U.S. presidential candidate Bachmann

Wed, 7 Sep 2011 16:49:09 GMT

Rape blights lives of Haiti's quake survivors

Thu, 1 Apr 2010 15:54:00 GMT

WELCOME INITIATIVES TO IMPROVE WOMEN’S LIVES

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:02:00 GMT

Female teacher re-arrest exposes human rights abuse in Bahrain

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:44:00 GMT

Democracy protests in Bahrain have been one of the largest continuing movements in the Middle East

Peacebuilders fail Africa’s women victims of war

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:29:00 GMT

Women and girls who served as porters, cooks, bush wives, sex slaves and at times fighters are often overlooked in the disarmament process

HelpAge wins Hilton Humanitarian Prize on International Women's Day

Thu, 8 Mar 2012 13:05:00 GMT

This International Women's Day, HelpAge International is delighted to be the proud recipient of the 2012 Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize of US$1.5 million.

Training women for secure tenure in Bolivia

Tue, 6 Mar 2012 13:59:00 GMT

In Bolivia, where six out of every ten slum dwellers lack rights to the land they live on, groups of women are now leading the way to secure their urban land and property rights.

U.S. teen pregnancy rate at record low - CDC

Tue, 5 Apr 2011 20:18:00 GMT

U.N. says captures rebel who led Congo rapes

Tue, 5 Oct 2010 07:24:51 GMT

INTERVIEW-Power supply can help ease Nigeria unrest-minister

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 11:00:00 GMT

Scientists develop blood test for Down's Syndrome

Sun, 6 Mar 2011 18:00:49 GMT

UN Haiti peacekeepers face outcry over alleged rape

Mon, 5 Sep 2011 23:36:00 GMT

Public anger rises over a video showing Uruguayan U.N. troops pinning a young man on a mattress and apparently assaulting him sexually

Link between cocaine use, smaller babies strengthens

Fri, 4 Feb 2011 01:44:39 GMT

Doctors encouraged pregnant women to get flu shot

Thu, 2 Dec 2010 21:14:06 GMT

Egypt activists ask: "Where are the women?"

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:03:10 GMT

Afghan girls' education in danger - aid groups

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 09:09:00 GMT

Girls' education in Afghanistan, a big gain for women since the 2001 overthrow of the Taliban, is at risk, aid groups say

First UN envoy for sexual violence in war says rape must stop

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:27:00 GMT

CONGO CASE STUDY: Furaa, girl soldier

Fri, 7 Jul 2006 00:00:20 GMT

Afghanistan defends takeover of women's shelters

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:07:00 GMT

U.N. peacekeepers in Haiti want to reduce troops

Fri, 9 Sep 2011 00:37:00 GMT

UPDATE 1-Europe rights courts faults Ireland on abortion ban

Thu, 16 Dec 2010 13:13:00 GMT

Gender at heart of new Moroccan constitution

Wed, 7 Sep 2011 15:01:00 GMT

Implementation of reforms impeded by cultural attitudes

Bangladesh police detain fourth Islamist militant

Sat, 9 Oct 2010 10:01:36 GMT

Teenage brides suffer pain and shame of fistula

Thu, 4 Aug 2011 08:00:00 GMT

Farah developed a hole between her vagina and rectum, causing faeces to leak from her body, after giving birth to her first child at 18

Africa must spend more to end maternal deaths crisis - aid agencies

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:39:00 GMT

Sickly India needs universal healthcare by 2020

Tue, 11 Jan 2011 12:53:00 GMT

FACTBOX-Civilian casualties in Afghanistan

Sun, 20 Feb 2011 11:26:08 GMT

Aid groups not free to speak about Darfur - poll

Sat, 26 May 2007 00:00:13 GMT

Afghanistan: untenable situation for civilians

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:00:03 GMT

DRC rape suspect handed over to Hague court

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:01:25 GMT

Healthy Women, Healthy Families

Wed, 7 Mar 2012 15:26:00 GMT

Protecting women means protecting their families and communities

Maternal mortality in Sierra Leone is a human rights crisis - Amnesty

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:40:00 GMT

New York City schools to make sex education mandatory

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 20:32:00 GMT

Medical aid reaches youngest and most vulnerable in Indonesia

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 19:35:08 GMT

Which is worse in pregnancy, snuff or cigarettes?

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 06:35:00 GMT

Breaking the silence around prematurity and stillbirth

Thu, 4 Jun 2009 11:38:00 GMT

Humor from clowns linked to IVF success - study

Thu, 13 Jan 2011 03:19:05 GMT

Myanmar army raping with impunity, say Karen activists

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:09:00 GMT

Fire in Indian refugee camp kills at least 21

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 18:17:12 GMT

Bosnian Serb denies Sarajevo war crimes charges

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 12:28:02 GMT

UPDATE 2-Congo army behind instability, smuggling - U.N.

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 21:18:05 GMT

Qualitest recalls birth control pills - FDA

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 22:19:06 GMT

TEXT-President Obama's State of the Union address

Wed, 26 Jan 2011 01:05:15 GMT

UPDATE 1-Congo army behind instability, smuggling - U.N.

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:34:07 GMT

Opinion: Women disproportionately affected by substandard housing

Thu, 8 Mar 2012 00:15:00 GMT

Women feel guilty about work-home intrusion-study

Tue, 8 Mar 2011 19:50:28 GMT

Parade in conservative Delhi calls for acceptance of lesbians, gays -report

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:40:00 GMT

Delhi Queer Pride Community demands for an end to the violence against LGBT community members by the police and families -report

Lymph node removal not needed for some breast cancer

Tue, 8 Feb 2011 22:39:43 GMT

NBC reporter Andrea Mitchell has breast cancer

Wed, 7 Sep 2011 20:48:43 GMT

Suicide attack in east Afghanistan kills 9

Fri, 18 Feb 2011 09:44:28 GMT

Japan plans to move pregnant women from far-flung radiation hotspots

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:52:00 GMT

FACTBOX—Jubilant global reaction to women winning 2011 Nobel Peace Prize

Fri, 7 Oct 2011 23:13:00 GMT

Hailed as tribute to all women working toward conflict resolution and peace-building

Gaddafi forces surround Zlitan, threaten rape - rebels

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 17:59:00 GMT

Sweden reopens WikiLeaks founder rape investigation

Wed, 1 Sep 2010 20:44:00 GMT

Environment, not just genetics, at play in autism

Tue, 5 Jul 2011 12:00:00 GMT

Sweden reopens WikiLeaks founder rape probe

Wed, 1 Sep 2010 10:22:00 GMT

Afghanistan women's rights leaders meet Lynne Featherstone with ActionAid

Tue, 8 Mar 2011 00:00:22 GMT

NATO answers refugee boat's mayday off Libya

Sun, 10 Jul 2011 23:06:00 GMT

Police struggle to quell mass riots in southern China

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 03:42:00 GMT

India: Empowering women against discrimination

Wed, 7 Mar 2012 11:04:00 GMT

VIDEO: Life after birth: making motherhood safer in Kenya

Mon, 4 Oct 2010 09:35:00 GMT

FACTBOX-Some facts about stillbirths

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:30:04 GMT

FACTBOX-Crime and corruption among Israel's political elite

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 18:10:00 GMT

Sleep position may affect stillbirth risk

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 23:01:04 GMT

Baby 7 Billion: Countdown begins for a girl in India

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:22:00 GMT

Countdown has begun for the birth of ‘Baby 7 Billion’ in India, says global child rights organisation Plan International.

Syrian actress treads new stage in Syrian protests

Thu, 5 Jan 2012 13:26:00 GMT

"My country wants to drain every culture and content from its citizens," Fadwa Suleiman told Reuters

Paternal smoking linked to menopause age in daughters

Thu, 2 Jun 2011 15:13:15 GMT

Pakistan court acquits suspects in high-profile rape case

Thu, 21 Apr 2011 10:50:00 GMT

Give Women the Respect they Deserve

Thu, 8 Mar 2012 11:32:00 GMT

Half of men may have HPV infections - study

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 23:31:59 GMT

Irish Red Cross on standby and ready to help during extreme weather conditions

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:56:53 GMT

Congo soldiers go on trial for mass rapes

Thu, 10 Feb 2011 13:21:00 GMT

Eleven soldiers accused of raping more than 60 women in eastern Congo go on trial at a military court

Woman says raped by Gaddafi's men,pleads with media

Sat, 26 Mar 2011 20:42:00 GMT

A weeping Libyan woman makes a plea for help, showing bruises and scars she said were inflicted on her by Muammar Gaddafi's militiamen

Nearly half million women raped in Congo yearly-study

Fri, 13 May 2011 19:02:00 GMT

The study found that on average 1,100 women were raped every day in the vast central African country

Girls are secret weapon to ensuring future food security in poor economies--report

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 01:15:00 GMT

While undervalued, girls and women make up 43 percent of the agricultural workforce in developing countries

Long-term tamoxifen boosts breast cancer survival

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:01:36 GMT

INTERVIEW-Sudanese woman reports rape, urges others to speak out

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 19:27:43 GMT

US to seek extradition of shooters of ICE agents

Thu, 3 Mar 2011 15:53:00 GMT

Denials up amid large health insurers-US lawmakers

Tue, 12 Oct 2010 08:57:35 GMT

International Women's Day: the fight against sexual violence must not falter

Mon, 7 Mar 2011 00:00:15 GMT

Western US states lead in reducing lung cancer rates - study

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:20:12 GMT

Starting HRT early raises breast cancer risk -study

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 21:52:16 GMT

Sweet business success for women in Lautem

Tue, 6 Mar 2012 07:15:00 GMT

Young women in rural areas of Timor-Leste face numerous barriers in accessing training and generating income for themselves and their families. However, a Plan livelihoods programme that delivers vocational training in Lautem and Aileu districts has helped women learn new skills, start their own businesses and save for their children’s futures.

Baby 7 Billion: Let India’s girls be born

Sun, 10 Jul 2011 22:07:00 GMT

Child rights organisation Plan International will celebrate the birth of a girl in India as 'Baby 7 Billion'.

From child bride to Senegal rights crusader

Thu, 4 Aug 2011 08:00:00 GMT

Fatou Diakhate ignored death threats to campaign for an end to child marriage

EU tries to block film exposing abuse of Afghan women

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:13:00 GMT

Officials say the move is to protect the women’s identity, others say it vetoes their voices

Heavier women may have less IVF success

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 02:04:00 GMT

Afghanistan midwives tackle world's highest maternal mortality rate

Sun, 9 Oct 2011 12:12:00 GMT

Malawi orders halt to stripping attacks on women

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:38:00 GMT

Street vendors attack women wearing trousers and miniskirts

Australia to end ban on women in combat

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 02:46:00 GMT

INTERVIEW-Having baby full of risks in Pakistani conflict zone

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:02:00 GMT

At least 30 killed in Ajdabiyah clashes in Libya

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 12:06:14 GMT

Breast cancer rates have stopped falling-US study

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 22:04:04 GMT

MEDIAWATCH: Women's Day, a time to grieve, a time to be inspired

Thu, 6 Mar 2008 17:59:00 GMT

Omanis loot half-burnt supermarket, police stay away

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:58:39 GMT

FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, Feb 26

Sat, 26 Feb 2011 10:30:26 GMT

Millions still die due to lack of midwives - U.N.

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 12:32:00 GMT

As well as saving lives, good midwives can help contribute to a country's development, the U.N. has said in the first global midwifery report for 35 years

Sixty per cent of young women victims of sexist remarks or behaviour, new poll reveals

Mon, 7 Mar 2011 00:00:37 GMT

Maternal deaths fall 34 pct, still above UN target

Wed, 15 Sep 2010 08:00:00 GMT

"Artificial pancreas" shows promise in pregnancy

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:01:00 GMT

Escaping religious persecution in Nigeria - Rebecca's story

Thu, 8 Mar 2012 11:16:00 GMT

Rebecca escaped religious persecution from her family in Nigeria, her life was in danger so she fled to the UK. Rebecca reflects on the life she left behind.

FACTBOX - The Elders' initiative to end child marriage

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:49:00 GMT

At current rate, 100 million child brides will be wed in the next decade

TEXT-President Obama's State of the Union address

Wed, 26 Jan 2011 01:20:25 GMT

African migrants report abuse on way to Israel

Thu, 13 Jan 2011 12:06:42 GMT

Haiti's most desperate reach for temporary U.S. lifeline

Fri, 26 Mar 2010 11:10:00 GMT

INTERVIEW: Yvonne Chaka Chaka's 'Motherland Tour' film advocates for women's rights

Tue, 12 Oct 2010 21:58:00 GMT

For South African Yvonne Chaka Chaka, who was born under oppressive apartheid rule in Johannesburg's Soweto township and launched her career as a teenager in the 1980s singing lyrics about human rights, the same themes still resonate today in spite of socio-political advances.

Congo officer accused of rape returns to base

Fri, 8 Jul 2011 19:59:00 GMT

FACTBOX-The U.N. mission in DR Congo

Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:17:00 GMT

Colombia--Girls recruited as sexual slaves by largest rebel group

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:19:00 GMT

Forced abortions, hunger and little medical care common for child soldiers

International Women's Day: Business as usual for female deminers in Sri Lanka

Thu, 8 Mar 2012 11:04:00 GMT

International Women’s Day, 8th March, is like any other for MAG Sri Lanka’s Mine Action Team “MAT 10”, whose eight deminers, medic and deputy team leader are all female.

Afghan state seeks control over abused women

Thu, 10 Feb 2011 14:18:00 GMT

Afghanistan is considering taking over the running of women's shelters under a proposal rights groups say is a concession to the Taliban

Iraq: ICRC to expand initiative to alleviate hardship and restore dignity

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:47 GMT

Bomb kills six, wounds 12 in Iraq's Basra

Sun, 6 Mar 2011 08:46:23 GMT

Singapore finds radioactivity in imported Japan vegetables

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:44:04 GMT

UPDATE 2-Congo army behind instability, smuggling - U.N.

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 21:27:38 GMT

Ivorian forces executed 26 people in past month-UN

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:21:00 GMT

Cases of rape and illegal detention have also emerged

Child marriage a scourge for millions of girls

Thu, 4 Aug 2011 08:00:00 GMT

Rights activists call child marriage "one of the biggest development issues of our time"

Libyan Red Crescent volunteers: stories of courage and dedication

Wed, 9 Mar 2011 00:00:39 GMT

Pelvic exams often unnecessary, study says

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:15:00 GMT

Some 170 women raped in attack on Congo villages -UN

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:40:00 GMT

International Women's Day: CWS empowering women around the world

Fri, 9 Mar 2012 18:09:00 GMT

Financial Burden and Local Tradition Foster Child Marriage in Nepal

Fri, 3 Sep 2010 19:15:00 GMT

More than 90 percent of lower caste girls in Nepal are married by the age of 12

More U.S. youth say they are not having sex

Thu, 3 Mar 2011 21:01:07 GMT

Indian women subjected to 'degrading' rape tests - HRW

Mon, 6 Sep 2010 13:03:00 GMT

INTERVIEW: Displaced women's aid, security needs overlooked

Thu, 9 Dec 2010 17:24:00 GMT

Head of Norwegian Refugee Council says aid world is failing to protect women fleeing disasters and war

Congo soldiers held over alleged rapes, looting-UN

Wed, 12 Jan 2011 18:32:27 GMT

New UN agency for women ‘now needs resources’, says Plan International

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 12:26:00 GMT

THE launch of a new United Nations gender agency, UN Women, is welcome but now needs proper resourcing, says children’s organisation Plan International.

Women engineers promote low-carbon cooking across Mali

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:22:00 GMT

Solar and heat-retention cooking devices are cutting deforestation, emissions and women’s drudgery

IVF limits could reduce newborn deaths - study

Fri, 13 May 2011 02:45:00 GMT

Suicide bomb, blast kill 18 civilians in Afghanistan

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 13:20:00 GMT

Mostly children and women died in the attack

Roadside bomb kills 16 in western Afghanistan

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:19:00 GMT

DOMESTIC ABUSE IN UGANDA CAMPS

Tue, 27 Jun 2006 00:00:24 GMT

Gunmen carry out New Year gang-rape in Congo - MSF

Fri, 7 Jan 2011 15:42:00 GMT

Armed men rape 33 women, some in front of their children, in a co-ordinated attack, says aid agency

Record migration to Yemen despite instability -UN

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:17:00 GMT

During the perilous crossing, migrants are often subjected to physical and sexual violence as well as extortion demands

Women flee Sudan's contested Abyei, shots heard: UN

Thu, 3 Mar 2011 22:35:00 GMT

More than 300 women and children flee Sudan's contested Abyei area, the United Nations says, after three days of fighting

Joanna Lumley, Kathy Burke, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Beverley Knight, Annie Mac and Miranda Richardson get lippy for ActionAid

Fri, 25 Feb 2011 00:00:24 GMT

Ivorian women in anti-Gbagbo march through Abidjan

Tue, 8 Mar 2011 16:05:33 GMT

Congo arrests commander over rapes - U.N.

Fri, 21 Jan 2011 17:59:00 GMT

Congo arrests a senior army commander accused of ordering his men to rape more than a dozen women, a U.N. spokesman says

No birth defect risk found in newer epilepsy drugs

Tue, 17 May 2011 20:00:00 GMT

UN to expose school, hospital attackers

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 22:05:00 GMT

Perpetrators will be added to a list the U.N. secretary general publishes as an annex to an annual report on children and armed conflict

Libya woman "being sued by her alleged attackers"

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:59:00 GMT

Novartis's Afinitor shows promise in breast cancer

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 07:45:00 GMT

Japan tsunami victims enjoy their first bath since disaster

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 14:25:02 GMT

MEDIAWATCH: Ending rape during wartime

Fri, 5 Dec 2008 17:48:00 GMT

VIDEO: Emma Thompson in Liberia

Fri, 4 Mar 2011 00:00:14 GMT

OSCE urges Tajikistan to stop attacks on free media

Mon, 18 Oct 2010 01:18:41 GMT

World Chefs: Overcoming skepticism about meatless meals

Tue, 9 Aug 2011 10:02:00 GMT

Gender inequality starts at adolescence in developing world

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 02:40:00 GMT

UNICEF reports girls more likely to marry, leave school before 18

Mammograms less accurate in breast cancer survivors

Wed, 23 Feb 2011 04:54:14 GMT

Sudan charges three reporters with defamation

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 17:45:22 GMT

Farmers hurt as pressure on arable land grows-UN

Thu, 21 Oct 2010 05:15:19 GMT

Angola deports Congolese, aid report cites abuses

Sun, 24 Oct 2010 04:57:13 GMT

Q+A-Why is China crucial in the fight against climate change?

Wed, 17 Nov 2010 06:55:00 GMT

UPDATE 1-U.S. FDA to reexamine metal dental fillings

Fri, 10 Dec 2010 14:36:41 GMT

Saudi women protest, web activists call for reform

Sat, 5 Feb 2011 19:58:21 GMT

Concrete tent gets mixed reviews from aid experts

Fri, 27 Jan 2006 00:00:29 GMT

U.S. anti-sex trade aims new legal focus on men who buy sex

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 01:22:00 GMT

Strategy has led to changes in state legislation and growing numbers of educational programs at "john schools" nationwide

India to fall short of global maternal health goal

Wed, 1 Sep 2010 14:13:00 GMT

German court acquits TV celebrity after rape trial

Tue, 31 May 2011 08:59:04 GMT

Maternal Death: The Avoidable Crisis

Thu, 8 Mar 2012 10:45:00 GMT

MSF’s briefing paper, “Maternal Death: The Avoidable Crisis” details how the provision of emergency obstetric care to pregnant women in acute and chronic humanitarian crises can have a direct impact and save women’s lives.

Suicide attack in east Afghanistan kills 9

Fri, 18 Feb 2011 07:29:41 GMT

Fistula Repair Program Restores Hope and Health

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 21:00:00 GMT

Alabama governor signs ban on abortion after 20 weeks

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:13:00 GMT

WITNESS - Flash, bang, but Afghan night raid comes up empty

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 06:27:00 GMT

First the men were separated from the women and children and made to crouch outside on the frozen ground, wrapped in blankets

Secondhand smoke tied to higher birth defect risk

Tue, 8 Mar 2011 01:48:03 GMT

Wave of unrest shakes Syria, crowds torch party HQ

Sun, 20 Mar 2011 21:21:16 GMT

Rape used as weapon of war in Libya and elsewhere-UN

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:28:00 GMT

U.N. envoy says it is a war crime committed in all conflicts to terrorise populations and force civilians to flee

A BIG HAND FOR EQUALITY

Thu, 8 Mar 2012 10:09:00 GMT

African migrants report abuse on way to Israel

Thu, 13 Jan 2011 12:05:00 GMT

UN launches record $1.4 bln appeal for children in crisis

Mon, 7 Mar 2011 16:08:00 GMT

Emergency needs of women and children soar after catastrophic Pakistan floods and Haiti quake, says UNICEF

Germany tries Rwandan rebels for Congo massacres

Wed, 4 May 2011 12:37:00 GMT

Joanna Lumley, Kathy Burke, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Beverly Knight Annie Mac and Miranda Richardson get lippy for ActionAid

Fri, 25 Feb 2011 00:00:57 GMT

Colombia mine accident kills 7, pressures govt

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:19:07 GMT

Police detain suspect for rumours that sparked China riots

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:37:00 GMT

Uruguay apologizes over alleged rape by UN peacekeepers

Wed, 7 Sep 2011 03:27:00 GMT

Uruguay President Jose Mujica apologizes to Haiti President Michel Martelly over the alleged rape of a Haitian man, Uruguay says

U.N. study highlights price of nature to mankind

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 10:36:55 GMT

Somalis with HIV go it alone

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:35:00 GMT

Some Somalis with HIV substitute drugs with camel milk, urine

India's missing daughters

Sun, 30 Jan 2011 09:57:00 GMT

India's skewed sex ratio – number of girls per thousand boys – is mere statistics for a violent story of a nation that has failed its girls who are aborted as foetuses and or subjected to varied forms of violence once born.

Rising status of women linked to more smoking

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 19:33:23 GMT

FDA: migraine drug ups risk for oral birth defects

Fri, 4 Mar 2011 21:26:41 GMT

CORRECTED - Congo army commander hit with UN sanctions

Thu, 2 Dec 2010 02:25:00 GMT

S.Leone women denied free health service-Amnesty

Tue, 6 Sep 2011 15:43:00 GMT

Sri Lanka's women deminers clean up legacy of Asia's longest war

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 02:30:00 GMT

A small number of women in post-war Sri Lanka are taking on the risky role of clearing up from a 25-year war -- and changing age-old views

China rebuffs Philippines on planned executions

Thu, 17 Feb 2011 10:02:26 GMT

Being too fat raises risk of deadly breast cancer

Wed, 2 Mar 2011 19:04:38 GMT

Climate shifts take health toll on South Africa's HIV infected

Thu, 7 Apr 2011 13:06:00 GMT

Climate change is making life particularly hard for South African communities dealing with poverty, HIV/AIDS and now extreme weather that threatens food supplies

DEATH TRAP

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 00:00:04 GMT

Obesity epidemic risks heart disease "tsunami"

Fri, 4 Feb 2011 00:01:54 GMT

UN urges sanctions against rebel rapists in Congo

Tue, 7 Sep 2010 23:48:00 GMT

AlertNet offers AIDfund for China earthquake relief

Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:04 GMT

Helping girls and women who in turn help their communities

Mon, 5 Mar 2012 09:54:00 GMT

Women, connected to the right opportunities, can excel and inspire the futures of their families and communities

Iran has intensified crackdown, executions - U.N.

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 17:53:09 GMT

Sudan security release opposition spokeswoman

Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:56:12 GMT

Poor women get more unneeded breast cancer surgery

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 02:23:07 GMT

North Korea says UN rights talk is political plot

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 11:18:15 GMT

U.N. confirms at least 121 women raped in Congo

Fri, 1 Jul 2011 11:44:00 GMT

Human rights investigators report preliminary findings

WomenÂ’s outreach exceeds expectation with healthy results

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 09:43:18 GMT

AlertNet offers AIDfund for B'desh cyclone relief

Fri, 23 Nov 2007 00:00:42 GMT

Five killed in PKK attack in southeast Turkey-TV

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:53:06 GMT

Woman minister guilty of genocide in Rwanda

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:52:00 GMT

Libya: reinforcing contingency stocks is a priority

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:00:46 GMT

Q&A - Why statelessness destroys lives – expert

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 10:11:00 GMT

Statelessness expert Maureen Lynch explains the plight of people with no country to call home

Guns, rap and coke - story of a boy soldier

Fri, 1 Jun 2007 00:00:02 GMT

France's Carla Bruni shows off bump at G8 summit

Thu, 26 May 2011 14:03:08 GMT

One dead, 200 wounded in Yemen clashes

Wed, 16 Mar 2011 14:50:43 GMT

Afghanistan's only female governor comes to UK Parliament with ActionAid

Mon, 7 Mar 2011 00:00:04 GMT

Sexually transmitted infections: tackling taboo illnesses on the frontline

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:51:00 GMT

Valentine’s Day means red roses and romance for many but the downside of passion and unprotected sex is the vast number of people in pain and in danger of death from sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

Pink bikers fight Mexican drug war by helping poor

Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:12:00 GMT

China:no fast change in rare earth export

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:41:28 GMT

Women suffer Victorian healthcare standards

Mon, 7 Mar 2011 18:12:00 GMT

Today marks the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day but despite huge advances in medicine and healthcare many women around the world are still only able to access ‘Victorian standard’ health services, says the International HIV/AIDS Alliance.

Sri Lanka aims to improve rights for women migrant workers abroad

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 19:02:00 GMT

Support for these workers creates more jobs at home

Somalia: a humanitarian snapshot

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 13:04:00 GMT

Some facts and figures

Six Sudan activists charged with abducting rape victim

Sun, 20 Mar 2011 17:53:26 GMT

INTERVIEW-Tunisia Islamists say excluded, call for unity govt

Thu, 3 Feb 2011 18:36:03 GMT

Cambodian women fear dying in childbirth

Thu, 7 Apr 2011 19:20:00 GMT

Five women a day die giving birth due to costly and limited health care services

Rape on the rise in wars despite UN resolution

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 16:14:00 GMT

Police use tear gas to quell riot in southern China

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:49:17 GMT

First U.S. full face transplant done in Boston

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:28:00 GMT

Congo army behind instability, smuggling - U.N.

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:50:13 GMT

NATO-backed local police terrorising Afghans - report

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:20:00 GMT

Idaho lawmakers vote to ban abortions after 20 weeks

Tue, 5 Apr 2011 22:17:00 GMT

Sudan's Nuba women “better-equipped” to cope with war than men

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:01:00 GMT

"We women deal with each problem as they come, but men just get angry and give up," says one woman quoted in report

REFILE-Few U.S. women getting tested for chlamydia-CDC

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 23:54:00 GMT

Filipino activists outraged over village bans on artificial contraceptives, report

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 03:31:00 GMT

New local ordinances promote only natural family planning method

Egypt: women strive to protect rights from Islamist groups

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 23:50:00 GMT

Campaigners battle genital mutilation and widespread male harassment

After the typhoon - waiting to give birth in Manila homeless shelter

Tue, 6 Oct 2009 11:50:00 GMT

Gender equality boosts development, World Bank says

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Somalis wounded in fighting surged in 2010

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 09:46:00 GMT

ICRC says 6,000 war-wounded treated at Mogadishu hospitals in 2010

One million lives lost to midwife shortage globally

Mon, 4 Apr 2011 03:26:00 GMT

Save the Children: 1 in 3 women give birth without expert help every year

Croatia, Nigeria and Philippines sign up to statelessness treaties

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:47:00 GMT

More countries need to follow suit to gain critical mass to make difference -UNHCR

Heart failure therapy twice as effective in women

Mon, 7 Feb 2011 21:00:38 GMT

Northeast Afghanistan - the worst place to give birth?

Thu, 5 May 2011 14:48:00 GMT

Health charity Merlin is exploring whether vitamin D deficiency could be contributing to childbirth dangers in Afghanistan

Libyan envoy accuses rebels, NATO of war crimes

Thu, 9 Jun 2011 17:52:00 GMT

Libya has denied a U.N. report which found that its own troops had carried out murders, torture and abductions

Gunfire erupts in Abidjan, Gbagbo forces kill 4

Tue, 8 Mar 2011 22:47:00 GMT

Thousands of women have marched through Abidjan calling for Laurent Gbagbo to step down

Aid agencies pull out of eastern Congo

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:27:00 GMT

Ad hoc efforts help cut U.S. healthcare costs

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:45:00 GMT

Afghan women face rising danger if excluded from peace talks

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 03:23:00 GMT

Oxfam—Women’s gains after Taliban expulsion could be reversed

Iran steps up rate of public executions -Amnesty

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 20:06:00 GMT

Myanmar migrants struggle with HIV in Thailand

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:44:00 GMT

Congo must prosecute rapists, help victims - U.N.

