International Women Day

International Women's Day for Disarmament 2008 (Scoop.co.nz)

16 May 2008

Since 1982, International Women's Day for Disarmament has been marked on 24 May by women around the world calling for the peaceful resolution of conflict, and an end to the horror and devastation of armed conflict; the destruction of the physical environment by peacetime military training and weapons testing; the diversion of financial, human and other resources into military institutions; and ...

Standing Committee gets women members (The Hindu)

16 May 2008

NEW DELHI: The Congress and the BJP have nominated one woman member each to the standing committee attached to the Ministry of Law and Justice that will be looking at the women’s reservation bill introduced a day before the Budget ...

Sierra Leone: Action Aid Condemns Marginalizing of Women (AllAfrica.com)

15 May 2008

Women's right coordinator Action Aid International (AAI) Tuesday condemned the marginalizing of African Women.