Despite women's experiences remaining profoundly shaped by gender inequality in Malawi, when One World Action's Emily Esplen met members of the Coalition of Women Living with HIV in Malawi (COWLHA) last week, she was taken aback by their immense their strength, positive vision and humour. Emily shares with us some of the challenges still facing women in Malawi. Read More »
In the UK back in 1911 women couldn't vote. The legal age of marriage for girls was 12 and women could not own or inherit property without the permission of their father or legal guardian. On the centenary of International Women's Day, One World Action's Hannah Davies looks at the progress the world has made in changing the lives of women for the better. Read More »
One World Action's Director updates us on the outcomes of the Commission on the Status of Women, which has recently come to an end in New York. Read More »
There is less than a week to go until women around the world mark 100 years of International Women's Day. One World Action's (OWA) Emily Esplen explains why there is we have a lot to celebrate and how OWA's partner organisations are leading the way in changing deep-set beliefs that for centuries have placed women at the bottom of the social, economic and political hierarchy. Read More »
Celebrating a win for your local football side should be a happy occasion open to both men and women. But as Hannah Davies found out, sexism is very much still tolerated among football fans... Read More »
One World Action's new Director has been working at the United Nations for almost eight years. However, this year she will be following the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) from the outside, and on the opening day of the fifty-fifth session Hannah Davies shares with us her views on the potential of these talks.. Read More »
Not too long ago I would have uncritically embraced the idea that accession to the European Union would be good for women. But does accession to the EU actually benefit feminist movements in New Member States (NMS)? Not necessarily. In fact, more often than not, accession to the EU has resulted in the de-politicization of feminist NGOs and has made securing funding even more challenging. Read More »
On 1st January 2011 the new UN body for gender equality - UN Women - finally became operational. But will it have the authority, status and resources needed to deliver real impact for the world's women? Read More »
Evening Standard journalist Rosamund Urwin gives us an insight into the sexism that exists within the media... 'tally up those names, count the voices, add up the faces and you see something: how under-represented women are in high profile roles...' Read More »
Accompanied by More Women More Power (MWMP) campaigners I attended an event earlier this week to celebrate women organising and working towards change across the globe, including Moni Rani Das being awarded the Sternberg Award in recognition of her work for Dalit and women's rights in Dhaka... Read More »