Thu, 3 Mar 2011 14:32:00 GMT

U.N. panel calls for change in culture in Congo, where raped women rather than the perpetrators are blamed

Coffee linked with lower depression risk in women

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 21:23:00 GMT

Nomadic herders forced to flee in Northern Congo

Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:30:00 GMT

“When 600 women and children arrive suddenly and set up camp next to a town in northern Congo, an alert signal flashes in your brain,” says Azaad Alocco, MSF (Médecins Sans Frontières) project coordinator

Aid sector insensitive to gender needs - report

Thu, 8 Mar 2012 11:03:00 GMT

Failing to think through how crises affect women and men differently can worsen their suffering, says DARA

Systematic rape continues on Congo-Angola border-UN

Sat, 12 Feb 2011 02:22:00 GMT

Hundreds of women are being raped during mass expulsions from Angola to Congo

Women's post-natal depression linked to partners' abuse-study

Wed, 7 Dec 2011 08:58:00 GMT

FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, Sept 11

Sun, 11 Sep 2011 05:03:00 GMT

FACTBOX-Women’s law: Two decades of progress – UN Women

Tue, 5 Jul 2011 23:53:00 GMT

Landmarks in the fight for women’s rights

Army offensive makes life feel riskier in eastern Congo - survey

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:36:00 GMT

Prosecutor says Gaddafi linked to rape policy

Wed, 8 Jun 2011 23:23:00 GMT

Congo army commander hit with UN sanctions

Wed, 1 Dec 2010 22:55:00 GMT

Report: Asian women workers risk "persistent vulnerability, poverty and exploitation"

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 03:05:00 GMT

Low-quality, low-pay jobs a problem

Study finds mother's fat harms embryo development

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 21:00:00 GMT

China fires officials, charges 11 over Guangdong riot-media

Thu, 7 Jul 2011 14:44:00 GMT

US FDA advisers wary of time limit on bone drugs

Fri, 9 Sep 2011 23:48:00 GMT

UN envoy urges sanctions for rebel over Congo rapes

Thu, 14 Oct 2010 09:26:26 GMT

Syphilis testing could dramatically cut baby deaths

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:01:00 GMT

Climate migrants cause baby boom in Bangladesh's urban slums

Fri, 2 Mar 2012 12:03:00 GMT

Trend for displaced families to have more children – in part to deal with uncertainties - is a worry with climate displacement expected to surge

Child marriage a scourge for millions of girls

Thu, 4 Aug 2011 08:00:00 GMT

Rights activists call child marriage "one of the biggest development issues of our time"

Congo to try government troops accused of rape -UN

Wed, 19 Jan 2011 22:19:00 GMT

Ten soldiers are to go on trial next week, but two senior officers linked to the alleged rapes have fled

Baby deaths in China fall with improved healthcare

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 23:00:00 GMT

Deaths among newborn babies in China fell 62 percent to 9.3 for every 1,000 live births in 2008, compared to 24.7 in 1996, a report says

Police clash with anti-UN protesters in Haiti

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 23:42:00 GMT

Haitian police firing tear gas clash with demonstrators who demanded the withdrawal of U.N. peacekeepers in a protest

Rape, torture plague Myanmar's Kachin conflict -rights group

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 04:18:00 GMT

Government soldiers had blocked humanitarian aid and attacked innocent people, burning down entire villages, abducting women and forcing children as young as 14 to become porters

Rape, torture plague Myanmar's Kachin conflict -rights group

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:32:00 GMT

Government soldiers had blocked humanitarian aid and attacked innocent people, burning down entire villages, abducting women and forcing children as young as 14 to become porters

Protecting Women's Rights in Afghanistan

Fri, 9 Mar 2012 10:12:00 GMT

President Hamid Karzai's endorsement of Afghanistan's Ulema Council's new strict guidelines restricting women and girls' integration and participation in the country could sacrifice all progress made in enhancing women's rights in Afghanistan.

Mangrove restoration protects Guyana's coast and creates a buzz

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:49:00 GMT

Producers of mangrove honey step up to protect the forest and Guyana’s vulnerable coastline

MSF halts work at Afghan maternity unit after attack

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:53:00 GMT

Six adults and one child hurt in explosion at new mothers' hospital

US: Senate Vote on Violence Against Women Act a Victory

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:02:00 GMT

UN Council concerned by recent Congo attacks

Thu, 3 May 2012 19:03:00 GMT

Global UN-backed land use guidelines approved

Fri, 11 May 2012 16:27:00 GMT

Voluntary code promotes equal title rights for women, promotes access of poor to legal aid in land disputes

Britain ranked best European country to be gay

Thu, 17 May 2012 13:32:00 GMT

Survey puts UK at the top thanks to its recognition of civil partnerships for same-sex couples and anti-discrimination laws

India's shunned transgender people struggle to survive

Thu, 17 May 2012 08:22:00 GMT

Hundreds of thousands of transgender people in conservative India are ostracised, often abused and forced into prostitution due to no legal recognition

FACTBOX-Best and worst places to be a mother

Tue, 8 May 2012 14:07:00 GMT

Niger ranks as worst place to be a mother and Norway the best, in global Save the Children report

Campus 'Safety' Bill Endangers Rape Prosecutions

Wed, 16 May 2012 07:02:00 GMT

Water & Sanitation Engineer

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:00:00 GMT

France's Hollande Delivers on Government Parity

Wed, 16 May 2012 08:51:00 GMT

Liberian president defends anti-gay laws amid rising homophobia

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:30:00 GMT

One of two proposed bills in Liberia would make gay marriage a crime punishable by up to 10 years in jail -paper

Fewer women in top U.S. tech jobs since 2010-survey

Mon, 14 May 2012 14:39:00 GMT

Only nine percent of U.S. chief information officers (CIOs) are female

Niger ranked worst country to be a mother –report

Tue, 8 May 2012 13:51:00 GMT

West Africa’s Niger faces deepening hunger crisis that threatens the lives of 1 million children

France Could Get Its 2nd Female Prime Minister

Mon, 7 May 2012 10:21:00 GMT

Ghanaian mothers hit by conflicting health rules

Sat, 5 May 2012 16:51:00 GMT

A complex set of unofficial risks overshadow sanctioned safe-motherhood messages

Georgia bans most late-term abortions, assisted suicide

Wed, 2 May 2012 18:13:00 GMT

Georgia bans most late-term abortions, assisted suicide

Thu, 3 May 2012 13:30:00 GMT

Georgia is the eighth U.S. state to outlaw most late-term abortions based on controversial research that a fetus can feel pain by that stage of development

Plummeting breastfeeding rates in East Asia “alarming” -expert

Thu, 3 May 2012 12:29:00 GMT

Breast milk a "natural vaccine" for kids

France's Marine Le Pen Can Claim the XX Factor

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:03:00 GMT

Helping Pacific island women speak up on climate change

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:53:00 GMT

In the patriarchal Pacific islands, many say it is women who will suffer most from the impact of climate change

France's Lone Female Candidate 'Least Feminist'

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 08:37:00 GMT

French Women Wield Little Influence in Election

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 08:37:00 GMT

France: Presidential Candidates Reveal Human Rights Views

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:37:00 GMT

France: Presidential Candidates Reveal Human Rights Views

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:37:00 GMT

Afghan schoolgirls poisoned in anti-education attack

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:44:00 GMT

Officials blamed the poisoning, which affected about 150 schoolgirls, on conservative radicals opposed to female education

Garbage-fed community cooker cuts wood use, energy costs

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:45:00 GMT

Kenyan effort to address climate change also could reduce trash build-up in slum areas and lower cost of running small businesses

INTERVIEW-Afghan woman MP sets sights on presidency

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 07:55:00 GMT

As a baby, Fawzia Koofi was condemned to die for being born a girl, but she survived to become a champion of women's rights

Flap over Ann Romney shows campaigns' anxiety on women voters

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 21:41:00 GMT

France: Move Quickly on Equatorial Guinea Warrant

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 23:06:00 GMT

Programme Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor - Afghanistan

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:17:00 GMT

National Advocacy Coordinator - Sierra Leone

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:19:00 GMT

FACTBOX-Former presidential candidate Rick Santorum

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:26:00 GMT

Fernanda's story: The dark side of the Guatemalan baby trade

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:15:00 GMT

The human cost to two families loving the same baby

NEWSMAKER-New Malawi president a women's champion

Sat, 7 Apr 2012 17:18:00 GMT

Banda named by Forbes Magazine as Africa's third most powerful female politician after Liberia's president and Nigeria's finance minister

FACTBOX-Main proposals of French election candidates

Fri, 6 Apr 2012 16:57:00 GMT

Former child soldiers of Colombian rebel groups lack govt support -report

Thu, 5 Apr 2012 13:36:00 GMT

It is estimated there are at least 5,000 child soldiers in rebel ranks, many in Colombia’s largest rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)

Kenya's rural women shift to climate-resistant jobs

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:05:00 GMT

Changes in government policy open the door for women to play a bigger role in climate adaptation efforts

Afghanistan's new chefs: girl scouts bend social norms with food

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 08:38:00 GMT

Programme teaches girls vocational skills such as cooking

US: House Vote a Step Backward for Women?s Rights

Thu, 17 May 2012 20:11:00 GMT

US: New Prison Rape Standards Offer Landmark Protection

Thu, 17 May 2012 21:13:00 GMT

Azerbaijan: Free Activists, Journalists Held on Bogus Charges

Thu, 17 May 2012 05:01:00 GMT

Sudan: Repression Intensifies after Border Violence

Thu, 17 May 2012 15:53:00 GMT

Honduras: Investigate Killing of Four Civilians

Thu, 17 May 2012 17:51:00 GMT

Immigrant women farm workers suffer sex abuse - report

Wed, 16 May 2012 17:32:00 GMT

Rape, stalking, unwanted touching and verbal abuse are commonplace

Israeli court ruling to help fight gender pay gap

Fri, 18 May 2012 14:27:00 GMT

Landmark ruling puts onus on employers to pay men and women equally

Sardinian Town Bows to Italy's 'Pink-Street' Project

Thu, 17 May 2012 07:10:00 GMT

Alabama: Seek Full Repeal of Anti-Immigrant Law

Fri, 18 May 2012 21:03:00 GMT

EBRD: Use Expansion to Promote Rights

Fri, 18 May 2012 23:04:00 GMT

Prison Rape Regs Issued; Cannes' Line-Up Female-Free

Fri, 18 May 2012 15:02:00 GMT

Blind Chinese activist Chen says is at Beijing airport

Sat, 19 May 2012 08:20:00 GMT

Blind Chinese activist gets passport, to leave soon for USA-friend

Sat, 19 May 2012 09:38:00 GMT

Egypt: New child marriage laws are a step backwards

Wed, 2 May 2012 20:46:00 GMT

Child rights organisation Plan International has expressed deep concern at new marriage laws proposed by the Egyptian parliament.

Blind Chinese activist appears to have left for U.S.

Sat, 19 May 2012 11:31:00 GMT

Blind Chinese activist leaves Beijing for U.S.

Sat, 19 May 2012 19:11:00 GMT

Chen Guangcheng's escape from house arrest and subsequent stay in the U.S. embassy caused huge embarrassment for China

Blind Chinese activist arrives in United States

Sat, 19 May 2012 23:01:00 GMT

Blind Chinese activist arrives in New York

Sun, 20 May 2012 00:08:00 GMT

Blind justice the inspiration for Chinese dissident Chen

Sun, 20 May 2012 00:52:00 GMT

?Beat Him, Take Everything Away? Abuses by China?s Chengguan Para-Police - Report Press Conference

Wed, 16 May 2012 07:18:00 GMT

NATO: Rights Key to Afghanistan?s Security

Sat, 19 May 2012 20:23:00 GMT

Blind Chinese activist Chen arrives in New York

Sun, 20 May 2012 01:49:00 GMT

Pressure for Fuller Bodies Drives Drug Industry in Liberia

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:52:27 GMT

Pressure for fuller bodies drives Liberian drug industry

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 03:09:00 GMT

Fatter is more fashionable

PREVIEW-Polish PM seen winning poll, messy coalition possible

Thu, 6 Oct 2011 11:41:06 GMT

PREVIEW-Wal-Mart plaintiffs set for a return to court

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:11:00 GMT

Priests to forgive abortion in Pope youth festival

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:48:00 GMT

Private toilets for rural women continue to transform lives in India

Wed, 4 Apr 2012 16:01:00 GMT

Many women in rural India have been left out with no other option than to use the "open outdoors" as their only toilets

Pro-Choice Demonstrators Join Budget Battle Today

Thu, 7 Apr 2011 02:24:00 GMT

Pro-Choice Faith Group Goes Beyond Roe V. Wade

Thu, 3 May 2012 10:00:00 GMT

Pregnant Kenyan girl commits suicide because of fear – report

Tue, 2 Aug 2011 12:54:00 GMT

Pro women-priests demonstrators detained at Vatican

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:39:00 GMT

A group of activists who think women should be ordained priests was trying to deliver a petition to the Vatican

PROFILE-Mexican President Felipe Calderon

Thu, 1 Sep 2011 15:41:00 GMT

PROFILE-Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

Tue, 3 May 2011 08:58:00 GMT

Public Layoffs Take Hidden Toll on Black Women

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:45:00 GMT

Q+A: On the frontlines of Senegal’s child marriage battle

Wed, 3 Aug 2011 10:44:00 GMT

Is it possible to end child marriage where traditional practices run deep?

Q&A: What's changed for garment workers in Cambodia over the years?

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:52:00 GMT

A second-generation worker-turned-program coordinator describes her experience

Q+A: Why does child marriage happen?

Thu, 4 Aug 2011 09:00:00 GMT

Poverty, culture are among the reasons for child marriage

Q+A with Anne Itto: Is women’s position in South Sudan changing?

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 19:23:00 GMT

Minister discusses upcoming independence and its potential impact on women

Q+A with Croatian LGBT activist Mima Simic

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 19:44:00 GMT

Croatia's "LGBT person of the decade" discusses the violence at Split's first Pride march and cites major changes in last decade.

Rape Definition Expands; Female Detainees Abused

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 02:10:00 GMT

Raped Libyan Safe; 'Hot' Female Abusers Ranked

Fri, 13 May 2011 22:06:08 GMT

Rebel conservative Paul lurks in close Iowa race

Thu, 8 Dec 2011 14:50:08 GMT

Rebuttal: Biden Was Right About More Rape Policing

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:07:00 GMT

Rebuttal: Justice Requires Rape-Kit Testing

Fri, 1 Apr 2011 18:29:00 GMT

Rebuttal: Male, Female Aggression Don't Equate

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:42:00 GMT

Recruiters round up Cambodians to work in Malaysia

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 23:15:00 GMT

Cambodian domestic workers in Malaysia find the work fraught with abuse

Recruiters Round Up Cambodians to Work in Malaysia

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 20:45:00 GMT

REFILE-ANALYSIS-Mexican women voters back "alpha male" over female rival

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:30:00 GMT

REFILE-Anti-Pope protesters challenge Berlin venue ruling

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:32:04 GMT

REFILE-FACTBOX-Policies of Spain's People's Party

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 11:05:00 GMT

FEATURE-Israel takes gender fight to buses, billboards

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:48:00 GMT

Segregated bus and censored billboards are part of daily life in Jerusalem

REFILE-FEATURE-Saleh is gone, but Yemen women's struggle goes on

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:56:00 GMT

REFILE-Huckabee looks again at Republican presidential bid

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 18:22:00 GMT

Reid says US government appears headed for shutdown

Thu, 7 Apr 2011 14:23:04 GMT

Religion-related lobby groups thrive in Washington

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:16:00 GMT

Report: Situation worsens for women wishing to wear face veil in Europe

Fri, 13 May 2011 04:18:00 GMT

Amnesty: European ban on veil may ultimately isolate Muslim women

Report - White House Touts Its Work for Women

Fri, 6 Apr 2012 22:11:00 GMT

Republican hopeful Romney to speak in Iowa Friday

Wed, 7 Dec 2011 22:00:07 GMT

Republican Huckabee asked to run for president

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 21:49:00 GMT

Republican Missteps Pave Way for Equal Pay Day

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 22:27:00 GMT

Republican Perry offers prayer for America at rally

Sat, 6 Aug 2011 22:04:00 GMT

Republican Perry woos U.S. social conservatives

Fri, 7 Oct 2011 21:58:06 GMT

Republican Romney turns aside "flip-flopper" charge

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:48:20 GMT

Republican Santorum endorses Romney for U.S. president

Tue, 8 May 2012 04:11:00 GMT

Republicans face potential hard sell to U.S. women

Fri, 2 Dec 2011 12:00:00 GMT

American women have generally favored Democratic presidential candidates for decades

Republicans take the 'initiative' in 2012 US vote

Mon, 7 May 2012 21:20:00 GMT

Right Livelihood Award: Standing up for Victims of Chad's Ex-Dictator

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 10:27:00 GMT

Rigid Coptic Divorce Law Sparks Brawl, Protests

Sun, 24 Jul 2011 18:11:00 GMT

Rising awareness of legal rights doubles divorce rates in Nepal's capital

Fri, 4 May 2012 14:47:00 GMT

More aware of their legal rights and with less attention being paid to social stigma, a rising number of women are filing for divorce in Nepal

Rivals pounce on Gingrich at last Iowa debate

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 06:15:00 GMT

Rohingya women flee Myanmar to face rape and abuse in Bangladesh

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 01:18:00 GMT

Repression of Muslim minority group in Myanmar followed by abuse in Bangladesh

Romney hits Gingrich on Medicare reform

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 02:03:04 GMT

Romney leads in first four nominating states -poll

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:49:00 GMT

Romney, on rare visit to Iowa, rips Obama on economy

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 01:17:00 GMT

Romney stresses abortion opposition in editorial

Sat, 18 Jun 2011 18:55:00 GMT

Romney's Mormonism in focus at US political meeting

Sat, 8 Oct 2011 20:54:00 GMT

'Rotis Not Riots' Offers England Food for Thought

Sat, 20 Aug 2011 02:44:00 GMT

Rough Week for 'Stox,' Riots and Even My Junk Mail

Sat, 13 Aug 2011 00:04:00 GMT

Rowling Follows Oprah in Not Quite Bowing Out

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 11:41:00 GMT

Russia: A Move to Investigate Police Abuses

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:40:00 GMT

Russia: A Move to Investigate Police Abuses

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:40:00 GMT

Russia: A Sunday Stroll for Freedom

Wed, 16 May 2012 22:27:00 GMT

Russia: Amnesty urges St. Petersburg leaders not to enact anti-gay bill

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 23:45:00 GMT

Laws banning public events by LGBTI community on rise in Russian cities

Russia: Chechen Human Rights Lawyer Threatened

Tue, 2 Aug 2011 22:36:05 GMT

Russia: Chechnya Enforcing Islamic Dress Code

Thu, 10 Mar 2011 12:15:15 GMT

Russia: Heinous Attack on Civilians

Fri, 4 May 2012 18:11:00 GMT

Russia: Investigate Police Use of Force Against Peaceful Protesters

Tue, 8 May 2012 21:09:00 GMT

Russia: Prominent Journalist Attacked

Thu, 5 Apr 2012 18:11:00 GMT

Russia: Reform Domestic Laws on Disability Rights

Fri, 4 May 2012 22:12:00 GMT

Russia: Stop Draconian Homophobic Bill

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:26:23 GMT

Russia: Stop Harassing Election Monitors

Tue, 6 Dec 2011 00:19:00 GMT

Russian Church: Ditch beer for books in nightclubs

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 09:39:00 GMT

Rwanda: First country where women Parliamentarians outnumber men

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 01:17:00 GMT

Gender inequality and discrimination remain problems in daily life

SADC: Confront Region's Urgent Rights Issues

Tue, 9 Aug 2011 05:01:09 GMT

Saleh is gone, but Yemen women's struggle goes on

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:34:00 GMT

Yemen is the worst country in the world for gender equality, according to the U.N.

Same-Sex Marriage Gets Tweets, Likes by Thousands

Thu, 10 May 2012 07:47:00 GMT

Sanger Opposed War and 'Breeding Soldiers'

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:31:00 GMT

Saudi Arabia: A Step to Aid Migrant Workers

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 05:01:00 GMT

Saudi Arabia considers allowing women sport clubs-paper

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:09:00 GMT

In the austere desert kingdom, powerful clerics have long argued against women playing sports or doing physical exercise

Saudi Arabia: Drop Charges Against Human Rights Lawyer

Sun, 11 Sep 2011 20:05:34 GMT

Saudi Arabia: Drop Charges Against Human Rights Lawyer

Sun, 11 Sep 2011 20:05:05 GMT

Saudi Arabia: Reform's Uncertain Future

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 14:40:14 GMT

Saudi Arabia: Renewed Protests Defy Ban

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:01:24 GMT

Saudi Arabia: Renewed Protests Defy Ban

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:01:52 GMT

Saudi Arabia: Sports Minister Confirms Women's Exclusion

Thu, 5 Apr 2012 18:04:00 GMT

Saudi Arabia: Stop Execution of Domestic Worker

Tue, 26 Oct 2010 12:13:37 GMT

Saudi Arabia: Stop Trial of Journalist

Wed, 3 Aug 2011 20:04:39 GMT

Saudi Arabia: Where Fathers Rule and Courts Oblige

Mon, 18 Oct 2010 20:06:57 GMT

Saudi Arabia: Where Fathers \ Rule and Courts Oblige

Mon, 18 Oct 2010 20:06:00 GMT

Saudi Arabia: Withdraw Draft Counterterrorism Law

Tue, 2 Aug 2011 05:05:43 GMT

Saudi Arabia: Women to Vote, Join Shura Council

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:10:05 GMT

Saudi Arabia: Women to Vote, Join Shura Council

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:10:24 GMT

HRW: Saudi Arabia women's right to vote long overdue

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 02:31:00 GMT

Reforms exclude other forms of discrimination

Saudi cleric discontent after women's rights move

Mon, 3 Oct 2011 02:04:00 GMT

Conservatives bridle at king’s decision

Saudi considers letting girls play school sport-paper

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 18:19:00 GMT

Under Saudi Arabia's strict Islamic law, powerful clerics have issued religious rulings against female participation in sport as one of a series of restrictions

Saudi girls school defies clerics with basketball-paper

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:08:00 GMT

Powerful clerics in the conservative Islamic kingdom have long spoken against allowing girls to play sports

Saudi Lashing Dropped; Global Gag's Impacts Shown

Sat, 1 Oct 2011 02:03:00 GMT

Saudi lingerie shops drag feet on deadline to hire women

Mon, 1 Aug 2011 03:17:00 GMT

Claim January 2012 switch requires costly training, additional hires

Saudi might soon set minimum marriage age - paper

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:58:00 GMT

Saudi Arabia is edging closer to setting a minimum age for marriage following international criticism of cases of child brides-official

Saudi might soon set minimum marriage age - paper

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:14:00 GMT

Saudi Arabia is edging closer to setting a minimum age for marriage following international criticism of cases of child brides-official

Saudi will not stop its women competing in Olympics-paper

Thu, 5 Apr 2012 17:44:00 GMT

Saudi Women, Allies Keep Driving Campaign

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 01:14:04 GMT

Saudi women win right to vote, stand for election as of 2015

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 15:30:00 GMT

Hailed by Washington and rights groups, sudden shift also allows women to serve on Shura and municipal councils

SCENARIOS-Wal-Mart sex discrimination case at US top court

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 11:01:40 GMT

Schools to provide free sanitary towels in Indian capital – report

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:59:00 GMT

The initiative aims to improve hygiene and stop girls from missing class

Scott Walker Undoes Decades of Women's History

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:47:00 GMT

Seclusion During Menstruation Continues in Nepal Despite Supreme Court Ruling

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:52:00 GMT

Selective abortion ban won't halt son preference

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:04:00 GMT

New anti-abortion bill threatens the rights of women to make decisions about their own reproductive health, a commentator argues

Senate Passes VAWA without Republican Changes

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:33:00 GMT

Senegal: Human Rights Priorities

Tue, 3 Apr 2012 06:00:00 GMT

Senegal rights groups warn of rising group rapes

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 16:04:00 GMT

Rights groups have urged Senegal to enforce existing laws and international conventions that protect women against violence

Senegalese child bride turns a village around

Thu, 4 Aug 2011 09:00:00 GMT

Fatou Diakhate ignored death threats to campaign for an end to child marriage

Sept. 11 Reactions Shape Arc of Women's eNews

Sat, 10 Sep 2011 16:57:21 GMT

Sexual violence threatens Somali women refugees

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:55:00 GMT

Amid conflict, Somali women are easy targets for rape and physical assault

Short Funds Crimp Tribal Women's Safety Law

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 21:58:00 GMT

Sierra Leone: Pass Freedom of Information Bill

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 17:59:00 GMT

"Silent Observer" fails to silence India's activists on girl abortions

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:53:00 GMT

New sonogram-tracking device can’t determine doctors’ intent or fit portable ultrasound machines

Singapore: Adopt UN Rights Recommendations

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 22:55:25 GMT

Single Motherhood Is Career Choice in SOS Villages

Sun, 2 Oct 2011 15:36:00 GMT

S.Korea demands Japanese apology to ageing "comfort women"

Thu, 6 Oct 2011 10:11:00 GMT

Small donations fuel Bachmann campaign fund

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 21:51:00 GMT

So Far, Health Reform Gives Rights to Nursing Moms

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:43:00 GMT

Soap opera encourages Dominican women to save

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:10:00 GMT

TV show aimed at poor women includes advice on managing money and focuses on power relations between husbands and wives

Social issues fade as US Republicans court conservatives

Fri, 3 Jun 2011 16:30:03 GMT

Somalia: End War Crimes to Help Tackle Famine

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 00:50:10 GMT

Somalia the worst place to be a woman - minister

Wed, 25 May 2011 13:53:00 GMT

Pregnancy: Somali women’s greatest danger, says minister

Somalia's new women's minister snatched by rebels

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:02:05 GMT

Somalia's new women's minister snatched by rebels

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 23:36:00 GMT

Interior minister killed by suicide bomber last month

South Africa: Chance to Cut Maternal Deaths

Fri, 4 May 2012 06:00:00 GMT

South Africa: Failing Maternity Care

Mon, 8 Aug 2011 07:45:00 GMT

South Africa: Issue Visa to Dalai Lama

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 21:38:08 GMT

South Africa: LGBT Rights in Name Only?

