International Women's Day: Going Strong at 100!
As we celebrate 100 years of International Women's Day on March 8, 2010, we highlight how the day has been marked in the past and how it is being marked this year.
By Kathambi Kinoti
What is the situation of women’s rights in Togo just before the Presidential elections of 2010?
Togo will hold its Presidential elections on 4 March 2010. Seven candidates are running, including one woman, Kafui Adjamagbo-Johnson, the first in the history of the country. In her campaign message, she commits herself to "create the favourable conditions for young men and women of [her] country to learn how to live together again, as one and the same people, driven by national pride.”
Keynote Speech by Lydia Alpízar Durán
54th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
United Nations Headquarters - NYC, March 1-12, 2010
High-Level Roundtable: “The implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the outcomes of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly and its contribution to shaping a gender perspective towards the full realization of the Millennium Development Goals"
European Equality Resolution: Implications for reproductive rights in Central and Eastern Europe
The European Parliament has passed a resolution calling for greater sexual and reproductive rights in the continent.
By Kathambi Kinoti
Policy recommendations to address critical security concerns and needs of Women Human Rights Defenders in Haiti in the aftermath of the 12 January 2010 earthquake
The position of the Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition on the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti
Human rights are often set aside as an ‘extra’ in emergency response, i.e.,there is no time to assess the specific issues, we go with what we know’. -Jane Barry
Women and Sports
Sports is masculinised - particularly in the mainstream media but in other spaces as well. What women's rights concerns does this prevalent state of affairs raise?
By Kathambi Kinoti
The legacy of North African Women’s writing: A review of “Women Writing Africa: The Northern Region”
Little known stories from North Africa are told in this volume published by the Feminist Press.
For millennia, women in North Africa have expressed themselves through writing first in hieroglyphics and then in Latin, Greek, Arabic, French and English alphabets. This is a distinct advantage that North Africans as a whole have as compared to the rest of Africa in which a writing tradition is not as old.
Women’s Rights in 2009: Some Steps Back, Some Steps Forward
2009 was a year of losses and gains for women’s rights. Campaigns for gender equality experienced some setbacks in certain parts of the world – or on a given issue - and gains in others.
by Masum Momaya
Copenhagen: Did it do anything for Women?
The United Nations Conference on Climate Change was held Copenhagen in December 2009. There were high hopes that the Conference would make substantial strides towards slowing and ultimately stopping climate change caused by human beings, eventually alleviating its effects. The outcome was discouraging, but does it signify the complete loss of hope?
By Kathambi Kinoti
Racism, Sexism and Violence Against Sub-Saharan African Migrant Women
FRIDAY FILE: As we commemorate the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence (25 November to 10 December), AWID speaks to Helena Maleno Garzón, researcher on migration and human trafficking, and member of the Caminando Fronteras network, to learn more about the intersections of racism, sexism and violence against Sub-Saharan African migrant women in Morocco and beyond.
By Mégane Ghorbani