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Jan 12 2012Where are the women? Egypt’s revolution one year on »
Lys Anzia – WNN Feature (WNN) Cairo, EGYPT: As the women of Egypt stress concerns over food costs and security, human rights and political exclusion, along with reports of rape and attacks made against those who were publicly protesting throughout the year, the movement of…
Jan 25 2012 / Read More »Male child preference in Kashmir India marks continuing grave impacts for girls »
Nusrat Ara – WNN Features (WNN) SRINAGAR, Indian-Administered Kashmir: Preference for a male child is a known fact in Kashmir. Like most South Asian societies this preference in gender can often turn into prejudice, discrimination and worse. Many modern cases of discrimination against girls are…
Jan 18 2012 / Read More »AFRICA: Kenyan mothers suffer in prison with limited access to children »
Gitonga Njeru – WNN Features (WNN) NAIROBI, Kenya, AFRICA: Thirty-three-year-old Christina Mumbi is a mother who has not seen her ten-year-old daughter for the last nine and a half years. She is currently serving a fifteen year sentence for a conviction of robbery with violence.…
Jan 9 2012 / Read More »Excessive use of tear gas endangers women protesters Bahrain »
WNN Features (WNN) Manama, BAHRAIN: Expressing grave concern about the ongoing violence that has impacted Bahrain with forty-four casualties, the BCHR – Bahrain Center for Human Rights is asking for a stop measure in the use of excessive force on Bahraini citizens and activists, especially…
Jan 2 2012 / Read More »Rural women as decision makers viewed as pivotal to climate change solutions »
Jessica Buchleitner – WNN Features (WNN) GLOBAL: Bringing rural women’s voices to the decision making table was one of the discussions throughout the recent two week Durban Climate Talks (COP17) which ended on 9 December. One of the conference goals was to bring greater insights…
Dec 21 2011 / Read More »BURMA: War rape reports continue unabated as government denies accounts »
Shubhi Tandon – WNN Latest (WNN) NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar: On a cold January day in 2001, 18 year old Naang Yin (all names in this story…
Oct 19 2011 / Read More »Photo competition interviews woman with passion for images Afghanistan »
Svetlana Bachevanova - WNN Features (WNN) AFGHANISTAN: Photojournalist Svetlana Bachevanova interviews an exceptional photographer, Paula Lerner, as part of a new global platform for documentary photographers…
Aug 26 2011 / Read More »KASHMIR: Obstacles continue for women reporting rape »
Aliya Bashir – WNN Features (WNN) SRINAGAR – Indian Administered Kashmir: In conflict zones worldwide sexual violence has become a tactic of choice in…
Jul 21 2011 / Read More »Nuclear radiation exposure concerns mount for mothers Japan »
Eva Fernández Ortiz and Shubhi Tandon – WNN Features (WNN) TOKYO: As parents from Fukushima prefecture line up in Tokyo for public protests and a…
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