Mon, 5 Dec 2011 09:40:00 GMT

South Africa: Vote on Protection of Information Bill Damaging

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:56:24 GMT

South Korea: Japan owes apology to ageing "comfort women"

Thu, 6 Oct 2011 23:27:00 GMT

As many as 200,000 Koreans pressed into sexual slavery during World War Two

SPECIAL COVERAGE: Transgender Day of Remembrance

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:23:00 GMT

The annual Transgender Day of Remembrance commemorates those who have been killed because of their gender identity

SPECIAL REPORT: Anita Perry: Small-Town Nurse to Power Player=2

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 20:06:06 GMT

Sri Lanka: Official Report Whitewashes Military Abuses

Mon, 1 Aug 2011 19:36:31 GMT

Sri Lankan women, girls face dire security threats in Tamil areas –report

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:41:00 GMT

Poverty, sexual violence, lack of employment and housing increase vulnerability to abuse -report

States Attack Planned Parenthood on Funding, Regs

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:36:06 GMT

Strauss-Kahn arrives at NY court for hearing

Fri, 1 Jul 2011 15:10:00 GMT

Strauss-Kahn case may discourage sex crime victims

Thu, 7 Jul 2011 23:52:00 GMT

In U.S. 45 percent of sexual assaults go unreported, down from 60 percent in 2007

Strauss-Kahn faces hurdle at home as U.S. woes ease

Wed, 6 Jul 2011 01:21:00 GMT

French woman files complaint as NY case unravels

Strong women take center stage in Tribeca foreign films

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:21:00 GMT

New York's Tribeca Film Festival shows its spotlight on several foreign-made movies that feature strong women roles

Strugging Republican Pawlenty exits White House race

Sun, 14 Aug 2011 14:33:04 GMT

Strugging Republican Pawlenty exits White House race

Sun, 14 Aug 2011 14:29:08 GMT

Strugging Republican Pawlenty exits White House race

Sun, 14 Aug 2011 14:32:00 GMT

Struggling Perry looks to Texas Invasion in Iowa

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:18:00 GMT

Struggling Santorum bets big on Iowa

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:45:00 GMT

Sudan: Blue Nile Civilians Describe Attacks, Abuses

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 05:05:00 GMT

Sudan: Crisis Conditions in Southern Kordofan

Fri, 4 May 2012 05:01:00 GMT

Sudan: ICC Warrant Request Advances Justice

Fri, 2 Dec 2011 17:28:06 GMT

Sudan: Political Repression Intensifies

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 19:17:13 GMT

Sudanese Women Offer Stories of Resilience

Sat, 30 Jul 2011 16:15:20 GMT

Sudan's Refugee Single Moms Prefer Egypt to Home

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 23:18:00 GMT

Super PAC Amasses Women's Cash, Employs Mostly Men

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 06:18:00 GMT

Suriname: Revoke Amnesty Legislation

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:57:00 GMT

Suriname: Revoke Amnesty Legislation

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:57:00 GMT

Survey: U.S. doctors disagree on pregnancy start

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 06:04:00 GMT

Survey: U.S. doctors disagree on pregnancy start

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 23:39:00 GMT

Definition could affect U.S. policy, reproductive health laws and research

Surviving Ugandans Become Trauma Counselors

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 18:54:44 GMT

Survivor Shines Light on Metastatic Breast Cancer

Mon, 3 Oct 2011 16:39:38 GMT

Syria: Activists Arrested, Held Despite Pledge to Annan

Sun, 13 May 2012 05:01:00 GMT

Syria: Extrajudicial Executions

Mon, 9 Apr 2012 05:02:00 GMT

Syria: ‘Shoot to Kill' Commanders Named

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 06:45:01 GMT

Syria: ‘Shoot to Kill' Commanders Named

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 06:45:08 GMT

Syria: Transfer Women Out of Male Prison

Fri, 12 Nov 2010 17:21:24 GMT

Syria: UN Team Should Insist on Protection of Protesters

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:33:50 GMT

Syria: UN Team Should Insist on Protection of Protesters

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:33:34 GMT

Syrian Crackdown Takes Away Her Family; One by One

Tue, 6 Dec 2011 22:17:16 GMT

Syrian Nun Plays Key Role in Medical Underground

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 06:54:00 GMT

Syria's Ramadan Soaps Aren't Bubbling This Year

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 01:31:00 GMT

Tea Party conservative O'Donnell backs Romney

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 04:59:00 GMT

Teenage girl set ablaze for resisting rape in India - report

Wed, 3 Aug 2011 10:50:00 GMT

The schoolgirl, from the low caste Dalit community, is being treated for 50 percent burns

Texas cannot exclude Planned Parenthood from health program -judge

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:18:00 GMT

Texas Governor Perry to run for US president

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 22:16:00 GMT

Thailand: Human Rights Agenda for New Government

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 20:31:04 GMT

Thailand: Investigate Murder of Environmentalist

Sat, 30 Jul 2011 05:00:32 GMT

Thailand: Two Years After Crackdown, Still No Justice

Tue, 15 May 2012 04:25:00 GMT

Thailand: Two Years On, No Justice for Political Violence

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT

The Death Penalty Gender Gap

Sun, 24 Apr 2011 14:43:03 GMT

The long and short of Mitt Romney's VP list=2

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:46:00 GMT

"The Marriage Breakers of Bangladesh"

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:42:00 GMT

Worldwide, one girl is married off every three-and-a-half seconds, according to Plan UK’s 2011 “Breaking Vows” report into early and forced marriage.

The Netherlands: A Race to Bring Chad's Ex-Dictator to Justice

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 07:45:07 GMT

The other side of Tahrir Square

Wed, 9 Mar 2011 18:20:00 GMT

Egyptian women marking International Women's Day in Cairo were assailed by men shouting 'Not now'

'Thelma and Louise' Marks 20 Years in Driver's Seat

Fri, 5 Aug 2011 23:43:00 GMT

These Two Films Touch the Sweet Spots

Tue, 1 May 2012 09:35:00 GMT

Thousands rally in Spain against cost of Pope visit

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 20:46:04 GMT

Tight race in Iowa kicks off White House campaign

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 14:14:06 GMT

Tight race in Iowa kicks off White House campaign

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 14:19:00 GMT

'Til 2013 do us part? Mexico mulls 2-year marriage

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 23:20:00 GMT

Time to Count Street Harassment as Hostile Acts

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:44:07 GMT

TIMELINE - Benedict as Pope

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:33:00 GMT

Times Haven't Changed for 'The Help' of Today

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:30:31 GMT

Tin Toilets in India Mark a Village Woman's Feat

Wed, 2 Nov 2011 21:19:00 GMT

Title IX Honored; Ariz. Backs Extreme Abortion Ban

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 02:43:00 GMT

To Prevent Violence, Insist Men Stop the Abuse

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 21:15:00 GMT

To Save Mothers, Let's Lower 5 Basic Risks

Wed, 9 May 2012 07:23:00 GMT

Financial institutions only pay lip service to women's rights

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:50:00 GMT

For example, financial institutions have scarcely contributed to projects that tackle violence against women

Toilet Queue Starts Women's Day in Delhi Slums

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:50:04 GMT

Thousands suffer harassment in search for clean water

Tonight, We Honor 21 Who Lead Us toward Equality

Wed, 2 May 2012 14:29:00 GMT

Top U.S. Cities for Women's Well-Being Ranked

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:26:00 GMT

Toyota, plaintiffs' lawyers spar on trial plan

Thu, 8 Sep 2011 00:31:00 GMT

Traditional Folk Dance Picks Up Pace in Mumbai

Sun, 16 Oct 2011 14:10:00 GMT

Brazil's traditional midwives lack support despite crucial services in rural areas

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:40:00 GMT

Brazilian traditional midwives say they receive little respect from doctors and the government for the many communities they serve

Trafficked at 14 in Thailand: a victim speaks out

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:39:00 GMT

In Thailand, tens of thousands are subjected to forced labour and sexual abuse

Trailblazing State Law on Human-Traffic Bogs Down

Thu, 6 Oct 2011 03:22:00 GMT

Transgender people murdered as world resists change

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:18:00 GMT

Hundreds of transgender people are killed every year and many live in constant fear of attack, as discrimination remains widespread

TrustLaw Women in brief: a weekly news digest on women's rights

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:10:00 GMT

Our selection of this week’s stories on women's rights from TrustLaw and other media

TrustLaw Women in brief: a weekly news digest on women's rights

Thu, 3 May 2012 17:14:00 GMT

Our selection of this week’s stories on women's rights from TrustLaw and other media

TrustLaw Women in brief 11 May 2012: a weekly news digest on women's rights

Fri, 11 May 2012 13:30:00 GMT

Our selection of this week’s stories on women's rights from TrustLaw and other media

Tunisia: Dismantle Repressive Ben-Ali-Era Laws

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 22:01:26 GMT

Tunisia: Dismantle Repressive Ben-Ali-Era Laws

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 22:01:14 GMT

Tunisia: Don't Extradite Former Prime Minister to Libya

Wed, 9 Nov 2011 16:38:00 GMT

Tunisia: Review Legal Framework for Protests

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Tunisian Coalition Formed; Chinese Law Hurts Divorced

Sat, 10 Sep 2011 01:25:00 GMT

Tunisian Election Law Gives Women Equal Chance

Tue, 9 Aug 2011 02:33:00 GMT

Tunisian Islamist leader says women have nothing to fear

Mon, 3 Oct 2011 22:09:00 GMT

Party leader pledges respect for women’s equality and no plans to impose Islamic state

Tunisian Islamists, Women's Rights: Watch and Wait

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:09:00 GMT

Tunisian women rally for preservation of rights - report

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 09:59:00 GMT

Gathering marked 55th anniversary of the the Personal Status Code,which banned polygamy and mandated gender equality

Tunisia's Dhaouadi: Dignity and Freedom At Last

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:18:00 GMT

Turkey: Backward Step for Women's Rights

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 01:39:06 GMT

Turkey: Make Rights Reform a Priority

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:45:00 GMT

Turkey: Women Left Unprotected From Violence

Wed, 4 May 2011 07:15:00 GMT

Tweeters Target Facebook; Sex Slur Slung at Warren

Fri, 4 Nov 2011 21:46:00 GMT

'Twilight's' Gray-Area Messages Amplify Allure

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:50:00 GMT

Two Iowa faith leaders back Republican Santorum

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:51:08 GMT

Two thirds of Pacific island women suffer violence – Amnesty

Tue, 6 Sep 2011 22:28:00 GMT

Legislation against gender-based violence urged

UAE: Expanded Crackdown on Islamist Group

Thu, 10 May 2012 16:10:00 GMT

UAE: Free Activists Before Elections

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 05:57:00 GMT

UAE: Investigate Threats against ‘UAE 5'

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 05:06:00 GMT

UAE: Prison Sentence for Activists an Attack on Free Expression

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:57:34 GMT

UAE: Proposed Law to Benefit Domestic Workers

Fri, 11 May 2012 05:01:00 GMT

UAE: Stepped-Up Harassment of Rights Defenders

Wed, 26 Jan 2011 12:54:02 GMT

Uganda: Draft Public Order Law Would Violate Rights

Fri, 11 May 2012 23:14:00 GMT

UGANDA: Post-war reconstruction ignores victims of sexual violence

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 22:42:00 GMT

Stigma exacerbates physical and psychological damage

Uganda sexual rights group wins Norway prize

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:29:00 GMT

Uganda: "Walk to Work" Group Declared Illegal

Thu, 5 Apr 2012 00:01:00 GMT

Ugandan midwife speaks to current health needs in Sub-Saharan Africa

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:25:00 GMT

Only 28% of all health clinics in Uganda have the required supplies and equipment to offer basic emergency obstetric care

Ugandan woman dies in maternity ward as staff demand $108 – report

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:41:00 GMT

Medical workers looked on as they asked for money, woman's neighbour said

Ugandan Women Find New Possibilities in Art World

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 03:02:00 GMT

UK missing 5,400 women in top jobs - equality commission

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 17:47:00 GMT

£15 billion unutilised female talent

UK school fund targets poorest girls in Asia, Africa

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:03:00 GMT

UK identifies Bangladesh, South Sudan and Nigeria, among other countries, as priorities for the initiative

UK vigil part of struggle for prostitute memorial

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:38:00 GMT

On the 23rd of each month people gather at Crossbones Graveyard in London's Borough of Southwark to pay tribute to the city's "outcast dead"

U.K. Women Protest Cuts; OWS Member, 84, Sprayed

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 03:52:00 GMT

Ukraine: Reject Homophobic Law

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 04:59:00 GMT

Umbrellas Shield N.Y.'s First Single-Sex Weddings

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 19:26:04 GMT

U.N. Agencies Duck Taking Stand on Safe Abortion

Tue, 2 Aug 2011 00:07:15 GMT

UN Agency: Women Bow Out of Snarled Justice Systems

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 02:36:00 GMT

Too often drop charges, bow out of legal recourse

UN Agency: Women Bow Out of Snarled Justice Systems

Fri, 8 Jul 2011 19:01:00 GMT

UN declares Oct. 11 as “International Day of the Girl Child”

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:38:00 GMT

Campaign for day initiated by global children’s charity Plan International and supported by the Canadian government

UN: Expose Iran's Appalling Rights Record

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:49:33 GMT

UN Human Rights Council: Yemen Resolution Falls Far Short

Sat, 1 Oct 2011 22:39:00 GMT

UN says Congo mass rapes may constitute war crimes

Thu, 7 Jul 2011 00:15:00 GMT

Mass rape of nearly 400 last year and 170 sexual assaults last month alone

UN says Congo mass rapes may constitute war crimes

Wed, 6 Jul 2011 17:54:00 GMT

Nearly 400 people were sexually assaulted last year by armed men; only one person prosecuted so far

UN says law protecting Afghan women has 'long way to go'

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:12:00 GMT

Report shows that only a small number of cases of violence against women have been prosecuted under a law passed over two years ago

UN Security Council: A Step Toward Justice for Women

Thu, 16 Dec 2010 20:26:18 GMT

UN Security Council: A Step Toward Justice for Women

Thu, 16 Dec 2010 20:26:54 GMT

UN: Syria Should Heed Council's Call to End Attacks

Thu, 4 Aug 2011 05:17:50 GMT

UN Women: Q & A with South Sudan Minister of Gender, Child and Social Welfare

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:05:00 GMT

The role of women in Africa’s newest nation

UN Women warns of funding gaps ahead

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:44:00 GMT

The U.N. body, seeking to improve the lives of women and girls around the world, warns it may face a shortage of funds for the second year in a row

UNESCO: Stop Discredited Prize

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:28:39 GMT

UN's Bachelet deplores Egyptian attacks on women

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:01:00 GMT

UN's Bachelet deplores Egyptian attacks on women

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:16:00 GMT

Head of U.N. women's agency appeals to political and military authorities in Egypt "to guarantee women's political and civil rights

Report-- Unsafe abortions threaten Colombian women

Fri, 9 Sep 2011 00:10:00 GMT

Backstreet abortions predominate despite some easing of law

Unwaged, Breastfeeding, Small Farming Sustain Globe

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 01:25:00 GMT

Uruguay Senate backs bill to allow early abortions

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:35:00 GMT

President Mujica will sign into law if bill approved by Congress

Uruguay Senate backs bill to allow early abortions

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:51:00 GMT

U.S. and Arab Women: Both Demand Democracy

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:06:30 GMT

U.S. billboard accuses woman of having abortion

Wed, 8 Jun 2011 14:52:00 GMT

U.S. budget deal avoids shutdown, fight ahead

Sat, 9 Apr 2011 20:46:00 GMT

US Catholic bishops say religious freedom waning

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 23:18:00 GMT

US Catholics bishops to expand post-abortion counseling

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:43:00 GMT

U.S. Congress questions Google about sex-trafficking

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:39:00 GMT

Congress is questioning Google on what percentage of its profits might be coming from global advertisements tied to human traffickers

U.S. Faulted in 3 Deaths; Sterilized Mom Testifies

Sat, 20 Aug 2011 02:13:00 GMT

US: House Bill Puts Immigrant Women at Risk

Wed, 9 May 2012 18:41:00 GMT

US House nears Fiscal 2011 spending-cut debate end

Fri, 18 Feb 2011 06:11:05 GMT

US: Investigate Ethics in China Drug Study

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:05:00 GMT

US: Investigate Ethics in China Drug Study

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:05:00 GMT

US: Momentum Against the Death Penalty

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 21:21:00 GMT

U.S. Moms Die at Higher Rate than Irish, Italian

Mon, 7 May 2012 07:51:00 GMT

US: Obama Statement for LGBT Rights

Thu, 10 May 2012 04:37:00 GMT

US: Presidential Directives a Step to Ensuring ‘Never Again'

Thu, 4 Aug 2011 22:04:02 GMT

US: Protect Against Rape in Immigration Detention

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 23:01:05 GMT

US Republican Bachmann moves out of Palin's shadow

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 17:57:00 GMT

US Republican Cain heads home for 'kitchen summit'

Fri, 2 Dec 2011 17:00:00 GMT

US Republican Cain to say Saturday if still in race

Fri, 2 Dec 2011 21:33:00 GMT

US Republican hopeful Bachmann gets fundraising bump

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 18:48:00 GMT

US Republicans blame government for economic mess

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 01:22:04 GMT

US Republicans move to muscle spending bill through House

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:12:00 GMT

U.S. Republicans pledge allegiance - often

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 19:50:00 GMT

US: Senate Should Act to Tackle Violence Against Women

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 18:49:10 GMT

US: Senate Vote Takes on Global Violence Against Women

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 21:31:43 GMT

US: Senate Vote Takes on Global Violence Against Women

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 21:31:21 GMT

US: Sexual Violence, Harassment of Immigrant Farmworkers

Wed, 16 May 2012 04:45:00 GMT

U.S. stock index futures point higher, data eyed

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 09:31:00 GMT

US: Transfer CIA Drone Strikes to Military

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 21:32:00 GMT

US: Transfer CIA Drone Strikes to Military

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 21:32:00 GMT

U.S. Walmart Moms: Not giving up on Obama yet

Thu, 6 Oct 2011 18:20:00 GMT

U.S. Women to Rally April 7; Libyan Lawyer Missing

Fri, 1 Apr 2011 23:44:03 GMT

USA Could Be Just 3 States Away from ERA

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 23:00:15 GMT

US/Burma: Don't Lift Sanctions Too Soon

Tue, 15 May 2012 22:47:00 GMT

US/Mexico: Obama, Raise Rights Concerns With Calderï¿½n

Wed, 2 Mar 2011 17:16:08 GMT

Uzbekistan: Activist Free but Crackdown Widening

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:50:00 GMT

Uzbekistan: No Justice 7 Years after Andijan Massacre

Sat, 12 May 2012 03:45:00 GMT

Vatican Attack on Nuns Reopens My Brother's Wounds

Mon, 14 May 2012 06:54:00 GMT

Venezuela: Supreme Court Disregards Rights in Election Case

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 23:34:25 GMT

Vermont's Kunin Reflects on Mom-Career 'Muddling'

Sat, 12 May 2012 07:52:00 GMT

Video blog -Bahrain uprising: a woman activist speaks out

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:14:00 GMT

Bahrain is seeing some of the biggest, and longest, uprisings of the Arab Spring. Then why is it receiving so little attention?

Video blog: YouTube voices from girls in the developing world

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:02:00 GMT

Girls in developing countries face extraordinary challenges, leading an even harder life than their male peers in many situations

Vietnam: Ensure Fair Hearing for Legal Scholar

Mon, 1 Aug 2011 19:05:55 GMT

Vietnam: Free Peaceful Land Rights Activists

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 22:18:15 GMT

Vietnam: Free Peaceful Land Rights Activists

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 22:18:09 GMT

Vietnam: Free Religious Activists Immediately

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 06:00:41 GMT

Vietnam: Immediately Release Rights Bloggers

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Vietnam: Immediately Release Rights Bloggers

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Village Girls in India Discover Field-Hockey Kicks

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 02:00:00 GMT

Violence brings Pakistan's women advocates to aid religious minorities

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 21:03:00 GMT

Insults to the Prophet Muhammad can carry death penalty

Violence brings Pakistan’s women advocates to aid religious minorities

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 21:03:00 GMT

Insults to the Prophet Muhammad can carry death penalty

Violence, discrimination still threaten U.S. transgender people

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:27:00 GMT

Discrimination, extreme poverty, difficulties in accessing healthcare are among the challenges faced by transgender people in the United States

Vogue Italy's Cover Called Anorexic in Fashion

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:00:05 GMT

Wal-Mart plaintiffs seek more time to pursue cases

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 18:48:00 GMT

Wal-Mart Ruling Puts Big Chill on Female Workers

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:54:00 GMT

Wall Street needs women, younger clients to compete: Krawcheck

Tue, 8 Nov 2011 12:59:00 GMT

The securities industry "doesn't do a great job for women," former head of Bank of America's wealth management unit Sallie Krawcheck has said

War's Legacy Fuels HIV Spread in Northern Uganda

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 19:22:00 GMT

HIV prevalence in northern Uganda is higher than the national average because of the insurgency," says health official. "People were made to live in camps, and sex became the only source of entertainment.

Washington Extra - Looking for evidence

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:27:07 GMT

Washington Extra - Morning after

Thu, 8 Dec 2011 00:05:00 GMT

Washington Extra - Paychecks and politics

Thu, 7 Apr 2011 22:09:08 GMT

Washington Extra - Sharp tongues

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 21:57:00 GMT

When It Comes to Your Health, Your Zip Code Matters More Than Your Genetic Code

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 20:12:14 GMT

'Where Are Our Missing Sons?' Kashmiri Keep Asking

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 22:37:48 GMT

'Whistleblower' Leads a Good Blast of August Films

Wed, 3 Aug 2011 19:54:00 GMT

Why I'm Losing Sleep to Watch 'Up All Night' on TV

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:10:00 GMT

Wife battering, sexual abuse get attention in Gaza

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 22:44:00 GMT

First safe-house for Palestinian women has Hamas protection

"Wife-sharing" haunts Indian villages as girls decline

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:29:00 GMT

This kind of abuse is rarely reported to police because these crimes carry deep stigma for the victims in such close-knit communities

Wisconsin's Planned Parenthood suspends non-surgical abortions

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 17:51:00 GMT

Women Are Aggressors in Household Violence Too

Sat, 3 Dec 2011 14:29:19 GMT

Women boost Obama over Romney in swing states - poll

Tue, 3 Apr 2012 15:47:00 GMT

The Republican Party has traditionally had a hard sell with women voters, who are more likely to register as Democrats

Indian women challenge arranged marriage and fight honor killings

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:52:00 GMT

Reliable statistics on arranged marriage are unavailable because of the unofficial and undocumented nature of them, according to a U.N report

Women exercise right to fight in Singapore

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:00:00 GMT

Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is a tough sport and, for women fighters, discrimination has been difficult to overcome. While the bias may be based on outdated notions of gender roles in society, some people just are not ready to see women fight

Women fleeing Myanmar trafficked as China brides

Thu, 3 Nov 2011 14:23:00 GMT

Myanmar women sold for $5,000, aid agency says

Women gain legislative seats in Kashmir

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:20:00 GMT

Local government representatives are welcoming increased participation from women in the region

TrustLaw Women in brief: a weekly news digest on women's rights

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:34:00 GMT

UK abortion movement gets Americanised, the dark side of the Guatemalan baby trade and the Kenyan village where men fear to tread

Women in Nepal Warn of Foreign Employment Exploitation

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:52:00 GMT

Women building peace in Sudan, Bonn, Oslo

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:04:00 GMT

Women across the world are playing an increasingly important role in the peace-building process

Women march for rights of rural workers in Brazil

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 22:37:00 GMT

Demands made of Brazil's president

Women march for rights of rural workers in Brazil

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 22:26:00 GMT

Demands made on Brazil's president

Women of Color Seen As Always Sexually Available

Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:45:19 GMT

Women rappers a vocal minority

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 02:21:00 GMT

Adding a positive message to a male dominated genre

Women still lag economics, politics - report

Tue, 1 Nov 2011 12:30:00 GMT

Women are starting to be as healthy and as educated as men but they're still not largely participating in economic and political decision-making

Women with Assets Demand Inclusive Company Boards

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 21:48:00 GMT

Women's eNews Announces 21 Leaders for the 21st Century 2012

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:21:45 GMT

Women's Soccer Kicks Off ESPN's 'W' Coverage

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 22:36:00 GMT

Work of Breastfeeding Moms Unwaged, Unvalued

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 01:25:00 GMT

Work Protections for Trans People at Starting Gate

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 22:44:00 GMT

World's First National Cricket Team for Blind Women Elevates Social Statuses in Nepal

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:52:10 GMT

Yemen: Child Marriage Spurs Abuse of Girls and Women

Thu, 8 Dec 2011 07:54:18 GMT

Time could be right for Yemen to ban child marriage

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:32:00 GMT

With former ruler Saleh out of the picture, incoming leaders should put the human rights of girls and women high on their agenda, argues Nadya Khalife

Yemen: Detained, Tortured, and Disappeared

Mon, 7 May 2012 15:59:00 GMT

Yin to Obama's yang, Huntsman eyes presidential run

Mon, 2 May 2011 11:00:01 GMT

Young African women train for leadership

Mon, 1 Aug 2011 23:27:00 GMT

Program aims to expand pool of qualified women

Zambia Hosts 'Month of the Woman Entrepreneur' to Expand Local Businesses

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:52:09 GMT

Zambia: Women fight for a place in Parliament

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:43:00 GMT

Only 14 per cent of MPs are female

Zambia's Women Carry Load of High HIV Rates

Sun, 4 Dec 2011 16:36:38 GMT

Zealot protests flare in troubled Israeli town

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 18:20:00 GMT

Ultra-Orthodox men accused of harassing women and girls

Blind Chinese activist Chen rests in NYC

Mon, 21 May 2012 04:52:00 GMT

Global Business Coalition launches 'healthy women' campaign

Wed, 9 Mar 2011 10:54:00 GMT

Global Population Hits 7 Billion, Youth in Nigeria Seek to Capitalize on New Opportunities

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 04:36:00 GMT

Global Population Hits 7 Billion, Youth in Nigeria to Capitalize on New Opportunities

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 04:41:00 GMT

Gloria Steinem calls for boycott TV’s 'Playboy Club'

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 05:22:00 GMT

Leading women’s rights crusader exposed life of bunnies in 1963

Go Streep! Star Battles for Museum of Our Own

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 02:59:34 GMT

GOP's Attack on Child Labor Threatens Our Daughters

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:11:00 GMT

Governments need to invest more in family planning – U.N. official

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:28:00 GMT

Family planning empowers women, helps reduce poverty - and can save lives, says U.N. agency head

GRAPHIC: World's most dangerous countries for women

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Greece: End Inhumane Detention Conditions for Migrants

Mon, 6 Dec 2010 07:00:56 GMT

Greece: End Inhumane Detention Conditions for Migrants

Mon, 6 Dec 2010 07:00:00 GMT

Guest Workers Win Case; Reporter Assaults in Cairo

Sat, 26 Nov 2011 02:04:00 GMT

Guinea: 2 Years On, Stadium Massacre Unpunished

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 22:08:11 GMT

Haiti's rulers back TrustLaw anti-rape project

Mon, 9 May 2011 19:01:00 GMT

Haiti President-elect Michel Martelly supports clamp-down on sexual violence

Harassed Teen Wins Suit; Vatican Squelches Nuns

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:02:00 GMT

Hasty Troop Withdrawal Endangers Afghan Women

Thu, 9 Jun 2011 03:48:47 GMT

HAVE YOUR SAY-Child marriage: Cultural right or global blight?

Wed, 3 Aug 2011 14:03:00 GMT

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Headscarf Hinders Reporter's On-Air Job Prospects

Sat, 24 Sep 2011 16:07:44 GMT

Healthy-Eating Teachers Target Cultural Taste Buds

Mon, 9 Apr 2012 13:06:00 GMT

Hellman-Hammett Grants: Assist Persecuted Writers

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT

HHS trumps FDA plan for over-the-counter sales of Plan B pill

Thu, 8 Dec 2011 03:52:00 GMT

Change would have put morning-after pill on shelves

Clinton's AIDS plan missed a key idea: women

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:50:00 GMT

Women account for more than half of the world's population living with HIV

Historic women’s bill defeated in Papua New Guinea

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:12:00 GMT

Bill needed 73 votes to become law, but less than 70 of the 109 MPs attended sitting due to political crisis -report

Honduras poised to criminalise women using emergency contraceptive pill - rights group

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:17:00 GMT

Supreme Court has upheld decree banning sale and use of emergency contraception, even for rape survivors

Hopes dashed: Foreign women turn to sex work in South Sudan

Tue, 1 Nov 2011 12:00:00 GMT

Poverty-stricken, many of these desperate women who turn to prostitution also are HIV-positive

Hotel maid in Strauss-Kahn case speaks out

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 21:21:00 GMT

Fears prosecutors will drop charges

Housemaid's suicide rattles Lebanon's conscience

Wed, 4 Apr 2012 18:05:00 GMT

On average, one domestic worker a week in Lebanon either kills herself or falls from a high building to her death - HRW

Housing Just in Time for Young Mother on Brink

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:15:00 GMT

How to have sex without sinning or dying in Mozambique

Fri, 4 Nov 2011 13:00:00 GMT

How can you protect yourself from HIV/AIDS in a society which believes you get sick if you don't have sex, fidelity is an unrealistic dream and condoms are sinful?

