Middle East - Women of Peace
More Women Needed in Middle East Peace Process
Ambassador Khoury, former PLO Ambassador to France, urges more women to get up and take part in the Middle East peace process - "The need is urgent because…
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Join Me On The Bridge
Join me on the Bridge is the coming together of women and men around the world, united in taking a stand for PEACE and women's EQUALITY.
From Tragic Loss to Global Campaigner for Arms Control
A father who's two year old son was killed by a stray bullet, helps launch Amnesty International's campaign to control the arms trade. A trade which has a…
Victims of War: Syria's Women and Children
In the cellar of a house in Baba Amro, a suburb of Homs which has been under fire from Syrian forces for several days, women and children hide. Waiting for an…
The Forgotten Refugees from Burma's Kachin war
Nang San’s family fled after their village was burnt down and the livestock slaughtered by the Burmese Army. They hid in the jungle for a month before arriving…
KENYA: The Women Who Wait For Justice
Between 2006 and 2008 approximately 300 Kenyans were forcibly disappeared in Kenya's Mt. Elgon region after being either arrested by Kenyan security forces or…
SOUTH SUDAN: Still Counting the Dead in Inter-Ethnic Massacre
In the ward of a partially destroyed clinic, Mangiro sat on a bed next to his wounded nine-year-old daughter, Ngathin. The little girl is fortunate, she…
SOUTH SUDAN: Who will look after this child now?
Nyaluak Deng Awuol is caring for her orphaned nephew, five-year-old Ajai Mawut Garang, who is recovering from a gunshot wound in Juba hospital. He was injured…
Sanctions and Sabers - The Insidious Cycle of War
By Maryam Zar: '....no sooner have we encased the flag in Baghdad, that we are drumming a dull beat toward another war -- this time, in a battle ground just…
'Nigeria Spring' here to stay
The strikes that forced Nigeria's government to restore some of the withdrawn fuel subsidy have been described as "Nigeria's Harmattan". They did not last as…
Nigerians Wake to Find Military Guns & Tanks on the Streets
By Adepeju Mabadeje in Lagos: Nigerians woke this morning to find military men on the streets mounting road blocks, searching for Occupy Nigeria materials.…
WOMEN IN WAR ZONES
Rape as a Weapon of War
"The Security Council has been all talk and no action when it comes to protecting women in war zones..."
says Marianne Mollmann, women's rights advocate at Human Rights Watch.
INTERVIEWS - CONFLICT & PEACE
Egypt: My Part in the Revolution - Mona Seif
Mona Seif was at the heart of the Egyptian revolution, with thousands of other women. The next day Mona spoke to Chris Crowstaff of Safe World. Whatever…
Mona Seif and the Egyptian Revolution - Full interview
On 11th February, 2011, on the 18th day of protesting, Egyptian revolutionaries forced their dictator to stand down, after 30 years of oppressive rule.…
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