Most Egyptians will come to remember 13 August 2012 as more than just another long hot day of the holy month of Ramadan. Just a few hours before sunset when millions waited eagerly …

Source: ICPD
Forty-three percent of the world’s population is currently under 25 – and the number of young people is rising fastest in those parts of the world with the lowest economic growth.  …

Please note that Speakers have changed
Presenters: Himakshi Piplani from HIV Young Leaders Fund and Chelsea Ricker, an independent consultant on sexual health and rights
Time and Date: Friday, August 31st 2012 @ 8 am EST
Deadline for …

Source: World March of Women
This year we are more than 50 young women from 12 different countries and territories: Romania, Basque country, Turkey, Catalonia, France, Armenia, Italy, Germany, Norway, Galicia, Portugal and Switzerland. There are …

Source: CREA
Deadline: 10 September 2012.
The fourth Feminist Leadership and Movement Building Institute is a five-day course designed to strengthen feminist leadership, strategies, and collective power for social transformation in Africa. The Institute …

Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The global campaign to free Pussy Riot is gaining speed: Supporters of the punk provocateur band mobilize this week in at least a two dozen cities worldwide to hold simultaneous demonstrations an …

By: Ishita Chaudhry, Co-Founder & CEO, The YP Foundation
“Why sometimes, I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”
- The White Queen, Alice in Wonderland.
I think I imagined this moment in many different ways. …

Source: ANDI – Comunicação e Direitos
Deadline: February 27, 2012

Location: Brazil

Journalists who investigate issues of sexual violence against children and adolescents in Brazil can enter the Tim Lopes investigative journalism contest.

Organized by ANDI – …

AWID strongly believes in building collective power to advance women’s rights and gender equality worldwide and our members are dedicated to working with us towards this goal. As an AWID member, you join not only …

In April, the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID) held its 12th International Forum in Istanbul, Turkey. The Forum brought together approximately 2,200 participants from around the world to discuss ’Transforming Economic Power …

FRIDAY FILE: A discussion about the implications of the proposed UN Fifth World Conference on Women in 2015 is urgently needed among feminists and women’s rights activists from all regions of the world.  There are …

The last weeks have been restless in defending body’s rights, and it seems that politicians from all countries are using the famous slogan “the private is political”.
In Turkey, the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, after …