Huckabee is high in US polls, but on fence for 2012

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 11:00:00 GMT

Human Rights Organizations Call for Action on North Korea on International Human Rights Day

Thu, 8 Dec 2011 23:00:00 GMT

Human Rights Watch: Prestigious Journalism Award

Thu, 5 Apr 2012 23:43:00 GMT

Humanists, atheists drive for wider global impact

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:13:00 GMT

Hungary: Revoke Denial of Pride March Route

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:05:00 GMT

Hungary: Revoke Law Criminalizing Homeless

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 23:02:00 GMT

Hungary: Revoke Law Criminalizing Homeless

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 23:02:00 GMT

"I defy anyone to find any sexism in the Bar" – top UK judge

Tue, 8 Nov 2011 09:36:00 GMT

With more women being admitted to practice law, the Bar has altered "out of all recognition," one of UK's most senior judges says

IBSA: Push Syria to End Bloodshed

Sun, 16 Oct 2011 05:12:00 GMT

ICTY/Bosnia: Start of Mladic Trial Shows Persistence Pays

Tue, 15 May 2012 04:58:00 GMT

Illegal cross-border adoption traps two mothers

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:56:00 GMT

Two mothers in two countries are left searching for the same child

Illinois Sick Day Bill to Require 7 Paid Days

Thu, 5 Apr 2012 19:34:00 GMT

ILO: Adopt New Treaty to Combat Child Labor

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 04:55:20 GMT

ILO: New Landmark Treaty to Protect Domestic Workers

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:33:08 GMT

Immigrant entrepreneurs in the U.S. take the lead

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:07:00 GMT

Business is thriving for immigrant women in the United States, a report finds

Impoverished women without ID turn to prostitution in Sri Lanka

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 05:26:00 GMT

Sri Lanka women who grew up in poverty say their only option to feed themselves and their children is prostitution

In Egypt, Sudan's Single Moms Resist Resettlement

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 23:18:12 GMT

In Lebanon, Violence Between the Sheets Is Legal

Thu, 8 Dec 2011 19:42:00 GMT

In the New Tunisia, Women's Rights Are in Play

Fri, 4 Nov 2011 00:41:00 GMT

India: Drop Charges Against Maternal Death Protesters

Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:04:03 GMT

India: End Intimidation of Peaceful Protesters at Nuclear Site

Fri, 11 May 2012 22:13:00 GMT

India has failed its daughters and women, says ActionAid on India Census results

Fri, 1 Apr 2011 09:03:00 GMT

One of largest enumeration exercises in the world, the Indian Census 2011 results show that among children up to the age of six, the number of girls to 1,000 boys reduced to 914 girls to every 1000 boys, a drop from 927 in 2001. Thus the census records this as the lowest since the country’s independence in 1947.

India: Hold Police to Account for Sexual and Other Assaults

Mon, 14 May 2012 05:30:00 GMT

India: Maternal Health Gains Disputed

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 03:45:18 GMT

India: Maternal Health Gains \ Disputed

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 03:45:00 GMT

India: Repeal Armed Forces Special Powers Act

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 05:56:00 GMT

India: Sex selection on the rise despite stricter law

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:03:00 GMT

Even educated couples opt for sex-selective abortions

India: UN Members Should Act to End Caste Discrimination

Mon, 14 May 2012 09:00:00 GMT

Indian capital moots fine for gender tests - report

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 11:46:00 GMT

Sex determination tests banned in India, but abortion of unborn girls still common in some regions

Indian capital plans marriage law to protect ‘deserted’ wives - report

Tue, 2 Aug 2011 11:22:00 GMT

Marriages will have to be officially registered under a new law, giving wives rights over property and children

Indian cinemas forced to boycott film on ‘honour killings’ - report

Mon, 1 Aug 2011 10:29:00 GMT

Local community leaders have threatened violence if the film is shown

Indian court makes a first, recognises lesbian marriage – report

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:20:00 GMT

Court effectively recognises marriage of runaway lesbian couple even though same-sex marriages are illegal in India, newspaper says

Indian father kills teenage daughter for falling in love – report

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:23:00 GMT

Police arrest the father and two brothers of a 17-year-old girl who was shot dead in an “honour killing” in Northern India, paper reports

Indian girls rescued from bride trafficking

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:51:00 GMT

Girls from poor regions of India are increasingly trafficked to areas with a falling number of women

Indian man gets life in dowry death of wife - report

Mon, 1 Aug 2011 10:42:00 GMT

A husband's constant demands for money and gifts from his in-laws drove his wife to commit suicide

Indian MBA Leads Her Village as 'Headwoman'

Tue, 7 Jun 2011 22:01:09 GMT

Indian Nurses Protest Abusive Training Period

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 22:47:09 GMT

Indian state acts against husbands' proxy rule in councils

Wed, 7 Dec 2011 14:39:00 GMT

In the "rule by proxy" culture, women may be elected to local councils and committees, but their husbands still call the shots

Indian state proposes 'boycott' of dowry families - paper

Wed, 5 Oct 2011 11:05:00 GMT

Giving and receiving dowries is illegal, and is a root cause of female foeticide

Indian wife hires killers to murder abusive husband

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:09:00 GMT

The husband used to beat and parade his wife naked when drunk, newspaper reports

Indian woman burnt to death over dowry demands - report

Tue, 2 Aug 2011 12:09:00 GMT

The most common reported form of domestic violence in India is dowry-related

In India, women break new ground as tea growers

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:03:00 GMT

A few women in India's northeast have started their own tea-growing business, challenging tradition and family expectations

Indians Rewrite Role of Women in Sacred Scripts

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:18:00 GMT

India's Aruna Roy Sizes Up Corruption Problems

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:17:00 GMT

India's girls face bias in heart surgery - study

Mon, 3 Oct 2011 10:52:00 GMT

Parents would rather their sons undergo heart surgery than their daughters, according to medical research

India's Tendu Gatherers Sing of Hunger and Work

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:42:00 GMT

India's top court tells authorities to help sex workers - report

Wed, 3 Aug 2011 10:58:00 GMT

India's top court wants to see welfare schemes offering vocational training

Indonesia: Independent Investigation Needed Into Papua Violence

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 05:47:26 GMT

Indonesia: Local Sharia Laws Violate Rights in Aceh

Wed, 1 Dec 2010 02:45:44 GMT

Indonesia: Parliament Approves Migrant Workers Convention

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:15:00 GMT

Indonesia: Rights Record under Scrutiny at UN

Tue, 15 May 2012 08:00:00 GMT

Indonesia/Malaysia: New Pact Shortchanges Domestic Workers

Tue, 31 May 2011 17:52:25 GMT

HRW report:'Inhuman' treatment of women giving birth in South Africa

Mon, 8 Aug 2011 01:41:00 GMT

Best health facilities in Africa but maternal mortality rising

INSIGHT-Lifting the veil on Afghanistan's female addicts

Sun, 1 Apr 2012 10:35:00 GMT

With little funding and no access to substitution drugs such as methadone, treatment is rudimentary for a problem that is growing in a dirt-poor country riven by conflicts

Interfaith Women Don Veil as Common Heritage

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:13:34 GMT

International Women's Day 2011

Mon, 7 Mar 2011 20:33:00 GMT

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International Women's Day 2011

Tue, 8 Mar 2011 17:06:00 GMT

Research shows investing in women’s education will reduce global hunger Aid agency issues call to action on International Women’s Day

INTERVIEW-Domestic violence: Colombian women’s worst enemy

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:03:00 GMT

Colombia's chief advisor on women’s equality speaks to TrustLaw about domestic violence in the country

INTERVIEW-Egypt women protect rights from Islamist groups

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:13:00 GMT

INTERVIEW-India must “aggressively” address family planning needs -UNFPA

Tue, 1 May 2012 15:28:00 GMT

In India 63,000 women die annually during childbirth due to a lack of reproductive-health services

INTERVIEW-Polish 'court jester' toys with kingmaker role

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:49:19 GMT

INTERVIEW-Polish left says wants economic reforms if in new govt

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 13:16:00 GMT

INTERVIEW: Sex-selective abortion 'vicious cycle' keeps women subjugated

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:16:00 GMT

Key may not be poverty but low value traditionally placed on girls

INTERVIEW-Time to educate Cameroonian men about women's rights

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:27:00 GMT

Men need to be part of solutions aimed at ending violence against women

INTERVIEW - UK legal cuts to hit refugee and migrant women hard

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 09:33:00 GMT

Legal aid cuts planned in areas including immigration, housing, employment and debt

INTERVIEW-Women urged to put their stamp on Arab Spring

Thu, 3 Nov 2011 17:36:00 GMT

Iranian Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi has encouraged women in the Arab world to voice demands for their rights

INTERVIEW-Archbishop Tutu urges ban on child marriage

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:15:00 GMT

“We are playing games if we do not, in fact, tackle this issue,” says the Nobel Laureate

Investigate Campus Sex-Assault? It's a Must-Do

Sun, 7 Aug 2011 22:17:00 GMT

Investigation reopens wounds of Peru's forcibly sterilised women

Wed, 9 Nov 2011 17:10:00 GMT

Hundreds of thousands of women forcibly sterilised under government of disgraced former leader Fujimori, rights groups say

Iowa's religious conservatives up in air on 2012

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 13:00:00 GMT

Iran: Allow Women's March for Equality

Mon, 7 Mar 2011 15:04:08 GMT

Iran: Christian Pastor Faces Execution for ‘Apostasy'

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:00:32 GMT

Iran: Crackdown Shows Intolerance for Dissent

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 01:26:00 GMT

Iran: Free Students Jailed for Speaking Out

Sat, 5 May 2012 05:01:00 GMT

Iran: Protect Health, Safety of Jailed Cleric

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:32:06 GMT

Iran’s Ahmadinejad steps into Islamic fashion fray

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:47:00 GMT

The battle over chic chadors heats up

Iraq: Mass Arrests, Incommunicado Detentions

Tue, 15 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Iraq's Refugees in Jordan Live in Desperate Limbo

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:25:00 GMT

Ireland: European Court Says Abortion Is a Rights Issue

Thu, 16 Dec 2010 10:32:32 GMT

Ireland: European Court Says Abortion Is a Rights Issue

Thu, 16 Dec 2010 10:32:03 GMT

Israel: Attacks in South Unlawfully Target Civilians

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:59:26 GMT

Israel: Attacks in South Unlawfully Target Civilians

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:59:06 GMT

Israel Debates Inclusion; Higher DV Rates Found

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 01:39:57 GMT

Israel: Follow Prisoner Exchange by Ending Blockade

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:34:16 GMT

Israel: Lift Travel Ban on Human Rights Defender

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:39:15 GMT

Israel: Lift Travel Ban on Human Rights Defender

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:39:08 GMT

Israel: Palestinians Cut Off From Farmlands

Thu, 5 Apr 2012 22:49:00 GMT

Israel PM vows to stop harassment by Jewish zealots

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 14:53:00 GMT

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu steps up pledges to curb Jewish zealotry after a girl complains of being menaced by ultra-Orthodox men

Israeli women defy disappearance of female images from billboards

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:05:00 GMT

Ad agencies bow to pressure from conservatives

Italy's Sex Scandals Jar View of Women's Success

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 23:07:19 GMT

Jackie Tapes End Where a Transformation Began

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:05:06 GMT

Jailed Teen Asks Why Pimp Was Freed

Sat, 2 Jul 2011 16:27:00 GMT

Jailed Teen Sex Worker Asks Why Pimp Was Freed

Sat, 2 Jul 2011 16:27:00 GMT

Japan: Press Burma's Foreign Minister on Rights

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 23:29:27 GMT

Japan's Pregnant Women, New Moms Get Mixed Signals

Tue, 5 Apr 2011 21:48:00 GMT

Job Rolling Tobacco Sickens India's Women

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 20:17:00 GMT

Join Me: Get Mad about Mom-Dad Pay Gap

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:00:00 GMT

Joint Statement to Northern Cyprus Regarding Arrests Under Article 171

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:35:32 GMT

Jordan: Don't Deport Eritrean Refugees to Yemen

Tue, 15 May 2012 19:34:00 GMT

Journalist's tweets give voice to Libya uprisings

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 20:26:00 GMT

Jump in U.S. Deportations Leaves Moms Stranded

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:49:00 GMT

Justice Department probes handling of Montana rape reports

Wed, 2 May 2012 02:57:00 GMT

Justice Saudi-Style ? Treat "Peaceful" Dissidents as Terrorists

Thu, 3 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Kansas Abortion Battles: New Clinic, New Anti-Regs

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 11:50:00 GMT

Kashmir: Rape as a weapon of war

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 04:50:00 GMT

Obstacles confront women reporting sexual violence

Kazakhstan: Ensure Independent Probe Into Clashes

Sun, 18 Dec 2011 19:56:05 GMT

Kazakhstan: Ensure Independent Probe Into Clashes

Sun, 18 Dec 2011 19:56:42 GMT

Kazakhstan: Journalist Stabbed in Violent Attack

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 05:01:00 GMT

Kazakhstan: Journalist Stabbed in Violent Attack

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 05:01:00 GMT

Kazakhstan: Suspend Trial, Investigate Torture Allegations

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 05:44:00 GMT

Kenya: a shelter for safe delivery

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:16:00 GMT

In Kenya's northeaster province, the maternal mortality rate is almost double the country’s average

Kenya has 1.8m unplanned births a year – report

Tue, 1 Nov 2011 11:48:00 GMT

Kenya has one of the world’s highest unplanned pregnancy rates, causing its population to grow by a million a year, The Standard says

Kenya: Hope for Cancer Patients

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:59:00 GMT

Kenya: Investigate Security Force Abuses Against Ethnic Somalis

Fri, 4 May 2012 08:30:00 GMT

Kenya needs law on safe abortion, rights group says -paper

Thu, 8 Dec 2011 10:57:00 GMT

At least 2,600 women in Kenya die in public hospitals each year after having botched abortions

Kenya prepares to liberalise abortion as police harassment persists

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:48:00 GMT

At least 2,600 Kenyan women die in public hospitals each year as a result of botched backstreet abortions

Kenya: Provide Land for New Refugee Camps

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 23:31:37 GMT

Kenya: Respect Law in Somalia Military Operations

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 00:48:00 GMT

Kenya: Security Forces Arbitrarily Detaining People

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:26:22 GMT

Kenyan doctor accuses church of hypocrisy over abortion

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 10:16:00 GMT

Many women die at home after botched abortions because they fear being arrested if they ask for help, doctor says

Kenyan marries off underage daughter to afford new wife - paper

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:00:00 GMT

Poor families often marry off young girls to generate wealth from bride price

Kenyan villagers battle police in defence of female circumcision -paper

Thu, 8 Dec 2011 11:05:00 GMT

In Kenya, 32 per cent of women aged 15 to 49 have undergone female genital mutilation, the Daily Nation says

Kenyan woman recalls horrors of backstreet abortion

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:36:00 GMT

Abortion is taboo in Kenya. One girl describes the physical and emotional ordeal faced by women forced to resort to backstreet abortionists...

Kenyan woman recounts post-abortion suicidal turmoil

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:34:00 GMT

Akech Aimba now runs support group for post-abortive women

Kenyans Clash in Debate to Bring Sex Education Into Schools

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:52:05 GMT

Kenyans Debate Status of Women's Rights on Constitution's First Anniversary

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:52:16 GMT

Kidnapping Women for Marriage Persists in Nepali Indigenous Group

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 09:53:00 GMT

Kosovo: Draft Criminal Code Undermines Media Freedom

Thu, 10 May 2012 15:33:00 GMT

Kung Fu Grannies Combat Rape in Kenya

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:52:00 GMT

As the government struggles to reduce rape, a group of grannies in a Nairobi slum is taking matters into their own hands

Kurdish Female Migrants Meet Isolation in Istanbul

Sun, 6 May 2012 16:33:00 GMT

Kuwait: Court Victory for Women's Rights

Sun, 6 May 2012 05:01:00 GMT

Kuwait: Emir Should Sign New Detention Bill

Mon, 14 May 2012 18:43:00 GMT

Kuwait: For Abused Domestic Workers, Nowhere to Turn

Wed, 6 Oct 2010 09:45:06 GMT

Kuwait: Government Pledges to End Sponsorship System

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 08:37:07 GMT

Kuwait: Government Pledges to \ End Sponsorship System

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 08:37:00 GMT

Kuwait: Security Forces Forcibly Disperse Stateless Residents

Fri, 4 May 2012 03:43:00 GMT

Kuwaiti artist "more determined" after exhibition ban

Tue, 3 Apr 2012 15:50:00 GMT

Female artist whose images were deemed "obscene" says her work explores Kuwaiti society

Kyrgyzstan: Lawyer Attacked as Police Stand By

Wed, 3 Aug 2011 23:03:10 GMT

Kyrgyzstan: Online News Agencies Denied Accreditation

Thu, 4 Aug 2011 21:29:16 GMT

Kyrgyzstan: Priorities for a New President

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:55:36 GMT

Kyrgyzstan: Priorities for a New President

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:55:54 GMT

Kyrgyzstan: Violence in Courtroom

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 20:00:19 GMT

Labor Wins One; Women's Health Snarls Budget

Fri, 8 Apr 2011 21:09:00 GMT

Lagarde Takes IMF Helm, Aid for Families Slashed

Fri, 1 Jul 2011 22:21:00 GMT

Landmark case in Uganda on maternal deaths

Fri, 2 Sep 2011 02:32:00 GMT

Government sued for failure to provide healthcare

Landmine Treaty: More Members, but Use Persists

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 02:59:37 GMT

Landmine Treaty: Progress in Phnom Penh

Fri, 2 Dec 2011 18:10:12 GMT

Latina Moms' Nurturing Secret, Unearthed!

Sat, 7 May 2011 14:02:00 GMT

Lawmakers try again on Stop-Child-Marriage Bill

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:35:00 GMT

A bill to help curb child marriage in foreign countries passed the Senate in December but ran afoul of House GOP members, tried again

Leaked "rape" report sparks new Strauss-Kahn furor

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 23:16:00 GMT

Diallo's lawyer says medical record is "powerful'

Lebanon: Cease Harassment of Human Rights Activist for Documenting Torture

Thu, 4 Aug 2011 16:54:44 GMT

Legal case highlights injustice to women on Louisiana sex offender registry

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 03:17:00 GMT

Status given for offering oral or anal sex for compensation

Let's Hold Out Hope to Young Women in South Bronx

Tue, 10 May 2011 19:05:00 GMT

Let's Talk Turkey About Manhood After Penn State

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:36:08 GMT

Liberal maverick to push for secular Poland after win

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:38:11 GMT

Liberia: Protect Refugees Against Sexual Abuse

Thu, 21 Apr 2011 00:29:00 GMT

Liberia Tackles Sexual Violence Head On

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 21:17:25 GMT

Libya: All Sides Obligated to Protect Civilians

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 08:59:05 GMT

Libya: Allow Eman al-?Obeidy to Leave Tripoli

Wed, 6 Apr 2011 16:39:00 GMT

Libya: Amend New Special Procedures Law

Fri, 11 May 2012 05:39:00 GMT

Libya: Cease Arbitrary Arrests, Abuse of Detainees

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:40:25 GMT

Libya: Immediately Release Woman Who Alleged Rape

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 21:28:11 GMT

Libya: Investigate Deaths of Gaddafi and Son

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 16:51:00 GMT

Libya: Make Urgent Justice System Reforms

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:36:00 GMT

Libya: Militias Terrorizing Residents of ‘Loyalist' Town

Sun, 30 Oct 2011 06:39:27 GMT

Libya: Revoke Draconian New Law

Sat, 5 May 2012 05:01:00 GMT

Libya: Use Forensic Experts to Exhume Prison Grave

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 21:26:18 GMT

Libya: Use Forensic Experts to Exhume Prison Grave

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 21:26:35 GMT

Libya: Wake-Up Call to Misrata's Leaders

Sun, 8 Apr 2012 10:56:00 GMT

Libyan woman guided NATO bombs to Gaddafi targets

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 21:17:00 GMT

Twenty-four year old spied on military facilities

Life after fistula: from a survivor to a campaigner

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:08:00 GMT

Kenyan woman working to help thousands of other women in the country who are living with fistula

Limitations of Language: A Barrier for mothers to overcome

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:34:57 GMT

Lion Attack Shocker: Saudi Reporter Was a Woman

Sun, 24 Jul 2011 17:38:00 GMT

Malaysia: Allow Lawyers' Rally to Proceed

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 05:46:15 GMT

Malaysia: End Use of Internal Security Act

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:48:07 GMT

Malaysia: Security Bill Threatens Basic Liberties

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 22:38:00 GMT

Malaysian boot camp for "effeminate" schoolboys draws outrage

Thu, 21 Apr 2011 08:50:00 GMT

Male Bodies Now Treated as Political Objects Too

Mon, 7 Nov 2011 21:28:04 GMT

Male Domination in Egypt is Only Half a Revolution

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:18:20 GMT

Man rapes, sells daughter to over 130 others - report

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:08:00 GMT

Father trafficked daughter, now 16, to men including government officials, politicians and doctors - report

'Mancession' Focus Masks Women's Real Losses

Tue, 3 May 2011 20:32:08 GMT

Manila's Aquino clashes with bishops on contraception bill

Fri, 13 May 2011 12:23:00 GMT

Margaret Atwood Is the Talk of Two April Films

Wed, 4 Apr 2012 02:24:00 GMT

Marketing of Menopause Creates its Own Misery

Sat, 17 Sep 2011 17:00:00 GMT

Martha Burk to IBM at Augusta: Women Saw That

Fri, 6 Apr 2012 02:45:00 GMT

Massacre Survivors Help Fellow Victims Find Justice and Peace in Liberia

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 09:20:13 GMT

Maternity Claims Gender Spotlight at U.N. Talks

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 02:37:10 GMT

Media View of Single Women Laced with Contradictions

Fri, 7 Oct 2011 19:43:00 GMT

Merkel ally says Islam not part of Germany

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:22:00 GMT

METHODOLOGY: TrustLaw poll of most dangerous countries for women 2011

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

A TrustLaw poll reveals the world's five most dangerous countries for women. How did we do it?

Mexican women voters back "alpha male" over female rival

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 13:49:00 GMT

Woman contender struggles to make novelty count

Mexico's Lopez Obrador to run for president in 2012

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:56:00 GMT

Miami's congressional '3 amigos' endorse Romney

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:59:08 GMT

Michelle's Holiday Decor Reflects Green Values

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 21:25:31 GMT

Midwife initiative saves mothers’ lives in Ethiopia

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:50:00 GMT

World’s leading hospital in horrific fistula childbirth injuries rolls out ambitious programme to cut maternal mortality in Ethiopia

Military Gay Ban Over; Nevadan Tries to Ban Abortion

Sat, 24 Sep 2011 03:04:17 GMT

Minnesota budget deal pushes problem down the road

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 22:23:00 GMT

Minority women bear brunt of gender-based violence - MRG

Wed, 6 Jul 2011 14:09:00 GMT

Ethnic, religious and indigenous identity make women targets for sexual violence

Miss Universe changes rules to include transgender women

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:00:00 GMT

The decision follows a media outcry over the disqualification of a contestant from the upcoming Miss Universe Canada contest because she was not a "naturally born female"

Mississippi voters reject anti-abortion measure

Wed, 9 Nov 2011 12:51:00 GMT

The proposed amendment to the state constitution would have banned abortion without exceptions for rape or incest victims

Mississippi voters reject anti-abortion measure

Wed, 9 Nov 2011 05:18:00 GMT

Missouri governor lets abortion curbs become law

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:47:00 GMT

Mobile money aims to cut maternal deaths in Kenya – report

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 14:30:00 GMT

Kenyan women will be able to use credit uploaded onto their mobile phones to pay for healthcare

Money Storms Blow Warren, Sanders Onto Daily Show

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 18:24:00 GMT

More than half of US women say they're in poor health - study

Fri, 4 Nov 2011 15:36:00 GMT

Many U.S. women have a tendency to focus on looking after others before themselves, study says

More Women Seen Rising to CEO Rank

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 07:39:00 GMT

Moroccan Vote Puts Women's Gains to Crucial Test

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 03:57:00 GMT

Morocco: Arab spring proves arid for women

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 22:32:00 GMT

Violence against women persists despite laws

Morocco: Drop Charges Against Detained Rapper

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 06:45:00 GMT

Morocco: Drop Charges Against Detained Rapper

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 06:45:00 GMT

Morocco: Prison for Rapper Who Criticized Police

Sat, 12 May 2012 05:01:00 GMT

Morocco still torn over marriage of minors

Thu, 3 May 2012 13:04:00 GMT

The phenomenon is legal and widespread, the consequences for young women and girls severe

Morocco/Western Sahara: No Action on Police Beating of Rights Worker

Tue, 15 May 2012 05:05:00 GMT

Most coveted endorsement in US presidential race? Ronald Reagan

Wed, 4 Apr 2012 21:32:00 GMT

Mother's Day 2012 at WeNews: Risks and Riches

Fri, 11 May 2012 16:38:00 GMT

Mother's Day 2012 at WeNews: Risks and Riches

Fri, 11 May 2012 17:01:00 GMT

Mothers on the Move Signals Solidarity in South Bronx

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:44:18 GMT

Mulling 2012 run, Pawlenty hits Obama on unions

Sat, 26 Feb 2011 21:36:00 GMT

Mumbai's Ragpickers Vie for Better Recycling Niche

Thu, 12 May 2011 17:54:00 GMT

Museum Gets $1 Million; Wisconsin Workers Hit Hard

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 23:14:18 GMT

Muslim Daughter in India Breaks Home-Bound Custom

Thu, 1 Sep 2011 22:36:00 GMT

NATO: Investigate Civilian Deaths in Libya

Mon, 14 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Navy Kiss a First; Iraqis Lack Hope Post-Pullout

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 07:40:06 GMT

Nepal: Extend Mandate of UN Human Rights Office

Mon, 5 Dec 2011 10:53:06 GMT

Nepal Fields National Cricket Team for Blind Women

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:35:00 GMT

Nepal: Halt Evictions in Kathmandu

Thu, 10 May 2012 22:46:00 GMT

Nepal: Reject Amnesty for Serious Crimes

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:08:00 GMT

Nepal - Religious practices oppress women

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 19:28:00 GMT

Public outcry over expulsion of monk who was raped

Nepal: Separate and Unequal Education

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Nepalese Recount Hazards of Foreign Household Work

Fri, 2 Sep 2011 21:56:00 GMT

Nepal's Badi Say Prostitution Still All There Is

Sun, 29 May 2011 00:16:05 GMT

Nepal's Ex-Princesses Have Found Paying Work

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 15:13:03 GMT

Nepal's gays say 'cheated' in census count

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 11:46:00 GMT

Preliminary results don't include a 'third gender' category as promised, rights group says

Net Neutrality Survival Basic for Women's Media

Mon, 4 Apr 2011 17:55:09 GMT

New communication programme improves education for girls in Kenya slum

Mon, 14 May 2012 14:15:00 GMT

Talking Box is a locally-developed programme that gives schoolkids, especially girls, the chance to voice concerns they are afraid to discuss, so they can focus on their studies better

New legal case: Child marriage in Zambia

Mon, 8 Aug 2011 23:46:00 GMT

Teen told to marry man 31 years older

New Meds Slow Breast Cancer; U.S. Curbs Plan B

Fri, 9 Dec 2011 23:49:24 GMT

New Title IX Rules Directly Hit Harvard and Yale

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 23:54:03 GMT

New York state celebrates first same-sex marriages

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 04:38:00 GMT

Two grandmothers first to wed; law promotes passage in other states

NEWSMAKER-Media-savvy lawyer for maid in Strauss-Kahn case

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:41:00 GMT

NEWSMAKER-Texas pastor drives support for Chinese dissident=2

Thu, 3 May 2012 16:40:00 GMT

NEWSMAKER: Media-savvy lawyer for maid in Strauss-Kahn case

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:08:00 GMT

Attorney is son of one of city’s first female beat cops

Nigeria: Boko Haram Attacks Indefensible

Wed, 9 Nov 2011 02:24:10 GMT

Nigeria: Show Commitment on Child Lead Poisoning

Sun, 6 May 2012 23:30:00 GMT

Nigeria: UK Conviction a Blow Against Corruption

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:37:00 GMT

Landmark in global fight against corruption - Human Rights Watch

Nigeria: UK conviction a blow against corruption

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:37:00 GMT

13-year prison term for ex-politician James Ibori landmark in global fight against corruption

“Nightmare year” for women’s rights in Turkey

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:52:00 GMT

Murders by partners, relatives spark literal call to arms

Nine Women in 3 States Win Congressional Primaries

Wed, 9 May 2012 17:33:00 GMT

Niqab or not: all Tunisian women deserve an education

Fri, 2 Dec 2011 03:20:00 GMT

The banning from class of a fully veiled woman at a Tunisian university rekindled tensions between the country's Islamists and secularists

