Female genital mutilation (FGM) comprises all procedures that involve altering or injuring the female genitalia for non-medical reasons and is recognized internationally as a violation of the human rights, the health and the integrity of girls and women.Read More
In the mountainous region of Kintobo, in Rwanda’s remote Western Province, it used to take medical staff more than three hours each way to drive to the capital city of Kigali to restock the health center.Read More
A woman in my knitting group recently asked if any of us knew where she could buy a gray wig. Though she seemed to have an ample head of hair, she reported that she’d been losing fistfuls every time she brushed or washed it. Obviously very upset about what was happening, she said she didn’t...Read More
Under a new partnership with UN Women, Unilever is supporting over 1,000 smallholder farmers and raising awareness among its 6,000 employees in Tanzania. Dusty winding roads circle mist-shrouded mountains, and mighty rivers snake towards Unilever Tea Tanzania’s five plantations and three factories in the Mufindi district of Iringa region. The tea produced here is highly...Read More
The Director-General of Gilan's Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Organization announced global registration of 'Qasemabad village' of Rudsar city as the World Village of Chador Shab weaving by the World Crafts Council.Read More
Continued displacement from conflict-affected areas in northeast Syria leaves women and girls in urgent need of safe spaces, shelter and reproductive health services, according to a Flash Update this week from UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.Read More
Isabel dos Santos, Africa's richest woman and daughter of Angola's former president, allegedly siphoned hundreds of millions of dollars of public money into offshore accounts, according to leaked documents.Read More
