Articles Tagged with the word ‘Women’
13 May 2013
Last year’s brutal attack against a young woman in Delhi caused a worldwide outcry, igniting calls for changes in women’s rights. Lorenza Bacino examines what progress is being made in India, and the obstacles it faces
08 Mar 2013
“We’re primarily about creating a better world, but through a gender lens. It’s not just about women but about what those women do”
Global / Community, Positive Perspective
05 Dec 2012
It is time for men to rediscover their masculinity and express their strength through compassion and service, not control and dominion, writes Jamie Catto
World Rural Women's Day
06 Oct 2009
World Rural Women's Day takes place each year on the 15th October. Celebrations and events take place in more than 100 countries around the world each year.
Student's Union with WI Elders
15 Jun 2009
A fresh and exciting adaptation of the Women's Institute, more widely known as the WI, has been established by a group of students at Goldsmiths College, New Cross, in London.
First Homeless Women's Cup
30 Sep 2008
80 women from Cameroon, Colombia, Ivory Coast,Kyrgzstan, Uganda, Zambia, Liberia and Paraguay will compete at the first Women's Homeless World Cup.
Women's Creativity in Rural Life
12 Mar 2008
The Women's World Summit Foundation cordially invites you to submit nominations for its 15th annual PRIZE for women's creativity in rural life..
Morocco's Miracle Oil
21 Dec 2005
Women in the Essaouira region of rural Morocco have been given a new lease of life, while preserving the country's oldest' of inhabitants, thanks to a co-operative run exclusively by women.
Concrete to Coriander
30 Dec 2003
The Taste of a Better Future' Network, set up by (WEN) the Women's Environmental Network, is helping women's groups across the country develop skills to grow organic food, often in unlikely urban spaces.
Call For Unbiased GM Debate
28 Feb 2003
A wide group of organisations representing consumer and environmental interests is calling for greater public debate on GM crops.
Children Hold World Leaders to Account
30 Sep 2001
An annual Walk Your Talk Award is planned for the world leader who does most to implement the Declaration and commitments made at the UN Special Session on Children in New York this September.
Circles of Compassion
30 Sep 2001
When individuals gather in a circle, taking turns to speak from the heart, the ensuing dialogue encourages connection, cooperation among members and inspires creative and compassionate solutions to individual, community and world problems.