As the mother of three beautiful daughters, I have made it my life's mission to foster powerful female role models they can look up to, those who face hardship head on and stand up for what they believe in. This has not been an easy road in my native country of Cambodia, where, like many countries, a traditionally male-dominated society has made it difficult for women to rise to the ranks of leadership.

Remarks made by Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State
Ambassador's Residence
Cairo, Egypt
July 15, 2012

Summary by Amanda Barrow

On June 20th, Guatemala asked the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to declare itself incompetent in ruling on a series of massacres against Mayan villagers in Río Negro between 1980 and 1982. More significantly, the State publicly rejected the notion that these were acts of genocide, and Secretary of Peace Antonio Arenales Forno went on to say, not for the first time, that genocide had never occurred in Guatemala.

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A meeting on gender responsive market governance and reform has successfully concluded in Honiara, Solomon Islands this week.

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In 1990 a few women writers formed Zimbabwe Women Writers (ZWW) to promote women's writings in the country. It now has 600 members and 56 branches in both the rural and urban areas throughout the country.

The Global Network of Women Peacebuilders conducts Capacity Building and Local Legislation and 1325 Workshops in Sierra Leone (June 19 - July 4, 2012)