Um-E Salma was just 17 when she was married. And she was scared. But she wouldn't let the marriage, or the daughter who came a little while later, deter her from her dreams. And now she's hoping her daughter has a better path.
Last month, Across Women's Lives and PRI's The World asked audiences: "If you had $1 billion to spend on women in your country, what would you do?" How would Donald Trump answer that question?
Many women were fiercely hoping that a woman would be elected president of the United States this week. Though they were disappointed by the result, they're still hopeful for the future.
Research shows that in post-conflict countries where women are recognized as victims and awarded justice, peace is more likely to last. But as Colombia tentatively moves towards peace, how much justice can women expect?
Special programs are helping men and women in Colombia learn how to connect with, understand and forgive those on the other side of the decades-long civil war.
As a portion of its aid budget, the US doesn't give a high amount to programs supporting gender equality. But in absolute dollars, the US is the largest provider of aid focused on gender equality.
When she was 14, Xiomara picked up a gun and joined Colombia's Marxist guerrilla group, the FARC. She stayed in the wilderness for 15 years. Now she faces the challenges of thousands of other women who have left the rebel group: how to come back.
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.jpg?itok=J0OEO8a5 "A Colombian female leftist rebel looks at the photo of legendary guerrilla leader Ernesto \"Che\" Guevara in a temporary rebel headquarters in San Vicente del Caguan in 1999.")
