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March 4, 2014
How Europe’s Five Female Defense Ministers Could Impact the Ukraine Conflict

With the new appointment of Roberta Pinotti as Italy’s defense minister, Europe now has five female defense ministers in charge of executing defense strategy.

March 4, 2014
Burton describes Dáil as ‘a men’s club’, Ireland

Irish society continues to treat women as second-class citizens, according to a report dedicated to creating a more women-friendly

March 2, 2014
Equality for Women is Progress for All
Message of Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, for International Women’s Day 2014.
 
March 2, 2014
Africa: 'Africa Cannot Overcome Its Problems Unless Women Take the Lead'

The Charge d'Affaires Ambassador Michael Arietti, at the US Embassy in Banjul had said that Africa cannot overcome its problems unless women take the lead.

February 26, 2014
Gloria Steinem: Why Our Revolution Has Just Begun

If I had to pick a couple of myths about the women’s movement that are most wrong, I think two might be tied for worst place. One is that this movement—also known as women’s liberation, feminism, womanism, mujerista!, grrrls and more—is only for white middle-class women.

February 22, 2014
French women’s liberation movement founder dies

Antoinette Fouque, the co-founder the French Women’s Liberation Movement, has died at the age of 77.

She died at her home in Paris between Wednesday night and early Thursday morning.

February 21, 2014
Profile: Yulia Tymoshenko

A heroine of Ukraine's Orange Revolution, Yulia Tymoshenko has been released after spending three years in jail, in one of several dramatic events to have swept the country she once served as prime minister.

February 18, 2014
Women of Latin America build bridges, changing status quo in politics

In Honduras and El Salvador, a spotlight on efforts towards addressing electoral challenges through trainings for candidates. 

February 12, 2014
Somalia: Puntland’s New minister for Women affairs officially takes over Office

Puntland’s new minister for women affairs and Family Development Anisa Abdulkadir Haji Mumin has today officially taken over office in a ceremony held at the Ministry’s headquarters in Garowe.