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Young island poet to address Ban Ki-moon climate summit
A young female poet from the Marshall Islands has been selected to address an audience including more than 100 heads of state at the opening ceremony of the U.N. secretary-general's climate change summit later this month.
Bihar's first all-solar village flickers to life
Life has been transformed for the 2,400 residents of Dharnai, a village in Bihar, India’s poorest state, by the completion of a solar-powered micro-grid, bringing them light and power for all their daily needs after 30 years with no electricity.
Coping With Mental Illness, Two Kashmiri Women Explore Effectiveness of Spiritual, Psychiatric Treatment Paths
In Jammu and Kashmir state, mental illness is stigmatized, especially among girls and women...
Analysis: Why child marriage persists in Nepal
At age 33, Rami Biswokarma has been married for 20 years. Her village of Kateghari in Nepal’s western Surkhet District has seen multiple campaigns against child marriage, but she says little has changed.
Volunteering and Trust-building with Karen Women
WEAVE is acting slowly on a small scale, but having a far greater impact than other organizations hoping to change the world in the blink of an eye....
Lovingly Empowering Women and Girls in Pakistan - Zephaniah Free Academy
Lola Johnson interviews Zephaniah: "Of course it is very challenging... Women face discrimination on every level. People give birth to eight or nine girls in the hope that maybe next time they’ll have a son."
Protecting Vulnerable Children in Sindh Province, Pakistan
Child protection is a serious issue of concern in Pakistan as children face multiple forms of violence, abuse and exploitation....
Terrifying Fire hits Mae La Refugee Camp
A fire broke out in Zone B Section 4 and 5 at Mae La Refugee Camp on the Thai Burma Border in Thailand’s Tak Province. It was estimated that more than 30 shelters were destroyed.
The impunity continues: Sexual Violence in Burma
In January 2014, the Thailand-based Women's League of Burma (WLB) launched the report "Same Impunity, Same Pattern: Sexual abuses by the Burma army will not stop until there is a genuine civilian government"...
Pakistan: Survey Reveals Alarming Attitudes Towards Domestic Abuse
March 2014: Amir Murtaza reports on the findings if a survey conducted by Aware Girls and Young Feminists Movement in collaboration with Mamacash. ...
Sun Shines on Forest Women
Chintapakka Jambulamma, 34, looks admiringly at a solar dryer. It’s the prized possession of the Advitalli Tribal Women’s Co-operative Society- a collective of women entrepreneurs that she leads.
Rizana Nafeek Foundation - Statement about the execution of Sri Lankan maid in Saudi Arabia
Jan 2014: Robbed of her youth, freedom and dignity, Rizana was a victim of circumstance; an immigrant, a maid, and a child- exploited by traffickers and a legal system predisposed against her...