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AMIT | Sep 15 2008
darfur rape victim women
Darfur women have suffered agony and humiliation for being from the land of the Janjaweed. They have been raped and physically assaulted several times to threaten them and their clan. What a pity the government is siding away from such...
Maynard | Sep 14 2008
gmartone
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...
Arpita Mukherjee | Sep 13 2008
women rights
On 8 March 1908 female garments workers in USA took to the Manhattan streets protesting against gender discrimination demanding equal pay, better working conditions, childcare centers and right to vote. Since then, this day has been looked upon as one..
Subhasis Chattopadhyay | Sep 9 2008
women in ghana
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.
Subhasis Chattopadhyay | Sep 7 2008
dowry
I repeat, The Count your master's known munificence Is ample warrant that no just pretence Of mine for dowry will be disallowed; Though his fair daughter's self, as I avowed At starting is my object. My Last Duchess These lines tell us...
Himadree | Aug 4 2007
working women
It's all about women power these days. Well I am not a staunch feminist as such, but it definitely is a feel good factor when women all across the world are heading towards a common goal and proving their mettle. According to a survey carried out.
Mandira S | Mar 3 2007
gjhk
After 59 years of independence, women still facing slavery in society. We call our self literate society, but still women are facing physical or sexual abuse by their husbands. According to the survey done by National Family Health Survey-III reveals...
Pooja | Aug 30 2006
ireland
Frank Fahey, minister of State at the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform said that more women are needed in public positions to make decisions on national policies. According to the statistical data 2%, increase in the number of women has...
Pooja | Aug 28 2006
tibetwoman
Women these days in Nepal are busy fasting and praying. They could be seen clad in red thronging the streets of Nepal. This is generally the scene in the country every year at this time as devout and not-so devout Hindu women prepare to undertake a...
Pooja | Aug 25 2006
aids11
In Cape Town, South Africa there has been reported a large number of women infected with HIV and AIDS in stable relationships. Numerous independent studies on HIV and AIDS have found many cases in South Africa where women who practice monogamy in...

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 wont 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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