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  • 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.*

  • Posted by Girls Not Brides on Friday, May 25, 2012
    U.S. Senate Passes Child Marriage Legislation
    Why does it matter?

    Yesterday, 24 May 2012, the United States Senate passed the International Protecting Girls by Preventing Child Marriage Act (S.414). The bill was passed unanimously by voice vote, demonstrating strong bipartisan support for an end to child marriage, a practice that denies 10 million girls a year their rights to health, education and security.

  • Posted by Lyric Thompson on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
    A New Model for Social Change
    ICRW launches new initiative in urban slums

    A new ICRW initiative aims to foster deeper collaboration among organizations working in Mumbai’s slum communities. The goal is to promote shared learning and create lasting social change.

  • Posted by Jeffrey Edmeades on Wednesday, April 25, 2012
    A Poignant Reminder
    A researcher is reminded that in the end, it’s about the people

    An ICRW researcher and young married girls in Ethiopia’s Amhara region compare life experiences.

  • Posted by Radha Rajan on Monday, April 2, 2012
    A Price Too High To Bear
    ICRW studies the cost of maternal mortality in rural Kenya

    Each year hundreds of thousands of women die from pregnancy-related causes. ICRW is investigating the financial and social costs of such deaths in rural Kenya.

  • Posted by Krista Jacobs on Wednesday, March 21, 2012
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    The Right to Land
    What new guidelines could mean for women's land rights

    A new set of global guidelines hold promise for women seeking the right to own and access land. In the final installment of our Rural Impressions blog series, ICRW's Krista Jacobs reflects on what the guidelines could mean for women farmers in Uganda.

  • Posted by Paula Kantor on Wednesday, March 7, 2012
    Small Earnings Mean Survival for Rural Afghan Women
    Women’s ingenuity and resilience keep families afloat in rural Afghanistan

    Despite social restrictions, rural women in a remote Afghan district use creativity to eke out a living after the fall of the Taliban. ICRW’s Paula Kantor recounts her experience in the third installment of our Rural Impressions blog series. 

  • Posted by Anjala Kanesathasan on Friday, February 24, 2012
    Only an SMS Away
    Mobile phones can jump-start Indian women’s entrepreneurial opportunities

    A new ICRW report illustrates how putting a mobile phone or computer in the hands of a woman entrepreneur in India can ignite tremendous economic growth.

  • Posted by Payal Patel on Tuesday, February 21, 2012
    Pedaling for Water
    Rural women in Ghana benefit from a simple agricultural technology

    Women farmers in Ghana tell ICRW's Payal Patel how a simple agricultural technology is helping them save time and expand their crops. Read the second installation in our Rural Impressions blog series.

  • Posted by Rekha Mehra on Monday, February 13, 2012
    Liquid Gold
    A small investment in women coffee farmers in Tanzania yields unexpected returns

    When done right, small investments can make a great difference in the lives of rural women, like those ICRW's Rekha Mehra met in Tanzania. Read the first installment in ICRW's Rural Impressions blog series.

  • Posted by Jennifer McCleary-Sills on Monday, January 30, 2012
    Laying Down Arms, Picking up the Pieces
    Meeting the unique needs of both women and men in post-conflict Republic of Congo

    Although the conflict in the Republic of Congo officially ended almost a decade ago, the tough business of mending broken lives is still underway. As is true in many wars, women's lives were deeply affected.

  • Posted by Brian Heilman on Friday, January 20, 2012
    Define the Problem
    Ending sexual violence requires more than words

    The U.S. Department of Justice has expanded its definition of rape. But new definitions alone will not change behavior -- not without the cultural and social will to meet them halfway.

  • Posted by Gillian Gaynair on Wednesday, January 18, 2012
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    Eyes That Haunt
    Life as seen by an Ethiopian child bride

    She married at 15 and became a mother soon after. ICRW’s senior writer Gillian Gaynair reports from Ethiopia’s remote central highlands on life as seen through the eyes of a child bride.

  • Posted by Mary Ellsberg on Tuesday, December 13, 2011
    A Tool for Social Change
    Research triggers Pacific region leaders to action in ending violence against women

    Research can be a powerful tool for jump starting governments and communities into action -- and that's just what happened in Melanesia and East Timor when it came to addressing violence against women. 

  • Posted by Sarah Degnan Kambou on Wednesday, December 7, 2011
    Ideas in Action
    Former ICRW President Geeta Rao Gupta honored with Commitment to Development award

    ICRW President Sarah Degnan Kambou celebrates her predecessor, Geeta Rao Gupta, who is being honored with the 2011 Commitment to Development “Ideas in Action” Award, which is sponsored by the Center for Global Development and Foreign Policy magazine.