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Global Fund for Women Awards $1.8 million to Women’s Groups in 67 Countries

Thanks to generous donors and skilful financial stewardship, women’s groups around the world can continue to count on the Global Fund for Women to support their work.
The June docket of
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African Studies Give Women Hope in H.I.V. Fight

With an AIDS vaccine still out of reach, two rigorous new studies have found different ways to sharply cut H.I.V. infections among women and schoolgirls, who make up a majority
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Women Join Forces for Political Equality

“Instead of moaning all the time, why don’t you create your own (political) party?” some men asked Brigitte Rabemanantsoa Rasamoelina, a female politician from Madagascar.
She accepted the challenge and in
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How Women are Being Impacted by the Crisis: 10 Things You Should Know

In 2010, Influencing Development Actors and Practices for Women’s Rights (IDeA), a strategic initiative of AWID, has been conducting regional analyses of the impact of the global systemic global crisis
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Statement on the 2010 UN ECOSOC High Level Meeting: Annual Ministerial Review and the Development Cooperation Forum

With references to the G-8 / G-20 Meeting Outcomes
By Development Alternatives with Women for a  New Era (DAWN)
July 04, 2010
We all understand that the United Nations Economic and Social Council
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Joint Statement: Cambodian Women: “A Space for Cambodian Women in Politics”

“For nearly three decades, there have been significant development efforts to improve the situation of women in Cambodia, focusing particularly on living standards, education, healthcare, and the rule of law.
Government
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Slowly, Women Gain Ground Through Land Ownership

“I told my husband if he ever hits me (again), I’ll pack up and go to my parents who live just round the corner, and he will lose the land
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Getting the Common Market to Benefit the Common Woman

July 1 marked the moment when the East African Community common market protocol kicked into operation.
But Ugandan women face several obstacles before they will benefit from the boost that the
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