An African activist group known as Law and Advocacy for Women in Uganda (LAW-U) has made significant progress in a fight for women’s rights issues. LAW-Uganda has made headlines fighting against domestic violence, female genital mutilation, polygamy, and human trafficking. The group has also fought for women’s land rights, female education, economic empowerment, and equal treatment under the law.

NDI Pakistan, in collaboration with NDI Brussels, is organizing a Study Tour to the Netherlands for 13 Pakistani political party activists, including 8 women and 5 men, from June 4 through June 10. The participants, active in NDI’s youth and women’s programs, represent all four provinces and a range of political parties in Pakistan — including the Awami National Party (ANP), National Party (NP), Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Pakistan Muslim League (PML), and Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N).

Over 150 women active in local, regional and national politics participated in the National Multi-Party Women’s Conference hosted by NDI. The conference, held Nov. 12 to 15 at Dokan Lake, Iraq, included representatives of 33 political parties and 16 of 18 governorates.  Training sessions were conducted on budget development and review, legislative drafting, and committee process.