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US Civil Society Working Group on Women, Peace, and Security
NCRW Fact Sheet: Violence Against Women Act

The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) is the most comprehensive federal legislation ever enacted to...
NCRW Fact Sheet: The International Violence Against Women Act

I-VAWA would apply the force of U.S. diplomacy and provide $1 billion over five years to institute...

News

Black Women, Sexual Assault and the Art of Resistance

April 25, 2012

Brooke Axtell examines the implications of the statistic that 60 percent of Black girls have experienced sexual abuse before the age of 18.
Female Circumcision: Police Investigating Claims UK Doctors Advised On Illegal Practice

April 24, 2012

A report by the Sunday Times says that as many as 100,000 woman in the UK may have been victims of female genital mutilation.
Vatican nun crackdown hits US group for 'radical feminist' ideas

April 19, 2012

A report from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Vatican's orthodoxy watchdog, accuses the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, the largest umbrella group for nuns in the United States, of taking positions that...
A cover-up in the beautiful game

April 18, 2012

The Globe and Mail article discusses the International Football Association Board's unanimous recommendation to rescind the hijab ban first introduced by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association in 2007.
Rogge hopes Saudis will send women to London

April 16, 2012

Sports Illustrated reports that the International Olympic Committee is stilltalking to Saudi Arabia about sending women to the London Games, despite a report that the conservative Muslim country's national Olympic committee resists the idea.

Member Organizations

Center for Women's Global Leadership

Rutgers University

New Brunswick, NJ
National Council of Women's Organizations

Washington, DC
New York Women's Foundation

New York, NY
Wellesley Centers for Women

Wellesley College

Wellesley, MA
Women's eNews

New York, NY
Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement (WISER)

Washington, DC

Blog Posts

Measuring a Nation’s Wealth Through its People

Kyla Bender-Baird

By Nkiru Uzodi*On the morning of Thursday, November 4, I got to the UN Headquarters in New York after braving the heavy rain and fierce wind that almost blew me and my umbrella off East 42nd Street (...

Tuesday, November 9, 2010 - 4:37pm

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ELECTION 2010: We Need A Stimulus Package that Includes Women and Builds Human Capital

Kyla Bender-Baird

By Natalia Cardona*Our government representatives are shying away from a new stimulus under the guise of avoiding a larger deficit. However, another stimulus package is a short-term deficit that will...

Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 11:20am

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Women Can’t Wait

Kyla Bender-Baird

Originally posted August 26, 2010 on Concern BlogsBy Allyson Brown*The Summit on the UN Millennium Development Goals is fast approaching. If we are serious about beating global poverty, the...

Monday, September 20, 2010 - 11:56am

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Human Rights for Women and People with Disabilities

Kyla Bender-Baird

By Alexandra Mazzeo*Yesterday, The Opportunity Agenda and the U.S. Human Rights Network hosted a telebriefing on two key human rights treaties and efforts toward U.S. ratification.

Friday, July 30, 2010 - 11:46am

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FAST FACT: A New Way to Rank Women’s Economic Opportunity

Kyla Bender-Baird

By Kyla Bender-BairdLast week, the Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU) launched a new global index and ranking of women’s economic opportunity. The pilot report builds on the United Nations...

Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 12:47pm

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Reports & Publications

WOMEN GO GLOBAL CD-ROM

Monday, July 13, 2009 - 11:31am

Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice

Monday, July 13, 2009 - 11:22am

Gains and Gaps: A Look at the World's Women

Friday, April 10, 2009 - 11:46pm

MISSING Information About Women's Lives

Monday, July 13, 2009 - 11:25am

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