Amman/Cairo: As the world marks International Women’s Day, United Nations agencies based in the Middle East and North Africa call on governments in the region to implement the commitments they have made to gender equality and to ending violence against women and girls. Read

London, United Kingdom: The 70,000 volunteers who served the London 2012 Paralympic Games, included persons with disabilities.  In their trademark purple t-shirts, they helped athletes on and off the sports fields and visitors throughout the vast metropolis. Read

Côte d'Ivoire: “A strong stance on gender-based violence was taken, in an area were rape has been used as a weapon in the internal armed conflict as well as in the post-conflict environment” Read

Cambodia: “I am interested in using my professional skills in areas that can help influence the positive changes that are happening in Cambodia as young people become more educated.” Read

Quito, Ecuador: These multidimensional aspects of my work as a volunteer, inspire and motivate me daily to act, collaborate and contribute to the processes of change that are happening in the Andean and Amazonian regions.  The indigenous women of the region and their social foundations are credited mostly for generating this process. Read