Look to Women to End Conflict in Kyrgyzstan

By Betsy Hoody, July 9, 2010 “Even now, I can’t find the words to explain the kinds of horrors that are happening,” wrote Nurjan Tulegabylova with El Agartuu, a women’s organization based in Kyrgyzstan. “There are burned houses, but the worst is that corpses of people...

Say No – UNiTE to End Violence Against Women

Say NO – UNiTE, Check Out UNIFEM’s New Global Virtual Knowledge Centre! Dear Friends, UNIFEM has launched a Global Virtual Knowledge Centre to End Violence against Women and Girls and we wanted to let you know! The web-based knowledge centre is the first-ever global...

Vaginal corona

Known by the established term “hymen,” the vaginal corona is the subject of many myths and misunderstandings. The most important of these is the notion that a woman’s vaginal opening is covered by a membrane that ruptures on penetration. This is incorrect. There is no...