Somalia’s hardline al Shabaab insurgents closed three grassroots women’s organisations in the rebel-held town of Balad Hawa on Monday to stop women from going to work, a rebel leader said.… more →
womenspherewomensphere wrote 1 week ago: Somalia’s hardline al Shabaab insurgents closed three grassroots women’s organisations i … more →
womensphere wrote 1 week ago: While medical and psychological care are being provided to survivors of sexual violence in eastern D … more →
womensphere wrote 3 weeks ago: Some governments’ broad counter-terrorism laws are punishing women and gays and suppressing gr … more →
womensphere wrote 3 weeks ago: * Humanitarian workers call for accountability for crimes * 110,000 return to homes in volatile Rwan … more →
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womensphere wrote 1 month ago: At an 8 October gathering of Guinean women beaten or raped during the recent military attack on demo … more →
womensphere wrote 1 month ago: With US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the chair, the UN Security Council on 30th September 2 … more →
womensphere wrote 1 month ago: The UN Security Council unanimously approved a resolution last week urging all countries to increase … more →
womensphere wrote 1 month ago: Darfuri refugee women and girls face high levels of rape and other violence on a daily basis both in … more →
womensphere wrote 1 month ago: Successive governments of Bosnia and Herzegovina have failed to provide justice for thousands of wom … more →
dak1b wrote 1 month ago: James Nachtywey is a photographer who focuses on documenting different war conflicts around the worl … more →
womensphere wrote 1 month ago: Nadje Al-Ali and Nicola Pratt Berkeley-Los Angeles-London: University of California Press, 2009 Libe … more →
womensphere wrote 1 month ago: In conjunction with the presentation of the UN Fact Finding Mission’s report to the Human Rights Cou … more →
womensphere wrote 1 month ago: In 2003, the African nation of Liberia was in turmoil; its president Charles Taylor was involved in … more →
womensphere wrote 1 month ago: Rioters attacked and stripped about 20 Ugandan women who were wearing trousers last week during dead … more →
ctvtannie wrote 2 months ago: I’m doubtless ripping off of Astrid and countless other smart thinkers out there, but can anyo … more →
womensphere wrote 2 months ago: More than a year and a half after they fled their homes in the post-election violence, many women li … more →
womensphere wrote 3 months ago: Poor security, rampant fraud and not enough female election staff will keep many women away from the … more →
womensphere wrote 3 months ago: US secretary of state visits Goma to draw attention to ‘one of mankind’s greatest atroci … more →