The Holy See has reminded the U.N. World Health Organization that the Vatican shares its concern for women's well-being, and that it is on the frontline, promoting authentic health care.
The two main political parties of Bangladesh have disapproved of the Election Commission's proposal to reserve 33 percent of nominations for women in elections, despite both being headed by women who have ruled the country.
With the vision of preparing talented Asian women for leadership in the political, economic, social and cultural spheres, the Asian University for Women (AUW) is going to kick off its academic programmes in March next year.
A rowdy protest of about 200 people, half of them women wearing burqas, demanded Friday that parliament reinstate a female MP suspended for comparing her colleagues to animals.
The visiting President of African Development Bank, ADB, Donald Kaberuka, has said that women constitute the engine of the Cameroon's economy.
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A landmark study released today by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) connects widespread discriminatory views against women in Botswana and Swaziland to sexual risk-taking and, in turn, to extremely high HIV prevalence.
Some 40 women leaders, predominantly from the Middle East, recently defied regional disputes to participate in a three-day conference focusing on "Women Uniting for Peace" near the Cypriot port city of Larnaca.
Egyptian women are no strangers to sexual harassment. A recent report published in coordination with the Egyptian Center for Women's Rights (ECWR) claims 75 percent of women in the country regularly experience unwanted sexual attention from males.
The Center that was built with funding by Eritrean women who reside in Germany and the collaboration of Badme Construction Company includes offices, recreation centers and other facilities.