Women's Campaign International (WCI) is a United States-based, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to increasing the participation of women in political and democratic processes worldwide. WCI's mission is to increase the number of female elected officials throughout the world, ensure their effectiveness once elected and build the capacity of local organizations working on women's issues.

Recent News

  • 28 Jan

    In the Wake of Intensifying Peace-Building Efforts, Afghan Women Voice their Concerns

    As the long-awaited London Conference on Afghanistan lies just a day away, female Afghan human rights defenders, deeply troubled with the exclusion of Afghan women’s perspectives in the peace-building process, released a statement of detailed recommendations regarding their country’s security, development, and governance.

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  • 25 Jan

    Violence Against Women: Haiti’s “unaddressed catastrophe”

    In the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti, Taina Bien-Aimé, Executive Director of international women’s rights organization Equality Now, wrote a powerful article: she reminds readers that gender issues, and the plight unique to the women in Haiti, must be a central component in the response and management of relief and recovery operations. She exposes the terrible extent of women’s silent suffering prior to the disaster, and warns that following the earthquake, they are left disarmed, weakened, and even more vulnerable to violence and injustice.

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  • 22 Jan

    With the 15-Year Review of the Beijing Platform for Action in Full Swing, UNIFEM Invites the Public to Join in on the Discussion

    UNIFEM announced yesterday the launching of a month-long online discussion forum on “Women in Power and Decision Making.” This is just one segment four-month series of United Nations online discussions organized and hosted by WomenWatch. This series was launched as a central component of the fifteen-year review of the Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action in 1995.

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  • 20 Jan

    Myriam Merlet (1953 – 2010): Chief of Staff, Haiti’s Ministry of Women

    Amy Goodman, renowned journalist and host of Democracy Now!, has reported the death of Myriam Merlet, Chief of Staff, Ministry of Women’s Affair’s in Haiti. Yesterday, Goodman reported the tragic news of Merlet’s death caused by last week’s earthquake. Merlet represented the strength of the women’s movement in Haiti and was a friend to so many women there. One of the great feminists of the country, she brought significant social change and drew much attention to the problems women face in Haiti.

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