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By Huma Yusuf [Editor's Note: This article was originally published in the Christian Science Monitor on 13 March 2009. we! shortened it for space considerations. Its complete version can be found in URL: http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0313/p01s01-wosc.html

Peshawar, Pakistan - Kishwar yanks at her veil, caught in the sound equipment of a cramped radio production studio, and pins it back. "It's hard to be the voice of anything with all this cloth on my face," she jokes, alluding to her station's tag line, "The Voice of Khyber."

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by Bianca Miglioretto

“When I attended a training in my radio station, they seperated the men and the women. The men were given technical training while the women were not. I insisted that I also wanted to learn the studio operation and editing, but they would not let me.”

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In celebration of the international women's month, the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters – Women's International Network (AMARC-WIN) is running an international broadcast campaign on the food, financial, climate and other crises which have emerged in the last several months from 8 to 31 March 2009.

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By Nina Somera

The World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action has just launched a photography contest, in preparation for the World Breastfeeding Week 2009, with the theme: “Breastfeeding: A Vital Emergency Response. Are You Ready?” Individuals are invited to submit photos which capture the importance of breastfeeding particularly in emergency situations. Contributors of the ten winning photos will receive US$100 each while their works will be featured in WABA’s Action Folders.

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by Nina Somera

Jordanian media practitioners and activists have been caught by surprised when the King and his cabinet refused to issue licenses to 13 community radio station, including one run by women last 29 January 2009.

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by Nina Somera

The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) has launched its newest publication, Progress of the World's Women 2008/2009, Who Answers to Women? Gender and Accountability?. The report provides an assessment of each Milennium Development Goal (MDG), using a gender lens. Moreover, it places emphasis on the role of duty bearers, particularly the state in ensuring women's exercise of their rights and access to resources.