Women

• Victims of forced marriage in UK underestimated March 11, 2008
• Women's Day celebrations on mute in Iran March 11, 2008
• Schoolgirls worldwide suffer abuse, says Amnesty March 6, 2008
• Iraqi women: Surviving somehow behind a concrete purdah March 6, 2008
• UN's main women's body remains leaderless March 5, 2008
• Afghan women's lives as bad as ever February 25, 2008
• Demand for women legislators high in Solomon Islands February 22, 2008
• US troops under curfew in Okinawa after protests February 22, 2008
• UN budgeting bypasses women February 20, 2008
• Latin America: Gender stereotypes still firmly entrenched, despite progress February 20, 2008
• Human Rights Watch demands Saudi Arabia halt woman's execution for 'witchcraft' February 14, 2008
• UN sees progress in ending female genital mutilation February 13, 2008
• Gender rethink urged for embattled Kenya February 9, 2008
• Sentenced to death: Afghan who dared to read about women's rights January 31, 2008
• Violence in Iraq draws veil over women January 31, 2008
• Gender equality law triumphs in Spain January 30, 2008
• Group: Anti-choice activist should not get lifetime judgeship January 29, 2008
• Abortion rights groups say legal fights loom January 24, 2008
• Federal court protects access to abortion care for women prisoners in Missouri January 22, 2008
• Huckabee mining anti-choice vote January 11, 2008
• Religious extremists killed over 130 women in Basra in 2007 January 2, 2008
• Rape a 'weapon of war' in Eastern Congo December 23, 2007
• A call to arm Kenya's women candidates with more than speeches December 21, 2007
• Latin American rural women forge their own path in microenterprise December 20, 2007
• No prosecution for State Dept. official accused of sexual assault December 14, 2007
• Freedom lost for Iraqi women December 13, 2007
• Latin America: The hand that rocks the cradle… forfeits equal pay December 12, 2007
• Cuba: (Some) men renounce violence against women December 6, 2007
• Pakistan: Traditional marriages ignore HIV/AIDS threat December 6, 2007
• Niger: Rape and beatings of women 'normal' December 6, 2007
• UN spotlights 'massive and systematic' abuse of women November 30, 2007
• DRC: Civilians face horrific sexual violence November 30, 2007
• Brazil: Gang-raped girl in men's jail just the tip of the iceberg November 28, 2007
• Nicaragua: At-risk pregnancy means death or prison October 31, 2007
• Number of Iraqi girls attending school dropping October 29, 2007
• DRC: Hospital's tale reveals missing children, brutalized women October 24, 2007
• Women make a seven-year pitch October 23, 2007
• Women: The missing piece of the poverty puzzle October 17, 2007
• DRC: Sexual violence -- the scourge of the east October 16, 2007
• Safe abortion services virtually non-existent in Ghana October 12, 2007