Features and comment
UN Women: How many more mass rapes are needed before words will be replaced by funding?
UN Women faces a monumental task to end violence against women and it can't do it without adequate funding.
What UN Women needs to make a difference
UN Women becomes operational on January 1st. VSO Communications Information Officer Sarah Turley explains why it is vital that it has the clout and funds it needs to end gender discrimination around the world.
Namibia kicks off 1GOAL
VSO volunteer Kevin Crowe reports on the Namibia Football Association's Galz & Goals mini world cup tournament and 1GOAL.
VSO supports 1GOAL in Tanzania
VSO volunteer Rachael Stokes, working as Policy Analysis and Advocacy Advisor with TENMET, reports on the 1GOAL campaign in Tanzania.
Comment: MPs can make good use of the summer recess
Last night Channel 4, Dispatches investigated how MPs spend their summer recess, criticising expensive and unproductive trips abroad at the taxpayer’s expense. Judith Brodie, VSO UK’s Director looks at how the summer recess has been used to good effect by some MPs who have been volunteering with VSO.
A week in Uganda: Greg Dyke's VSO diary
Earlier this year Greg Dyke, ex-Director General of the BBC, visited VSO education volunteers working in Uganda. An extract of his diary was printed in issue 41 of SEN Magazine www.senmagazine.co.uk and you can read it in full here.
Returning to Nepal by Tony Baldry MP
In summer 2008 Tony Baldry took part in VSO's Parliamentarian Volunteering Scheme and travelled to Nepal where he shared his skills with the Dalit Welfare Organisation. He revolunteered in August 2009 and writes here about his plans for his second visit.
