London 2012 - the Title IX Olympics
Title IX celebrated its 40th anniversary in June. The legislation has become associated with its impacts on women in sport.
Today in History: Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to walk in space
On July 25, 1984, Salyut 7 cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to perform a space walk.
Greek fascist assaults two women on television
A male Greek fascist politician physically assaulted two left-wing women members of parliament during a television show June 8.
Honduran resistance group forms political party
Honduras' National Front for Popular Resistance gathered in Tegucigalpa, Feb. 11-12, to launch a political party. The name, Liberation and Re-foundation Party (Libre), is timely: Honduras is mired in catastrophe.
Guatemala dictator to stand trial
Guatemalan prosecutors announced Jan. 26 that 85-year-old Efraín Ríos Montt, military dictator in 1982-1983, was going to trial in March.
Latin Americans support UN in condemning violence against women
Every year governments and human rights groups are supposed to be campaigning for increasing resources and public awareness aimed at ending violence against women.
Fight to end sex trafficking
One of the most significant scourges worldwide is the ongoing exploitation and sexual abuse of over 2 million girls, and sometimes boys, through sex trafficking.
Women's World Cup: bright spot for Japan, women's sports
After a deadly earthquake, devastating tsunami and nuclear power plant disaster, the Japanese people got some good news July 17, when their women's soccer team won the 2011 FIFA World Cup Final.
Afghanistan most dangerous place for women
One in 11 women die in childbirth and 87 percent are illiterate.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn scandal has international repercussions
The case of Dominique Strauss-Kahn is widely seen as another case of powerful and wealthy men thinking they have the right to sexually exploit women in subordinate positions.