North Carolina lawmakers pass abortion law over veto

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:06:00 GMT

Women to be shown image of fetus to dissuade them from abortion

North Korea: Conference on Rights Abuses

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:15:12 GMT

Northern Uganda's Girl Soldiers Find a Harsh Homecoming

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 18:32:05 GMT

Not subtly, Obama campaign prepares for Romney race

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 22:05:05 GMT

Note to Biden: Cops Aren't Answer to Rape

Tue, 1 Nov 2011 22:50:00 GMT

NOW Sees Dangerous Deficit-Slashing Season Ahead

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 22:01:26 GMT

NYC Juror Questions Handling of Rape Evidence

Wed, 1 Jun 2011 02:06:04 GMT

Obama Addresses Sex Violence at Holocaust Museum

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:14:00 GMT

Obama Draws Fire for 'Chaining' Social Security

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 22:41:04 GMT

Obama Presses His 2012 Courtship of Women

Mon, 14 May 2012 08:17:00 GMT

Obama, Romney trade blows as fight for White House narrows

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 23:36:00 GMT

Obama, Romney tweak strategies for tight race this fall

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 19:30:00 GMT

Obama seeks to put onus on Republicans over jobs

Sat, 15 Oct 2011 10:00:00 GMT

Obama Supports Same-Sex Marriages; N.C. Bans Them

Fri, 11 May 2012 12:54:00 GMT

Obama Urged to Save Programs; LGBT Hate Crimes Up

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 01:24:00 GMT

Oklahoma, weighing 'personhood' law, may be next US abortion flashpoint

Mon, 9 Apr 2012 23:26:00 GMT

Once-daily AIDS pill can slash HIV infection risk

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:00:00 GMT

Findings bolster hopes for new way to slow AIDS pandemic

Once-daily AIDS pill can slash HIV infection risk

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 03:46:00 GMT

African studies show pills cut heterosexual infection 62-73 pct

Opposition party narrows gap in Polish election

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 09:44:00 GMT

'Our Bodies, Ourselves' Turns 40, Remains Relevant

Sat, 1 Oct 2011 16:07:00 GMT

OWL Analyzes Health Reform for Mother's Day

Wed, 4 May 2011 21:58:04 GMT

Paid Sick Days Can Prevent a Real 'Contagion'

Wed, 5 Oct 2011 00:12:00 GMT

Painful Sex Not in Our Heads but Right Docs Scarce

Fri, 9 Dec 2011 19:32:06 GMT

Pakistan: Halt Execution of Lawyer's Killer

Tue, 15 May 2012 18:19:00 GMT

PAKISTAN: Low awareness of hidden FGM practices

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:30:00 GMT

Evidence suggest practice more widespread than thought

Pakistani brothers murder sister in 'honour killing' - paper

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:21:00 GMT

Three brothers arrested for murdering their sister who was accused of having an affair

Pakistani cleric and wife preach against child marriage

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:54:00 GMT

Cleric becomes ambassador against early marriage after seeing his young wife suffer devastating childbirth injuries

Palestinian-Israeli Women Lose a Voice for Peace

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 23:19:51 GMT

Papua New Guinea passes historic women’s rights bill –report

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:43:00 GMT

Equality and Participation Bill inserts clause into constitution allowing the establishment of women-only seats -ABC

'Part Time' Cleaner Survives by Constant Work

Sun, 13 May 2012 06:17:00 GMT

Partisan Jousting Erupts Over Anti-Violence Bill

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 08:09:00 GMT

Penn State Alum: Few 'Happy Valley' Memories Here

Mon, 5 Dec 2011 18:20:00 GMT

Peres urges Israelis to mobilise to thwart zealots

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 18:36:00 GMT

Rally to be held against ultra-Orthodox violence, attack on 8-year-old girl

Perry sounds like a 2012 candidate in New Orleans

Sat, 18 Jun 2011 21:19:00 GMT

'Personhood' Turned Back; Cain Accusers Flamed

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 22:32:00 GMT

Peru: Disability Rights in the Voting Booth

Tue, 15 May 2012 15:40:00 GMT

Philippines: Homicide Trial of 8 Soldiers Nears End

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 23:25:00 GMT

Philippines: Military Leadership Should Act on Abuses

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 01:00:00 GMT

Philippines: Soldiers on the School Grounds

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:12:00 GMT

Phoenix Clinic Cares for Women with Cut Genitals

Sun, 5 Jun 2011 15:34:31 GMT

Phone App Wakes Parents Up to Teen Dating Abuse

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 23:45:00 GMT

Plan UK report: 10 million child brides annually

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:26:00 GMT

A girl is married every three seconds

Planned Parenthood Back in Line of Heavy Fire

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:49:00 GMT

Planned Parenthood Funded; Wage Gap Unchanged

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 20:46:00 GMT

Poland's Kaczynski says won't quit after poll defeat

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:40:07 GMT

Policy riders key part of US budget -Republican aide

Thu, 7 Apr 2011 14:30:00 GMT

Polish liberal stirs anger with call to remove cross

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:08:08 GMT

Polish liberals seek removal of cross from parliament

Wed, 9 Nov 2011 14:14:04 GMT

Polish PM seeks new reform mandate in election

Sun, 9 Oct 2011 15:22:00 GMT

Polish PM Tusk plans same coalition after poll win

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:05:00 GMT

Political Scouts Recruiting in Northwest Cameroon

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 01:18:00 GMT

Political Wives' 'Tipper Point' Is Way Too Late

Thu, 19 May 2011 06:41:00 GMT

POLL-Obama easily beating Romney among U.S. women

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:08:00 GMT

POLL RESULTS: World's five most dangerous countries for women 2011

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Full results of a TrustLaw poll of experts revealing the world's five most dangerous countries for women in 2011

POLL-US Republicans back Santorum, Rubio for VP

Thu, 3 May 2012 19:48:00 GMT

Pope to face protests over Spain trip costs

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:49:00 GMT

Pope urges families to persevere in economic crisis

Fri, 6 Apr 2012 20:40:00 GMT

Post-Cyclone, Indian Women See Hope in Seaweed

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 01:29:00 GMT

Post-Menopause Sex Is Great in So Many Ways

Sat, 16 Apr 2011 16:46:00 GMT

Poverty Is not Folklore for Indigenous Mexican Women

Fri, 4 Nov 2011 18:54:00 GMT

Poverty, Lack of Awareness Fuels Woman's Role Trafficking Drugs in Nepal

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:06:00 GMT

Poverty, lack of awareness fuel women's role in the drug trade in Nepal

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:46:00 GMT

Drawn by high profits and unaware of the risks, women say they get tricked into trafficking illegal drugs in Nepal

Poverty, Lack of Awareness Fuels Women's Role Trafficking Drugs in Nepal

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:11:00 GMT

Pregnancy Can Include Admitting You're Depressed

Thu, 5 Apr 2012 03:03:00 GMT

21 Leaders 2012 - Seven Who Catalyze Culture

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:29:11 GMT

21 Leaders 2012 - Seven Who Engender Ballots

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:40:58 GMT

21 Leaders 2012 - Seven Who Leverage Power

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:44:00 GMT

39,000 sign petition sparked by breast-pinching Ugandan policeman

Tue, 15 May 2012 17:24:00 GMT

Group of women stripped down to their bras and marched through Uganda's capital in protest at breast-pinching incident

The village in Kenya where men fear to tread

Wed, 4 Apr 2012 16:17:00 GMT

The village of Umoja in Kenya is inhabited only by women who have been abused, raped, and forced from their homes

A quarter of Chinese women suffer domestic abuse

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 08:34:00 GMT

This shows the ongoing struggle of women in a society in which Chairman Mao Zedong once famously said women hold up half the sky

A Romney win in Iowa? It could be a knockout punch

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:05:00 GMT

17th Century Princess Broke Off Conjugal Relations

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 07:56:00 GMT

Abortion Suicide Link Fails a Court Test

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 21:04:00 GMT

Abuse Posters Help Indian Schoolgirls Speak Up

Sun, 15 May 2011 15:32:00 GMT

Acid-Attack Survivor Heals Inner Scars of Others

Mon, 2 May 2011 21:18:00 GMT

Activists-Nobel Peace Prize will inspire African women

Fri, 7 Oct 2011 23:01:00 GMT

May help erode resistance to women’s role in peace-building

Advocates Blast Canadian Probe of Missing Women

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:56:00 GMT

Advocates Promote Reproductive Health Care in Kenya's Coastal Towns

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:59:38 GMT

Afghan mother, daughter stoned to death for "adultery" - report

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 10:39:00 GMT

A woman and her daughter have been stoned to death by a group of men in Afghanistan, accused of "moral deviation and adultery

Afghan women fear return of Taliban-style rule

Mon, 3 Oct 2011 22:00:00 GMT

ActionAid survey: Most worry last decade’s gains for women could be reversed

Afghan Women Fight Back Against Harassment

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 03:29:00 GMT

Laws and tradition encourage discrimination and disrespect

Afghan Women Fight Back Against Harassment

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 03:08:00 GMT

Laws and tradition encourage discrimination and disrespect

Afghanistan: A Decade of Missed Opportunities

Mon, 5 Dec 2011 04:50:06 GMT

Afghanistan: Don't Expand Afghan Local Police

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:20:00 GMT

Afghanistan: Key Conference Sidelining Women

Sun, 30 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

Human Rights Watch warns that Afghan women activists are at risk of being sidelined at a key international conference on the country's future in December

Afghanistan: Stop Women Being Given as Compensation

Tue, 8 Mar 2011 15:13:53 GMT

Afghanistan: Taliban Should Stop Using Children as Suicide Bombers

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 22:24:08 GMT

Afghanistan: Taliban Should Stop Using Children as Suicide Bombers

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 22:24:17 GMT

AFGHANISTAN: Urgent need to tackle human trafficking

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:44:00 GMT

81 percent of those trafficked were married before turning 18

African Americans turn spotlight on sex-traffic

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 12:50:00 GMT

In 2009, UNICEF estimated that nearly 2 million women and children have been trafficked for sexual purposes internationally

After doubts, some U.S evangelical leaders put faith in Romney

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:07:00 GMT

Ahead of International Women’s Day India's women plan a massive show of strength

Mon, 7 Mar 2011 20:16:00 GMT

In a build-up to the centenary of International Women’s Day and to demand political and policy response to their demands, women led a sit-in protest at Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh.

AIDS Accountability reveals neglect of vulnerable groups in HIV/AIDS response

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:03:00 GMT

"Women and LGBT are the most important groups to have an effective response with" - AAI

Alabama: Repeal Unjust Immigrant Law

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 22:01:00 GMT

Alberta election unleashes right-wing "civil war"

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:42:00 GMT

Albinism: stepping out of discrimination's deadly shadow

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 03:32:00 GMT

Stigmatized but prized for body parts

Algeria: Crackdown on Protest as Election Nears

Wed, 9 May 2012 19:09:00 GMT

Amnesty: Flogging for Saudi woman driver 'beggars belief'

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 01:28:00 GMT

Saudi Arabian women face severe discrimination in many areas of their lives

Amnesty says veil bans rob Muslims of jobs, education

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:31:00 GMT

Governments fostering prejudices by stopping Muslim women from wearing full-face veils - Amnesty

Amnesty urges Russian authorities to drop bill curtailing gay, transgender rights

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:27:00 GMT

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people still face widespread discrimination and violence in Russia - Amnesty

Amnesty: Vote for Saudi women no guarantee of rights

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 02:44:00 GMT

Saudi women still unable to travel or work without male guardian's permission

ANALYSIS-A Romney pick for top US court? Frontrunners emerge

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:21:00 GMT

ANALYSIS-Can Romney capitalize on weak US jobs numbers?

Fri, 8 Jul 2011 18:16:00 GMT

ANALYSIS-Canada's left mulls future in wake of Tory victory

Tue, 3 May 2011 16:39:12 GMT

ANALYSIS-Junior Polish partner manoeuvres to stay in power

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:38:28 GMT

ANALYSIS-Mexican women voters back "alpha male" over female rival

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:47:00 GMT

ANALYSIS-Newt Gingrich's loss may be Rick Perry's gain

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 19:38:09 GMT

ANALYSIS-Perry candidacy would reshape U.S. 2012 race

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:41:00 GMT

ANALYSIS-Portugal vote points to centre-right, still uncertain

Fri, 27 May 2011 13:48:38 GMT

ANALYSIS-Republican debate gives feisty Perry chance to recover

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:45:12 GMT

ANALYSIS-Romney benefits as Perry takes US campaign hits

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 06:40:00 GMT

ANALYSIS-Romney defines hawkish yet murky foreign policy

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:59:00 GMT

ANALYSIS-Romney graduates from front-runner to underdog

Wed, 4 Apr 2012 11:00:00 GMT

Angola: Free Demonstrators Unfairly Convicted

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 23:01:05 GMT

Angola: Violent Crackdown on Critics

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 21:03:00 GMT

Anita Hill, Gbowee Speak of Home, Conquering Fear

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 22:47:00 GMT

Anita Hill Links 'Dream Home' to True Democracy

Sat, 15 Oct 2011 21:36:00 GMT

Annual Gay Rights Parade Addresses Discrimination, Ambiguous Legality Throughout India

Thu, 8 Dec 2011 06:31:00 GMT

Annual Gay Rights Parade in Delhi Addresses Discrimination, Ambiguous Legality

Thu, 8 Dec 2011 06:36:00 GMT

Anti-Choice Religious Bloc Began With Tax Battle

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:51:22 GMT

Appeals court upholds most of S. Dakota abortion law

Sat, 3 Sep 2011 02:35:00 GMT

Critics say law aims to dissuade women from procedure

Arab League: Deploy Civilian Monitors in Syria

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 05:05:08 GMT

Arab women seek a place in the Spring

Sun, 27 Nov 2011 12:24:00 GMT

With many countries set to rewrite their constitutions after the uprisings that swept through the Arab world this year, women are looking to expand their rights through legislation

Are immigrant women in the U.S. denied rights under violence protection laws?

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:43:00 GMT

Even with improved laws and federal programs, one in four women in the U.S. still experiences domestic violence in her lifetime

Argentina Invites Media to Former Torture Center Ahead of 16 Days Global Campaign

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:00:59 GMT

Women victims of rape in northern Mali

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:01:00 GMT

An increasing nuber of women in Mali are being raped by Tuareg rebels and armed groups since the rebellion broke out in January

Armenia: Investigate Mob Attack on Local NGO

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:25:00 GMT

Armenia: Investigate Mob Attack on Local NGO

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:25:00 GMT

Arranged marriage before birth diminishes among Nepali ethnic group

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 04:00:00 GMT

Tradition ebbs under government efforts to end it

Artists, Journalists Celebrate 'Freedom to Create'

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 02:31:00 GMT

As Mom-in-Chief, Michelle Subverts Stereotypes

Sat, 5 Nov 2011 16:24:00 GMT

As Nest Empties, Women's Friendships Turn Over

Sat, 9 Jul 2011 02:46:04 GMT

As the Red Carpet Rolled Out, Arthritis Stepped In

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 22:56:00 GMT

Asia: Governments Should Jointly Protect Migrant Workers

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 04:45:03 GMT

Asia/Middle East: Increase Protections for Migrant Workers

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 03:00:00 GMT

Asia/Middle East: Increase Protections for Migrant Workers

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 03:00:00 GMT

At 14%, Zambia's Political Women Stir Controversy

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:45:04 GMT

Attack on Egyptian women protesters sparks uproar

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:16:00 GMT

In Egyptian women's 'largest protest in modern times', some 2,000 march to denounce abuses the army has perpetrated against women

Australia: Promote Human Rights in Southeast Asia

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 22:35:00 GMT

Azerbaijan: Journalist Viciously Attacked by Police

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 05:01:00 GMT

Azerbaijan: Journalist Viciously Attacked by Police

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 05:01:00 GMT

Babies behind bars give Colombian prison mums hope

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 23:03:00 GMT

Global trend to keep children with incarcerated mothers

Bachmann to launch election campaign Monday-source

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 23:51:00 GMT

Bahrain: Drop Charges Against Rights Activists

Tue, 15 May 2012 17:23:00 GMT

Bahrain: End Takeover of Lawyers' Group

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:22:08 GMT

Bahrain: End Takeover of Lawyers' Group

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:22:29 GMT

Bahrain: Grand Prix Decision Ignores Abuses

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 23:21:00 GMT

Bahrain: Independent Commissioners Urge Prisoner Release

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:02:11 GMT

Bahrain: Report Confirms Punitive Campaign Against Protesters

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:42:00 GMT

Bangalore SlutWalk cancelled as not "part of Indian culture" - report

Mon, 5 Dec 2011 12:50:00 GMT

Women worldwide dress in skimpy clothing for “SlutWalk” demonstrations, campaigning against rape and gender discrimination

Bangladesh: Women dominate world’s newest garment sweatshop.

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 22:42:00 GMT

“Garment girls” work long hours for low wages in miserable conditions

Bangladeshi parents still don't heed warnings about child marriage

Fri, 8 Apr 2011 04:33:00 GMT

Girls still subjected to early marriage

Bareheaded women in ads targeted in Muslim Chechnya

Thu, 3 Nov 2011 11:47:00 GMT

Men who appeared to be part of the local security force stormed a hair salon in the capital demanding staff to cover up the hair of two women in their ads

Bareheaded women in ads targeted in Muslim Chechnya

Wed, 2 Nov 2011 15:44:00 GMT

Baylor Sweeps 40-0; Docs Sterilize by Torchlight

Sat, 7 Apr 2012 03:34:00 GMT

Bearing witness to the lives of child brides

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:32:00 GMT

Q&A with photojournalist Stephanie Sinclair

Beaten, tortured and detained in Bahrain

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 02:29:00 GMT

"We want our children to have their mothers back."

Belarus: Conviction of Rights Defender a Blow for Rule of Law

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 11:22:09 GMT

Belarus: Drop Charges Against Activist

Tue, 1 Nov 2011 04:00:13 GMT

Big Win in Wisconsin; Cairo Protestors Tortured

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 21:50:00 GMT

Bill Aids Rape Victims; House Attacks Choice Again

Fri, 6 May 2011 21:26:00 GMT

Bin Laden Death Raises Cautious Questions in Kabul

Fri, 6 May 2011 22:03:00 GMT

Bipartisan Women Start Election Year Sexism Watch

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 20:53:00 GMT

Birth Control Covered; Science Gender Gap Persists

Fri, 5 Aug 2011 23:24:00 GMT

Birth-Control Laws Set Bait for 'Millennial' Voters

Tue, 8 May 2012 07:33:00 GMT

Birth-Control Roadblock Just Might Clear in 2014

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 19:06:10 GMT

Birthing options grow scarce after C-sections

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:49:00 GMT

One choice you don't hear so much about is that of certain maternity patients to choose their birthing method

Bishop's linking Obama to Hitler enrages Notre Dame professors

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:15:00 GMT

Black Women's Maternal Risks Go Unquestioned

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:03:00 GMT

Bolivia: Investigate Crackdown on Protesters

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 23:42:20 GMT

Brazil: Supreme Court Abortion Ruling a Positive Step

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:09:00 GMT

Brazil: Supreme Court Abortion Ruling a Positive Step

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:09:00 GMT

Brazil Works to Reduce Unsafe Abortions

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:52:10 GMT

Brazil's Unsafe Abortions Impede Development Goal

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:08:00 GMT

Breaking the taboo around genital cutting

Thu, 3 Mar 2011 09:55:00 GMT

One midwife's tale

Breaking the taboo of sexual violence in Colombia

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:14:00 GMT

One woman’s campaign to shine a light on an “invisible” crime

BREAKINGVIEWS-Can hedge funds help save the GOP from itself?

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:26:00 GMT

BREAKINGVIEWS-The China files. Postscript: Feisty females

Thu, 12 May 2011 08:48:00 GMT

Breastfeeding mothers stage a nurse-in across the U.S.

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 10:34:00 GMT

Protesters plan to lobby for a federal law guaranteeing right to public breastfeeding

Bride Spurns Veil, Redefines Nuptials

Sat, 7 Apr 2012 21:23:00 GMT

Bride's Death in China Spurs Anti-Violence Bill

Tue, 2 Aug 2011 22:52:00 GMT

Bronx Playwright Creates to Engage Her Community

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:38:00 GMT

BURMA: War rape reports continue unabated as government denies accounts

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:38:00 GMT

The women of Burma are often caught between the lines of a civil war that has been raging for over 60 years

Burundi: Effort to Block a Report About Political Killings

Fri, 4 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT

Cain campaign crumbling after affair allegation

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:33:00 GMT

Cain had daily contact with White in November - ABC

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:57:06 GMT

Cain's troubles could open door in Iowa for Perry

Wed, 2 Nov 2011 17:31:00 GMT

Cambodia: Cut Draft Provision Allowing Prison Labor

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:14:07 GMT

Cambodia/ Malaysia: Domestic Workers Face Abuse

Tue, 1 Nov 2011 02:00:27 GMT

Cambodia: Revise or Abandon Draft NGO Law

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:10:00 GMT

Cambodia: Women fight land grab around Phnom Penh's contested lake

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:32:00 GMT

State evicts thousands to clear lakeside neighborhood for private development

Cambodia: Women hit hard by wave of forced evictions

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 13:00:00 GMT

Cambodian women at forefront of battle against wave of forced evictions, Amnesty International says in new report

Cambodian garment workers’ long struggle with short-term contracts

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:41:00 GMT

Contract renewals rare after workers become pregnant

Cambodian Women Speak Up on Dam's Threat

Mon, 4 Jul 2011 03:48:07 GMT

Cameroon: Free Men Charged Under ‘Sodomy' Law

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 16:37:43 GMT

Cameroon Takes Strides to Empower Widows, Eliminate Traditional Rituals

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:52:15 GMT

Cameroon’s lone woman presidential candidate

Mon, 8 Aug 2011 01:55:00 GMT

Kah Walla presses women into politics

Campaigners put world’s abortion laws on the map

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:04:00 GMT

Lawyers say countries which ban abortion have far higher rates of maternal mortality than those with liberal laws

Campus Assault Targeted; FGM Patients Lack Care

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 21:29:00 GMT

Canada Tories to follow tax-cut, pro-business agenda

Tue, 3 May 2011 19:49:00 GMT

Case against Strauss-Kahn near collapse - sources

Fri, 1 Jul 2011 07:36:00 GMT

Cash incentive program aims to delay when Indian girls marry

Thu, 26 May 2011 16:07:00 GMT

ICRW to research the initial group of recipients from 1994

Catholic Church Evades Sex Charges in South Dakota

Fri, 8 Apr 2011 18:45:04 GMT

Center aims to empower young women in Ghana's remote south

Thu, 1 Dec 2011 01:22:00 GMT

Micro-finance projects, sexual education initiatives are helping young women in Ghana to broaden their horizons

Central African Republic: LRA Attacks Escalate

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:36:00 GMT

Central African Republic: LRA Attacks Escalate

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:36:00 GMT

Cheer Her Rapist? Let's Make Noise Over This

Wed, 11 May 2011 20:37:00 GMT

Chemotherapy appears safe in pregnancy, study finds

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 22:00:06 GMT

Chernobyl Survivor Flags Women's Radiation Risk

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 01:07:00 GMT

Child brides face 'silent health emergency'-experts

Thu, 4 Aug 2011 09:00:00 GMT

About 70,000 teens die during pregnancy and childbirth each year

Child marriage condemns millions of girls to poverty

Mon, 1 Aug 2011 18:18:00 GMT

Right activists call child marriage "one of the biggest development issues of our time"

Child marriage: further reading

Tue, 2 Aug 2011 11:25:00 GMT

Child marriage destroys the innocence of millions of girls around the world and perpetuates a cycle of poverty, ignorance and discrimination. Here are some links with information and background about the subject.

Child marriage persists in progressive Malaysia

Wed, 3 Aug 2011 03:21:00 GMT

Rights groups cite poverty and religion

Chile: Amend and Pass Anti-discrimination Bill

Mon, 9 Apr 2012 22:24:00 GMT

Chilean Women Rebuild Lives Smashed by Tsunami

Mon, 4 Jul 2011 16:40:40 GMT

China: CNMC Public Listing Needs Investor Vigilance

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:01:00 GMT

China: Intransigence on Rights Cases Requires New Approach

Thu, 8 Dec 2011 22:57:12 GMT

China needs to spare the rod in childrearing

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 18:47:00 GMT

Girls are raised to be obedient and the Chinese ideogram for "educate" shows a child being beaten with a stick. Juan Wu says the traditional mistreatment of children is where the work against domestic violence begins

China Needs to Spare the Rod in Childrearing

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:10:00 GMT

Christian group struggles over Gingrich endorsement

Sun, 18 Dec 2011 18:16:00 GMT

Climate change affects fisherwomen’s livelihoods in South Africa

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:37:00 GMT

At present, links between fish stocks and climate change are not sufficiently clear to prompt action from policy-makers

Climate change threatening womens’ livelihoods

Tue, 6 Dec 2011 20:32:00 GMT

Rural women, from basket weavers to farmers, hardest hit

Cluster Bomb Ban Powers Ahead Despite US Absence

Sat, 17 Sep 2011 18:54:00 GMT

Cluster Bombs: Nations Reject Weakening of Global Ban

Sat, 26 Nov 2011 01:13:00 GMT

Colombia failing survivors of sexual violence - Amnesty

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 11:42:00 GMT

Report says authorities have done little to stop armed groups abusing women as weapon of war

Colombia: FARC's Killing of Captives a War Crime

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:17:32 GMT

Colombian women with abortion rights turned away by doctors -activist

Fri, 11 May 2012 16:26:00 GMT

In Colombia, abortion is allowed in cases of rape, incest, fetal malformation, or if the life of the mother or fetus is in danger

Color Lines Create Widest Pay Gaps

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:33:00 GMT

COLUMN-Underpaid women and their men: David Cay Johnston

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 11:00:05 GMT

Concern over Afghan women’s rights as Bonn conference begins

Mon, 5 Dec 2011 11:09:00 GMT

Many fear that Afghan women's rights will worsen if NATO troops pull out in 2014 as planned

Condom use low amongst India's unmarried youth -study

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:07:00 GMT

Only 7 percent of young women and 27 percent of young men in India who are having or have had pre-marital sex use condoms

Congo should compensate rape victims - doctor

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 11:56:00 GMT

More than half a million women have been raped in Congo, where sexual violence is commonly used as a weapon of war

Congo's scars won’t heal until the raping stops - doctor

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:32:00 GMT

"What’s going on in East Congo is appalling and something must be done," says doctor who has treated thousands of rape victims

Council of Europe: Shelve Risky Court Reforms

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 05:45:00 GMT

Council of Europe: Shelve Risky Court Reforms

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 05:45:00 GMT

Court Convicts Charles Taylor; FGM Prevalent in U.K.

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:14:00 GMT

Court Halts Abortion Law; Yemenis Attack Veil-less

Fri, 4 May 2012 13:08:00 GMT

Court Nixes Sex-Work Pledge; Kansas Stifles Choice

Sat, 9 Jul 2011 02:24:00 GMT

Croatia's Jobless Women Say 'Hope is Very Low'

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:20:00 GMT

Côte d'Ivoire: Gbagbo's ICC Transfer Advances Justice

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:45:57 GMT

Côte d'Ivoire: Gbagbo's ICC Transfer Advances Justice

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:45:48 GMT

Côte d'Ivoire: ICC Judges OK Investigation

Mon, 3 Oct 2011 15:18:00 GMT

Côte d'Ivoire: ICC Judges OK Investigation

Mon, 3 Oct 2011 15:18:07 GMT

Cultural killings of women have social sanction in India - U.N.

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 15:59:00 GMT

"Honour" killings, “dowry deaths” and the lynching of women branded as witches persist in India

Custody Disputes Now Tougher for Battered Moms

Sun, 26 Jun 2011 13:54:09 GMT

Inheritance laws haunt women despite improvements toward gender equality

Sun, 6 Nov 2011 16:52:00 GMT

Lawyers in Zimbabwe say that federal laws enable girls and women to inherit property, but that the number of them denied it is on the rise

Cyber-Safety Savants Say Less is Best Online

Tue, 15 May 2012 08:23:00 GMT

Daughters of Imprisoned Moms Regroup for a Sequel

Thu, 8 Dec 2011 12:50:00 GMT

David Sanford: Fighting for women’s rights in court

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 22:45:00 GMT

Won biggest gender discrimination case in U.S. history

Debt-Ceiling Bill Called Bad Business for Women

Thu, 4 Aug 2011 21:40:00 GMT

December Brings Gender-Identity Films to Light

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:26:11 GMT

Default Fears Clip Fight for Women's Retirement

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 23:25:05 GMT

Delaying sex to save girls’ lives in Mozambique

Thu, 3 Nov 2011 15:58:00 GMT

Mozambican girls are considered ready to have sex as soon as they begin their periods

Desperate British students "turning to prostitution"

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:01:00 GMT

More one million young people are now unemployed in the UK

Despite laws, endemic sexual abuse of Nicaraguan teens

Thu, 3 Mar 2011 09:51:00 GMT

More government support for survivors needed

Disabled women in East Timor highly vulnerable to violence - report

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:01:00 GMT

Women with disabilities suffer double discrimination because of their gender and disability

Disabled Women in Nepal Cite Gender Inequality in Care, Family Values

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:52:12 GMT

Does Access to Contraception Empower Women?

