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Tackling Gender Violence in Cuba
Patricia Grogg – Havana Times – 24 May, 2009 Yamila Gonzalez Ferrer. Image: trabajadores.cu HAVANA TIMES, May 25 (IPS) – Mercedes Toyo has begun smiling again, but only after years o… more →
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Tackling Gender Violence in Cuba
wrote 3 years ago: Patricia Grogg – Havana Times – 24 May, 2009 Yamila Gonzalez Ferrer. Image: trabajadores … more →
My World: the Homecoming
wrote 4 years ago: BBC World Service Radio Station – Friday 22 May, 2009 Image: BBC News Most people would be onl … more →
Age of Child Soldiers Scrutinised
wrote 4 years ago: Lubanga Trial Coverage – ICC – Africa Update Wairagala Wakabi in The Hague (AR No. 212, … more →
An internally displaced girl, seeking refuge from a military offensive in the Swat valley region, carries water atop her head inside the UNHCR Jalozai camp
wrote 4 years ago: Reuters AlertNet – Wednesday 20 May, 2009 Breaking News Image: An internally displaced girl, s … more →
Burmese Trial of Aung San Suu Kyi Enters Second Day
wrote 4 years ago: VOA News – Tuesday 19 May, 2009 Handout photo received and taken on 18 May 2009 from the Democ … more →
GUEST VIEWPOINT: Help girls change the world
wrote 4 years ago: Bhavia Wagner – The Register-Guard (Eugene, Oregon US) – Monday 18 May, 2009 Greg Morten … more →
Air India employees arrested for trafficking women
wrote 4 years ago: The Hindu News Update Service – published Thurs 14 May, 2009 Since 2008, six major human-traff … more →
Under Pressure, Craigslist to Remove ‘Erotic’ Ads
wrote 4 years ago: Brad Stone – The New York Times – Published Wed 13 May, 2009 Jim Buckmaster, chief of Cr … more →
Eve Ensler To Testify Before U.S. Senate Committee on Rape and Violence Against Women in Democratic Republic of the Congo
wrote 4 years ago: PRWeb News Release – Wednesday 13 May, 2009 Playwright and V-Day Founder Eve Ensler will testi … more →
In Colombia, rape now being prosecuted as weapon of war
wrote 4 years ago: In May 2007, only 12 cases of sexual violence were filed with prosecutors appointed to carry out Col … more →
US reporter leaves jail in Iran, lawyer says
wrote 4 years ago: Associated Press release – 9:30 am EST – Monday 11 May, 2009 AP - FILE - This undated fi … more →
Mothers declare war on Argentina's crack cocaine
wrote 4 years ago: AFP – Friday 8 May, 2009 Some of their children have died, some are in jail. All are victims o … more →
Catholic Women Call for Security in Churches
wrote 4 years ago: Winifred Ogbebo – Leadership Nigeria – Thurs 7 May, 2009 Reacting to the recent killing … more →
Girls on Our Streets
wrote 4 years ago: Op-ed Columnist Nicholas D. Kristof - NY Times – 6 May, 2009 Americans tend to think of forced … more →
Female prison policy (Scotland) criticised
wrote 4 years ago: BBC News Channel (UK) – Tues 5 May, 2009 The committee is investigating the treatment of femal … more →
Journalist group: US reporter hospitalized in Iran
wrote 4 years ago: Associated Press – Monday 4 May, 2009 Members of Reporters Without Borders demonstrate in fron … more →
2003 child prisoner, Delara Darabi, executed in Iran
wrote 4 years ago: Women News Network – WNN – Friday 1 May, 2009 Delara Darabi. Image: AIUK Delara Darabi, … more →
Former child soldier urges UN action
wrote 4 years ago: EDITH M. LEDERER – Associated Press – 29 April, 2009 UNITED NATIONS – A young woman abdu … more →
‘Banker to the poor’ helps finance women’s business plans in New York
wrote 4 years ago: Financial Chronicle (India) – 27 April, 2009 The Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, the … more →
