[empower] capacity building initiatives and materials

France: Un institut unique en son genre

Les recherches sur le genre, masculin ou féminin, sont enfin sur la voie de la reconnaissance. Et cela grâce au tout nouvel Institut Émilie du Châtelet qui fédérera les travaux dans ce domaine.

Kuwait: Kuwaiti women's society and UNIFEM organize awareness program

The Women Cultural and Social Society announced Tuesday it will organize a free awareness program for women in cooperation with the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and Freedom House organization.

Turquie: «Oyun»: des villageoises sur les planches

Pelin Esmer raconte l’aventure de cette pièce, de ces villageoises sur les planches, avec un humour et une tendresse qui touchent immanquablement les publics les plus variés.

International: Kurdish Women’s Rights Watch (KWRW) launches website

On the occasion of International Women's Day, Kurdish Women's Rights Watch (KWRW) has launched its website: www.kwrw.org

Tanzania: First Feminist Activist Institute opens in Tanzania

As the world marked Women's Day on March 8th, the feminist community in Tanzania observed the event in deep activism and militancy: a new generation of activists with feminist values is being developed in the first ever Feminist Activist Institute.

International: Partnering for change: movement building in the 21st century

At the World Social Forum in Nairobi, Women’s Learning Partnership (WLP) will present an interactive panel and dialogue with women’s rights activists from Africa and the Middle East who will discuss strategies to strengthen social movements.

International: Feminist and women's studies resources

This book review journal features books of interest to feminist and women's studies not published in English and regularly reviews books on FGM.

International: Women wise up to their rights

Zainah Anwar of Sisters in Islam writes, "The struggle of all feminists in all religions and cultures is similar. [...] They have all been accused of being against their religion [...] It is not religion but patriarchy that is oppressive of women."

Afghanistan: Projet de bibliothèque à Farah

Depuis la chute des Talibans, la scolarité a repris pour la majorité des jeunes en Afghanistan.

Algeria: Violence against women - scourge still plaguing Algeria

SOS Women in Trouble offers victims both shelter and training and one of their greatest successes was getting the police to work with them. However, there are continuing challenges ahead, one of which is legal and involves amendments to the Family Code.