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 03:34:00 GMT

Link Between Fertility Declines and Women’s Empowerment Could be Transformative

Domestic violence rife among Myanmar minority - report

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:11:00 GMT

"The more your husband beats you, the more he loves you," goes one traditional Palaung saying

Dowry murders in India result in few convictions

Thu, 8 Dec 2011 13:47:00 GMT

Official figures show there were 8,391 cases of dowry-related deaths in India in 2010 compared to 8,383 the previous year

DR Congo: Arrest Bosco Ntaganda for ICC Trial

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:44:00 GMT

DR Congo: Bosco Ntaganda Recruits Children by Force

Wed, 16 May 2012 01:01:00 GMT

DR Congo: Candidates Should Not Incite Violence

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 11:40:51 GMT

Dragon’s Den's Deborah Meaden backs scheme to boost entrepreneurs in Africa and Asia

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 18:35:00 GMT

Three-year microfinance scheme will mostly benefit women

DSK Has Credibility Problems Too; Let Jury Decide

Wed, 6 Jul 2011 22:33:12 GMT

Eaton Corp hit with $150 mln gender bias lawsuit

Tue, 5 Apr 2011 19:44:05 GMT

Economic and AIDS Crises in Zimbabwe Force Elderly Women to Live in Poverty

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:52:04 GMT

EGYPT: Circumventing honour killings

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 01:32:00 GMT

Women turn to secret abortions

Egypt court ends army virginity tests on female detainees

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 23:30:00 GMT

Ruling deemed victory for civilian courts over current military rule

Egypt: Curbs on Free Press, Assembly Before Poll

Sun, 27 Nov 2011 17:11:08 GMT

Egypt: Military Impunity for Violence Against Women

Sat, 7 Apr 2012 10:00:00 GMT

Egypt: Military Intensifies Clampdown on Free Expression

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 05:05:47 GMT

Egypt: Military Intensifies Clampdown on Free Expression

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 05:05:00 GMT

Egypt: Mubarak Trial Opens

Wed, 3 Aug 2011 16:47:21 GMT

Egypt: National and International Human Rights Organizations are Under Attack

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:15:17 GMT

Egypt: New Law Keeps Military Trials of Civilians

Mon, 7 May 2012 19:59:00 GMT

Egyptian Upholds Sex-War View of Revolution

Wed, 2 May 2012 10:51:00 GMT

Egyptian Women Pursue Higher Education, but Few Enter Workforce

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:52:20 GMT

Social pressure still strong for women to marry and stay at home

Egyptian women vow to persist in demand for rights

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 10:23:00 GMT

Next battle: enshrining women's equality in constitution

Egyptians: Violence Should Put Elections on Hold

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:42:00 GMT

Egypt's Virginity Tests Stopped; Somalia Rapes Rise

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 18:31:31 GMT

Egypt’s women flock to vote but risk lacking parliamentary seats –campaigners

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:30:00 GMT

In Egypt, women were granted the right to vote in 1956

Egypt's Women Keep Showing Power in Protest

Thu, 10 May 2012 08:47:00 GMT

Egypt's Women, Nobels, Occupy Protests Are Gifts

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:38:06 GMT

Elizabeth Warren Raises $7 Million in First Quarter

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:02:00 GMT

Embattled Cain says US campaign plans rest with wife

Thu, 1 Dec 2011 03:53:00 GMT

Embolism Stalks Black Moms With Lethal Bias

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 17:46:00 GMT

Ennahda candidate defies female stereotype in Tunisia vote

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:36:03 GMT

Entrepreneur Brews Up Coffee and Wi-Fi in Ramallah

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 21:48:00 GMT

Envision a Sex Worker Movement Sans Feminism

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 16:57:00 GMT

Equatorial Guinea: A Move to Consolidate Power

Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:00:04 GMT

Equatorial Guinea: Opposition Figure Wrongly Convicted

Mon, 7 May 2012 21:47:00 GMT

Ethiopia: Journalists Convicted Under Unfair Law

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:45:12 GMT

EU: Urgent Action Needed on Pact for Gender Equality, Fighting Violence

Mon, 7 Mar 2011 23:15:02 GMT

Europe: Landmark Domestic Violence Treaty Launches

Mon, 9 May 2011 14:49:00 GMT

EU's Ashton: Libya should enshrine women's rights

Sat, 12 Nov 2011 19:52:00 GMT

"Discrimination should have no place in a new country," Catherine Ashton told an audience of mainly women in the Libyan capital

Evangelicals split on faith's influence-survey

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 18:21:00 GMT

EXPERT VIEWS - Transgender rights around the world

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:56:00 GMT

Activists and members of the transgender community, from around the world, talk to TrustLaw about the state of transgender rights today

EXPERT VIEWS-Women needed for effective W.Africa peace talks

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:36:00 GMT

Activists say institutions involved in brokering peace talks in West Africa must include women in mediation exercises

FACTBOX - Teen pregnancy in Latin America

Fri, 2 Sep 2011 23:46:00 GMT

High rate poses major public health issue

FACTBOX – Women’s representation in Britain’s ‘top jobs’

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 17:33:00 GMT

Women underrepresented across key job sectors

FACTBOX-A year of lows for U.S. Congress

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:03:00 GMT

FACTBOX-Canada's political parties as election looms

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:26:00 GMT

FACTBOX: Challenges faced by Cambodian garment workers

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:55:00 GMT

Pregnant workers often face job loss

FACTBOX-Challenges facing girls in developing countries

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:35:00 GMT

Double discrimination due to gender and youth

FACTBOX - Challenges facing transgender people in the United States

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:56:00 GMT

A major survey exposed the many forms of discrimination faced by transgender people in the U.S.

FACTBOX-Child marriage threatens girls' health and rights

Thu, 4 Aug 2011 08:00:00 GMT

Every day, more than 25,000 girls under the age of 18 are married worldwide

FACTBOX-Child marriage threatens girls’ health and rights

Wed, 3 Aug 2011 09:55:00 GMT

FACTBOX-Comparing women’s rights in Europe and sub-Saharan Africa

Wed, 6 Jul 2011 00:35:00 GMT

Both regions share low conviction rates in rape cases

FACTBOX-Defining child marriage

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:46:00 GMT

Free and full consent of girls is rare

FACTBOX-Facts about Catholicism in Spain

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:54:05 GMT

FACTBOX-Five keys to the US Republican debate in Iowa

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 19:11:00 GMT

FACTBOX-Five keys to U.S. Republican debate

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:04:00 GMT

FACTBOX-Five things to watch in U.S. Republican debate

Wed, 9 Nov 2011 18:53:04 GMT

Israel gynecological conference bans female participants

Fri, 6 Jan 2012 13:28:00 GMT

Religious conservatives exclude Israeli women from speaking at gynecological conference. Two prominent doctors cancel their participation in protest

Intimacy Intensifies in Women's 'Second Adulthood'

Sat, 7 Jan 2012 17:54:26 GMT

INTERVIEW-Israel's religion minister fears Jewish divides

Wed, 4 Jan 2012 13:44:00 GMT

The country is in the grip of a fierce dispute over gender separation

International human rights experts call for key changes to the Detainee Inquiry as Abdul Hakim Belhadj joins list of survivors refusing to participate

Fri, 6 Jan 2012 12:51:00 GMT

Indian farmers sacrifice girl for good harvest - report

Tue, 3 Jan 2012 15:21:00 GMT

Traditional healers and witchdoctors in Chhattisgarh state advise poor villagers to sacrifice young girls for wealth or good health

Hungary: Reverse Interference with Courts, Media

Fri, 6 Jan 2012 10:51:14 GMT

Kidnapping of brides a customary practice in Nepal

Mon, 9 Jan 2012 21:11:00 GMT

Nepal has one of the highest early- and forced-marriage rates, according to a report by charity Plan International

Kenyans trafficked to South Sudan for sex work -report

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:20:00 GMT

Paper reports of influx of foreign sex workers from Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia into Africa’s newest state

Excessive use of tear gas endangers women protesters Bahrain

Thu, 5 Jan 2012 15:52:00 GMT

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) is asking for a stop measure in the use of excessive force on citizens and activists

European Union: Press Vietnam to Respect Human Rights

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:56:00 GMT

Dress Code Aims to Prevent Sexual Violence at Cameroon University

Mon, 9 Jan 2012 10:00:06 GMT

Carolina in mind, U.S. Republicans stress social stances

Sun, 8 Jan 2012 06:13:00 GMT

Abortion rights and same-sex marriage among the issues that came up in ABC News debate

Argentine pilot project in capital assists rape victims

Tue, 3 Jan 2012 00:16:00 GMT

Plans to expand program throughout the country

Early Afghan marriage sometimes cover for prostitution

Tue, 3 Jan 2012 22:34:00 GMT

Sex trafficking of Afghan girls often arranged by their families

Afghanistan: Decree Increases Detainees' Risk of Torture

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:21:05 GMT

Afghan girls throw punches in bid for Olympic gold

Tue, 3 Jan 2012 00:09:00 GMT

Female boxing draws stares and some static

A touch of spring for LGBT people in the Arab world

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:48:00 GMT

Putting an end to discriminatory LGBT laws may determine how the future democratic process in the Middle East unfolds

Yemen: Reject Immunity Law for President Saleh and Aides

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:10:07 GMT

US: Harsh Conditions for Young Lifers

Tue, 3 Jan 2012 04:45:25 GMT

US: Harsh Conditions for Young Lifers

Tue, 3 Jan 2012 04:45:01 GMT

US Court allows Texas law on ultrasound before abortion

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:59:00 GMT

Law requires abortion providers to show or describe an ultrasound image to a woman of her pregnancy and to play sounds of the fetal heart

Tunisia to Consider Rights; Libya Sets Small Quota

Sat, 7 Jan 2012 01:31:00 GMT

“Transphobic” tampon ad sparks fury in New Zealand

Mon, 9 Jan 2012 15:55:00 GMT

Rights group says ad “blatantly transphobic” for implying one can only be a woman if one menstruates

Tortured Afghan child bride to be treated in India

Tue, 3 Jan 2012 15:38:00 GMT

The girl says she was beaten and burned, had her fingernails pulled out and was denied food and water

Film celebrates the life of Kenyan activist Wangari Maathai

Thu, 5 Jan 2012 04:38:00 GMT

Wangari Maathai was a Kenyan environmental and political activist and the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize

Saudi women win right to sell lingerie, work in shopping malls

Wed, 4 Jan 2012 17:23:00 GMT

New controversial law bans men from working in intimate apparel shops, opens jobs for women

Revolution hasn't made Egypt safer for women

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:55:00 GMT

Public sexual harassment and abuse still common in post-revolution Egypt

Republicans Push Pro-Zygote Extremism Over the Top

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:25:00 GMT

Program fights against stigma for Zimbabwe rape victims

Tue, 3 Jan 2012 00:31:00 GMT

Widespread perception of rape as a woman’s fault discourages reporting

Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management in Emergencies (21 - 24 February, Nepal)

Fri, 6 Jan 2012 12:16:00 GMT

This four-day training module prepares participants to work in logistics and supply chain management during emergencies within the evolving backdrop of the increasing importance for a coordinated response including ensuring a good logistics-supply chain management system and the requisite management information system.

'Blood and Honey' Is Cathartic for Bosniak Actor

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:47:00 GMT

Group of women recruit resisters in flashpoint Syrian town

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:08:00 GMT

In a conservative Syrian town where women are discouraged from going out alone, young women are knocking on doors to recruit others to the resistance

Israel: High Court Rulings Undermine Human Rights

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:42:23 GMT

Women in Egypt heed warning from Iranian women on rights

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 02:36:00 GMT

Reversal of women's rights after implementation of Islamic rule in Iran a warning to women in Egypt and Tunisia to make sure same doesn't happen to them with Islamic grups looking to assume leadership

Allegedly false rape reports make authorities skeptical, discourage victims in Cameroon

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:11:00 GMT

Doctors say that because false reports of rape are common, victims must receive medical examination to prove the rape occurred, in addition to medical care

Afghan man kills wife for giving birth to daughter

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:08:06 GMT

Afghan man kills wife for giving birth to daughter

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:37:00 GMT

Husband and mother-in-law kill woman who gave birth to third daughter rather than the son they hoped for

Egyptian Feminist Union coming back to life in post-revolutionary Egypt

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:53:00 GMT

The Egyptian Feminist Union - founded in 1923 - was shuttered just shy of 30 years later by the onset of Egyptian military rule

Yemen: Governments Should Oppose Saleh's Immunity

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:44:06 GMT

Pakistan: Shahzad Commission Results Marred by Free Ride for ISI

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:00:00 GMT

1998: Gingrich Falls on His Own $10 Million Sword

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:40:00 GMT

Ecuador Closes Down Torture; Egyptians Nix Rights

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:35:00 GMT

Family and Work: An Immigrant Woman's Dilemma

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:37:00 GMT

Colombia unveils tough steps to tackle violence against women

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:00:00 GMT

Government plans to provide generous tax breaks to companies who employ women who have suffered domestic violence

Two War Films Are February's Dark Dazzlers

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:38:04 GMT

Newborn babies charged full price for London Olympics –paper

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:02:00 GMT

Policy sparks a row among ticketholders, may even constitute a case for “indirect sex discrimination”

Iran: New Assault on Freedom of Information

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:12:55 GMT

France: Abusive Identity Checks of Minority Youth

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:00:31 GMT

France: Abusive Identity Checks of Minority Youth

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:00:48 GMT

UAE: Free Speech Under Attack

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:50:42 GMT

The accumulation of unexplained wealth by public officials: Making the offence of illicit enrichment enforceable

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:00:41 GMT

Indonesia: Surging Sectarian Violence, Papua Crackdown

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:00:33 GMT

Indonesia: Surging Sectarian Violence, Papua Crackdown

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:00:14 GMT

Arabic Twitter Stars Come Face-to-Face in Cairo

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:19:00 GMT

Indian engineer develops online map to show horrors of gender abuse

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:59:00 GMT

Map inspired by Thomson Reuters Foundation poll that rated India as fourth most dangerous place for women in the world

FACTBOX-Obstacles to justice facing Pakistan’s incest victims

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:34:00 GMT

Dismissive attitudes by family, doctors, police and judges stymie legal process

FACTBOX -Rights groups urge Pakistan to more effectively address incest

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:34:00 GMT

Report identifies areas where laws and procedures hamper reporting of cases and prosecution

Girl's fight for justice breaks silence on incest in Pakistan

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:56:00 GMT

Report on incest in Pakistan confronts a long-hidden problem that is rarely addressed

Cameroon Rape Victims Confront Legal Gauntlet

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:05:00 GMT

Colombian Women Zoom Ahead in Politics

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:39:07 GMT

Afghanistan: Little Progress on Rights

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:00:16 GMT

Nepal: Backsliding on Rights

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:00:09 GMT

Vietnam: Systematic Crackdown on Human Rights

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:00:03 GMT

Yemen: Amnesty for Saleh and Aides Unlawful

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:55:55 GMT

Philippines: Efforts to Improve Rights Fall Far Short

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:00:48 GMT

Malaysia: Promises of Reform Unfulfilled

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:00:41 GMT

Burma: Promises of Change, But Abuses Continue

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:00:20 GMT

Singapore: Stop Hiding Behind Old Excuses

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:00:14 GMT

Bangladesh: Tightened Control and Broken Promises

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:00:07 GMT

Aboriginal Groups Warily Watch Canada Brothel Law

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:09:00 GMT

Home more dangerous for S. Sudanese women than war

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:47:00 GMT

Gender inequalities, rooted in culture, often to blame, as well as chronic poverty and a lack of development

Zimbabwe strengthens rape legislation, improves reporting process for victims

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:33:00 GMT

One in four women surveyed in Zimbabwe's most recent Demographic and Health Survey (2005-2006) reported having experienced sexual violence

Cuba's Ladies in White call dissident death "murder"

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:42:00 GMT

Cuba's Ladies in White call dissident death "murder"

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:14:00 GMT

The Ladies in White are Cuba's leading dissident group and have been marching every Sunday in Havana since a 2003 government crackdown on political opponents

Indian priest charged for conducting marriage at "knife-point" - report

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:43:00 GMT

Dehli court charges priest with kidnapping and compelling a woman to marry, even though the woman made no allegations against him

Sudan: Rights Record Deteriorates With New Conflicts

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 08:45:29 GMT

Russia Repeats Western Mistakes in Arab Spring

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:45:22 GMT

Libya: Lagging Effort to Build Justice System

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 08:45:16 GMT

China: A Year of Illegal, Politically-Motivated Disappearances

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:00:09 GMT

Morocco: Repression Undercuts Reform Pledges

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 08:45:01 GMT

Iran: Authorities Defiant on Rights Record

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 08:45:08 GMT

Iran: Authorities Defiant on Rights Record

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 08:45:55 GMT

Turkey: Credibility Depends on Rights at Home

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 08:45:49 GMT

Iraq: Intensifying Crackdown on Free Speech, Protests

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 08:45:38 GMT

Africa: Violent Elections Underscore Rights Concerns

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 08:45:33 GMT

Azerbaijan: Rights Abuse Stains International Standing

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 08:45:21 GMT

Bahrain: Widespread Crackdown; Systematic Abuse

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 08:45:15 GMT

'Stolen Babies' Trial Awaits U.S. Documents

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:21:00 GMT

Abortion rate decline stalls, unsafe abortions rise

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:01:00 GMT

Almost half of all abortions are unsafe, study finds

Sex-selective abortion, gender discrimination threaten girls in Kashmir

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:12:00 GMT

Child sex-ratio figures in Kashmir have shown a steady decline for girls since India’s 1991 Census

Security tight after women stripped of trousers in Malawi – report

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:33:00 GMT

Women have been attacked and stripped in Malawi's capital and the northern city of Mzuzu

Bangladesh army says foils bid to topple govt

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:37:05 GMT

10-Hour Day Is Brief for a Home Health Aide

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:24:04 GMT

Indian brothers hack sister to death over "honour" - report

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:32:00 GMT

"Honour killings" are common in parts of South Asia, such as Pakistan, Afghanistan and some regions of India

Four-year-old Indian girl gang-raped, killed and dumped in drain

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:50:00 GMT

Domestic violence, molestation and rape on the rise in India's urban and rural areas

More abandoned, overseas Indian brides to get support

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:10:00 GMT

Women's groups say many young Indian women duped into wedlock abroad and then abandoned

India aid worker found abusing HIV-positive children -report

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:21:00 GMT

Manager of NGO for HIV-positive children sexually abused minors sheltering at the charity -report

ICC Kenya Probe "Hampered by Intimidation"

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:15:00 GMT

Violence by women against other women on the rise in Italy - report

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:34:00 GMT

Episodes more frequently reported involve mothers abused by their daughters, bullying in the workplace and threats from neighbours

India to jail illegal ultrasound owners to combat foeticide - report

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:07:00 GMT

Female foeticide remains rampant in northern India

Indian woman gangraped, set on fire by abusers - report

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:49:00 GMT

Woman abducted and raped in Uttar Pradesh state

"Holidaying" male observers replaced with women in Goa polls

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:13:00 GMT

Complaints about male election officers drinking and clubbing during work hours

Non-Union Retail Workers Bear Costs of Bias

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:22:00 GMT

New chief of S.Arabia morality police a boost for women’s rights

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:00:00 GMT

New chief of morality police opposes child marriage and restrictions on jobs for women

Watchdog urges Kuwait to stop transgender abuse

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:07:00 GMT

A Human Rights Watch report documents physical, sexual and emotional abuse and persecution of transgender women by police

Finland Joins Landmine Ban Treaty

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:45:15 GMT

Syria: Army Shoots Protesters Attempting to Reach Observers

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:49:58 GMT

Senegal: Stop stalling with Habré extradition

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:18:44 GMT

Equatorial Guinea: Soccer Co-Host Violates Rights

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 05:00:38 GMT

Egypt: Dismantle Tools of Repression

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 06:18:23 GMT

Kenya: Security Forces Abusing Civilians Near Somalia Border

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:10:52 GMT

Kuwait: End Police Abuses Against Transgender Women

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 13:00:44 GMT

Bahrain: Rights Activist Attacked

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 05:01:37 GMT

Kuwait: Don't Deny Right to Freedom of Expression

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 05:00:22 GMT

Spain: Garzón Trial Threatens Human Rights

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 06:55:17 GMT

Uganda: War Crimes Trials Face Challenges

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:45:00 GMT

Pittsburgh's 'Milk Truck' Brakes for Nursing Moms

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 02:28:38 GMT

Underreporting, Burden of Proof Foils Justice for Rape Victims in Cameroon

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:51:32 GMT

Zambian Sex Workers Offered 'Transformation'

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:30:18 GMT

Morocco May Allow Abortion; Political Gap Persists

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:40:11 GMT

Sequencing of Law Enforcement Interventions to Combat Corruption

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:00:06 GMT

Protesters flout ban in fight to become Kuwaitis

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:40:04 GMT

Mindanao displaced women lack facilities, vulnerable to trafficking –UN

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:47:00 GMT

No women-friendly spaces in evacuation centres or relocation sites –UN report

"Human safari" video triggers arrest order in India

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:34:00 GMT

Video shows police making half-naked women from a tiny island tribe dance in return for food

Sexual violence in Haiti’s displacement camps ‘rampant’ -report

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:05:00 GMT

After the 2010 quake Haiti has experienced an alarming increase in gender-based violence, report says

Lingerie shops open another door for Saudi women at work

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:50:00 GMT

Introduction of women-only sales teams a step forward for female employment in Saudi Arabia

'Freedom's Sisters' Spotlights Women in Civil Rights

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:07:00 GMT

Lack of awareness, stigma fuel marital rape in Nepal

Mon, 9 Jan 2012 10:00:00 GMT

Many wives in Nepal suffer from marital rape on a routine basis

Gambians told female circumcision is not religious obligation-paper

Tue, 3 Jan 2012 21:28:00 GMT

Religious leaders and traditional chiefs call for a ban on female genital mutilation in Gambia

FACTBOX-Products made worldwide by forced adult labor, child labor

Mon, 9 Jan 2012 17:01:00 GMT

Range of goods wide, list of countries long

Pakistani law grants daughters some property rights

Sat, 7 Jan 2012 19:39:00 GMT

Law guarantees daughters rights, though half as much of their parents’ property as sons would receive –report

Organization Works to Rehabilitate Sex Workers in Zambia

Mon, 9 Jan 2012 10:00:33 GMT

Paid Family Leave Pays: Let's Buy in This Year

Sun, 8 Jan 2012 15:50:13 GMT

Late-term abortion doctor arraigned for murder in Maryland

Fri, 6 Jan 2012 23:19:05 GMT

Obama administration broadens definition of rape

Fri, 6 Jan 2012 16:05:00 GMT

First major revision to the definition in more than 80 years includes rape of men, more forms of sexual assault

'Pina' Sets New Standard for 3-D Dance Filming

Fri, 6 Jan 2012 02:23:00 GMT

Female images excluded from Jerusalem billboards

Fri, 6 Jan 2012 11:29:00 GMT

Activists say credit card firm drop actress from its Jerusalem campaign amid campaign by ultra-orthodox Jews

Pakistan launches Pink Bus Service for women - report

Fri, 6 Jan 2012 11:05:00 GMT

Bus company launches Pakistan's first ever female-only bus service to help women feel safer and curb incidents of sexual abuse

Pilot Project in Argentina Assists Victims in Reporting Rape

Tue, 3 Jan 2012 09:37:39 GMT

Breast cancer charity ends Planned Parenthood funding

Wed, 1 Feb 2012 01:53:06 GMT

Vietnam study finds bribes dominate medicine prices

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:00:05 GMT

Quest for Women's 2012 Push-Back Vote Begins

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:57:00 GMT

Azerbaijan: Homeowners Evicted for City Beautification

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 07:45:12 GMT

Azerbaijan: Homeowners Evicted for City Beautification

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 07:45:07 GMT

Malaysia: ‘Sexual Diversity' Festival Ban Needs Court Review

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 22:59:00 GMT

FEATURE-Moroccans take on silver miner for a share of wealth

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT

FEATURE-Saudi women push for the right to play sports

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:26:00 GMT

Female participation in sports has long been a controversial issue in the conservative Islamic kingdom

Tunisia's Om Zied Stays Sharp as Power Shifts

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 19:38:08 GMT

What will it take to finish the women's revolution?

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:04:00 GMT

New anthology offers fresh approaches to solving some of the most vexing problems

Campaigners hail Ibori money laundering conviction but call for more action

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:09:00 GMT

The guilty plea by James Ibori was a "massive victory" for the Metropolitan Police's proceeds of corruption unit, a campaigner at Global Witness said

First global fistula map shows one in 50 get help

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:15:00 GMT

About 2 million women live with a devastating childbirth injury which leaves them leaking urine and/or faeces

National Health Coordinator

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 12:04:00 GMT

Pregnant women ignored amid rapid urbanisation - UNICEF

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:20:00 GMT

Flagship report highlights risks for pregnant women in slums

Human Rights Groups Blur Issues of Women Rights

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 02:01:36 GMT

UK's SFO has active Bribery Act investigations, says senior lawyer

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 11:15:00 GMT

Cutbacks mean the agency has only been allotted 2 million pounds to enforce the UK Bribery Act, a lawyer said

Plastic surgeon saves faces of Pakistani acid attack victims

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:40:00 GMT

Dr Mohammad Jawad repairs damage, restores lives

Pakistani director wins Oscar for film on acid attack victims

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:49:00 GMT

More than 100 people, mainly women and girls, are disfigured in acid attacks every year in Pakistan

Carlsberg adds two women to boardroom

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:58:00 GMT

The Danish company said it is seeking to promote more females to senior executive decisions

Underreporting leaves girls in Cameroon vulnerable to rape

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 09:40:00 GMT

In Cameroon, underreporting of rape is especially an issue among children, who may not yet understand what sex or rape is

Indian women's commission chief blasted for "sexy" remark - report

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 12:09:00 GMT

Activists call for head of National Commission for Women to quit after she says women should not be offended when they're called "sexy"

US/Morocco: Clinton Should Urge Legal Reform

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:25:56 GMT

US/Morocco: Clinton Should Urge Legal Reform

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:25:09 GMT

Va. Gov Blinks; GOP Nixes Airing of Pro-Pill Info

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 02:17:42 GMT

UK: Halt Deportations of Tamils to Sri Lanka

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 00:32:03 GMT

UK: Halt Deportations of Tamils to Sri Lanka

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 00:32:28 GMT

Muslim American Women Tell Their Own Love Stories

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 23:59:22 GMT

Unsafe, Illegal Abortion Persists in Nepal Despite Legalization

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 09:40:15 GMT

Study Takes Mystery Out of Hiring Tech Women

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:30:11 GMT

Link between sports events, sex trafficking unfounded - study

Wed, 1 Feb 2012 16:18:00 GMT

Anti-trafficking campaigns based on unproven claims can ultimately undermine anti-trafficking objectives, a report says

U.S. evangelical college seizes contraception fight with gusto

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 20:32:12 GMT

Investors urged to close sex gap on British boards

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:37:07 GMT

Women victims of conflict, have no seat at negotiating table

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:05:00 GMT

Close to 90 percent of current casualties in wars and situations of armed conflict are civilians, with the majority being women and children

Women protesters in Tunisia and Egypt move forward on human rights

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 11:53:00 GMT

Women activists look back to reflect on what has gone wrong and what has gone right in the Middle east and North Africa uprisings

Liz Trotta: Thanks for the Laughs, Now a Few Facts

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:41:00 GMT

Shunned Bangladeshi hijras turn to sex work

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:16:00 GMT

Hijras at high risk from HIV/AIDS

U.S. anti-corruption setbacks seen having little impact on company strategies

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:02:00 GMT

Black Breastfeeding Advocacy: It Takes All Styles

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:20:12 GMT

Cancer Treatment Now Includes Fertility Planning

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:11:06 GMT

Women along Thai-Myanmar border dying from unwanted pregnancies, unsafe abortions

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:31:00 GMT

The region in eastern Myanmar is home to some 140,000 refugees and 446,000 internally displaced people who have fled conflict

Nepal jails cabinet minister for amassing property, cars

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:56:00 GMT

Information and Communications Minister Jay Prakash Prasad Gupta is the first minister to be convicted for corruption in modern Nepal

Radio spells change, success for women in the Middle East

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:58:00 GMT

In addition to human rights abuses stemming from the Israeli occupation, Palestinian women face challenges from within their own society

Saving the lives of Somalis should be the London conference’s priority say leading NGOs

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:21:00 GMT

India's urban women make progress in education and employment

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:46:00 GMT

Urban women are better educated and hold jobs that were once reserved to men but they lament their progress is cramped by a society that has been slow to evolve with them

Opinion: Virginia still has time to spring TRAP law

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:21:00 GMT

Abortion providers in Virginia are under orders to make onerous architectural changes to their facilities under a politicized regulation process. Katherine Greenier says there's still time to save these facilities and act in the interests of women's health.

