- December 31, 2008: WHRDIC organizations write letters to support Shirin Ebadi's safety and security
- December 19, 2008: Send PWESCR stories on women and livelihood for a compilation of a database on women’s right to livelihood, by January 10, 2009
- December 18, 2008: Press Release, United Nations General Assembly Statement Affirms Rights for All: 66 States Condemn Violations Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- December 15, 2008: Fellowships for Threatened Academics: Professors, Researchers and Lecturers, deadline January 31, 2009
- December 10, 2008: CWGL Press Release, Celebrating 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence and the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- December 1, 2008: Prevention Now! - Latin American and U.S. Latina Women Unite to Demand Access to the Female Condom
- December 1, 2008: Women Won’t Wait. End HIV and Violence Against Women. Now (WWW) Campaign Press Release for World Aids Day
- November 29, 2008: The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders Press Release International Day on Women Human Rights Defenders
- November 26, 2008: Call for nominations for IFPRI initiative on Millions Fed: Proven Successes in Agricultural Development
- November 25, 2008: Senior Policy Advisor, Cynthia Rothschild interviewed in IPS article RIGHTS: Gender Violence "Pandemic" Highlighted at U.N.
- November 18, 2008: Call for Research Associate Applications for the Five College Women's Studies Research Center, deadline is February 9, 2009
- October 14, 2008: Executive Director, Charlotte Bunch, received the Joyce Warshow Lifetime Achievement Award at the 30th Anniversary Gala & SAGE (Services and Advocacy for LGBT Elders) Awards, for photos, click here
- October 14, 2008: Annual Human Rights Advocates Program (HRAP) accepting 2009 applications, Center for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University, New York
- October 9, 2008: Executive Director, Charlotte Bunch, featured in For the Greater Good: Women's Work in the 21st Century, by Friedrike Merck
- October 2, 2008: National Council for Research on Women (NCRW) launch The Big Five: What’s at Stake for Women and the Nation website
- September 24, 3008: CWGL signed the Women for Global Call Against Poverty (GCAP) statement Women respond to the Food Crisis: We are part of the solution
- September 18, 2008: Launch of UNIFEM’s biennial flagship report, Progress of the World’s Women 2008/2009: Who Answers to Women? Gender & Accountability.
- September 18, 2008: Executive Director, Charlotte Bunch, quoted in DEVELOPMENT: Huge Gender Gap Between Rhetoric and Reality, by Thalif Deen, IPS-Inter Press Service
- September 15, 2008: IMPORTANT GEAR UPDATE: UN Resolution Moves Gender Architecture Discussion into General Assembly
- September 2008: Call for applications, Women's Law and Public Policy Fellowship Program (WLPPFP) and the Leadership and Advocacy for Women in Africa (LAWA) Fellowship Program at the Georgetown University Law Center
- August 2008: Congratulations to Women's and Gender Studies Visiting Assistant Professor and CWGL Associate, V.G. Julie Rajan, on the publicaton of her book, Violence and Gender in the Globalized World: The Intimate and the Extimate (Ashgate, 2008)
- July 28, 2008: The United Nations General Assembly has confirmed the appointment of Navanethem (Navi) Pillay, of South Africa, to succeed Louise Arbour as High Commissioner for Human Rights
- July 4, 2008: Executive Director, Charlotte Bunch, quoted in U.N. Lacks Muscle to Fight Sexual Abuse in Peacekeeping, by Thalif Deen, IPS-Inter Press Service
- June 26, 2008: Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) Collective Statement on the Murder of Ms. Laxmi Bohara, member of National Alliance of Women Human Rights Defenders.
- June 11, 2008: UN High Level Meeting on HIV&AIDS, New York, Women's Groups Demand Action and Accountability at UN HIV Meeting
- June 10, 2008: Women, Ink. has compiled a collection of materials entitled HIV/AIDS and Women: Resources to Support Policy and Advocacy.
- June 10-11, 2008: The UN High Level Meeting on HIV&AIDS, New York
- June 5, 2008: The 8th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva hosted several events on “Rights of Women”, including sessions on violence against women and maternal mortality. Click here for an update on these sessions.
- May 16, 2008: Congratulations to Wanda Nowicka, cofounder of the Federation for Women and Family Planning, founder of ASTRA, the Central and Eastern European Women's Network for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, and previous Visiting Global Associate at CWGL who received the prestigious University in Exile Award granted by the New School – a University. Please review the press release and the presentation made by President Bob Kerrey for more information.
- May 10, 2008: Congratulations to Charlotte Bunch who received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Connecticut. Commencement and Acceptance Speech for Honorary Degree.
- May 7, 2008: Charlotte Bunch received the Rutgers College Class of 1962 Presidential Public Service Award
- March 26, 2008: CWGL featured in the Rutgers University FOCUS, Center for Women’s Global Leadership joins in global campaign for universal human rights
- March 4, 2008: The Hub interviewed CWGL Executive Director, Charlotte Bunch, along with other panelists from CWGL's Human Rights for Women ‹–› Human Rights For All: Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) event in New York City. To view her video, click here. To view the other interviews, please click here.
- March 2008: 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Theme Announcement
- March 8, 2008: CWGL International Women's Day Statement (Microsoft Word; PDF)
- March 3, 2008: Calls for Papers, Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society
- February 25, 2008: The United Nations Secretary General launched a campaign on Violence Against Women at the 52nd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
- February 22, 2008: Executive Director, Charlotte Bunch, quoted in RIGHTS: Gender Equality Gets a Drop of the Funding Bucket, by Thalif Deen, IPS-Inter Press Service
- January 9, 2008: Executive Director, Charlotte Bunch, quoted in For Women, Leaning Doesn't Make For Leading, by Miren Gutierrez, IPS-Inter Press Service
