Gender

Opinion: To Solve Hunger, Start with Soil

By Anne-Marie Steyn
Peter looked confused as he recounted how he’d painstakingly planted potatoes to sell and to feed his family of eight, only to find that when harvest time rolled around he had been greeted with tiny tubers not much bigger than golf balls.

Opinion: The World Has Reached Peak Plutocracy

By Soren Ambrose
Parents in despair because they can’t pay the fees at the privatised neighbourhood school…

Rights Abuses Still Rampant in Bangladesh’s Garment Sector

By Naimul Haq and Kanya D'Almeida
Some say they were beaten with iron bars. Others confess their families have been threatened with death. One pregnant woman was assaulted with metal curtain rods.

U.N. Helpless as Crises Rage in 10 Critical Hot Spots

By Thalif Deen
The United Nations is fighting a losing battle against a rash of political and humanitarian crises in 10 of the world’s critical “hot spots.”

From Slavery to Self Reliance: A Story of Dalit Women in South India

By Stella Paul
HuligeAmma, a Dalit woman in her mid-forties, bends over a sewing machine, carefully running the needle over the hem of a shirt. Sitting nearby is Roopa, her 22-year-old daughter, who reads an amusing message on her cell phone and laughs heartily.

To Defend the Environment, Support Social Movements Like Berta Cáceres and COPINH

By Jeff Conant
The 2015 Goldman Environmental Prize for Central and South America has been awarded to Berta Cáceres, an indigenous Honduran woman who co-founded the Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras, known as COPINH.

Clean Cookstoves Could Change the Lives of Millions in Nepal

By Mallika Aryal
When 26-year-old Laxmi married into the Archaya household in Chhaimale village, Pharping, south of Nepal’s capital Kathmandu, she didn’t think she would be spending half the day in the kitchen inhaling smoke from the stove.

Women Farmers Rewrite Their History in Chile’s Patagonia Region

By Marianela Jarroud
More than 100 women small farmers from Chile’s southern Patagonia region have joined together in a new association aimed at achieving economic autonomy and empowerment, in an area where machismo and gender inequality are the norm.

Sexual Violence in Conflict “The Contemporary Moral Issue” Says United Nations

By Valentina Ieri
Impunity for perpetrators of sexual violence in war must end, said Zainab Hawa Bangura, the Special representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on sexual violence in conflict, who presented to the U.N. Security Council the Secretary-General's 2015 report on the issue on April 15.

Rural Women in Latin America Define Their Own Kind of Feminism

By Fabiana Frayssinet

Rural organisations in Latin America are working on defining their own concept of feminism, one that takes into account alternative economic models as well as their own concerns and viewpoints, which are not always in line with those of women in urban areas.

Clean Cookstoves Could Change the Lives of Millions in Nepal

By Mallika Aryal
When 26-year-old Laxmi married into the Archaya household in Chhaimale village, Pharping, south of Nepal’s capital Kathmandu, she didn’t think she would be spending half the day in the kitchen inhaling smoke from the stove.

Acid Attacks Still a Burning Issue in India

By Neeta Lal
Vinita Panikker, 26, considers herself "the world's most unfortunate woman".

781 Million People Can’t Read this Story

By Kanya D'Almeida
If you are reading this article, consider yourself one of the lucky ones; lucky enough to have received an education, or to be secure in the knowledge that your child will receive one. Lucky enough to be literate in a world where – more often than not – the ability to read and write can mean the difference between a decent life and abject poverty.

In Bangladesh, Gender Equality Comes on the Airwaves

By Naimul Haq
Judging by how often they make headlines, one might be tempted to believe that women in Bangladesh don’t play a major role in this country’s affairs.

Women Still Struggling to Gain Equal Foothold in Nepal

By Renu Kshetry
Kali Sunar, 25, a resident of the Dumpada village in the remote Humla District in Far-West Nepal, lives a life that mirrors millions of her contemporaries.

Israeli Forces Target Journalists in West Bank

By Mel Frykberg
It is becoming increasingly risky to cover clashes and protests between Israeli security forces and Palestinian protesters in the West Bank as the number of journalists injured, in what appears to be deliberate targeting by Israeli security forces, continues to rise.

Threats to Afghan Women Rights Defenders Being Met with Blind Eye

By Sean Buchanan
Women human rights defenders in Afghanistan face mounting violence but are being abandoned by their own government – and the international community is doing far too little to ease their plight – despite the significant gains they have fought to achieve, says Amnesty International in a new report released Apr. 7.

Civil Society and Politics March for Negev Bedouin Recognition

By Silvia Boarini
There was a symbolic dimension to a recent four-day march from the periphery of Israel to the corridors of power in Jerusalem to seek recognition for Bedouin villages.

Opinion: Challenging the Power of the One Percent

By Lydia Alpízar Durán
When you are faced with the task of moving an object but find it is too heavy to lift, what is your immediate and most natural response? You ask someone to help you lift it. And it makes all the difference.

Millions of Dollars for Climate Financing but Barely One Cent for Women

By Amantha Perera
The statistics tell the story: in some parts of the world, four times as many women as men die during floods; in some instances women are 14 times more likely to die during natural disasters than men.

Curbing Tobacco Use – One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

By Diana Mendoza
The numbers are in, and there’s not much to celebrate: every year, about six million people die as a result of tobacco use, including 600,000 who succumb to the effects of second-hand smoke.
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