IPS Inter Press Service: Victoria Zanele KaMagwaza-Msibi has navigated through South Africa’s tough political landscape. Credit: Fidelis Zvomuya/IPS
IPS Inter Press Service: Rebecca Mwanza inspects a hammer-mill. Credit: Lewis Mwanangombe/IPS
IPS Inter Press Service: At Tahrir Square. Credit: Mohammed ele.jpgOmer/IPS.
IPS Inter Press Service: Rehearsal for "Sex and Chocolate" 2. Credit: OYO/IPS
IPS Inter Press Service: Rehearsal for "Sex and Chocolate" 1. Credit: Rachel Coomer/LAC/IPS
IPS Inter Press Service: The Democratic Alliance election posters that have people talking. Credit:Zukiswa Zimela/IPS
IPS Inter Press Service: Birth control is making a comeback at clinics in Manila after a 2000 city ordinance discouraged the distribution of contraceptives. Credit: Kara Santos/IPS
IPS Inter Press Service: At the border area in Murshidabad. Credit: Ranjita Biswas/IPS
IPS Inter Press Service: Saido Farah (L) and Deeqo Jibril (R) inside Farah's business, Roots Halal Meat Market. Credit: Talia Whyte/IPS
IPS Inter Press Service: Saido Farah (L) and Deeqo Jibril (R) inside Farah's business, Roots Halal Meat Market. Credit: Talia Whyte/IPS
IPS Inter Press Service: Reina Pérez outside her home with one of her embroidered tablecloths. Credit: Emilio Godoy /IPS
IPS Inter Press Service: Birth control is making a comeback at clinics in Manila after a 2000 city ordinance discouraged the distribution of contraceptives. Credit: Kara Santos/IPS
IPS Inter Press Service: Single mother Leela with her daughter. Credit: K.S.Harikrishnan/IPS.
IPS Inter Press Service: Mirriam Kauseni has been conducting door-to-door campaigns, telling people to vote for her in the country’s national elections. Credit: Nebert Mulenga/IPS
IPS Inter Press Service: Women sing in Kathmandu to demand a better constitution. Credit: Sudeshna Sarkar/IPS.
IPS Inter Press Service: Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga is the first female speaker of Uganda’s parliament. Credit: Wambi Michael/IPS
IPS Inter Press Service: Solar panel installed in the village of Sholani. Credit: Zofeen Ebrahim/IPS
IPS Inter Press Service: The daughters of Fatima Rafiy and Inge Rombaut present the headscarf and the scarf. Credit: Carmen de Vos/IPS.
IPS Inter Press Service: Burial ground for unwanted babies. Credit: Fahim Siddiqi/IPS
IPS Inter Press Service: Guatemalan women learn hairdressing skills at a training school. Credit: Danilo Valladares/IPS
IPS Inter Press Service: Women in the forefront of protests in Tahrir Square. Credit: Mohammed Omer/IPS.
IPS Inter Press Service: Idelta Maria Rodrigues, Timor-Leste's Secretary of State for Promotion and Equality, speaks at a panel on sustaining women´s participation in post-conflict institutions. Credit: Rousbeh Legatis/IPS
IPS Inter Press Service: Najwa Juma Mursal, of the Sudanese Women's Central Union, discusses peacekeeping issues at the CSW. Credit: Rousbeh Legatis/IPS
IPS Inter Press Service: Hon. Eusebia Munuo, Court of Appeal of Tanzania, speaks at a panel organised by the International Association of Women Judges on "Ending the Abuse of Power through Sexual Exploitation: Naming, Shaming, and Ending Sextortion". Credit: Cléo Fatoorehchi/IPS
IPS Inter Press Service: The agenda for U.N. Women is set in coordination with the 45-member CSW, the U.N.'s principal inter-governmental policy-making body dedicated exclusively to advancing the cause of gender empowerment. Credit: Andrea Lunt/IPS
IPS Inter Press Service: Michelle Bachelet, executive director of UN Women, addresses the opening day of the Commission on the Status of Women. Credit: Cléo Fatoorehchi/IPS
IPS Inter Press Service: Emine Erdogan, spouse of the prime minister of Turkey, speaks at a panel on the 'Importance of Access to Education for Women and Girls for the Reconstruction of Humanity and Women's Empowerment.' Credit: Cléo Fatoorehchi/IPS
IPS Inter Press Service: Bundled up for frigid New York temperatures, CSW delegates check the meeting schedule on a screen. Credit: Rousbeh Legatis/IPS
IPS Inter Press Service: Delegates listen to Bachelet in the massive General Assembly building of UN headquarters. Credit: Cléo Fatoorehchi/IPS
IPS Inter Press Service: Fatemeh Alia, an Iranian MP, is interviewed by Iranian TV on the sidelines of the CSW. Credit: Andrea Lunt/IPS