women's rights

Announcing the August 2009 Women's Congress

Past Gathering: IPI's Women's International Grassroots Peace Congress

August 20, 2009 - August 23, 2009  |  Meru, Kenya

World Pulse is excited to announce that International Peace Initiatives will host their second annual Women's International Grassroots Peace Congress this August. Participants from all around the world will network to create global alliances, share solutions and best practices, and dialogue across borders for sustainable peace. Read More »

Connecting Across the Generations

Past Gathering: Omega Institute: Women & Power

September 11, 2009 - September 13, 2009  |  New York, Rhinebeck Campus

"For the past seven years, Omega’s Women & Power conferences have been attended by thousands of women from around the world. Read More »

The Heart of Cambodia

Past Gathering: World Pulse’s Inaugural Tour: February 2009

February 7, 2009 - February 16, 2009  |  World Pulse Event

World Pulse will embark on our first-ever international tour to Cambodia to meet leading women pioneering a new future for Cambodia. Read More »

Coffee Groundswell

by Whitney Joiner

For generations, women coffee workers have been treated like second-class citizens. Today, they are taking on leadership roles in every sector of the industry. It’s not only creating better coffee—it’s also dramatically improving growers’ lives. Read More »

Association for Women in Development

Past Gathering: South Africa: The Power of Movements

November 13, 2008 - November 16, 2008  |  Cape Town, South Africa

Every three years, over 1,500 movers and shakers in the global women’s movement gather for a charged four days to network, collaborate, and strategize. Read More »

Afghanistan Exposed

by Malalai Joya

Even with the assassination threats she faces, Malalai Joya, often called “the bravest woman in Afghanistan,” speaks out—naming warlords and telling the international community what it must do now. Read More »

Our Oracle

by Jensine

In the summer of 2002, I had a pivotal dream: In it, I am standing in the center of a circle of women. Together they are a spectrum of colorful clothing: woolen robes; head wraps; animal skins; fat, beaded belts. I hear the soft rustle of fabric as the women lean in and whisper, “Yes. Go. Go!” Read More »

Sign Petition to End Rape in the Congo

December 2, 2008

Since 1996, eastern Congo has been the epicenter of the deadliest war since World War II, and it remains a place where combatants on all sides routinely use rape and sexual violence as a weapon to destroy women, families, and communities. Read More »

Donate to the Umoja Women's Group

December 2, 2008

In 1990, 15 Samburu women founded Umoja Uaso Women’s Group. Read More »

Building a New World For Women

Past Gathering: The Women’s Conference: Architects of Change

October 21, 2008  |  Long Beach, CA

You have to hand it to Maria Shriver. Read More »