http://uk.oneworld.net/article/archive/1971 en_GB_uk OneWorld UK - UK/English/Topics/Human rights/Gender Malawi tackles domestic violence http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85428 Oxfam traces the lessons learned from a rare success in progressing legislative action against domestic violence in Africa. From Poverty to Power 'We fear any man in a soldier's uniform' http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85417 Women and girls in eastern Congo fear soldiers meant to protect them as much as they do other fighters involved in the conflict, according to a new community-based study. Feminist GM crops? http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85363 What sort of GM research would be pursued if the objective was to free up time for poor women farmers to do other things? Duncan Green inverts the debate. From Poverty to Power Gender-based violence in Tanzania http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85064 Although this paper addresses Tanzania, it doubles up as a really clear exposition of the complex issues that frame this important subject. (pdf file) USAID The new face of disability http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85034 Disabled women are becoming more visible in Southeast Asia's disability movement and getting their voices heard. Kuhu Das, a disabled woman activist and director of the Association of Women with Disabilities in India, tells of her struggle and how a unique project is training disabled women to be new leaders. Global poll finds support for women's rights http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85031 Large majorities in most countries say they would like their government and the UN to take an active role in preventing discrimination against women, according to an international poll. Iraqi women talk about their concerns and challenges http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85025 Mothers, wives, widows and daughters of Iraq remain caught in the grip of a silent emergency, a new survey shows. Star turns in Afghanistan http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/162393/1/1971 “In Afghanistan”, says the ad for Afghan Star, “you risk your life to sing.” Global gender pay gap bigger than thought http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85018 The pay gap between men and women worldwide may be as high as 22 per cent, rather than the 16.5 per cent figure taken from official government figures, according to a new report. Play Your Part: midwives show Tanzanian realities http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85003 A film by five midwives and a doctor in Tanzania documenting the appalling conditions in which women have to give birth had remarkable effects: the government doubled the number of midwives trained each year and placed more midwives in rural areas. Brigid McConville tells the story. Over 100,000 young Indian women dying by fire http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85002 About 106,000 fire-related women's deaths occurred in a single year in India - far more than was reported by police, according to a report in the medical journal, The Lancet. The Secret Life of Syrian Lingerie http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/161943/1/1971 Syria has a thriving industry in the design and manufacture of imaginative women's lingerie. A new book "The Secret Life of Syrian Lingerie" reveals much about women's freedom in the Arab world. Violence against women in western culture http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/161631/1/1971 As Bond fiddles with his mobile internet gadget in the latest movie, which OneWorld Guide would be given that magical half second of screen-time? The Gender Guide is an unlikely candidate, given the denial of violence against women in western culture. Tyson beaten by women boxers http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/161438/1/1971 Mike Tyson has been beaten in a prize-fight – by four women. ‘My work is a necklace of hot burning coals,’ says Daud Sharifa http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160442/1/1971 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.