Advocates press to modernize customary laws in Northeastern India

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:46:00 GMT

Many tribal communities in the country's northeast continue to regulate themselves according to their customary laws rather than India's more modern federal constitution

Female Lawyers Protest Discrimination in Nepali Legal Sector

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:46:00 GMT

Women Speak Up and Take Control of Their Health

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 12:18:34 GMT

New Labor Rules for Home Care Workers on the Table

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:16:12 GMT

State OK's Gay Unions; House Hosts Men-Only Panel

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 23:17:07 GMT

Nepali female lawyers protest discrimination

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 05:44:00 GMT

Judges must be addressed as “husband”

Santorum backer apologizes for contraception remark

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:19:00 GMT

Papua New Guinea’s only woman MP named opposition leader – report

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:22:00 GMT

Dame Carol Kidu has been championing a historic bill to guarantee 22 seats for women in parliament

Study shows ties between sanitation and child, maternal mortality

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:27:00 GMT

A new study shows a relationship between unsafe water and sanitation and child death rates and maternal mortality, researchers say

Lesbians Must Shape the Agenda Before It Gets Away

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:32:44 GMT

Uganda: Minister Shuts Down Rights Workshop

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:04:28 GMT

Belgium/Senegal: World Court to Hear Habré Trial Dispute

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:15:11 GMT

China: End Crackdown on Tibetans Who Visited India

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:34:05 GMT

Worrying levels of underage marriage in Indonesia - report

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:13:00 GMT

Focus group discussions revealed that the number one reason for such marriages was unwanted pregnancy, according to the report

Database highlights gaps in campus rape policies

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:02:00 GMT

An online, free, searchable database compiled by students shows how well a school responds to rape cases on campus

Working pregnant women face rampant discrimination -agency

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMT

Experts say clearer guidelines are needed on pregnancy rights

UK Bribery Act's compliance complexity unavoidable for Indian companies operating internationally, say experts

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:12:00 GMT

Multiple Disorders Leave Addicted Women MIA

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:12:00 GMT

Women mechanics at Senegal garage put brakes on gender bias

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:59:00 GMT

Garage Femme Auto is only garage in the country that has a policy of hiring women as well as men

Global activists against child marriage garner support in S.Asia

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:28:00 GMT

Worldwide, around 10 million girls under the age of 18 are married every year

India marital law reform would view women as equals - report

Mon, 6 Feb 2012 17:38:00 GMT

The “Right to Marital Property Act”, is needed to recognise a woman as an equal partner with her husband, a government panel says

Love in the air for Iranians defying Valentine's ban

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:13:00 GMT

Italian women hope for workplace changes post-Berlusconi

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:41:00 GMT

Italy ranks 74th - below Ghana and Bangladesh - on gender equality, according to the 2011 World Economic Forum's Gender Gap Report

Kenya hopes to cut birth rate with contraceptive campaign – report

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:18:00 GMT

Only 39 percent of married Kenyan women use a modern family planning method, according to a government survey

Turkey: Draft Reform Law Falls Short

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:46:09 GMT

Saudi Arabia: Writer Faces Apostasy Trial

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:33:05 GMT

World Bank: Emphasize Civil Participation in Burma

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:44:00 GMT

'Neutering of American Male' Is Same Old Story

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:42:05 GMT

Morocco: Weeklies Censored for Depicting God, the Prophet Muhammad

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:39:12 GMT

Women in Liberia look to family planning to stay in school

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:59:00 GMT

Doctors say an increasing number of women in Liberia are using contraceptives

Defilement cases in Uganda rise during holidays as police seek to raise awareness

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:59:00 GMT

A lack of and late reporting of defilement cases hinder police from investigating cases

Commonwealth questions leadership change in Maldives

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:26:00 GMT

Foreign ministers to visit the country to investigate the facts surrounding the resignation of former President Mohamed Nasheed

Russia's anti-corruption stance is welcome but more work needed, says lawyer

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:17:00 GMT

Gertner Defeats 1979 Massachusetts Anti-Choice Law

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:21:07 GMT

Israel: Hunger Striker's Life at Risk

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:05:24 GMT

Israel: Hunger Striker's Life at Risk

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:05:45 GMT

Women's Rights in Egypt Join Liberal Outcasts

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:22:38 GMT

Bill Aims to Improve Government Coordination, Hasten Care and Justice for Rape Victims in Kenya

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:59:12 GMT

Young Entrepreneur Revives Old Craft in Kashmir

Sun, 20 May 2012 14:48:00 GMT

Rural PNG women walk half a day for help after violence -MSF doctor

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 15:51:00 GMT

"I’ve seen women having been kicked with safety boots even when they are pregnant..." -MSF doctor in Papua New Guinea

Colombia to tackle high rate of teens leaving school because of pregnancy - paper

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 17:12:00 GMT

Nearly 20 percent of girls in Colombia aged between 15 and 19 are, or have been, pregnant

Little Rock's Daisy Bates Gets a Film of Her Own

Wed, 1 Feb 2012 22:09:00 GMT

INTERVIEW-Women's rights activist slams new Turkey anti-violence law

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:01:00 GMT

New legislation, intended to strengthen 1998 protection law for women victims of domestic violence, falls short of expectations

In heart of corporate America, women struggle to break into top jobs

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 23:08:00 GMT

Cuba releases Ladies in White as pope visit nears

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:30:00 GMT

Seventy members of the dissident Ladies in White group were arrested over the weekend as they attempted to march in Cuba's capital Havana

Cuba's Ladies in White march in peace, want pope meeting

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 00:30:00 GMT

The dissident group's leader, Berta Soler, tells reporters she agrees with the pope's comments that communism had failed in Cuba

Criticism over KONY 2012 video continues as Ugandan women wish to forget the past

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:56:00 GMT

Why is the organization that created KONY 2012 using information that some say is "outdated" to raise monies?

Connecticut best U.S. state for women -survey

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 11:10:00 GMT

iVillage, online community for women, ranks best and worst U.S. states for women

Canada court ruling would allow legal brothels

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:05:00 GMT

The court has upheld a ban on street prostitution, a partial victory for those arguing Canada's laws put sex workers in harm's way

Burma: By-Elections a Step, but Not Real Reform

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 22:40:00 GMT

Arab League: Carry Out, Monitor Syria Sanctions

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 05:45:00 GMT

Anti-Choice Bills Flop; 400 Afghans Held in Jail

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 04:24:00 GMT

Amnesty urges Maldives to investigate allegations police beat women

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:11:00 GMT

Four women detained last week, at rally organised by the Maldivian Democratic Party to protest the opening of parliament -Amnesty

Africa's political instability hinders gains in maternal healthcare

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:22:00 GMT

More than 550 women die in childbirth every day in sub-Saharan Africa, according to the World Health Oragnisation (WHO)

Women's History Roundup: Make It More Than One Month

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 21:13:00 GMT

Women on Afghan peace council say they are sidelined

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:28:00 GMT

While the women attend peace workshops and meetings both in the country and abroad they are not involved in making major decisions, one member says

US Supreme Court: Take Into Account Prison Hardships for Youth

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 08:25:00 GMT

US breast cancer fundraising lags after abortion dispute

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:27:00 GMT

Ukrainian woman whose rape caused protests dies

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:37:00 GMT

Turkmenistan: Damning UN Report Shows Need for Urgent Action

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 23:30:00 GMT

Success Today Built on Pill, Feminism, New Economy

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 23:40:00 GMT

Still no aid for women raped, tortured in Bosnian war -Amnesty

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 11:29:00 GMT

Hundreds of women still seeking assistance and justice -Amnesty reports

Serbia/Kosovo: Halt Arbitrary Arrests

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 04:58:00 GMT

Senegal: Protect Children from Forced Begging

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 17:23:00 GMT

Saving the lives of south sudanese mothers one midwife at a time

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:24:00 GMT

South Sudan has the highest rate of maternal mortality in the world, according to the U.N.

Film 'Saving Face' Too Dangerous to Show in Pakistan

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:31:00 GMT

Georgia moves to ban abortions after 20-week gestation

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:52:00 GMT

''No choice'' for Afghan girls brought up as boys

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:24:00 GMT

In Afghanistan, parents sometimes decide to raise one of their daughters as a boy

INTERVIEW-Empowering women vital for world food supply

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:28:00 GMT

It is crucial that women's needs and rights are at the heart of all rural development programs- Gordon Conway, Chair of the Montpellier Panel

Female pilots challenge aviation, social customs in Nepal

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:57:00 GMT

Despite high training costs and rising unemployment among pilots, women here are slowly making their ways into the skies

Nigerian lawmakers divide over property rights for women – paper

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:24:00 GMT

Proposed bill seeks to ensure women's inheritance and ownership rights in Nigeria's Rivers State

U.S. to shut down Texas women's health program

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 23:34:00 GMT

U.S. to shut down Texas women's health program

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 22:35:00 GMT

Programme that provides health care for more than 100,000 low-income women in Texas to be shut down because the state will not fund clinics that provide abortion services

Obama administration details contraceptives rule fix

Sat, 17 Mar 2012 00:47:00 GMT

Religious institutions oppose policy requiring free coverage for women's contraceptives through employer-sponsored health plans

Feminists and plastic surgeons call for ban on plastic surgery advertising in UK

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:16:00 GMT

Adverts exploit and perpetuate women’s body insecurities and trivialise inherent risks of such procedures, campaigners say

US government readies new contraceptives language

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:41:00 GMT

New rule requiring employers to provide coverage with free birth control for women set off firestorm among Catholic authorities

Texas sues Obama administration in abortion dispute

Sat, 17 Mar 2012 00:40:00 GMT

Program that provides health care for more than 100,000 low-income women in Texas to be shut down because the state will not fund clinics that provide abortion services

Domestic violence bill stokes new US social issues fight

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 22:30:00 GMT

Democrats in the U.S. Senate are calling for a quick renewal of a program aimed at protecting women from domestic violence

Where women think it’s OK for a husband to hit his wife

Fri, 9 Mar 2012 15:43:00 GMT

Chart based on data collected by UNICEF maps attitudes towards wife-beating in 81 countries

INTERVIEW-Legal aid poised to bring justice Sierra Leone's poor

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:01:00 GMT

Draft legal aid bill would provide free legal assistance for criminal and civil matters to any Sierra Leonean who has an income of 1 million Leones ($227) or less

1970s Laws Are Today's Ammo for Women's Rights

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:15:00 GMT

Nigerian officials in court over $1 million fraud

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:35:00 GMT

Four local council officials are accused of diverting $1 million for their personal use

Global Water Goal Met; Now Let's Push Sanitation

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:03:00 GMT

Kenyan widows become squatters, forced off their land – report

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:28:00 GMT

Despite Kenya's new constitution granting women the same land rights as men, many widows and children still lack access to justice because of intimidation, ignorance and the high cost of filing cases

Female longevity offset by gender gaps

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:01:00 GMT

Women live longer than men, yet speakers at a recent conference asserted that the low status of women and girls results in about 3.9 million excess deaths of girls

Female Longevity Offset by Lethal Gender Gaps

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:44:00 GMT

Business ethics and anti-corruption update from Norton Rose: February 2012

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:41:00 GMT

Norton Rose provides analysis of recent anti-corruption news

Study looks at impact of sex education in US schools

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:13:00 GMT

States with more comprehensive sex education programs have lower teen birth rates, study finds

Arab Women's Forum Presents Revolution 'Lite'

Thu, 9 Feb 2012 04:38:24 GMT

Susan G. Komen's Apolitical Pink Turns Red

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:05:11 GMT

Gorbachev: Russia faces turmoil as Putin won't change

Thu, 9 Feb 2012 17:35:04 GMT

Women with low literacy suffer more than men-study

Wed, 8 Feb 2012 23:11:00 GMT

Women with low literacy are twice as likely as men at the same skill level to be among the lowest earners, study finds

CoE takes step towards allowing women bishops

Thu, 9 Feb 2012 00:15:00 GMT

CoE voted against giving strengthened legal protection to traditionalists who favour an all-male clergy

Equal rights for women would boost India's rise - Tutu

Thu, 9 Feb 2012 11:13:00 GMT

"I think India is poised to become a very significant player, but that role would be greatly enhanced when women are given their proper place"

Kenyan girl, 10, tells how she was raped by ‘husband’ - report

Tue, 7 Feb 2012 11:06:00 GMT

The girl told a court how she was married off after her father told her he was sending her to a new school away from home

Obama birth-control rule stokes election-year fight

Wed, 8 Feb 2012 23:35:00 GMT

Bosnia: European Court Halts Syria Deportation

Tue, 7 Feb 2012 05:00:28 GMT

Bosnia: European Court Halts Syria Deportation

Tue, 7 Feb 2012 05:00:09 GMT

Government in Sri Lanka Rehabilitates Citizens Disabled in Civil Conflict

Wed, 8 Feb 2012 18:38:21 GMT

A Woman In the Pursuit of Justice

Mon, 6 Feb 2012 19:58:59 GMT

Nigeria: Child Lead Poisoning Crisis

Tue, 7 Feb 2012 09:00:51 GMT

Nigeria: Child Lead Poisoning Crisis

Tue, 7 Feb 2012 09:00:03 GMT

Minimum Wage Doesn't Pay for Hard Work; Let's Hike

Mon, 6 Feb 2012 23:51:43 GMT

Souid Opens Lingo of Lawmaking in New Tunisia

Tue, 7 Feb 2012 22:40:30 GMT

US: 9th Circuit Decision a Victory for Rights

Tue, 7 Feb 2012 23:30:36 GMT

US: 9th Circuit Decision a Victory for Rights

Tue, 7 Feb 2012 23:30:23 GMT

Kenyan schoolgirls sent home for “lesbianism” – report

Wed, 8 Feb 2012 15:05:00 GMT

Homosexuality is taboo in Kenya, condemned by former Kenya president Daniel arap Moi as an un-African “scourge”

Komen VP steps down after Planned Parenthood flap

Tue, 7 Feb 2012 23:49:05 GMT

Girl, 10, duped by father, raped by ‘husband’ – report

Tue, 7 Feb 2012 11:49:00 GMT

A girl described in a court how she was raped by her ‘husband’ after her father lied to her, according to the Daily Nation newspaper

U.S. arm of UK medical-device company settles foreign corruption allegations over doctor payments

Tue, 7 Feb 2012 11:23:00 GMT

Millions pushed into child labour in Pakistan

Tue, 7 Feb 2012 08:54:00 GMT

Rising food prices and a struggling economy have forced many families to send their children to search for work instead of to school

Jamaica lesbians suffer from under-reported violence -rights activist

Fri, 3 Feb 2012 18:00:00 GMT

More than 80 percent of Jamaicans oppose homosexuality, according to a survey

Tipped Workers Hope for Hike in Sub-Minimum Wage

Sun, 5 Feb 2012 14:27:06 GMT

Komen Reverses Course; Virginia OKs Abortion Bill

Sat, 4 Feb 2012 01:53:00 GMT

Syria: Stop Torture of Children

Fri, 3 Feb 2012 05:00:06 GMT

Swiss making progress on return of corrupt cash but doubts remain about laundering defences

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 11:37:00 GMT

The Swiss government has frozen around $410 million of Egyptian assets and around $60 million from Tunisia

Controversy Engulfs Susan G. Komen for the Cure

Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:23:06 GMT

Ethiopia: Future of last remaining human rights monitoring NGO in the balance

Wed, 1 Feb 2012 14:43:06 GMT

Bloomberg pledges $250,000 to Planned Parenthood

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 21:25:06 GMT

Komen charity denies abortion pressure in funding shift

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 18:11:00 GMT

Violence against women, Papua New Guinea's "silent war"

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 15:24:00 GMT

Aid workers say polygamy, alcohol, drug abuse and rising inequality in the resource-rich but cash-poor country fuel the violence

Empowering women farmers will end hunger for 150 mln people -UN

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:16:00 GMT

Women farmers account for about 43 pct of agricultural workers in developing countries

Q+A -Attention to culture, language key to reaching rural women

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:24:00 GMT

Mishkat Al Moumin is the founder of the Iraqi group Women and the Environment Network (WATEO)

Global climate models 'need regional sensitivity'

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:09:00 GMT

Global climate change models are of limited use to agricultural policymakers in some regions of the developing world, according to a report by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).

GOP Women's SuperPac Looks for 2012 Gains

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:18:00 GMT

Still no justice for rape survivors in Kashmir

Wed, 7 Mar 2012 16:54:00 GMT

Villagers from a remote district in Kashmir say that two decades after mass rape and other abuses by the army, justice still has not been served

More women in UK boardrooms but mostly in non-executive roles

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:36:00 GMT

One in 10 of Britain’s top companies still have no female representation in boardroom -survey

Women's Human Rights: From Slogan to Global Agenda

Fri, 9 Mar 2012 17:28:38 GMT

It Takes Women to End Global Poverty

Thu, 8 Mar 2012 18:58:24 GMT

Scarf Ban Gone; Texas Rejects Planned Parenthood

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 03:31:06 GMT

Girl Scouts Are Full of Stars, Mine is Miss Hazel

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 15:30:00 GMT

Take the money and vote, song tells Senegalese

Fri, 9 Mar 2012 16:11:00 GMT

Germany pressed to back corporate quotas for women

Fri, 9 Mar 2012 16:23:00 GMT

Germany lags many of its European peers on gender equality

Germany pressed to back corporate quotas for women

Fri, 9 Mar 2012 15:20:00 GMT

Afghanistan opens first women-only internet cafe

Thu, 8 Mar 2012 15:57:09 GMT

Afghanistan opens first women-only internet cafe

Thu, 8 Mar 2012 15:48:00 GMT

Activist group opens cafe hoping to give women a chance to connect to the world without verbal and sexual harassment

"No Woman's Land" book details newswomen in warzones

Thu, 8 Mar 2012 12:09:00 GMT

Both male and female journalists face grave dangers working in conflict zones, but for women, working conditions are more complex

Rwandan scientist aims to squeeze more out of pineapple sector

Thu, 8 Mar 2012 16:19:00 GMT

Some 40 to 80 percent of fruit and vegetables grown in Rwanda go to waste, says nutritionist Christine Mukantwali

Designer chicken could help empower Africa's rural women

Wed, 7 Mar 2012 16:12:00 GMT

Kenyan geneticist developing disease-resistant chicken with high egg yield

Egyptian Women Mark International Women's Day With Demands for Parliament

Thu, 8 Mar 2012 13:11:00 GMT

Afghan women’s rights at risk in government-Taliban peace efforts-report

Thu, 8 Mar 2012 17:37:00 GMT

State-appointed clerical council urges adoption of stricter Islamic laws

One man’s mission to prevent unwanted pregnancies in Africa

Thu, 8 Mar 2012 11:43:00 GMT

African women still to enjoy fruits of birth control revolution

Iran: Quash Convictions and Free Rights Advocates

Thu, 8 Mar 2012 05:00:15 GMT

Iran: Quash Convictions and Free Rights Advocates

Thu, 8 Mar 2012 05:00:21 GMT

Turkey: Adopt Strong Domestic Violence Law

Wed, 7 Mar 2012 11:08:10 GMT

Egypt: Drop Charges in Non-Profit Group Cases

Wed, 7 Mar 2012 14:50:05 GMT

India: Investigate Sexual Assault in Police Custody

Wed, 7 Mar 2012 12:27:00 GMT

FACTBOX -Empowering women could save millions from hunger

Wed, 7 Mar 2012 15:55:00 GMT

This year's International Women's Day focuses on the empowerment of rural women and their role in eradicating hunger

By Aiding Bangladesh Women, CARE Cuts Child Hunger

Wed, 7 Mar 2012 18:35:00 GMT

Mauritanian women want rights laws implemented - campaigners

Wed, 7 Mar 2012 22:01:00 GMT

Religious and cultural traditions remain hurdles to enforcement of laws

INTERVIEW-Woman miner's murder adds fuel to S.Africa safety drive

Wed, 7 Mar 2012 16:21:06 GMT

"Sisterhood" brings rights to India’s low-caste, rural women

Wed, 7 Mar 2012 15:37:00 GMT

Wives, daughters and mothers often lack legal entitlements and inheritance rights in India

IPI: Indian journalist dies following attack

Wed, 7 Mar 2012 15:31:00 GMT

An Indian journalist hospitalised after being beaten over the head by unknown assailants died on Friday of his injuries while being transferred to a second hospital after his condition deteriorated.

U.S. financial institutions lack anti-corruption policies for domestic politicians, sources say

Wed, 7 Mar 2012 15:26:00 GMT

Ecuador: Official Misrepresents Human Rights Watch Position

Tue, 6 Mar 2012 18:49:11 GMT

US/Colorado: Assembly Acts to Protect Youth Accused of Crimes

Tue, 6 Mar 2012 18:25:06 GMT

Nigeria: Boko Haram Targeting Schools

Wed, 7 Mar 2012 22:22:00 GMT

Thai grandmothers club together for financial security

Wed, 7 Mar 2012 12:09:00 GMT

Rural women support village community through "Older People's Club"

Mass Rape Survivors Still Wait for Justice in Kashmir

Wed, 7 Mar 2012 02:30:00 GMT

Enforcing Pregnancy Bias Law of 1978? Long Overdue

Tue, 6 Mar 2012 21:09:00 GMT

Germany lags Europe on gender pay gap

Tue, 6 Mar 2012 16:39:00 GMT

Germany may be run by a woman but it is still lagging on gender issues

INTERVIEW-Rural teen girls key to global development

Tue, 6 Mar 2012 14:04:00 GMT

Many adolescent girls in poor rural areas don't attend school, and are neglected by society and aid groups alike, says gender expert

Lebanese women offered a toothless new law against domestic violence

Mon, 5 Mar 2012 14:11:00 GMT

Too many amendments have rendered useless a draft law aiming at protecting women from abusive partners, rights campaigners say

Libya: Bolster Security at Tawergha Camps

Mon, 5 Mar 2012 14:44:15 GMT

Letter to Bahrain's Ministry of Human Rights and Social Development Regarding Travel Restrictions

Fri, 2 Mar 2012 17:39:09 GMT

Russia: 100-Day Priorities for New President

Mon, 5 Mar 2012 19:13:04 GMT

Singapore: Domestic Workers to Get Weekly Day of Rest

Tue, 6 Mar 2012 00:44:00 GMT

Programme Officer - Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

Mon, 5 Mar 2012 18:48:00 GMT

Sounds Crazy, But This Could Be Year of the Woman

Tue, 6 Mar 2012 00:11:00 GMT

Côte d'Ivoire: Lethal Crime Wave, Security Vacuum

Mon, 5 Mar 2012 09:22:00 GMT

Women's School Sports Beat Pros by Long Shot

Sun, 4 Mar 2012 17:12:00 GMT

Turkish Writer Discusses Her About-Face in Iran

Sat, 3 Mar 2012 20:33:00 GMT

US Aid Aims at Gender Equity; Limbaugh Flays Fluke

Sat, 3 Mar 2012 00:48:00 GMT

Women in world parliaments "worryingly low"-study

Fri, 2 Mar 2012 15:59:00 GMT

Only two countries have over 50 percent women in parliament

Russia: Block St. Petersburg's Homophobic Law

Fri, 2 Mar 2012 05:01:00 GMT

Women raped while fleeing South Kordofan conflict

Thu, 1 Mar 2012 14:37:00 GMT

Significant numbers of women and girls raped fleeing South Kordofan's Nuba Mountains and crossing into South Sudan -IRC

'Kid With Bike' Leads the March Movie Lineup

Thu, 1 Mar 2012 22:13:00 GMT

Russia: Harassment of Critics

Thu, 1 Mar 2012 05:01:05 GMT

Teen Blogger: Feminism's Future is Online

Sat, 19 May 2012 16:28:00 GMT

in defense of technology, I have to say: The Internet is one of the greatest things ever to happen to the modern feminist movement.

Egypt: Widespread Military Torture of Protesters Arrested in May

Sat, 19 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT

UN Security Council: Press Libya on Impunity

Wed, 16 May 2012 15:23:00 GMT

Angola: Stop Rape, Abuse of Congolese Migrants

Mon, 21 May 2012 22:45:00 GMT

Azerbaijan: Authorities Violently Disperse Peaceful Rallies

Tue, 22 May 2012 05:01:00 GMT

How a Senegalese village stopped female genital mutilation

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Community programs succeed, stress health and human rights

Combatting early marriage from the ground up

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:10:00 GMT

Brides robbed of childhood and face range of health risks

Yemeni communities unite against child marriage

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:05:00 GMT

Almost half of all girls in Yemen are married by age 17

ANALYSIS: Poll highlights hidden but deadly dangers for women

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

From the minute they're born many women face a multitude of dangers --some subtle, all serious

New law turns focus on sex-trafficked girls in U.S.

Mon, 23 May 2011 08:53:00 GMT

Underscores that problem goes beyond developing nations

TrustLaw danger poll ignites global debate

Sat, 18 Jun 2011 16:42:00 GMT

Findings on countries most perilous to women spark both anger and approval

Saudi prince asks why women are not in the driver’s seat

Wed, 9 Mar 2011 17:25:00 GMT

Links ban on female drivers to dependence on foreign workers

Southern Thai widows live in shadow of insurgency

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 07:55:00 GMT

A female paramilitary walks along the site of a recent car bomb attack in Yala city, Yala province, March 9 2011. AlertNet/Thin Lei Win

Dozens hurt in Bangladesh as protest on women's policy dispersed

Tue, 5 Apr 2011 00:05:00 GMT

Islamists oppose policy to promote women's rights

Michelle Obama urges young Africans to advance women's rights

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 01:54:00 GMT

Says HIV is preventable, treatable, and not shameful

Armenian women‘s groups seek increased penalty for sexual assault and rape

Tue, 17 May 2011 18:00:00 GMT

Armenia has no laws on books against domestic violence or gender-based discrimination

Qatar deports Libyan woman who said she was raped

Fri, 3 Jun 2011 19:02:00 GMT

UNHCR says deportation violates international law

World's largest gold producer reins in abuses at New Guinea mine

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 00:48:00 GMT

After HRW documented rapes and beatings, company takes action

Nearly half million women raped in Congo annually

Thu, 12 May 2011 05:13:00 GMT

Study says 60 percent of women sexually assaulted by partners

Rights group tackles Turkey over domestic abuse laws

Thu, 5 May 2011 00:06:00 GMT

HRW: Laws must be upheld in practice, not just on paper

HRW asks Jordan to release abused domestic workers

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 01:40:00 GMT

Authorities prevent Sri Lankans from returning home

Yemen: New report on changing attitudes of youth toward gender roles

Thu, 28 Apr 2011 01:19:00 GMT

Yemen came in last on 2010 global Gender Gap Index

HAVE YOUR SAY: What are the risks for women where you live?

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:04:00 GMT

A TrustLaw poll shows women face a barrage of dangers around the world - many of them hidden. What are the risks in your region?

