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 ...
women in conflict zones
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 ...
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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 ...
10 favorite quotes for International Women’s Day
Happy International Women’s Day! What better way to celebrate our favorite holiday than sharing the voices and photos of women we are lucky to ...
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, ...
Immaculee’s Story: Empowering women and girls in the DRC
Immaculee Birhaheka began working with women when she was 23 years old, and she has been focused on women’s groups and initiatives in the ...