Global Voices · Citizen media stories about Women & Gender from September 2011

Saudi women, who cannot drive in their own country, will be granted the right to become members in their country's 150-member consultative or Shura council, an advisory body which has...

24 September 2011

Update on Global Voices Mentorship: Meet the Activists

Written by Leila Nachawati Rego · Latin America

For over a month, ten Global Voices bloggers have been working with activists from ten different countries as mentors of members of the new Blogger Swarm initiative of Activista, the...

Global: Interview on NATO's Evolution

Written by Solana Larsen · Quick Reads · Western Europe

23 September 2011

Cuba: “Damas” March Tomorrow

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Latin America

Puerto Rico: Marcela Lagarde on Women and Citizenship

Written by Firuzeh Shokooh Valle · Quick Reads · Latin America

22 September 2011

Cuba: Image of a Free Woman

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Latin America

Cuba: Officers Sentenced

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Latin America

21 September 2011

Cuba: Interview with “Habanastation” Actress

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Latin America

Global: Reflections on Peace Day 2011

Written by Paula Góes · East Asia

To mark the International Day of Peace, celebrated on September 21, female bloggers from The SunFlower Post share their perspectives on world peace by reflecting on the realities of their...

Mozambique: Sant'Egidio Community Fights Back Against HIV/AIDS

Written by Abdoulaye Bah · Sub-Saharan Africa

Lack of access to care for HIV positive people has been well documented on the African continent. Many initiatives strive to show that things could improve with collective effort, and...