| 20100731193200| ILGA-LAC equipo de comunicacion
One out of every three women will suffer violence simply because she is a woman. Ask President Obama to make women's safety an urgent priority.

| 20100712000100| ILGA-LAC equipo de comunicacion
In a landmark decision today, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution to establish a new UN entity that will promote the rights of women worldwide. With the name 'UN Women', it is intended to be a more coherent, better-coordinated UN organisation that will advance the goals of gender equality and the empowerment of women. Its creation was welcomed by civil society organisations across the world, many of whom are members of the GEAR campaign, a network of over 300 women’s, human rights, development and social justice groups, which has worked for four years to achieve this outcome.

IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF | 20100622083200| Communication Coordinator ILGA-ASIA
Kiana Firouz, lesbian filmmaker and activist has been granted asylum in June 2010. Firouz escaped from Iran in 2008 and took refuge in United Kingdom.

| 20100620010100| ILGA-LAC equipo de comunicacion
Charlotte Bunch spoke with AWID to pay tribute to her longstanding and cherished colleague and friend, Rhonda Copelon.

SOUTH AFRICA | 20100607160800| ILGA
Each year, more than 67,000 women and girls die from unsafe abortion and millions more are injured. More than half are under the age of 25. Nearly 5.5 million unsafe abortions take place in Africa-and more than half the women who die live in Africa. How has unsafe abortion affected your life? Do you know someone who has been injured? Do you know someone who has had to resort to an unsafe abortion because she had no other options? Have you lost someone you loved? What can you do to break the silence of unsafe abortion and support women? Tell the story in your art. Deadline for submissions: June 30, 2010.

SOMALIA | 20100607160000| ILGA
Moremi Initiative proudly announces the 2010 MILEAD Fellows. The MILEAD Fellows were chosen through a highly competitive selection process and criteria, including their outstanding leadership promise, community service accomplishments and commitment to the advancement of women in Africa. The 25 selected fellows are some of Africa’s most extra-ordinary young women leaders with the courage and commitment to lead and shape the future of their communities and Africa as a whole.

CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE | 20100606192900| ILGA
This report, the first in Sida’s gender-based violence series, draws on an original case study, including extensive interviews with members of thearmed forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). By critically exploring and convincingly challenging existing stereotypes and narratives about sexual violence in conflict settings, the authors reveal the need for a nuanced understanding of SGBV, including its invisible victims.

IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF | 20100606190600| ILGA
"On 8 May 2010, the Revolutionary Court in Iran sentenced Ms. Abbasgholizadeh, 52, to two and a half (21/2) years in jail and thirty (30) lashes for ‘acts against national security through conspiracy and collusion intended to disrupt public security, disturbing public order and defiance against government officers'...WLUML and the SKSW consider the sentencing of Ms. Abbasgholizadeh to 2 ½ years imprisonment to be harsh and the punishment by lashing to be cruel and degrading...