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DRC: Reducing the HIV risk of girls living on the street
Sarah, 16, started sleeping on the streets of Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic republic of Congo (DRC), when she was only eight years old. She doesn't…
Bulgaria: Crime, Corruption, & Culture - a Challenge for Women's Rights
A Safeworld Student Writers Project - by Victoria Pavlova; 'For all its progress in the area of democratic and civic values in the past three decades, Bulgaria…
Cameroon: Women, War and Post-Conflict Reconstruction
By Zoneziwoh Mbondgulo: Post-Conflict reconstruction: The Bafanji women tell it all - When it began, the aftermath challenge and how they contributed to the…
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Aware Uganda - Touching Hearts in East London, with the Fawcett Society
"I think people felt very lucky to hear from Teddy, first hand, of her experiences with AWARE Uganda." Hannah Philp, Founding Director at The East London…
Rural Malawi: Local Leaders & Police Join Celebration of Women's Empowerment
Update from SURCOD - Safeworld Field Partner in Malawi: The women prepared traditional dances where the songs advocated for women's empowerment as well as…
Women’s internet café is small victory for Afghan equality
The café is the idea of Afghan nonprofit organisation Young Women for Change. Operating on a tiny budget, the team of volunteers favours projects that have…
WOMENS RIGHTS
Rwanda: The Land of Gender Equality?
With a female majority in parliament, women at all levels of government and equal literacy rates for boys and girls, Rwanda looks to be a model of equality.
France's women's minister in focus as spotlight shines on gender politics
France's new minister for women's rights has promised to rush through a new sexual harassment law, as feminists warned they would stay vigilant over equal…
Israeli court ruling will help fight gender pay gap
Israel's high court on Friday put the onus on employers to pay men and women equally in a landmark ruling that may help narrow wage gaps, which are bigger than…
CHILDREN AND TEENS
Australia: 13 yrs old and jailed for people smuggling
After three years of tireless campaigning from advocates and the media, Ali Jasmin has been released, but his story is not unique. As an inquiry into his case…
Judge dismisses conspiracy count in clergy abuse case
After calling nearly 50 witnesses and presenting close to 1,900 documents over eight weeks, prosecutors rested their case Thursday in the landmark trial…
New Zealand: Reviving the Maori language
An internationally acclaimed model for reviving dying languages was pioneered in New Zealand by the Maori community. The Language Nests are kindergartens for…
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Turkey: Domestic violence on the rise, data reveals
Incidents of domestic violence in Turkey increased from approximately 48,000 cases in 2008 to over 80,000 in 2011, representing an increase of nearly 70…
Colombia: Domestic violence is women’s worst enemy
In Colombia, a country still beleaguered by conflict, violence has disrupted the lives of millions over the past five decades. But for the country’s women, the…
Men are affected by domestic abuse too
When you think about the term “domestic disturbance,” the first thing you think of is a man abusing his wife or girlfriend. Your mind’s eye probably sees an…
TRAFFICKING AND SLAVERY
Hundreds of Laotian women sold in China.
Over the past two years, hundreds of Laotian girls have entered illegally into China, innocent and unsuspecting victims of human trafficking.
Lover Boys: Sex trafficking in Holland
This is the story of Ibrahim, a courageous Dutch-Moroccan social worker in the Netherlands who is tackling the high incidences of sex-trafficking of young…
Africa: Sold into a life of despair
I had arrived in Burkina Faso to investigate a human trafficking problem escalating into one of the worst in Africa. A London-based organisation had tipped me…
CONFLICT AND PEACE
Shades of the past as people flee fighting in Congo's Kivu provinces
The displacement of 20,000 Congolese people following violence between rebels and the army is ominously redolent of the 2008 conflict in the Democratic…
Cameroon: Women, War and Post-Conflict Reconstruction
By Zoneziwoh Mbondgulo: Post-Conflict reconstruction: The Bafanji women tell it all - When it began, the aftermath challenge and how they contributed to the…
War Widows Turn to Sex Work in Sri Lanka
On May 18, some 800 women in Sri Lanka’s northern region will hold Hindu religious ceremonies for the welfare of thier husbands who disappeared or surrendered…
ENVIRONMENT AND WOMEN
Sustainable farming with a Masai women's group
The people of Namelok in Kenya's Amboseli region have had to learn to adapt to change. They are ethnic Maasai and traditionally keep livestock, but successive…
Africa: Empower Women for Food Security, Says UN
"Where women have less power than men do, nutrition suffers, household security weakens and access to healthcare lags," says the UNDP's first-ever Africa Human…
INDONESIA: Living with dirty water
Ibu Sutria, 53, lives in a wooden shack on the banks of West Java’s Krukut River, which runs approximately 20km south from the capital, Jakarta, to the city of…
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Rural Malawi: Local Leaders & Police Join Celebration of Women's Empowerment
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Women’s internet café is small victory for Afghan equality
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Afghanistan: Girl Power
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Weaving Handicrafts and Hope for Displaced Women from Burma
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Bringing Inspiration to Women and Children in Rural Rwanda
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Rural Uganda: Finding Ways to Celebrate
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'The Biggest Deception' - An Afghan Woman Speaks Out
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Making way for the future of Karenni refugee children
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DR Congo: Boys Show Support for Their Mothers in Women's Group