Turkish women are on the street protesting as never before as the fight to preserve Turkey's secular status gives them a louder political voice that could translate into parliamentary seats in this summer's elections.
A female Afghan journalist was shot dead overnight, the interior ministry said Wednesday, in the second such killing in a week - crimes that have raised alarm among media rights groups.
A lawsuit filed last week accuses General Electric (GE) of discriminating against its female employees. Lorene Schaefer, a high-ranking legal employee in the Transportation Division, says that the company's promotion and pay practices discriminate against its female attorneys.
A female journalist working for the Voices of Iraq (VOI) news agency was shot dead in the northern city of Mosul Thursday, police said, becoming the second VOI reporter killed in a week.
Business Council for Peace, a Non Governmental, non profit making organisation is offering a helping hand to Rwandan business women.
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South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun met in Seoul on Thursday with visiting President of the All-China Women's Federation Gu Xiulian, who was here for the forth Sino-Korean women leaders' forum.
The US House of Representatives voted 406 to 10 yesterday to pass an omnibus bill that will provide security and economic assistance to Afghanistan and will limit funds given to warlords in high-level offices.
There are promising signs that the government's HIV prevention efforts are beginning to bear fruit among young women, according to its latest antenatal clinic survey.
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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the former Finance Minister of Nigeria, talked about the real needs of Africa. In her speech, Ms.