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Officials and activists from around the world gathered in Monrovia, Liberia, last weekend to push for more female peace negotiators. Women may not start wars, but, participants said, they were often uniquely qualified to help end them.
In a Thai refugee camp Shah Paung found that writing stories was one way to resist the Myanmar military dictatorship she had fled. She continues to report news smuggled out by informants even as the world’s focus has turned from Burma.
Female trekkers are gaining ground in the mountains of Nepal. This in turn is spurring demand for female guides who find a path out of social constraints and the penury of traditional agricultural work on the cold, rock trails.
As postwar Burundi prepares for a reconciliation process based on South Africa’s, women’s rights advocates say the first step must be bringing the perpetrators of sexual violence to justice. Third in a series on African women and the rule of law.
Uganda’s decision to bestow more of its university scholarships on science students worries gender advocates in a country where female scientists face strong cultural bias. Seventh in a series on higher education in Africa.
Uganda’s Constitutional Court recently nullified a law that made adultery criminal for women, but not men. The case also strengthened women’s rights on divorce and inheritance. First in a series on women and the rule of law in Africa.