International Day of the Girl-Child
FRIDAY FILE: This October 11, United Nation Member States, international organisations, and civil society celebrated the very first International Day of the Girl Child.
The Gendered Dimensions of the Eurozone Economic Crisis – An Update
FRIDAY FILE - In this article, AWID takes a look at what the Eurozone crisis looks like now, and some of the gendered dynamics occurring as a result.
By Rochelle Jones
The Proposed Fifth World Conference on Women – A Time to Take Stock and Demand Implementation
FRIDAY FILE: Discussion about the implications of the proposed United Nations (UN) Fifth World Conference on Women in 2015 reveals diverse opinions on the challenges, opportunities, purpose and conditions for the proposed conference, but with some common threads.
By Susan Tolmay[1]
The World Urban Forum – Bringing Grassroots Women to the Urban Planning Table
FRIDAY FILE: The World Urban Forum 6 (WUF6) took place in Naples from 1-7 September 2012.
AWID spoke to Carmen Griffiths, Executive Director of the Construction Resource and Development Center (CRDC), and leader and organizer of GROOTS Jamaica[1]about grassroots women’s participation at this important global urban planning event.
By Susan Tolmay
Women with disabilities and economic rights
AWID spoke to Maria Veronica Reina, Executive Director of Global Partnership for Disability and Development to examine how women with disability are faring in terms of economic rights.
Challenges for Young Women Human Rights Defenders in Pakistan
FRIDAY FILE - Gulalai Ismail, a 25-year-old woman human rights defender (WHRD) and Chairperson of Aware Girls[1], has been working from an early age to improve conditions for young women in Pakistan.
Gulalai shares with AWID her experiences as a young WHRD living in a context of oppression and discrimination in the name of culture and religion.
By Katherine Ronderos
A New Development Cooperation Framework that works for whom?
FRIDAY FILE: Six months after the 4
Women’s Rights and Organizing in China
FRIDAY FILE: AWID interviewed Cai Yiping[i]about the status of women's rights and major issues affecting women in China - the history of women's struggles for equality, what has been achieved and what challenges remain.
By Rochelle Jones
AWID: How would you describe the status of women's rights in China at present and what are the major issues women are facing?
Political Crisis in Mali and the Rise of Fundamentalisms
FRIDAY FILE: A coup d’état and the occupation of northern Mali have left many searching for answers to a deepening crisis.
AWID spoke with Head of Cooperation at the Netherlands Embassy in Mali, To Tjoelker, and socio-anthropologist Lalla Mariam Haidara, native of Timbuktu and specialist on women’s rights in Mali, to shed light on the situation.
By Ani Colekessian
Defending the Defender – Women Human Rights Defenders in Uganda Face Unlawful Criminalization
FRIDAY FILE - Women human rights defenders (WHRDs) who promote the rights; health and safety of sexual workers are being persecuted, harassed and arrested.
Although sexual work is illegal in Uganda, providing services and support for sex workers is not.
By Katherine Ronderos