The Security Council today extended the mandate of United Nations peacekeepers in southern Lebanon until 31 August 2013, while urging all parties to abide scrupulously by their obligation to respect the safety of the world body's staff.
The U.S. is set to withdraw the bulk of its forces from Afghanistan by 2014. This transition period is fraught with risk for Afghan women, many of whom have benefited during 10 years of improved access to education, health care, and political participation.
The Afghan Women's Network is a non-partisan network of women and women's groups working to empower Afghan women and ensure their equal participation in Afghan society. This post summarizes the Network's presentation at the NATO Summit in Chicago in May 2012.
The dark clouds that hang over the lives of many women and girls in the developing world have been witnessing recent bursts of sunshine from Australia.
In recent months, the Australian government has made a series of major announcements to support and promote equality for women and girls in developing countries such as Afghanistan, Indonesia, Myanmar, Cambodia and Ethiopia.
Baby Rivona has advocated passionately on behalf of women living with HIV and AIDS in Indonesia since 2005. She contracted the disease herself through drug use, and was shocked by the stigma and the lack of support she encountered, from both her government and wider society.
A meeting on gender responsive market governance and reform has successfully concluded in Honiara, Solomon Islands this week.
The meeting gave the opportunity to share testimonies and knowledge from different market advocates, managers and women vendors from Fiji, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Samoa and Solomon Islands.
Women from Asia Pacific demand governments address critical issues on women's human rights missing in the Rio+20 negotiations for sustainable development. Employment and economic rights, militarisation, sexual and reproductive health and rights, and women's role in climate change significantly impact women across the region, yet are being ignored.
