Landmark legislation for domestic workers in the Philippines
A new law improving employment conditions for domestic workers in the Philippines should help win a better deal for the thousands of Filipinas who seek work abroad every year
Somali PM says govt working hard to improve after rape criticism
The trial of an unidentified 27-year-old woman, her husband, and a freelance journalist has sparked international concerns
Woman's trial raises concerns over rape victims in Somalia
The trial has brought criticism from the United States, which only last month officially recognised the Somali government in Mogadishu
Listening to the Voices of Congo's Women
From a homegrown Internet caf? in Eastern DRC, 200 Congolese women leaders have come online for the first time.
Hillary's Legacy: Women and Girls Take A Front Seat
President Barack Obama has made it official: women and girls and gender equality are priorities for this administration and the country. Now the real work begins, we must live up to the spirit of the directive and walk the talk in everything we do here in the U.S. and abroad.
New US law criminalises sending girls abroad for FGM
Girls are often sent to their ancestral homelands during school holidays to undergo FGM