Rigoberta Menchú TUM "We have learned that change cannot come through war..."
Hillary CLINTON "I am particularly horrified by the use of propaganda..."
Kanya D’Almeida – IPS – Monday, 31 January, 2011 (originally published 26 Jan) UNITED NATIONS, Jan 26, 2011 (IPS) – Despite birthing 100 percent of the world’s children, growing 70 percent of the world’s food and performing 60 percent of the world’s labour, women only receive a fraction – a mere 10 percent – of [...]
WNN Breaking Friday, 28 January, 2010 As protests rise on the streets of Alexandria and Cairo, Egypt, women have been speaking out. Amid rising food prices, choking political uncertainty, difficult circumstances in supporting families and ongoing police force corruption, protests have pushed forward after the death of Mr. Khaled Saeed, a young man pulled out [...]
UN News Centre News – Friday, 28 January, 2011 (originally published 21 Jan) 21 January 2011 – Women continue to reap less benefits from employment in agriculture than men in rural areas, and the recent global financial and food crises have slowed down progress towards gender equality in farming-related labour, three United Nations agencies said [...]
These current outstanding videos covering the triumphs and struggles of global women are brought to through the work of UNFPA – United Nations Population Fund. These are only some of the issues facing global women today: Women worldwide provide, through their agricultural labor, 80% of the world’s food. Only a startling low 15% of [...]
Falah Muradkan-Shaker – Kurdish Aspect – Thursday, 27 January, 2011 (originally published 21 Jan) I held my hand to reach my pen on to write an article about women’s lives in Kurdistan, from a woman’s perspective. To begin is undoubtedly the most difficult part in the writing task, even more so when the subject is [...]
Women News Network – WNN Podcasts release Judith Dueck, Ben Peterson, Adrian Bradbury and Walther Lichem discuss the use of new digital communication technology and advanced information systems as supportive tools, or not, for human rights. Advances in new media and digital technology, like advances in the use of digital tools by agencies such as [...]
Salem-News.com – Wednesday, 26 January, 2011 (originally published 20 Jan) (LAS CRUCES, N.M.) – If anything marks the first weeks of 2011 in Mexico and the Paso del Norte border region, it is the growth of citizen activism in response to femicide, human rights violations and a broad range of atrocities stemming from the so-called [...]
Danielle Berger – CNN – Tuesday, 25 January, 2011 (originally published 24 Jan) Boston (CNN) — For more than a year, Ellen O’Donnell slept on the streets, where she was the target of theft, violence and cruelty. Her situation left her neglecting chronic health problems that threatened her survival. “It was so difficult to access [...]
Marcela Valente – IPS – Monday, 24 January, 2011 (originally published 19 Jan) BUENOS AIRES, Jan 19, 2011 (IPS) – “I knew he beat her but I never imagined that she would end up like this,” Elsa Jerez told IPS, talking about her 24-year-old daughter Fátima Catán, a victim of domestic violence in Argentina who [...]
WNN Radio – Congo – Haiti – Gaza host Gerry Adams UN radio New Congo Violence Investigated A group of soldiers from the national army in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or DRC have been identified as possible culprits behind a rape and looting spree that took place on New Year’s [...]
