NEWW Polska Online *(in english)

'HOW close have you been to death?' she asked me while I was drinking a cocktail at her housewarming party. I was breathless and just stared at her, not knowing how to respond.

The Zagreb Centre for Women’s Studies in collaboration with the five institutions listed below is pleased to announce the sixth postgraduate course on Feminisms in a Transnational Perspective. This year’s theme is Women’s Heritage: Untitled.

The Gender and  Europe  Workshop at the NYU Center for European and Mediterranean Studies invites speakers to submit proposals for talks for  spring 2012. 

We are writing to you from AWID's Where is the Money for Women's Rights? (WITM) Initiative. WITM carries out research on funding trends for women's rights and gender equality work around the world. 

Almost every other woman in the EU will experience male violence during her lifetime: One in five will fall victim to domestic violence; one in ten will be raped or forced into sexual acts. 

Countries in the European Union (EU) which allow termination of pregnancy (TOP) on request do not have higher TOP rates than countries with more restrictive access, finds a new study published today. (Published on 30/11/11)  

Sexual violence is one of the most brutal forms of gender inequality and is a violation of human rights that cannot be ignored. Across Europe one in 10 women have suffered sexual violence.

The United Nations Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate Violence against Women is accepting applications for its 16th grant cycle (2011) from government authorities, civil society organizations and networks.

We celebrate and congratulate Global Fund for Women grantees, Leymah Gbowee, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Yemini pro-democracy activist, Tawakkul Karman, who share the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize.

Appeal for respecting women’s rights in Poland. Ljubljana,  September 5,  2011.

On the 30th of August the European Parliament  will honour Simone Veil, women’s rights campaigner and first directly-elected President of the EP in 1979.