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April 22, 2016
COP21: The implementation of the Paris Agreement must not forget women, warns Ségolène Royal

The policies on limiting and adapti

April 20, 2016
Female traditional leaders pave the way for fair representation in traditional courts in South Sudan

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April 20, 2016
30 percent of seats reserved for women in the next Parliament of Somalia

Somalian President Hassan Sheikh Mo

April 14, 2016
President Obama designates the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument

April 12, 2016
Women's political empowerment and American presidential elections discussed in The New Yorker

Dr. Jill Lepore, Professor of American History at Harvard University, has published an article in The New Yorker, entitled ‘The Sovereignty of Women’.

April 12, 2016
IPI Interviews South Sudan's MP, Hon. Betty Ogwaro, on the difficult situation for women in her country

The International Peace Institute (IPI) has interviewed Hon. Dr betty Achan Ogwaro, parliamentarian in the government of South Sudan.

April 12, 2016
Funding Leadership and Opportunities for Women (FLOW)

In order to strengthen the lobby and advocacy ca

April 8, 2016
Protests spread all over the world to condemn the murder of Berta Cáceres

After the dreadful murder of Honduran human rights activist and environmental defender, Berta Cáceres, many women organizations have organized p

April 8, 2016
European Women's Lobby joins Women Refugee Commission to raise awareness on the situation of women refugees

The European Women’s Lobby (EWL) and the Women Refugee Commission (WRC) have decided to work together to raise awareness on the situation of wom