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The U.S. Department of State has awarded Kyrgyz President Roza Otunbayeva the International Women of Courage Award, Kyrgyz media reported on Wednesday.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presented the award to Otunbayeva and nine other women in Washington on Tuesday in the presence of the country's first lady, Michelle Obama.

Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal today appealed to all women to unite for peace and constitution.

Issuing a statement, PM Khanal expressed his best wishes to all Nepali women on the occasion of 101st International Women's Day, celebrated all over the world under the slogan ‘Equal access to education, training and science and technology: Pathway to decent work for women'.

On the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day, Rizwan Latif, a national UN Volunteer Outreach and Capacity Development Officer based in Islamabad, was sharing his work with young men and boys so that they can contribute to local efforts for the empowerment and protection of women in Pakistan.

Arab women were integral players in the post-colonial revolutions in Egypt, Tunisia, and Algeria, but soon lost ground. They are vowing not to be marginalized in the wake of this year's Arab spring.

Kazakhstan's authorities will formulate a five-year plan paving the way for women to be given a broader role in the nation's political life, President Nursultan Nazarbayev has told a meeting of prominent women.

A visit to the Jalozai camp, originally established in 1980 for Afghans fleeing the Soviet invasion, gives an idea of how the fighting between the Pakistani Army and militants has affected families in the tribal areas of Pakistan.

As we enter the second century of celebrations to mark March 8 as the International Women's Day (IWD), my mind questions: So what has changed for women globally and in Nepal? What are some of the key markers of women's progress and empowerment?

Rehana Yasmin thought the kindly women had come to help her after floods devastated her village. Instead they passed her on to two men -- who raped her at gunpoint.

The 19-year-old student said three women took her from her home in the central Pakistani district of Rajanpur last summer, saying aid was being distributed for flood victims and they would get her food.

Today is the International Women's Day. The origin of this day, dates back to the year 1857 in which the employees of a garment factory in New York staged protest against its administration.

The world must pay attention to the brave Burmese women whose struggle for human rights places their lives and health at risk. Civil Rights Defenders urges the international community not to reconsider its stance against the Burmese government until the human rights situation in the country is showing concrete improvements.