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APGWA celebrates Int’l Women’s Day

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Following the celebration of International Women’s Day set aside annually on March 8, the Association for Promoting Girls and Women’s Advancement in...

Let’s Make This World Fit for Women and Children

Friday, March 13, 2009

International Women’s Day is celebrated in many countries around the world. This day is celebrated throughout the world every year on the eight of...

SIERRA LEONE: Women access power, vote by vote

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

In Kailahun, Sierra Leone, the poorest region in the world's poorest country, women are trying to effect change on the issues that matter to them –...

African women call for gendered solutions to global crises

Sunday, March 08, 2009

A delegation of high-ranking African women attending the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) are calling for countries to take into account the...

Women make history

Sunday, March 08, 2009

On 8 March 1857, women garment workers in New York City, USA, marched and picketed, demanding improved working conditions, a 10-hour day and equal...

GHANA: Women in power – trickle down?

Thursday, February 26, 2009

The arrival of women at top positions in Ghana's government and security forces has highlighted the question of whether such milestones will...

Global Meeting for Equality and Justice

Thursday, February 26, 2009

The Global Movement for Equality and Justice in the Muslim Family invited more than 250 Muslim scholars and thinkers from 48 countries to participate...

Today's Women and the Society

Friday, November 14, 2008

In our world today, we see women of different societies, ways of living, traditions, norms, values and beliefs. Regardless of what civilization and...

Gambians in the UK military increases

Wednesday, October 08, 2008

Gambians recruited in the British Army has increased steadily within the past few years and currently reaching at least 125 people prompting such...

MAURITANIA: Moves towards political empowerment for women

IRIN

Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Mauritania is often held up as a beacon when it comes to the proportion of women elected to political office - a 20 percent minimum quota was...