Four women Nobel Peace Laureates have sent an open letter calling on United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to support the safe passage of the Freedom Flotilla II. The flotilla will be bringing much-needed humanitarian supplies to the people of Gaza in late June.
We are pleased to announce the inaugural conference of the United Arab Emirates Gender and Women's Studies Consortium (The Consortium). Scholars, practitioners and students interested in gender and women's studies in the UAE and the Arab region are encouraged to submit proposals/abstracts for individual papers, workshops, panels or seminar-style discussion addressing the following conference themes.
Submitted by the Women's World Summit Foundation WWSF
The last United Nations World Conference on Women took place in Beijing 16 years ago in 1995. The Platform for Action adopted on this occasion needs a renewed push for implementation as realizations of gender equality, development and peace are still lacking.
The Stop Violence Against Women website (STOPVAW) is a forum for information, advocacy and change in the promotion of women's human rights in countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Learn More
Sudan's invasion of the town Abeyi; sexual harassment in Egypt; the impact of Egypt's uprising on migrants; the detention of Syrian blogger Amina Arraf; Western Sahara; and the opening of the a centre for women in Eastern Congo, the City of Joy, are among the topics featured in this week's review of African blogs, by Sokari Ekine.
Playwright and activist Eve Ensler is one of the most inspiring people on the planet, and I have been blessed to have a front row seat to her amazing journey.
To add your organization or individual name to the list of signatories, email madre@madre.org.
We, feminist activists from around the world, stand in support of our sisters and brothers peacefully demonstrating for basic rights in Baghdad's Tahrir Square.
