Leadership, Benin. © Dan Gerber

Where women are respected and empowered, families and communities are strengthened, citizens are better represented, corruption is reduced, and peace is prioritized.

In many countries women have more opportunities for education and stronger rights than ever before. And where discrimination, gender violence, and inequality persist, dynamic women and men are working to change the status quo. OneWorld brings you their stories — and more on gender and equality — everyday.

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07.05.2008 Durgabai Deshmukh Award winner Daud Sharifa Khanam from southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu provided Muslim women a platform to challenge the oppressive patriarchal system. For this, she has had to face the ire of Muslim clerics. She was hated, abused and threatened but she never gave up the fight.

Organizations leading the field on gender issues worldwide. Click here for a full description and contact information.

• Advocacy Project
• Amnesty International
• Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA)
• Center for Health and Gender Equity
• CODEPINK: Women for Peace
• CORE Group
• The Feminist Majority Foundation
• Global Partners for Development
• International Rescue Committee
• MADRE
• Peace X Peace
• Polaris Project
• Population Action International
• Population Media Center
• Project HOPE International
• Women's Edge Coalition
• Women's Learning Partnership for Rights, Development, and Peace

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