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February 8, 2010 – 4:44 pm
Following the landslide victory of Costa Rica’s first female president, women throughout the Central American country are ecstatic. Wrapped in a National Liberation Party flag, Costa Rican Laura Urena exclaimed at the victory celebration, “I couldn’t be happier…It will give new opportunities to women all over the country.”
While her gender may make her a symbol [...]
January 27, 2010 – 11:00 am
By Peggy Simpson
Able to quickly reach a well-developed network of women throughout the country, an alternative banking system performs while the Haitian economy is in shambles.
A micro-credit program and banking system for more than 200,000 women in Haiti has come to the rescue of the overall economy in the wake of the devastating earthquake. [...]
January 21, 2010 – 10:47 am
As CNN reported yesterday, the women’s rights community – and the world at large – mourn the deaths of three exceptional leaders in Haiti’s women’s rights movement. The nation has been plagued with gender-based violence; a survey of Haitian women and girls showed an estimated 72 percent had been raped, and at least 40 percent of the [...]
January 20, 2010 – 2:28 pm
Haiti’s Women in the Aftermath of Disaster
By Taina Bien-Aimé
“For many of us born of Haitian parents, tales of the westernmost portion of Hispaniola filled our childhood, depicting contrasts of beauty and struggle. While they bemoaned Haiti’s tumultuous history as karmic payment for having dared to become the first black independent nation of the New World, [...]
January 20, 2010 – 8:31 am
By Amanda Furness
The author, who has worked in Cite Soleil, a poor district hit hard by the earthquake, asks us to see her partner and friends in Port-au-Prince through her eyes, not as they are customarily portrayed in the media.
I pictured them at first huddled on top of one another in a huge, human pile. [...]
January 18, 2010 – 11:45 am
Cross-posted from CodePINK
Here are several sister organizations doing effective, immediate, and grassroots disaster relief work in Haiti who will put your donation to use:
MADRE has worked in Haiti for many years and supporting community organizations on the ground. Donate here.
Global Fund for Women is directing funds to women’s peace-building efforts and the rebuilding of organizations [...]
January 15, 2010 – 9:58 am
As the media has been covering the devastation in Haiti and efforts to get relief to those in need, WMC experts have been highlighting the pre-existing poverty and political turmoil that, combined with natural forces, have resulted in a disaster that is largely man-made. PWV Alum Michele Wucker appeared on Rachel Maddow last night to discuss [...]
December 3, 2009 – 4:17 pm
The Global Fund for Women, the world’s largest foundation dedicated to support women’s human rights outside the U.S., is proud to take an active role in this year’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence, sponsored by the Center for Women’s Global Leadership. The campaign mobilizes tens of thousands of people around the world, raising [...]
December 1, 2009 – 5:18 pm
Today marks the 22nd annual observance of World AIDS Day. Although the pandemic continues to affect populations worldwide, great improvements have been made over the last decade. As the 2009 AIDS Epidemic Update reports, new HIV infections have been reduced by 17 percent over the past eight years. Antiretroviral treatment (ART) has improved and lengthened [...]
November 25, 2009 – 2:14 pm
By Regina Cornwell
Backed by Gates Foundation funding, women dairy farmers in Uganda are working collectively to care for their families, their livestock, their crops and the earth.
“It became easy” once she had wheels, Lydia Jjemba said, referring to her gift from a non-profit pilot project. It helps her visit each of the 35 members of [...]
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