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When feminist activist and scholar Gita Sen was named as prime candidate for the now vacant UNIFEM Executive Director post, women and women’s organisations from the South started shoring up support. Some have responded to Isis International-Manila's call for expressions of solidarity and their statements are featured below.

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Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath can still be felt even after two years since it devastated the Mississippi Gulf Coast and Louisiana. No one felt its effects more than women did, but they have managed to turn their situation around and became crucial actors in recovery efforts. Discover women’s importance in recovery and rebuilding in the wake of disasters.

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Three US-based women’s rights advocates and members of local women’s rights group GABRIELA were barred from leaving the Philippines. Their names were included in a certain Bureau of Immigration “watchlist.” GABRIELA claims that government is using the recently implemented Human Security Act to demonstrate the law’s powers that the government can abuse.

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When the two-day UN debate on climate change ended last August 1, women's equality advocates cannot help but criticise how the discussion of more than 120 UN member states lacked a gender perspective. Find out the issues faced by women in the midst of climate change and how they are continually overlooked in dealing with this crisis.

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Various international women's organisations have now joined hands for the Gender Equality Architecture Reform (GEAR) campaign, which aims to fast track the adoption and implementation of the recommendations towards strengthening the gender equality architecture at the UN.

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Human Rights Defender Mary Jane Real shared the extent and limitations of women's engagement with the UN Human Rights Council. She also shared her insights on how women's groups, particularly those from the South, could continue to push for women's human rights in different spaces.