Is South Korea ready for "Madam President"?
Park Geun-hye bids to become South Korea's first female president
Bahraini diplomat highlights the country's positive record on women's rights
Diplomat replies to criticism of the country's women's rights record by a Bahraini academic at women's rights conference
UN adds to pressure on Afghan government to protect women
Afghan women are increasingly concerned for their future as the deadline looms for most NATO-led combat troops to leave by the end of 2014
First Angolan teenagers win International Diana Award for HIV awareness campaign
Christian Aid's long term partner, Women's Christian Union of Angola, wins prestigious International Diana Award for their 'Girls building Bridges' project and their work on HIV awareness in the poverty stricken suburbs of the Angolan capital city, Luanda.
Prominent Afghan female official shot dead
Violence against women appears to be on the rise in Afghanistan, which activists and some lawmakers blame on what they say is waning interest in women's rights on the part of President Hamid Karzai's government
Climate talks adopt gender balance goal
Decision aims to boost the number of female negotiators and make climate change policy more responsive to women's needs
Abortion is Decriminalized in Uruguay but only under Very Strict Conditions
On October 17, 2012, Law 18.987 was passed in Uruguay allowing women to voluntarily interrupt their pregnancy, but under certain restrictive conditions. AWID spoke to feminist activists, Lili?n Abracinskas, Lucy Garrido, Ana Lima and Romina Napiloti, who have been involved in the 27 year long struggle for the passage of this controversial law.
Trust Women Conference forges real commitments on women's rights
Inaugural Trust Women Conference agrees on concrete action to put the rule of law behind women's rights.