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 [...]
