courage,passion and glamour

Join Girls in Transforming the World

Join women and girls as they bring voice to barriers and solutions to accessing education and celebrate inspiring mothers and mentors.

Learn How to Participate »

Read Other Submissions »

Watch the World Pulse Video

Support our work!

Help us lift and unite women's voices from 190 countries to accelerate their impact for the world.

Donate »

Donate

Connect
With Us:

courage,passion and glamour

A New Report: "Putting Policy Into Practice: Monitoring the Implementation of UN Security Council Resolutions on Women, Peace an

by marietta64 | April 8, 2010 at 2:44 AM

wps_conf_2009_policy_into_practice.pdf … Read More»

EUROPE: Privatised Services Back in Public Hands

by marietta64 | March 24, 2010 at 12:46 AM

U.N. to Focus on Global Epidemic of Gender Abuse

by marietta64 | February 24, 2010 at 12:09 AM

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 18, 2010 (IPS) - The statistics relating to the world's socially and economically-distressed women are staggering. … Read More»

Policy Recommendations to Address Critical Security Concerns and Needs of Women Human Rights Defenders in Haiti in the Aftermath

by marietta64 | February 6, 2010 at 1:23 AM

The position of the Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition on the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti Human rights are often set aside as an ‘extra’ in emergency response, i.e., … Read More»

attack in Paris

by marietta64 | February 2, 2010 at 3:43 AM

A 45-year-old theatre actress was doused with petrol in an attack in Paris after weeks of receiving threats over a feminist play she wrote on Algerian women. … Read More»

U.S. Should Invest in New U.N. Women's Agency"

by marietta64 | January 27, 2010 at 8:59 AM

Christine Ahn interviews CHARLOTTE BUNCH, Founder of the Center for Global Women's Leadership … Read More»

15 UN Questionnaire to Governments

by marietta64 | January 21, 2010 at 3:03 AM

In preparation for the regional-level 15-year reviews of implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995) and the outcomes of the twenty-third special session of the General As … Read More»

Somaliland: A Way Out of the Electoral Crisis

by marietta64 | January 5, 2010 at 10:00 AM

The stalled electoral process has plunged Somaliland into a serious political crisis that presents yet another risk of destabilisation for the region. … Read More»

What is Internet Governance? And why does it matter for women’s rights?

by marietta64 | December 28, 2009 at 7:09 AM

Women’s rights advocates have made policy-setting inroads into many spaces that affect women’s lives – governments, schools, religious organizations, health care systems and economies. … Read More»

Three Decades of Progress for Women's Treaty, But Many Challenges Ahead

by marietta64 | December 18, 2009 at 1:23 AM

Fabiana Frayssinet interviews SILVIA PIMENTEL, CEDAW Committee member Silvia Pimentel / Credit:Courtesy of Fernanda Pasquariello Monteiro Silvia Pimentel … Read More»