Trafficking of women and young girls is on the rise in the tiny Himalayan country of Nepal. It is of no surprise that women from the impoverished parts of the country make up the majority of the trafficked victims. Years of political uncertainty,...
Archive - November 2007
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As more women, both young and old, were victimized in recent violence worldwide, UN experts are alarmed by the growing number of incidents of battered children and brutally inflicted women that seem to be unresolved.
Recent U.S. report highlighted...
Despite many efforts of United Nations and human right organizations in Africa, plenty of cases related to forced sexual intercourse still hits headlines in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It had proved to become the biggest epicenter of one of the...
She has to keep her mouth shut on molestation, harassment, and eve teasing incidents; she hardly goes legal way against the crimes like domestic violence, kidnapping etc. committed by men in Muslim society. This needs very urgent attention of Jammu...
Ashaiman women have vowed to march nude and sleep with the Deputy Prime Minster of Local Government & Rural Development, Maxwell Kofi Jumah. This is in protest of the Ashaiman-Adenta municipality’s decision to make Adenta the capital of Ashaiman. Yaa...
Women the symbol of love, kindness, mercy and spend her life in coping with sexual and mental abuses done by one or more men in countries dealing with war like situation. Whether it is Congo, Iraq, or Sierra Leone that has civil war like situation,...
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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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