U.S. House approves anti-abortion funding bill

Fri, 6 May 2011 01:03:00 GMT

White House threatens veto, women’s rights groups express outrage

CRR files lawsuit challenging Texas abortion sonogram law

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 23:03:00 GMT

Suit charges ultrasound requirement serves only political, not medical, interest

SPECIAL COVERAGE: The world's most dangerous countries for women

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

A Trustlaw poll reveals Afghanistan, Congo, Pakistan, India and Somalia as the worst places to be female in 2011

"Punish the men who buy sex," say trafficked survivors

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:36:00 GMT

Victims criminalised while customers and pimps go free

Punitive laws hamper women's fight against HIV/AIDS

Wed, 2 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

UN reports that punitive laws and social stigma increase violence against women with HIV/AIDS

Saudi princess says no one immune from Arab spring

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:36:00 GMT

Dialogue needed before challenges grow, she says

Conservative Nepal opens first shelter for gays, lesbians and transgenders

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:49:00 GMT

New Constitution expected to guarantee rights for LGBT community

Bangladesh: Acid-attack survivor heals inner scars of others

Thu, 5 May 2011 01:17:00 GMT

Acid attacks are punishable by death now in Bangladesh, but new victims continue needing her help.

Three Sisters & a Legal Aid Center

Tue, 5 Jul 2011 03:20:00 GMT

The First Case of Landesa’s Legal Aid Center in China

African women must know and claim their inheritance rights

Fri, 4 Mar 2011 09:29:00 GMT

Another issue on UN Women’s agenda

Ministry shake-up bad for Turkish women's rights - HRW

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 19:36:00 GMT

New ministry signals reduced emphasis on women's rights

Argentina: Shedding Light on Dictatorship's Sex Crimes

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:57:00 GMT

Search for justice after nearly 30 years

Meeting addresses migrants and human rights

Thu, 21 Apr 2011 01:58:00 GMT

Workers, particularly women, suffer array of abuses

Indian sex workers unite against violence and discrimination

Tue, 5 Apr 2011 00:38:00 GMT

Abuse by clients, pimps and police not uncommon

Women help each other heal mental scars of southern Thai violence

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 06:40:00 GMT

Discrimination and ostracism plague families of detainees

Philippine bishops clash with Aquino over contraception bill

Wed, 11 May 2011 03:40:00 GMT

Aquino vows to pass the law allowing contraception

Hillary Clinton backs Saudi women fighting drive ban

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 03:15:00 GMT

Issue comes amid strains in U.S.-Saudi relationship

Strauss-Kahn case raises issue of abuse of women by diplomats in U.S.

Wed, 18 May 2011 19:47:00 GMT

Victims often domestic workers from countries with few women’s rights

Pakistan woman paraded naked after son’s rape case

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:43:00 GMT

Men strip Pakistan woman, another raped for refusing marriage, says report

What does independence mean for South Sudan's women?

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:39:00 GMT

Women optimistic about opportunities, but massive hurdles ahead

INTERVIEW-Somalia 'worst place to be a woman', says minister

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

"The most dangerous thing a woman in Somalia can do is to become pregnant," says minister Maryan Qasim

Women key to rebuilding broken states - World Bank

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 21:42:00 GMT

Women should be involved in security and judicial reforms in post-conflict countries - report

Abortion battle brewing in U.S.

Mon, 9 May 2011 05:05:00 GMT

CRR: Are pro-choice litigators gun-shy?

Pakistan court acquits suspects in high-profile rape case of rights campaigner

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 01:41:00 GMT

Human rights organisations express dismay over decision

IMF chief charged with sex assault, France in shock

Mon, 16 May 2011 01:06:00 GMT

Presidential hopes of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, reputed womanizer, possibly dashed

FACTBOX: Women in South Sudan

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:51:00 GMT

Women gain ground in South Sudan's politics, obstacles remain

Argentina: Targeting teens to prevent gender violence

Mon, 9 May 2011 04:46:00 GMT

One of every four Argentine women victimized

Côte d’Ivoire: HRW says impartial justice top task for Ouattara

Thu, 19 May 2011 20:52:00 GMT

Need for prosecution of crimes including widespread sexual violence

Liberian teen prostitutes face abuse

Mon, 7 Mar 2011 09:00:00 GMT

Girls risk violence for survival

Wal-Mart: U.S. Supreme Court rejects largest sex discrimination suit ever

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 21:08:00 GMT

Businesses backed giant retailer, women's groups championed employees

Single unwed mothers face struggle in Morocco

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:05:00 GMT

Most unwed mothers treated like outcasts

Survey: Indian women world's most stressed

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:34:00 GMT

Nielsen finds emerging markets most pressured

Neediest Timorese face losing legal aid

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:07:00 GMT

Threat to East Timor law industry may affect women victim to gender-based violence

Indian govt to crack down on female foeticide - report

Thu, 26 May 2011 11:41:00 GMT

Affluent families in India aborted some 12 million baby girls over last three decades

Tunisian women hold tight to rights after revolution

Thu, 28 Apr 2011 01:06:00 GMT

Women fear Islamist resurgence and loss of rights

Forcibly sterilised if HIV-positive in Africa

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 02:41:00 GMT

Often lack of informed consent or consent extracted under duress

EXCLUSIVE-Hillary Clinton in talks about possible move to World Bank

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 02:10:00 GMT

Global women’s rights advocate, Clinton would be first woman head of World Bank

ANALYSIS-South Asia's growing modernity masks women's plight

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

From forced marriages in Afghanistan to foeticide in India, South Asian women face a barrage of dangers, experts say

Sampat Pal: India's "messiah for women" stands up for justice

Tue, 5 Apr 2011 01:18:00 GMT

"Pink Saris" heroine speaks out against cruelty by men, in-laws

Reproductive Rights: Why women still die in childbirth

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 00:11:00 GMT

Small study in New York City rings loud warning for African American women

Afghanistan: Women still being given as compensation for family crimes

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 03:47:00 GMT

Need for implementation of law eliminating violence against women

UN Gender leader concerned for women’s rights in Tunisia, Egypt

Mon, 7 Mar 2011 20:20:00 GMT

Regime change toward Islamic rule could have negative effect

FACTBOX: The state of reproductive rights in Kenya

Fri, 1 Apr 2011 01:08:00 GMT

In Kenya, 21,000 women are hospitalized annually due to unsafe abortions

Women and children targeted by government forces in Yemen

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 22:30:00 GMT

Women reportedly attacked while bringing petition to UNDP in Sana'a

India counts its missing daughters as illegal abortions continue

Fri, 8 Apr 2011 03:26:00 GMT

Female foeticide continues unabated, shift in demographics threatens

Q & A: The new Family Code of Mali and why its promulgation has been delayed

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 01:44:00 GMT

Opposition from Muslim religious groups, particularly concerning women's status, cited

U.N. squad starts work in mass rape zones

Thu, 10 Mar 2011 12:25:00 GMT

Six-person rapid response team faces challenges

Age of Equality: Who pays on the first date?

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 22:59:00 GMT

More than half of British women expect to split the tab

New push on human rights and reproductive health in Kenya

Fri, 1 Apr 2011 00:46:00 GMT

Center for Reproductive Rights, legal advocacy powerhouse, opens Nairobi regional office

Women feel guilty about work-home intrusion

Wed, 9 Mar 2011 10:21:00 GMT

Women more stressed by intrusion of work into private life, study says.

Cairo women stunned by male harassment at rally protesting inequality

Wed, 9 Mar 2011 18:55:00 GMT

Protesters jostled and insulted in by men in Tahrir Square

Libyan woman who made rape claims arrives in Doha

Thu, 12 May 2011 05:25:00 GMT

Woman made charges she was gang-raped by 15 militiamen to foreign press

Libyan woman who made rape claims arrives in Doha

Wed, 11 May 2011 18:30:00 GMT

Oman protesters call for political reform

Sat, 19 Feb 2011 07:24:00 GMT

People demand political reforms in a peaceful protest in Oman as unrest in other Middle East countries and North Africa turned increasingly violent

HRW: Ensure Egyptian women equal role in elections, reform

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 22:56:00 GMT

Gender equality not mentioned in constitutional amendments

Sexual violence against Ivory Coast women worsens

Fri, 3 Jun 2011 15:39:00 GMT

Ivory Coast women fear going home to villages because rape is rife

Women missing in India’s corridors of power

Tue, 8 Mar 2011 13:52:00 GMT

India has a female president, worships female deities and reveres mothers, yet many women still have little say over their lives

WITNESS: Refugees stranded on Libyan-Egyptian border battle for survival

Thu, 21 Apr 2011 20:39:00 GMT

UNICEF says women and children particularly vulnerable

Women without Borders website blocked in Yemen

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:46:00 GMT

Website chronicling protest banned as pornography

Child Marriage Facts and Figures

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:07:00 GMT

Child brides are far less likely to be educated and far more likely to suffer health problems, including HIV infection and death in childbirth.

Bouthaina Kamel wants to be Egypt's first woman president

Mon, 2 May 2011 22:47:00 GMT

Says being former talk show host helped her know real Egyptians

Myanmar warns Suu Kyi tour could spark riots

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:52:00 GMT

U.S. says government should ensure Nobel laureate’s safety

Amnesty says Egyptian army subjected women protestors to 'virginity tests'

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:59:00 GMT

Reports of beatings, strip searches and electric shock used on detainees from Tahrir Square

Glass ceiling remains for women in media

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 23:30:00 GMT

Despite gains, less than a third of top media jobs worldwide held by women

India: Women rise in business but not in power

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 23:34:00 GMT

Study finds glass ceiling keeps women’s authority down despite lofty titles

Failing Afghan "virginity test" can mean death

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 23:56:00 GMT

Harsh penalties though virginity is not mentioned in the penal code

ICC chief prosecutor cites strong proof of Libya crimes against humanity

Tue, 3 May 2011 23:03:00 GMT

Viagra-fueled rapes by Gaddafi forces alleged

Syria arrests women, opposition figures say rights groups

Mon, 2 May 2011 02:34:00 GMT

Women protesting siege of Deraa arrested during silent march

U.S. Supreme Court to hear largest class-action sex discrimination suit ever

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 22:47:00 GMT

Female workers claim lower pay, fewer promotions than male employees

A village of eternal bachelors

Wed, 6 Apr 2011 00:05:00 GMT

Bride shortage a result of sex-selective abortion and infanticide

Rights groups concerned about women in Muslim Chechnya

Thu, 10 Mar 2011 16:43:00 GMT

Attacks on women for not wearing Islamic dress

HRW asks court to review decision in Pakistani rape case

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 02:35:00 GMT

Rights group urges government to protect Mai from revenge

HRW calls for Saudi Arabia to let women vote, run for office

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:39:00 GMT

Saudi women lag rest of Gulf region in political rights

PAKISTAN: Rape victims left feeling hopeless

Tue, 17 May 2011 20:13:00 GMT

Acquittal in Mukhtar Mai rape case discouraging

Bangladesh student killed in clash on eve of strike

Sun, 3 Apr 2011 23:00:00 GMT

Government says policy does not violate Islam

High-profile Pakistani rape victim fears silence in wake of court verdict

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 02:23:00 GMT

Mukhtaran Mai concerned about lethal revenge from those acquitted

Closer look: Saudi women take the wheel in drive for change

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 03:26:00 GMT

Religion, not law, behind ban on women driving cars

NEWSMAKER-France's Christine Lagarde faces policy dilemmas as IMF chief

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:23:00 GMT

Lagarde promises smooth transition from Strauss-Kahn era

Anti-rape legal experts mobilize for change in Haiti

Thu, 19 May 2011 20:34:00 GMT

Haitian President Martelly among those at Thomson Reuters Foundation-sponsored event

Fighting child marriage in Ethiopia

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:07:00 GMT

Child brides are not only robbed of childhood, but also face a range of health risks.

Central African Republic: Rape, forced marriage, domestic violence increasing

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 01:27:00 GMT

Clinics strive to teach women their legal rights

Arab Spring inspires Dubai crackdown on International Bar Association meeting

Fri, 4 Nov 2011 10:21:00 GMT

UAE security branch cracks down on IBA Dubai meeting content citing threat to stability of region

Thomson Reuters Foundation anti-rape forum draws support from Haiti President-elect Michel Martelly

Mon, 9 May 2011 21:10:00 GMT

Martelly also said Haiti can learn from TrustLaw comparative law study

NYC high maternal deaths defy usual explanations

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 08:00:00 GMT

Black New Yorkers at double national risk for death from pregnancy complications

No votes for women in Saudi municipal elections

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:05:00 GMT

Commission dashes hopes for participation citing lack of preparation

Study: Female soldiers in war zones as resilient as men

Wed, 8 Jun 2011 20:20:00 GMT

Finding undermines U.S. ban on women in combat units

Abortion rights under pressure in the U.S.

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 02:07:00 GMT

Oklahoma is fourth state to ban abortion after 20 weeks

Saudi police slam brakes on woman driver

Mon, 23 May 2011 09:48:00 GMT

Arrested activist calls for mass drive-in June 17

Turkish PM attacks France for ban on full face veil

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:18:00 GMT

Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan accuses France of having 'no respect for individual religious freedoms'

El Salvador women in Parliament unite on anti-violence law

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 22:41:00 GMT

Central American country has world's highest rates for murder of women

France starts ban on full-face veil

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:19:00 GMT

Fully-veiled women face 150 euro fine, citizenship lesson

India's widows of gun violence fight for rights

Tue, 8 Mar 2011 12:54:00 GMT

Film highlights cost of Indian emergency law to women

Ivory Coast teens choose marriage to escape poverty

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 03:35:00 GMT

Education takes backseat to precarious financial security

INTERVIEW: Muslim women in southern Thailand face discrimination by civil and religious law

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 06:05:00 GMT

Access to legal redress extremely difficult

Indian cities need special courts to fight sex trafficking

Wed, 2 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Special courts needed in India to deal with growing numbers of women and girls being trafficked

Mental illness rises among rural Nepalese women

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 01:03:00 GMT

Suicide leading cause of death among women of reproductive age

India's top court cracks down on tradition of "honour killings"

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:02:00 GMT

Justices take aim at community groups that encourage murders

Moving beyond Osama bin Laden

Mon, 2 May 2011 22:37:00 GMT

Women key to long-term success against terrorism

Top 10 myths about women by aid group CARE

Tue, 8 Mar 2011 15:14:00 GMT

"Myths yank girls out of school. Myths cause hunger. Myths prevent women from getting the health care they need. Myths kill." - CARE

HRW: New Hungarian Constitution Enshrines Discrimination

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 00:38:00 GMT

Rights of women, gays and the disabled among those at risk

Q&A: Somali model gives a voice to victims of female circumcision

Mon, 16 May 2011 01:46:00 GMT

FGM is performed by women but the impetus comes from men

French writer to file Strauss-Kahn rape complaint

Tue, 5 Jul 2011 03:46:00 GMT

Former IMF chief to counter with false accusation suit

Law proposed in U.S. Congress to aid fistula sufferers around the world

Wed, 9 Mar 2011 10:10:00 GMT

Focus on prevention, treatment and rehabilitation

Factbox: Key facts and figures on female foeticide in India

Fri, 8 Apr 2011 03:37:00 GMT

What you need to know

Thai women cheer first female prime minister

Sun, 3 Jul 2011 22:19:00 GMT

Yingluck Shinawatra must prove not front for ousted brother

TRUSTLAW POLL-Afghanistan is most dangerous country for women

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Afghanistan, Congo, Pakistan, India and Somalia emerge as most deadly places to be female

Wal-Mart gets sympathetic US court bias case hearing

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 23:59:00 GMT

June ruling expected in largest sex discrimination suit in U.S. history

Trafficking: More Chinese men buying “cheap” brides from Myanmar

Sat, 18 Jun 2011 01:20:00 GMT

Ethnic Palaung women most at risk

Hotel maids say sexual harassment is part of the job

Tue, 24 May 2011 16:33:00 GMT

Management accused of turning blind eye

Self-employment as self-empowerment

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 02:36:00 GMT

Breaking down barriers and getting jobs

New York’s Gay Pride Parade celebrates new marriage law

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:34:00 GMT

N.Y. is sixth and largest U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage

Tunisia gives women parity with men as potential candidates for political office

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:02:00 GMT

First country in the Arab world to make such a move toward gender equality in political participation

FACTSHEET-The world's most dangerous countries for women

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Key facts on five countries highlighted by a TrustLaw poll of experts

Iran says woman's stoning case might change to hanging

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 23:20:00 GMT

A court sentenced Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani to be stoned in 2006 but the sentence was suspended last year after an international outcry

Bahrain: Human Rights Body Should Target Repression

Sun, 20 May 2012 21:41:00 GMT

Pakistan: Revise National Human Rights Commission Law

Thu, 17 May 2012 05:01:00 GMT

Congolese migrants in Angola abused during expulsions -HRW

Mon, 21 May 2012 17:22:00 GMT

Human Rights Watch’s (HRW) report denounces sexual violence, arbitrary beatings and other rights violations suffered by Congolese migrants in Angola

Office Manager Keeps $100,000 Pay Check in Sight

Mon, 21 May 2012 08:23:00 GMT

Malaysia: Drop Charges Against Protest Participants

Tue, 22 May 2012 05:50:00 GMT

US schools with single-sex classrooms may face ACLU lawsuit

Tue, 22 May 2012 23:35:00 GMT

Haiti eyes tougher law to tackle sexual violence

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:32:00 GMT

New legislation could improve access to justice and lead to more rape convictions

Senegalese women want dialogue to defuse election violence

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:09:00 GMT

Women's groups are leading an initiative for peaceful elections to prevent the kind of violence that afflicts many countries in Africa after voting takes place

FEATURE-What justice for Haiti's rape survivors?

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:42:00 GMT

Sexual violence has increased since the 2010 earthquake, women's groups say, and many of the victims are children

Komen VP steps down after Planned Parenthood flap

Wed, 8 Feb 2012 12:29:00 GMT

Planned Parenthood is a leading provider of birth control, abortion and other women's health services

White House defends contraception rules as criticism

Wed, 8 Feb 2012 12:31:00 GMT

U.S. Catholic bishops have slammed the Obama administration for a January regulation that would require health insurance to include birth control and other preventative health services for women

India ministers quit after caught watching porn in parliament

Wed, 8 Feb 2012 15:00:00 GMT

Women's affair minister among those who resigned

Afghan girls poisoned in second anti-school attack

Wed, 23 May 2012 11:27:00 GMT

Radicals opposed to education of women and girls use an unidentified toxic powder to contaminate the air in classrooms - police

Colombia's survivors of sexual violence lack justice -UN

Wed, 23 May 2012 15:45:00 GMT

All armed groups involved in Colombia's decades-long conflict have been accused of sexual violence against women

Waitress's Wages Leave Little to Take Home

Tue, 22 May 2012 07:48:00 GMT

China activist worried about nephew's legal plight

Wed, 23 May 2012 20:51:00 GMT

US Education Dept. probing U. of Montana rape reports

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:37:00 GMT

Liberia, Ivory Coast must outlaw domestic abuse -report

Tue, 22 May 2012 11:26:00 GMT

"It is time to recognise domestic violence for what it is – a public health crisis that requires urgent attention and resources in humanitarian settings" - IRC President George Rupp

Little justice for Colombia's acid victims

Wed, 9 May 2012 14:40:00 GMT

Acid attacks are a reflection of the low status of women in Colombian society, one doctor says

Gov. Brown's Budget Forsakes California Women

Wed, 23 May 2012 08:12:00 GMT

HIV/AIDS: Five ways to reduce women's vulnerability to HIV

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:38:22 GMT

COTE D'IVOIRE: Crimes against humans

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 21:34:17 GMT

KENYA: Plea to ICC over forced male circumcision

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 19:17:00 GMT

KENYA: Management of sexually transmitted infections lags behind PMTCT

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 14:05:00 GMT

CENTRAL AFRICA: "Command responsibility" underpins allegations against Bemba at ICC

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 11:51:15 GMT

Zimbabwe's women activists face filthy prisons, insults

Thu, 24 May 2012 15:07:00 GMT

Zimbabwean campaigner Jenni Williams is adamant that women must lead the struggle for their rights, despite the personal price they pay

KENYA: Integration of maternal, HIV services shows results

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 10:07:15 GMT

Women in Rural Argentina Speak Out on Climate Change

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 07:09:00 GMT

MYANMAR: Military guilty of rape, activists say

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:04:00 GMT

CLIMATE CHANGE: Nepali Women Sow a Secure Future

Wed, 7 Sep 2011 02:43:08 GMT

COTE D'IVOIRE-LIBERIA: Refugees report murder, rape, abuse

Fri, 8 Apr 2011 12:56:01 GMT

AFRICA: Risky sex does not equal HIV risk - study

Tue, 7 Dec 2010 13:42:17 GMT

Learning Skills and Earning Trust

Tue, 19 Oct 2010 13:49:00 GMT

Teen girls face heaviest risk from climate impacts - report

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:30:00 GMT

In time of economic hardship brought on by natural disasters, girls are pulled out of school and face sexual violence and early forced marriage

DRC-UGANDA: Luzolo, "He abused me. The pain was awful"

Tue, 2 Aug 2011 13:44:07 GMT

INDIA: 'Women Make Good Business Sense'

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 09:27:00 GMT

IRAQ: Kurdish government promises more action on honour killings

Sat, 27 Nov 2010 07:21:56 GMT

Ethiopia: UNHCR strengthening aid for Sudanese fleeing volatile Blue Nile State

Fri, 9 Sep 2011 12:48:03 GMT

HAITI: HIV-positive people especially vulnerable to cholera

Mon, 22 Nov 2010 13:27:53 GMT

ETHIOPIA: Hospital births still unpopular

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:38:19 GMT

UNHCR appeals again for safe passage, safe haven for civilians fleeing violence inside Libya

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:54:10 GMT

FOOD: Race is on to implement nutrition \ initiative

Fri, 15 Oct 2010 08:51:00 GMT

Pregnancy and childbirth support in \ Pakistan

Tue, 19 Oct 2010 22:41:00 GMT

HEALTH: Rape as a Â¿weapon of warÂ¿ against men

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 08:23:05 GMT

HEALTH: Cervical cancer on the rise in developing world

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 10:17:04 GMT

GENDER: Sexual violence used to "break the will" of civilians

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 11:40:00 GMT

Vietnam trafficking victims lured by "friendly" acquaintances

Tue, 1 Feb 2011 09:09:00 GMT

Most trafficking victims sent to countries in Asia, Western Europe and the Middle East for sexual exploitation, or forced to work in factories

International Women's Day: UNHCR seeks greater access to education for women

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:25:17 GMT

DRC-UGANDA: Male sexual abuse survivors living on the margins

Tue, 2 Aug 2011 13:44:00 GMT

Refugee women share concerns in Zambia dialogue

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:33:00 GMT

Brazil helps ease local integration of refugees in northern Ecuador

Thu, 17 Feb 2011 17:29:21 GMT

SRI LANKA: Lone women need job opportunities

Thu, 8 Sep 2011 10:11:00 GMT

Somali women lobby for law against FGM/C

Thu, 3 Nov 2011 15:16:00 GMT

Activists have noticed that the practice of infibulation seems to be re-emerging

UNHCR training put into practice as migrant vessel arrives at Turks and Caicos Islands

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:25:42 GMT

SENEGAL: Poorly-trained midwives pose danger

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:25:00 GMT

KENYA: HIV prevention for married adolescents

Fri, 15 Oct 2010 08:49:00 GMT

UNITED KINGDOM: Destitution among asylum seekers

Mon, 7 Feb 2011 17:56:23 GMT

DRC-CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Bemba finally in the ICC dock

Fri, 19 Nov 2010 19:51:03 GMT

No End to DRC Rape Cases

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 12:55:00 GMT

AID POLICY: Towards more diversity in aid agencies

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 08:31:00 GMT

ZAMBIA: The dangers of unsupervised school accommodation

Wed, 18 May 2011 11:42:00 GMT

Analysis: The challenge of civilian \ protection for peacekeepers in Africa

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 14:23:00 GMT

OPT: Little recourse for victims of gender-based violence

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:47:15 GMT

CLIMATE CHANGE: In Europe, Pollution Is a Masculine Noun

Thu, 17 Feb 2011 06:24:23 GMT

KENYA: Stigma keeps Asian population from accessing HIV services

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:38:23 GMT

KENYA-SOMALIA: Breaking with tradition on reproductive health

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:15:00 GMT

Somali women access reproductive health services in refugee camps in Kenya, often for the first time

DRC: Drumming for deliverance

Fri, 7 Jan 2011 12:21:52 GMT

Continuing insecurity threatens civilians in North Kivu

Mon, 7 Feb 2011 17:44:30 GMT

KENYA-SOMALIA: Refugees at risk of sexual violence

Thu, 8 Sep 2011 16:16:00 GMT

Rape cases have increased 75% in Kenya's Dadaab refugee camp

Health situation improves for Somalis in Ethiopia; World Bank grants US$30 million to help refugees

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 10:26:00 GMT

HEALTH: Childbirth made safer

Fri, 13 May 2011 09:27:04 GMT

Somali rape survivor rebuilds life

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 09:53:15 GMT

Health situation improves for Somalis in Ethiopia; World Bank grants US$30 mill to help refugees

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:26:00 GMT

U.N. pledges $1.8 bln for Bangladesh development

Wed, 1 Jun 2011 09:19:00 GMT

NEPAL: Pushing back against domestic violence

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 09:18:00 GMT

HIV/AIDS: Looking forward to an AIDS-free generation

Wed, 1 Dec 2010 12:36:00 GMT

BURUNDI: A struggling PMTCT programme

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:27:00 GMT

MALAWI: Better paediatric HIV services reduce infections

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 16:54:24 GMT

UN High Commissioner for Refugees appeals for safety of civilians amid Abidjan fighting

Fri, 25 Feb 2011 17:59:49 GMT

Critical shortage of midwives in Zimbabwe

Thu, 12 May 2011 16:42:00 GMT

About 80 percent of the posts for midwives are vacant in the public sector, a report says

ETHIOPIA: Pastoralists battling FGM/C

Wed, 26 Jan 2011 10:49:43 GMT

16 Days of Activism: Speaking out against sexual violence in Colombia

Mon, 6 Dec 2010 12:24:39 GMT

NEPAL: Badam Mahatara, "In this community there is never ending discrimination against women"

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:31:00 GMT

KENYA: Martha Lebasale, "Hunger made me switch from pastoralism to hawking"

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 09:31:00 GMT

Somali refugees learn to live together in new tented town rising in Kenya

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:56:00 GMT

SOMALIA: Spotlight on maternal health risks in rural areas

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:23:00 GMT

KENYA: Education boost for girls in Muhuru Bay

Fri, 18 Feb 2011 12:19:22 GMT

Afghanistan: The worst place to be a mother

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 10:24:00 GMT

SUDAN: Rights groups criticize Khartoum crackdowns

Fri, 25 Feb 2011 13:37:22 GMT

UNHCR and partners working to help manage Tunisian arrivals in Italy

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 16:26:07 GMT

500,000 Pregnant Women at Risk in Pakistan Floods

Wed, 1 Sep 2010 14:42:00 GMT

Bosnia: Struggle to Overcome Male Rape Taboo

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 13:42:00 GMT

Number of Ivorian refugees in Liberia tops 31,000 as UNHCR prepares new aid airlift

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 16:20:55 GMT

New action plan lays the foundation for tuberculosis elimination

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 09:00:00 GMT

GUINEA: Free childbirth unsustainable, say critics

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:37:00 GMT

PAKISTAN: SWAT women face dual burden

Tue, 6 Dec 2011 11:44:06 GMT

Traditional practices suffer in Kenya’s drought

Fri, 9 Dec 2011 10:45:00 GMT

Community weddings - and female genital mutilation - are down as cattle die and people are displaced

Burundi: Verdict in Activist's Killing Fails to Deliver Justice

Wed, 23 May 2012 22:39:00 GMT

China: Unaccountable ?Chengguan? Forces Fuel Public Resentment

Wed, 23 May 2012 05:45:00 GMT

Protesters back U.S. nuns in standoff with Vatican

Thu, 24 May 2012 18:48:00 GMT

White House contest looms over Virginia Senate race

Thu, 24 May 2012 20:27:00 GMT

UN rights chief to stay 2 more years; US, Syria aren't fans

Thu, 24 May 2012 22:15:00 GMT

Female 'Stereotype Threat' Brain Drains U.S. STEM

Thu, 24 May 2012 15:12:00 GMT

Helping Women and Families Heal From Sexual Violence

Wed, 7 Mar 2012 11:54:00 GMT

Fighting Maternal Mortality in the Remote Ango Region of D.R. Congo

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:18:00 GMT

China hits back at critical U.S. human rights report

Fri, 25 May 2012 08:55:00 GMT