Lina Al Tiby, a Syrian activist living in Cairo, runs a support network for Syrian women refugees; helps them adapt to life in Egypt; and tries to persuade them not to allow poverty to push them into sex work or unwanted marriage.

Arriving in Egypt with little more than the clothes they are wearing, some Syrian women see marriage as the only means of survival.

In the current Martelly-Lamothe administration (2011-2016) from 23 Ministries there are now 10 women ministers who represent 44% of the Government:

A Professor of Law at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law in the United States of America has told the Constitution Review Committee of Liberia that a constitution would not be democratic unless its revision considers women participation.

The chance for higher education, a job with a fair wage or respect in the home is not guaranteed for women in Haiti. Cases of gender-based violence frequent the women's ministry. Young men say that respect and equal opportunity for women are key to national development.

Marie Josie Joseph, 41, says that Haitian women live as if life is supposed to be hard.

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and the Sandinista government have failed the country's women. That was the message delivered by Azahalea Solís, an attorney and a member of Nicaragua's Autonomous Women's Movement, speaking at the Ben Lindner Center in Managua on January 17 to an audience of Nicaraguans and American students from various universities.

After initial denials, Israel has admitted that medical authorities have been giving Ethiopian women long-term contraceptive drugs and it has been alleged that this was done without the women's consent.

If the allegations are proven, this practice may fit the legal definition of genocide.

A peace center recently opened in Sulu in line with the government's program in Localizing the National Action (LNAP) on Women, Peace and Security in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).

Wikigender would like to hear your views, lessons learned and best practices or policies in ending violence against women.

Increasing women's participation in politics and economy and ending violence against women to be a key focus of the visit.

I was honoured to be asked to take part in a panel discussion on day one of the One Voice 2013 women's conference that was held on 26-27 January in Tripoli.

Our moderator was Farah Barqawiy and my co-panelists were Intisar Azzouz a prominent civil society activist and Heba Elshibani journalist and blogger. We were asked to speak for a maximum of 10 minutes.