Rigoberta Menchú TUM "We have learned that change cannot come through war..."
Hillary CLINTON "I am particularly horrified by the use of propaganda..."
Timothy Spence – Christian Science Monitor – Thursday, 30, September (originally published 27 Sept) Ora Garway runs the tiny newspaper Punch, which despite its modest size has exposed the need for reform in Liberia, a West African country still recovering from a civil war. Male editors “can’t allow us to do what we are able [...]
Cheryl Saban – The Huffington Post – Wednesday, 29 September, 2010 (originally published 26 Sept) The 2010 annual meeting of the CGI was especially notable this year due to the addition of the Empowerment of Women and Girls as one of the four distinct action areas to be discussed. Though worldwide, women and girls have [...]
NEAL CONAN – NPR – Tuesday, 28 September, 2010, (originally published 23 Sept) Women right’s advocates have made some strides in recent decades. But most of the world’s poorest are female, fewer girls than boys attend school and women are still vastly underrepresented in leadership positions. Former Ireland President Mary Robinson, the World Bank’s Ngozi [...]
WNN Features in partnership with The Guardian Global Development Network /AP A worldwide campaign to save the lives of 16 million mothers and children over the next five years will be launched by the UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, today with around $40bn already pledged by governments and private aid groups. The global strategy for women’s [...]
Women hail feminine cabinet majority Jessica Dacey – Swissinfo.ch – Monday, 27 September, 2010 (originally published 22 Sept) After the “extraordinary” election of a first female majority in the Swiss cabinet, women’s rights campaigners hope it will resonate in areas where inequality remains. Parliament’s choice on Wednesday of 50-year-old consumer advocate and Social Democrat Simonetta [...]
Agnes Sekowski – KraKow Post – Friday, 24 September, 2010 (originally published 20 Sept) Despite the dismal rain, a group of Cracovians gathered on Saturday, 11 September, to commemorate the 100 year anniversary of the death of someone who might otherwise have fallen into oblivion. Marcelina Kulikowska: poet, pedagogue, writer, emancipator, patriot, one of Poland’s [...]
Aruna Kashyap – Human Rights Watch – Thursday, 23 September, 2010 (originally published 20 Sept) (New York) – New United Nations global maternal mortality estimates contradict the Indian government’s claim that it is “on track” to meeting UN goals for reducing maternal mortality, Human Rights Watch said today. An assessment by the World Health Organization [...]
ARAM EKIN DURAN – Hürriyet Daily News – Wednesday, 22 September, 2010 (originally published 19 Sept) Seven women take the stage to draw attention to human rights. The theater play ‘Seven’ will make its Turkish premiere at Istanbul’s Muammer Karaca Theater on Thursday. The play is based on interviews with seven women’s rights activists from [...]
ACTION IRAN – June12, 2010: Global Day of Action Join this ACTION Women News Network is proud to partner with United4Iran to demand the release of Prisoners of Conscience in the IRI – Islamic Republic of Iran leading up to, and beyond, the one year anniversary of the IRI election, June 12, 2010. “Injustice Is [...]
Aid is Power. Who Do You Want to Empower? Information on the “Action of Giving” by MADRE.org In the immediate aftermath of a catastrophe like the earthquake in Haiti, you’re focused on one question: How can I help? It’s the right question, but the answer isn’t always what it seems. Many people assume that donating [...]
