The Pastoral Women’s Council: Empowering Maasai Women in Tanzania
Maasai women are among the poorest and most marginalised groups in Tanzanian society.
A local women-led organisation - the Pastoral Women’s Council - works to improve the lives of Maasai pastoralist women and children by increasing their access to social services and economic empowerment.
Research from the Pastoral Women’s [...]
The Pastoral Women’s Council: Empowering Maasai Women in Tanzania
Everywoman - Women and the Politics of Water
Everywoman - Women and the Politics of Water
Women News Network (WNN) is dedicated to bringing you in-depth international women’s news not found in our current public media stream.
Women bear the brunt of a world water shortage that is getting more and more critical as clean water becomes more and more scarce.
The UN says two-thirds of [...]
Making the MDGs Work Better for Women
Making the MDGs Work Better for Women
This publication provides knowledge on successful practices and approaches that governments, donors and civil society can take to make the MDGs work better for women.
It is now recognised that sustainable human development cannot be achieved without gender equality.
Achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015 hinges on making tangible [...]
KWO Release Latest Report on Eastern Burma: Walking Amongst Sharp Knives
Walking Amongst Sharp Knives: The Unsung Courage of Karen Women Village Chiefs in Conflict Areas of Eastern Burma
“Our amazing partners at KWO have released a groundbreaking new report this month called ‘Walking Amongst Sharp Knives: The unsung courage of Karen women village chiefs in conflict areas of Eastern Burma’. The report highlights previously unreported abuses taking place against ethnic Karen women in Burma and is a shocking expose of how women village heads are being targeted for systematic abuse by the military junta”.
Renae Davies - IWDA Program Manager - Thai-Burma Border
Making Maternal Health Matter in the Pacific: Report of the NZPPD
Making Maternal Health Matter in the Pacific: Report of the NZPPD
The NZPPD is a cross-party group with currently 44 members representing almost 40 per cent of all New Zealand MPs.
The group has provided a forum for New Zealand MPs to engage and act on international population and development issues for 11 years.
The report, Making Maternal [...]
