Monthly Archives: June 2011

We met with our partner based in Cape Town, the Women’s Legal Centre (WLC). They took us to Khayelitsa to show us first hand some of the services they offer to women.

Don’t miss your last chance to see Precious, an exhibition of Paula Rego etchings and Siobhan Wall drawings at the New Hall Art College in Cambridge.

I remember thinking for many years that I couldn’t imagine apartheid ending in my lifetime, but if enough people care and take action, unimaginable things can happen.

Reporting back from Paris after talking to women’s rights activists and academics about women’s participation in post-conflict reconstruction.

A new report by the End Violence Against Women coalition (EVAW) calls on UK schools to work on preventing violence against women and girls.

Today is International Widows’ Day. Our Nepal Programme Manager Cintia explains why it is important to recognise the discrimination faced by widows.

Women and children make up 75-80% of refugees worldwide, and refugee women are more affected by violence than any other group of women in the world.

13 year old Aberash is fighting harmful traditions in Ethiopia: Female Genital Mutilation and girls being forced to marry against their will.

With Father’s Day on Sunday it seemed like a good time to say thank you to all the men who support Womankind Worldwide and our work.

Afghanistan tops a list of the 5 most dangerous places in the world to be a woman, published today. But these ‘top 5′ are just the tip of the iceberg…