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  • Posted by ICRW Communications Staff on Tuesday, June 19, 2012
    Sustainable Development Powered by Women

    When world leaders gather in Brazil this week for the Rio+20 summit on sustainable development, UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon will highlight the global initiative to achieve "Sustainable Energy for All." The needs are great: One in five people on the planet still lacks access to modern electricity. This energy poverty disproportinately affects the world's poorest, many of whom are women.

  • Posted by Brian Heilman on Thursday, June 7, 2012
    A Second Chance
    Ugandan organization offers unique assistance to women survivors of violence

    Today, as the International Violence Against Women Act (IVAWA) is once again introduced in the U.S. Congress, all I can think about is Miremba.*