Our Story In 2011-2012, WEDO is celebrating its 20th Anniversary! Visit the WEDO20+ pages for stories, photos, video and more.. Celebrating those who have helped make the organization what it is today – and those who will help shape its future! READ our NEWEST Historical Publication 'Celebrating Momentum and Milestones: A WEDO History of Women’s Organizing Toward a Healthy and Peaceful Planet'. In 1979, Bella Abzug, Gloria Steinem, Brownie Ledbetter and other extraordinary women leaders … [Read more...]
Libyan Women Taking Action for Leadership
March 23, 2013 by
One of the challenges facing Libya as it builds democracy following the fall of the Muammar Qadhafi regime is the reform of the security sector.[ wananchi wa Libya washerehekea] The Voice of Libyan Women is celebrating at our Women’s Center in Zawia today for an event for Mother & Children of Martyrs. Please come and join us in the celebration starting at 2:30 PM. The event is for women and children only.There is a contest for the best poem and art piece representing “The Power of Women.” The … [Read more...]
LaPaz – BOLIVIA, Rural Women are Taking Action!
March 23, 2013 by
This month, I was on a design mission for ASAP-ACCESOS programme in Bolivia, and I got the chance to participate in a meeting of rural women that the IFAD country office organized in La Paz on March 15th, in collaboration with FAO, WFP, UNIDO, UN-WOMEN and PRAIA. The objective of the one-day event was to share, disseminate and replicate successful experiences of Bolivian women. Almost 80 participants came to present their managerial experiences that resulted in economic returns, to describe … [Read more...]
WE WANT WATER 2015
March 22, 2013 by
International Year for Water Cooperation begins March 22, 2013 Water is life and harvesting rains can be a way out! “Water is life's mater and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water.” -Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Life’s existence, its survival and nourishment is dependent upon water. Imagining a world without water is imagining a world without life! Nature has bestowed upon us this resource which we exploited without paying attention to its sustainability in the … [Read more...]
Take Action – Bride trafficking to China from Southeast Asian grows!
March 21, 2013 by
PHNOM PENH, March 2013 (IRIN) - Bride trafficking to China from Southeast Asian countries which do not border on that country looks set to grow, says the UN, with the first reported cases from Cambodia in 2012. Most cases go unreported. “The numbers of identified cases are still small, but this number could rise given the social demographics in play,” Lisa Rende Taylor, chief technical adviser for the UN Inter-Agency Project on Human Trafficking (UNIAP), told IRIN, noting that in the past … [Read more...]
Millennium Development Goals by 2015, have Your Say here!
March 21, 2013 by
Did you know that diarrhea is the second leading cause of death among children under five in the world. Around 1.5 million deaths each year - nearly one in five – are caused by diarrhea. It kills more children than malaria, AIDS, and measles combined. Should access to clean water and sanitation be a priority for world leaders in the next development goals? Have YOUR say? HERE: www.myworld2015.org Millennium Development Goals, an Introduction For many industrialized nations, … [Read more...]
Forbes celebrates Top 20 Best-Paying Cities For Women 2013
March 17, 2013 by
Where you live dramatically impacts how much you make. And for women, who earn only 77% as much as men in the U.S. and are the majority of breadwinners for their families, every cent counts. Where Women Earn The Most Based on the 2011 American Community Survey by the U.S. Census (the latest data available), which tracks median annual earnings of men and women working full-time, year-around in over 500 major metropolitan areas in the U.S., these are the cities where women earn … [Read more...]
SAFE Stoves In North Darfur critical to Women
March 15, 2013 by
WFP's SAFE stoves project means a lot to women in Darfur's north where collecting firewood for cooking has always put women at the risk of violent attacks. Displacement and conflict-related environmental degradation forced women to travel long distances in search for firewood spending days away from their children. Not anymore. Tawila, NORTH DARFUR -- For over six years, Rwanda camp for internally displaced people has been home to Insaf, her husband Hussain and their brood of … [Read more...]
Côte d’Ivoire: Food for Assets Project Empowers Women’s Group
March 15, 2013 by
A women’s group in western Côte d’Ivoire is participating in a WFP Food for Assets gardening project that is empowering its members and providing nutritious foods for their households. Abidjan – In Gningleu village in western Côte d’Ivoire bordering Liberia, Alice heads a women’s group called “Debasseu”. In English that means “Do it yourself”. The group is participating in a WFP Food for Assets gardening project, and as a result has been able to secure more nutritious foods for their … [Read more...]
Mobile Money: IT for Tackling Global Poverty?
March 14, 2013 by
Did you know that 2.5 billion people in the world are without bank accounts? For many people in developing countries, it is simply too expensive to maintain a traditional brick-and-mortar bank account or the distance to a bank or ATM is too far to travel. This translates into greater economic insecurity for the people who need it most. You also may not have known that 2 billion of these people now have access to a cell phone, and that new mobile banking technologies are allowing millions … [Read more...]
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)
March 14, 2013 by
The nature and scope of India’s Social Protection policy has been undergoing a paradigm shift in the last decade. Social assistance for poverty alleviation is now being viewed within a rights-based framework, and broadening the potential for development processes to incorporate the goals of equity, social justice and human rights. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) is the largest rights-based employment guarantee programme in the world today, reaching … [Read more...]
