These women once crossed paths with the organization Apef, a partner of Frères des Hommes which promotes women in business. They received training, a micro-credit and support. Here they tell us how they managed to survive. Béatrice worked in a bank until war and violence forced her into unemployment: "I could no longer provide for my children." She decided to create an organization with other women in the same situation, and they come across Apef. " I took an embroidery course. I had (...) Next ...

Imagine a national parliament with only women? The National Alliance of Women, NAWO, has achieved just that. In New Delhi, 500 women met from 1st to 4th November 2009, to hold the first session of the Women’s Parliament. They came from all over India and from all walks of life. NAWO president Ruth Manorama explains that « the aim of this parliament is to train female leaders so they can increase women’s participation in politics, but also to open an alternative political space where problems (...) Next ...

“Stop the racket !” About 500 women brandished this slogan in front of the Daloa Prefecture, Ivory Coast on 18 June, 2008. Women belonging to the Fédération pour le développement du secteur informel (Federation for the development of the informal sector) organised a sit-in in front of this symbol of state power to express their anger at the collective robbery organised by the those in power, who illegally tax travel and food production. This sit-in represented a genuine victory for the women: (...) Next ...

This article was published in the June 2007 issue of Resonances, a citizens’ information monthly drawn up by young activists. They want to become players in the struggle for agrarian reform, major players. The time is over when they only supported their husbands, fathers or brothers who were leading the fight. Assembled for a training course on 8 th and 9 th of March last in Semarang, on the island of Java, Indonesia, these women symbolically chose these dates to coincide with (...) Next ...