Minister leads call to end violence against women in Iraq on IWD

Iraqi women on 8 March, International Woman’s Day, called for an end to violence against women nationwide and for equal status with men, especially in top jobs, including ministries and embassies.
“Iraqi women are now crying out: stop killing, stop violence,” said Nariman Othman, minister of women’s rights, who led a delegation to the head [...]

Uganda’s President Museveni’s Speech at Women’s Day Celebrations

President Yoweri Museveni was the chief guest at this year’s celebrations to mark the the International Women’s Day, held at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds. Below is the speech in full.
Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen. I salute all the women of Uganda upon this International Women’s Day. I, particularly, wish to congratulate the Ministry of [...]

Invest More in Women -VP Njie-Saidy Urges Gambia

Dr Aja Isatou Njie-Saidy, Vice President and secretary of state for Women’s Affairs has said that the attainment of the goal of gender equality and women’s empowerment not only in the Gambia but also in the world at large cannot be achieved without the availability of timely and adequate financil human resources and other resources.
According [...]

As Women Celebrate International Women’s Day in Nigeria

Nigeria joined many countries of the world and the United Nations (UN) to celebrate the International Women’s Day (IWD) with the theme “Investing in Women and Girls”..
The IWD celebration began on 8 March in 1975, during International Women’s Year. Two years later, precisely in December 1977, the General Assembly adopted a resolution proclaiming a [...]

March 8 to be a working special holiday to be known as National Women’s Day in the Philipines

Women’s groups, men’s organizations, provincial government employees and concerned stakeholders from different private and government line agencies flocked at the Provincial Capitol Building last Monday, March 10, 2008 in commemoration of the National Women’s Month.
Anchored with the local theme: “CEDAW ng Bayan: Yaman ng Kababaihan,” this year’s celebration focuses on the need to generate [...]

On IWD KwaZulu-Natal calls for an end to women abuse

The KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Premier’s office has issued a strong message against the abuse of women in the province as International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated worldwide today.
Premier Sbu Ndebele’s spokesperson, Logan Maistry, says more than one billion people in the world, the great majority of whom are women, still live in unacceptable conditions of poverty, [...]

Women in Mumbai on International Women’s Day

Various women organizations gathered in Mumbai to urge government to shed apathy towards ensuring gender equity on International Women’s Day (IWD).
“We are observing the day as the day of breach of confidence. Many promises were made to us, we were told that 33 per cent reservation for women in jobs and in Parliament would be [...]

Women’s Day March in Nablus

On Thursday 6th March 2008 the Women’s Committees of Nablus marched through the centre of the city to protest against the recent massacre in Gaza during which more than 115 people were murdered. In preparation for International Women’s Day on the 8th of March, the women of Nablus took to the streets carrying banners and [...]

Afghan women mark International Women’s Day

More than 1,000 women gathered at two events in Kandahar on Saturday to mark International Women’s Day.
One after the other, women who had lost their sons, husbands and brothers to the fighting and suicide attacks in Afghanistan rose, wrapped in white scarves, to share their stories.
Sobbing, they called for peace and for women’s rights. There [...]

“Government support for IWD is a Radical Feminist Plot to subvert women’s gender roles”!!

International Women’s Day: Code for ‘Advancing Radical Feminism Around the Globe’
Eagle Forum, a leading pro-family organization founded by Phyllis Schlafly, author of Feminist Fantasies, condemns the U.S. Government’s endorsement of the worldwide feminist event, International Women’s Day (IWD). According to its website, IWD is a “global day connecting all women around the world and inspiring [...]

WOZA Members Beaten in the Streets of Bulawayo on International Women’s Day

Over 1,000 members of WOZA and MOZA marched through the streets of Bulawayo
today to commemorate International Women’s Day.
The peaceful protesters, who were carrying balloons, were met by riot police after four blocks and viciously beaten. Over 50 members received medical attention for injuries caused by the assault.
The aim of this march was to exhort [...]

Help make a difference for Mao Hengfeng on International Women’s Day!

This March 8, take action on behalf of Mao and help promote women’s and petitioners’ rights in China. Abusive tactics and detention in illegal jails and psychiatric hospitals await people such as Mao, who have merely attempted to exercise their human rights.
International Women’s Day is a global event connecting all women around the world. Thousands [...]

Do you know how this war has affected the women of Iraq?

from Code Pink Women for Peace
As you read this, women in Iraq live in a Hell we have created.
In Central Iraq, 91.8% of women polled by Women for Women International say that violence against women is increasing. 74.5% of Iraqi women avoid leaving their homes. 63.2% have regularly not sent their children to school. 65.3% [...]

International Women’s Day campaign marks 6 year anniversary of the kidnap of Ingrid Betancourt

It is vitally important to maintain the pressure on all parties to accelerate the release of Betancourt and the other kidnap victims.

Green Principal Speaker Dr. Derek Wall is backing the international campaign on International Women’s Day 2008, organised by Patricia Penna, the wife of Brazilian Green Party President José Luiz Penna, to call for the [...]