In Death, Farida Afridi Will Continue to Save and Better Lives
Farida was young, in her mid-twenties. Her murder, last July, by the people she was fighting with her activism, touches many hearts.
Rights groups urge China not to execute domestic violence victim
A Chinese woman faces the death penalty for killing her abusive husband after her pleas for help were ignored
Grassroots womens rights voted to top of the global agenda
Safe World for Women is proud to announce we have won two Katerva Awards. We dedicate the award to the honour of Farida Afridi RIP co-founder of SAWERA, our Field Partner in Pakistan.
Please help us - The Egyptian villagers devastated by fracking
The Egyptian village of Fares is currently being destroyed by severe flooding of contaminated water caused by controversial oil drilling practices, according to residents. "Please help us," says Abdel Hameed. "We have tried all in our power and knocked on every door possible. Nothing is working and no one cares because we are a small village and far away, but we are Egyptians too, and we have nowhere to safely live and no land to farm to survive."
Public education can end India's "rape epidemic"-campaigners
An Indian campaign group says a massive public education campaign would play a crucial part in reducing the large number of rapes in India, and has issued a new report setting out its views
Pakistani girl shot by Taliban to have skull reconstructed
Malala Yousufzai was shot in October last year for advocating girls' education in her native Pakistan
DRC: Silent No More
The Day Women of the Congo Seized Control of the Internet