A missed opportunity for empowerment: treating refugee girls as victims
We must shift our mindset from one that asks “How do we provide emergency aid to victims?” to “How do we empower people to rebuild their lives?”
Give women peacebuilders a chance - and more resources
Let’s call on govts and international bodies to ensure that women activists are prioritised as agents of change with the power to bring peace to their countries
UN council threatens action if chlorine used in attacks in Syria
Action by the United Nations could include economic sanctions or force
Illegal mining, drug violence fuel Colombia displacement - U.N.
Thousands of Colombians likely to be uprooted by drug-running and mining gangs even if rebels agree peace deal
Advancing Iraq troops enter strategic town on edge of Tikrit
Tikrit is the first major city that Iraq's forces have attempted to recapture from Islamic State in northern Iraq
No longer a secret: More women leaders will drive a more equal society
It's time that the power and potential of women’s leadership moved from the background to the fore – on International Women’s Day and every day
"New gender gaps" opening up in education - OECD researchers
Boys are more likely to underperform academically, but girls are held back by low self-confidence
U.S. Syria strategy falters with collapse of rebel group
U.S. officials plan to train thousands of Syrian rebels over the next three years
UK Syria charity work impeded by banks' anti-terror law worries - thinktank
Fear of breaching British counter-terrorism laws is hindering UK aid work in Syria
Rebels attack Aleppo security building, monitor says dozens killed
Attack on govt building was carried out by jihadist groups including the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front