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PAKISTAN: Government assurances on Swat schools fall on deaf ears
IRIN Asia – Monday 26 Jan, 2008 Local residents in Swat Valley say that the government cannot protect female students and schools from attack and closure by militants. Image: Fahim Saddiqi, IRIN… more →
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PAKISTAN: Government assurances on Swat schools fall on deaf ears
Lys Anzia wrote 10 months ago: IRIN Asia – Monday 26 Jan, 2008 Local residents in Swat Valley say that the government cannot … more →
Self-esteem tops the charts of women’s health issues
Lys Anzia wrote 10 months ago: Maya Torralba, founder and director of the Anadarko Community Esteem Project. Image courtesy: Maya T … more →
Study: Mongolia Must Battle Increase in Human Trafficking
Lys Anzia wrote 10 months ago: B.Bulgamaa – UB Post – Leading English News (Mongolia) – Thurs 22 Jan, 2009 Yester … more →
Zimbabwe activist: 'I feared for my life'
Lys Anzia wrote 10 months ago: CNN – Friday 16 Jan, 2008 Activist Jestina Mukoko arrives at court in Harare, Zimbabwe, last m … more →
Ex-Prostitutes Say South Korea and U.S. Enabled Sex Trade Near Bases
Lys Anzia wrote 11 months ago: CHOE SANG-HUN – New York Times – 7 Jan, 2009 Bae worked as a prostitute near an American … more →
Japan PM contender sees "iron" barrier for women
Lys Anzia wrote 1 year ago: Isabel Reynolds with Naoto Okamura and Linda Sieg – Reuters News – Monday 8 Sept, 2008 T … more →
The hazards in Internet matchmaking
Lys Anzia wrote 1 year ago: By MARIA ALETA O. NIEVA – ABS-CBN News – Friday 5 Sept, 2008 Internet matchmaking indust … more →
French war photographer Francoise Demulder dies
Lys Anzia wrote 1 year ago: James Mackenzie - Reuters News – Thursday 4 Sept, 2008 PARIS (Reuters) – Francoise Demul … more →
Another Controversy for Sarah Palin
Lys Anzia wrote 1 year ago: By BRIAN ROSS and JOSEPH RHEE – ABC News – Wed 3 Sept, 2008 Gov. Sarah Palin is already … more →
Pakistan Begins Inquiry Into Deaths of 5 Women
Lys Anzia wrote 1 year ago: Salman Masood – The New York Times – Tues 2 Sept, 2008 A Pakistani human rights activist … more →
For Thousands of Refugees From the Conflict in Georgia, the Fear Lingers
Lys Anzia wrote 1 year ago: DAN BILEFSKY and MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ – The New York Times International Feed – Tues 2 Sept, … more →
Stop The Abuse Now! Children In Sierra Leone Deserve a Better Life
Lys Anzia wrote 1 year ago: Alhaji Saidu Kamara – Standard Times Press Sierra Leone – Mon 1 Sept, 2008 When one talk … more →
In search of the stolen children
Lys Anzia wrote 1 year ago: Despite a wave of scandals, child-trafficking remains a huge problem for India, reports Matt Wade in … more →
Women to get more NA positions
Lys Anzia wrote 1 year ago: VONG SOKHENG and SEBASTIAN STRANGIO – The Phnom Penh Post – Wed 27 August, 2008 Despite … more →
Suu Kyi may be on hunger strike
Lys Anzia wrote 1 year ago: Burma opposition leader ‘frustrated’ at UN’s failure to change dictatorship James … more →
Delegates for Clinton Back Obama, but Show Concerns
Lys Anzia wrote 1 year ago: JOHN M. BRODER and DALIA SUSSMAN – The New York Times – Sunday 24 August, 2008 Mrs. Clin … more →
Too Old and Frail to Re-educate? Not in China
Lys Anzia wrote 1 year ago: ANDREW JACOBS – The New York Times – 21 August, 2008 Wang Xiuying, left, and Wu Dianyuan … more →
Winning women
Lys Anzia wrote 1 year ago: We shouldn’t have to wait for the Olympics every 4 years to see women celebrated as equally as … more →
Famine Looms as Wars Rend Horn of Africa
Lys Anzia wrote 1 year ago: JEFFREY GETTLEMAN – New York Times – Tuesday 19 Aug, 2008 After three seasons of below-a … more →
