At last could it really be upon us: democracy in Burma. Well that was the promise. Indeed, we were all led to believe that today would be the day when the ruling military junta would finally name a date for elections. And what happened...

FAR RIGHT hate crimes in Germany have doubled in ten years so growing concern as outlined by this article in Deutsche Welle. http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5332048,00.html Thanks for your time. Billy Briggs. www.billybriggs.co.uk

We all value the women and mothers in our lives and so we’re happy to be celebrating International Women’s Day, and saying thank you to our mums this March. Yet around the world many aren’t so fortunate and millions of women each year...

Figures out today show that the situation for thousands of women in developing countries today is as bad as it was for women in the UK in 1910. In 1910 in the UK, figures available show that 355 women per 100,000 live births died as a...

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders,March 8, 2010) – Whilewomen make significant contributions to the promotion of human rightsin China,their efforts are often overlooked. Many women human rights defenders(HRDs) aregrassroots activists...