New initiatives to track the gender impact of development funds

Access to credit, technology vital for breaking into manufacturing

Hard fight for access and decision-making power

Activists in Zambia counter a deadly link

Lacking care, too many women do not survive childbirth

Training, recruitment and prosecutions can reduce violence

International norms and local activism start to alter laws, attitudes

Introduction to the Special Edition on Women

Interview with head of UN Women in Southern Africa

Activists press for freedom, dignity and rights

Wangari Maathai, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee

But social beliefs and attitudes hinder their quest