International Policy Archives

GOP Congress Threatens Overseas Family Planning

By Sharon Johnson ● Health & Science ● January 12, 2015

Rep. Chris Smith, a New Jersey Republican, is expected to propose legislation that would permanently impose the Mexico City Policy, which has been a political flashpoint for three decades. United Nations health programs are a target too.

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Souid Opens Lingo of Lawmaking in New Tunisia

By Hajer Naili ● Commentary ● February 7, 2012

Karima Souid, a foreign-born deputy in Tunisia’s constituent assembly, has broadened the language of lawmaking to include dialectical Arabic, the common tongue. The first of three profiles of women playing active roles in post-revolutionary Tunisia.

U.N. Envoy Paves Diplomatic History for Women

By Amy Lieberman ● Arts & Culture ● March 30, 2010

They work like stepping stones to pave a major fresh path in women’s history: First 1325, then 1820, now 1888. These are U.N. resolutions that in the past 15 or so years have put wartime sexual violence on the international policy map.

U.N. Takes Measure of Women’s Equality

By Bojana Stoparic ● Employment ● October 2, 2009

This week, government delegates and women’s organizations from around the world are gathering at the United Nations to evaluate progress towards reaching the goals for gender equality set in Beijing 10 years ago.

African Women Snared by Two Legal Systems

By Nicole Itano ● Crime & Law ● October 2, 2009

Ten years after the U.N. called for the strengthening of women’s legal rights around the globe, African women’s rights are still often caught in the tangle between traditional and civil laws. The first of a seven-part series on the Beijing Platform.

Clinton Leaves Her Mark on Congo’s Rape Zone

By Womens Enews Staff ● Uncategorized ● August 23, 2009

In the aftermath of Hillary Clinton’s recent trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo, women’s rights and safety activists in Congo and Uganda reflect on the hope she leaves behind in one of the world’s worst rape zones.

Women’s eNews Philadelphia Leadership Awards 2009

By WeNews Staff & no-author ● Employment ● August 10, 2009

Siobhan "Sam" Bennett, Runner for All Women

Following a career that has spanned congressional candidate, community leader, organizer and businesswoman, Siobhan "Sam" Bennett has found the perfect place for her fighting attitude and political savvy. She is the current president of the Women’s Campaign Forum, an organization that seeks to launch women into elected office.