Women for Afghan Women (WAW) is an organization of Afghan and non-Afghan women from the New York area who are committed to ensuring the human rights of Afghan women. WAW promotes the agency of local Afghan women through the creation of safe forums where Afghan women can network, develop programs to meet their specific needs, […]
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Women and the conflict in Iraq
Women and women’s rights in Iraq have been – and continue to be – affected by the country’s recent wars and the current internal conflict. Between 1960 and 1980, Iraqi women had successfully gained access to education, health care and employment, and their political and economic participation was significantly advanced. Subsequent armed conflicts worsened the […]
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Women and peace organisations
Table of Contents 1 Amnesty International 2 Consortium on Gender, Security and Human Rights 3 Code Pink 4 Femmes Africa Solidarité 5 Global Justice Center 6 Human Rights Watch 7 Nobel Women’s Initiative 8 The Institute for Inclusive Security 9 Women for International Peace and Arbitration 10 Women for Peace 11 Women’s International League for […]
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Women and Water: The Forgotten Glass Ceiling
Water is the most common substance on earth, covering over 70% of the earth’s surface. Though there are about 1.4 thousand million cubic kilometers of water on earth, only 3% of the earth’s water is fresh. Less than 1% of the earth’s freshwater is readily accessible for direct human use. On an average, a person […]
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Women and the conflict in Darfur
Darfur, western , has been described by the then United Nations (UN) Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Mukesh Kapila, as the world’s greatest humanitarian crisis”. Women have been especially vulnerable to the escalating violence during the 6 year conflict with harrowing accounts of rape being reported in very high numbers. Table of Contents 1 Background: the […]
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