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Pooja | Oct 25 2006
monastery
Ishim, a women's monastery of St. John in the Tyumen region of Siberia has been freezed by the registration Service of Russia. The state agency said that the monastery, headed by a U.S. citizen, failed to meet the registration rules for NGOs in...
Pooja | Oct 25 2006
bee keeping
Life for women in Afghanistan is as always going through the tough patches however, United Nations program of bee keeping by the female refugees is a ray of hope towards earning their livelihood. Participation of approximately 50 women has been...
Pooja | Oct 24 2006
older woman
The Australian Active Ageing (AAA) a nationwide study has postulated that women with lower incomes anticipate the danger of violence than old age. The results corresponded with the International Week without Violence (October 25-31) and the national..
Pooja | Oct 24 2006
australianbureau
According to a recent study by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), half of the working women in the Territory take paid maternity leave when having a baby in comparison with the women all over the country. The survey further revealed that...
Pooja | Oct 24 2006
josee verner
Minister of International Cooperation and Minister for Official Languages and La Francophonie, Josee Verner pronounced two new projects in Afghanistan that would focus the role of women and girls in society. She made the declaration on her visit to the.
Pooja | Oct 19 2006
camp
The Daily Times have stated that Afghans who are residing in 18 camps in the north western Kohat and Hangu districts of Pakistan have declined to register themselves as refugees because they are not in favour of male photographers clicking their female...
Pooja | Oct 19 2006
hijab
A ban has been imposed on wearing niqab in the dormitories of Cairo University consequent upon which, it has given rise to protests in Egypt. On the issue sheik Ali Samman, president of the permanent committee for dialogue with other religions at...
Pooja | Oct 19 2006
liberia
Lately, United Nations report the UN Mission in Liberia's (UNMIL) fifth on human rights has stated that due to the indigent judicial system of Liberia, women and children are suffering from sexual violence. The information for the survey was...
Pooja | Oct 5 2006
darfur
Darfur's horrendous conflict has made the region venerable for the women folk. They feel unprotected in the camps as well. Statistically, for the past two weeks, around 21 women and girls are being victimized in the camp itself. Lately Hawa, a victim.
Pooja | Oct 5 2006
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Transition Enterprises LLC and Barbara Davis Employment Services in Red Bank are planning to start a workshop called 'Women in Transition'. Its aim would be helping and advising those women who would plan to return to work or experiencing some kind...

Interview

sara and suzanne swift

Suzanne Swift, the then twenty one year old Army Specialist, was arrested for showing her reluctance in going back to fight in Iraq. She served in Iraq for a year but decided she won’t return and went AWOL. Not only did she feel the war lacked purpose, Swift said her superiors repeatedly sexually harassed her while serving in Iraq.

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