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03/08/2012

EVERYONE not already supporting development through Kiva, should do this today in celebration of International Women's Day http://www.kiva.org/women

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03/08/2012

Some inspirational photos to celebrate International Women's Day 2012 http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/08/empowerment-through-a-lens/?hp

A photo exhibition and auction raising money for Man Up Campaign that opens Thursday night celebrates empowerment, through some unexpected lenses.

02/15/2012

This just goes to show what a difference a small investment in women in Tanzania can make
http://www.icrw.org/media/blog/liquid-gold

Over the years, I have seen evidence time and again of the impact even small investments – if done right – can make in the lives of rural women. In December, I was reminded of one of those moments while in Dar es Salaam, the capital of Tanzania. I was in the country as part of an ICRW team to set u...

02/06/2012

A fantastic article.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeanne-faulkner/child-marriage-poverty_b_1253164.html?ref=impact

When my daughter turns 12 next month she'll have a birthday cake and a slumber party, not a wedding cake and marriage. As an American girl, she's lucky to grow up in a culture where girls can choose who and when they'll marry.

01/24/2012

Check out the new 'Women's Rights' section on our website! Thanks to our wonderful volunteer, Erica Salerno, for all your work!! www.cibelis.org

01/23/2012

http://www.icrw.org/media/blog/eyes-haunt

After an hour's drive over sprawling, rock-filled terrain, a flat tire change and a steep half-hour hike up a mountain, we finally reach Tigist's* home, perched near the edge of a cliff.

01/12/2012

http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/cambodia-release-peaceful-protesters-detained-over-forced-eviction-2012-01-12

24 women and six children have been detained while protesting last week's violent forced eviction of 300 families from Borei Keila in Phnom Penh.

01/11/2012

http://globalpressinstitute.org/global-news/asia/nepal/kidnapping-women-marriage-persists-nepali-indigenous-group

Among the villages of an indigenous group in Nepal, it is still common for men to kidnap women whom they want to marry. While some say it’s a valued and necessary tradition, others say it’s a human rights violation.

12/15/2011

Good article on the horrendous gendercide in India http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2011/12/all-those-little-faces-elizabeth-vargas-explores-indias-gendercide/

Six months ago, I traveled to India to see firsthand what the prime minister of that country calls a national shame. It is the systematic, widespread, shocking elimination of India’s baby girls. Some 50,000 female fetuses are aborted every month in India. Baby girls are often killed at birth, ei...

12/14/2011

Please check out our website and DONATE to help us help women in Tanzania! www.cibelis.org

12/14/2011

Thank goodness this poor woman has been freed! An injustice that she was ever jailed in the first place.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16179236

An Afghan woman is freed after being jailed for adultery after a relative r**ed her in a case that attracted wide attention, her lawyer tells the BBC.