From All Africa : The political situation in Madagascar is far from improving, after several unsuccessful attempts from national, regional a...

From the Times Online : According to human rights groups, tens of thousands of young women like Zavidova have been sterilised without their ...

From Legal History Blog . A recent ".... panel focused on the unique place women had in the court room during the Middle Ages in Spain,...

From AsiaOne News : Hyenas, rape, kidnappings - there is no shortage of dangers for women in the grim refugee camps of northern Somalia. But...

From Workers World : The following statement was issued to the women of Honduras who are organizing against the illegal military coup and fo...

From VOA News : In the wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States and the subsequent allied war in Afghanistan, a...

From Reuters : A group of women who are risking imprisonment to collect one million signatures on a petition demanding greater women's r...

From Khaleej Times : Three Iranian women human rights campaigners Monday received the Lech Walesa Prize. Shadi Sadr, Ladan Boroumand and Roy...

From Frances Emorut @ New Vision Online : OVER 600 women in Hoima district were on Friday sensitised on marriage and property laws to make ...

From Carolyn Cooper @ Jamaica Gleaner : "If men could get pregnant abortion would be a sacrament." This famous feminist prick (as ...

From Moni Basu @ CNN Politics : A parade of world leaders took the lectern at the United Nations on Wednesday. But days before the speeches ...

From Bruce Hill @ Radio Australia : Tonga's parliament has decided not to ratify an international convention outlawing discrimination ag...

From Katherine Butler @ the Independent : One reason for the widespread public support for the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan was genuine revu...

From the Independent : Sudanese women's rights activists scuffled with Islamists and riot police today before a court session for Lubna ...

From Daniel Howden @ the Independent : Muslim leaders in Mali were declaring victory yesterday after seeing off a new law that would have im...

From ABC News : Thousands of people in Mali are protesting against new legislation that strengthens women's rights in the west African n...

From Sam Dagher @ New York Times : It doesn’t happen much in the Arab world, but a coach here decided in January to start an all-female wres...

From the Times Online : The new chief executive of one of Japan’s larger companies sat up late into the night recently puzzling over the acc...

Tomorrow, 9th August is National Women's Day in South Africa: On August 9, 1956 20000 women staged a march on the Union Buildings in Pre...

(1808-1877) Reformer for Married Women in Britain Caroline married George Norton (1827), a parasite who depended on her income and political...