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Ahead of official peace talks to end the war in Syria, women peace activists are convening in Switzerland as part of a global campaign, Women Lead to Peace. The campaign calls for an immediate ceasefire, the increase of humanitarian aid...

“Survivors for Survivors” is a series of elegant and dignified portraits profiling some of the women working for KOFAVIV, a grassroots organization offering sanctuary and support to survivors of rape and sexual violence.

Preventing further sexual and economic violence will require a more equitable distribution of resources within the country and the hemisphere. 

En la noche del 4 de Julio una joven llamada Roxana Díaz Gómez de 27años fue atropellada por un conductor borracho cruzando la Avenida Flatbush en Brooklyn. Luego de seis días en coma, Roxana murió rodeada de su querida familia y amigos.

Le collectif Midwives for Peace, partenaire de l’ONG Madre, rassemble 24 sages-femmes palestiniennes et israéliennes. Objectif : s’assurer que l’accouchement se passe dans de bonnes conditions sanitaires pour les Palestiniennes qui vivent sous occupation israélienne.

El huracán Sandy todavía se siente como si hubiese impactado el día de ayer. Para muchos de nosotros/as, no hace mucho que buscábamos refugiarnos de la tormenta y que vimos como destruía nuestras comunidades a su paso. Muchos y muchas de nosotros/as recién estamos empezando a recuperarnos.

Speaking out today against the U.S. government’s decision to send military arms support to Syrian opposition forces, MADRE, an international women’s human rights organization with an office in New York city, spoke out today to oppose what the U.S. president Barack Obama has coined in new efforts by the U.S. to switch policy in order to “change the calculus” in the region.

Up to 1,500 protesters gathered in Guatemala City and surrounding Latin American countries on Friday to condemn the Guatemala Constitutional Court’s decision to annul the trial of former Guatemalan military president José Efraín Ríos Montt.

In this episode, the first in a five-part series, veteran Maggie Martin of Iraq Veterans Against the War explains her eventual disillusionment with the war effort, while Iraqi activist Yanar Mohammed of the Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq recounts her effort to inform Iraqis during the insurgency that many Americans opposed the invasion.

When it comes to the Iraq War, elite media are willing to say ‘mistakes were made’ around evidence of weapons, but virtually none appear interested to revisit the other justifications they endorsed, including that toppling Saddam Hussein would advance human rights in Iraq and especially the rights of women. Surely media that truly regretted their role in the war would show more interest in tracking those aspects of its ongoing impact? 

As stewards of the implementation of the rights and obligations contained in the Convention, CEDAW Committee Members should include lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (LBT) people in their forthcoming General Recommendation on Access to Justice.