Rigoberta Menchú TUM "We have learned that change cannot come through war..."
Hillary CLINTON "I am particularly horrified by the use of propaganda..."
WNN Photos A Haitian father carries is daughter in search of safety. (WNN) HAITI: A father carries his daughter on his shoulders as their city flee rising waters in search of shelter. Heavy rain caused flooding of residents homes in Cité Soleil, Haiti. Tropical storm Noel left thousands homeless. The devastation from the storm has [...]
WNN Radio release (WNN Radio release) UK: During five days of May 2011, Baroness Anne Jenkin set up a soup kitchen in Britain’s House of Lords, to help the peers “get a better understanding of the challenges faced by people living in extreme poverty.” The Women’s Parliamentary Radio tours the place to see what the diners there [...]
Johnson Siamachira – All Africa.com - Wednesday, 31 August 2011 (originally published 24 Aug) “WOMEN think that when you’re married, you don’t have to worry about HIV. They think it is a safe haven,”said Beauty Nyamwanza of the National Aids Council. Research has shown that marriage increases the frequency of sex and impedes a woman’s [...]
WNN Photos Maesda Hassan Ali participates in dialogue between UNAMID and Darfur women. (WNN) SUDAN: Maesda Hassan Ali, a lawyer from Nyala, Sudan, participates in a dialog between officers of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) and Darfur women on the implementation of Security Council resolution 1325 on women, peace and security. 07 [...]
Alina Paul-Bossuet – WNN MDG Stories (WNN) KENYA: As the world considers long-term solutions to mitigate the impact of the next drought, drought-resistant crops are often mentioned as part of the solution. The concept has been around for years. In 2000, a UN taskforce on food security in the Horn of Africa highlighted the need [...]
Mihai Romanciuc – Amnesty International – Tuesday, 30 August 2011 (originally published 22 Aug) The Cuban authorities must end their intimidation of a group of women campaigning for the release of political prisoners, Amnesty International said after 19 of the group’s members were re-arrested yesterday. The latest detentions took place yesterday in and near the [...]
Lisa A. Phillips – WNN Reviews UPDATED: 2 September, 2011 (WNN) BOSNIA: In 1999, Kathryn Bolkovac, a single mother from Nebraska and a seasoned cop, joined the U.N. peacekeeping force in Bosnia, a country still in tumult after its brutal civil war. Her job was to investigate the sex trafficking of young women from Eastern Europe. [...]
Lauren Gilger – Florida Center Investigative Report – Monday, 29 August 2011 (originally published 22Aug) JIMANI, Dominican Republic — A doctor sits on the porch of her clinic, the only one in Jimani, the Dominican city that serves as the busiest border crossing between Haiti and its neighbor. Suddenly, one of the bikes kicks up [...]
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 dedicated to creating an awareness of social injustice and violations of human rights called FotoEvidence. Paula Lerner’s passion for photographing people has taken her from the Amazon to Afghanistan. Since [...]
Amtissal Aboulissan – Now Lebanon News – Friday, 26 August 2011 (originally published 15 Aug) “The lack of awareness of human trafficking makes it difficult to combat the issue in Lebanon,” said Rola Abimourched, project coordinator of the Exploitation and Trafficking Unit at KAFA. Every nation in the world is affected by human trafficking, [...]
