It's a country the size of all of western Europe, with enormous mineral riches that enable the artifacts of modern li

A new report released by the UN says Afghan women are still victims of abuse despite some success by authorities in p

A U.N. resolution passed over 10 years ago requires women's involvement in conflict resolutions.

In Egypt, domestic abuse is not a crime. When a woman is beaten by her husband, the authorities are seldom called.

Marched through the middle a market in Damascus carrying red banners that read 'Stop all military operations in Syria

The problem of forced marriage remains little known and well hidden in the United States, but experts say it is growi

Lawmakers in Iran are preparing to consider legislation that may drastically alter an adult woman's ability to obtain

As the Colombian Government prepares to meet with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in Havana, Cuba,

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns the Palestinian female police's violent dispersal of

A leading campaigner against sexual violence in conflict has called for economists to calculate the global cost of th

The defense ministries of Montenegro, Macedonia, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) are focusing on improving wo

A 15-year-old Pakistani girl named Anusha was the victim of an "honor killing" last week at the hands of he

Late October, a new government was approved by the newly elected Georgian parliament.

On a warm day late last month a crowd filed into a white tent outside the royal palaces in Amman to hear a much-antic

According to information from the women's ward of Evin prison, Karami, detained political prisoners on hunger strike

Abeer Abu Ghaith, a poised young woman overflowing with optimism, works tirelessly to help Palestinian women achieve

This weekend I was invited to speak about women's issues at the Model UN taking place here in Washington.

Amnesty International called on Iranian authorities to protect all detainees and prisoners from harassment and degrad

The Security Council has called on the international community to give women's civil society organizations a prominen

Ghana on Wednesday launched a National Action Plan for the implementation of the United Nations Security Council Reso

Last week, coffee in hand, I read a chilling email. Armed men had shot at Dr.

The Department for International Development (DFID) must do more to improve the lives of women in Afghanistan who con

Today, the government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) insurgency group meet in Oslo