Inspiring quotes for International Women’s Day
Around the world, feminist leaders are courageously fighting to alter the course of history. They’re fighting for LGBTQI rights, to end child ...
women in conflict zones
Inspiring Quotes for Women’s History Month
March is Women’s History Month! Celebrate women change-makers and activists who have made history and are shaping our future. Check out these ...
Syria attack: A critical moment for global action, six years too late
More than 100 people, including women and children, are believed to have been killed and hundreds more injured in a chemical attack in Syria on ...
Spotlight on Turkey: Women on the ground discuss growing crisis, threats
June 29 Update: The death toll continues to rise in the aftermath of a deadly suicide attack Tuesday night at Turkey's Istanbul Ataturk Airport, with ...
Join our call to end violence in Nagorno-Karabakh
“We need international attention now so that responsible bodies finally move. It's horrible how many people have already been killed.” - Armenian ...
#UNBROKEN
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, rape is regularly used as a weapon of war: it is estimated that 48 women were raped each hour in some regions ...
Wasna Sali Mahdi
Wasna is a 24-year-old mother of three. After being abused by her husband and trying several times to formally divorce him (a request which the local ...
Amina Marie Grâce Safi
A bold and unapologetic advocate for women’s human rights, Amina is passionate about defending the rights of women to be free from gender-based ...
Alupo Engole Cecilia
In 1998, Alupo was a district counselor in the Katakwi district of northeastern Uganda, an area that had long been plagued by conflict. Leaders from ...
Compensation for Croatian survivors of sexual violence in conflict, 20 years after the war
“It’s a long story. It’s a twenty five-year-long story, actually.” As long-time women’s rights activist Nela Pamukovic explains, ...