Tag: Equal Rights

In 1995 a gathering was held in Beijing with 30,000 activists and 17,000 participants coming together to come to grips ...

Every time I explain the research I do, I inevitably frame it as “soccer and politics,” or even more broadly, ...

The concept that women’s rights activism and women’s empowerment are tasks for women and women-led organizations is indeed obsolete and ...

In August of this year, the United Nations posted a picture online (see below) in celebration of the International Day ...

Women in developing countries are generally well-served by microfinance institutions. As a result, women-run livelihood businesses make up a good ...

Teen mothers in Seke Rural, a constituency of Zimbabwe, are speaking out about how society stigmatises and ostracizes them. The ...

The increased use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the past decade has led to the rise of a ...

In the case of a divorce in Kenya today, a female spouse is not automatically entitled to half of the ...

In dealing with past human rights abuses and upholding standards of respect for human rights, the Gambia’s transition from an ...

After I finished college, I came back home to stay with my family. In our village, I saw the need ...

When I was younger, my mother would not allow my siblings and me to sit at the dining table before ...