gender equality
International Women’s Day 2010
Every year on 8 March people celebrate International Women's Day. This year Concern Worldwide has a number of events to mark the day while highlighting the plight of some of the women we work with.
Sixteen days: picture gallery
The 16 Days of Activism is an international campaign, run every year, to highlight the injustice of gender-based violence.
Sixteen days against gender violence
24 November 2009For 16 days every year, organisations and individuals highlight the injustice of gender-based violence and campaign together to eliminate it.
Changing attitudes in rural Tanzania
I meet a woman in one of the poorest villages in Tanzania. Her name is Fatuma Ismail. She is the same age as me, 30, and has five children. She is a widow with nobody to turn to for support.
“Extremely alarming” levels of hunger in poorest countries
15 October 2009Recent global recession, financial crisis and climate change are a “deadly cocktail” of hunger and malnutrition according to the new Global Hunger Index report.
The unsung heroes
Faced with tough choices, African women struggle in a way that I will never know.
Women of Concern: photo gallery
Last night, at the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin, we launched the Women of Concern group.
Great Ethiopian Run
Ethiopia’s prowess in long distance and marathon running is well known, bringing many an Olympic medal back to the country.
International Women's Day 2009
06 March 2009Falling on 8 March every year, International Women's Day has been celebrated for almost 100 years. Hundreds of events take place around the world, connecting women and marking achievements.
African leadership
Olive Towey is blogging from the Fighting Hunger Conference. This is her second post.
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