Rigoberta Menchú TUM "We have learned that change cannot come through war..."
Hillary CLINTON "I am particularly horrified by the use of propaganda..."
Dheera Sujan – WNN Opinion (WNN) Opinion: I just finished putting the final mixing touches on a report from our Pakistan correspondent on the Sachal Studio Orchestra, and I l loved doing it. I’ve seen the video about 40 times I think and still haven’t tired of it. It was such a relief to report [...]
Asma Alsharif – WNN MDG Stories (WNN) JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia: October 1, 2011 – One of Saudi Arabia’s most senior clerics said he was not consulted about King Abdullah’s decision to grant women more political rights, one of the first signs of discontent from powerful conservatives since the reform was announced. In a speech last [...]
Jamaica Gleaner – Monday, 31 October 2011 (originally published 26 Oct) IN A display that captured the resilience of the very women the day was supposed to honour, more than 150 women from several rural parishes braved rain and rocky terrain to attend a workshop to mark the International Day for Rural Women (IDRW) [...]
Emily Jasper – Forbes – Friday, 28 October 2011 (originally published 25 Oct) Everyone should have mentors. It only helps you in your career (and life) if you have someone who can share their own experiences, learnings, and battle scars with you. You won’t avoid mistakes, but the idea here is that you may be [...]
Daily Mail Reporter – Daily Mail – Thursday, 27 October 2011 (originally published 26 Oct) The women in Yemen have taken a key role in the uprising against President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s authoritarian rule that erupted in March, inspired by other Arab revolutions. Hundreds of Yemeni women have set fire to a pile of female [...]
WNN Breaking (WNN) UNITED NATIONS: 21 October 2011 – Some of the nearly 200,000 Somalis who have sought refuge in Yemen from violence and famine in their own country are now considering going back home due to worsening security in the Arabian Peninsula nation, the United Nations refugee agency reported today. “Most new arrivals tell [...]
Rebecca M. Stone – WNN Opinion (WNN Opinion): Charlottesville, Virginia – Darryl is a 12-year-old African American boy whose mother, Ariel, is a single parent. Ariel left high school after becoming pregnant with Darryl and has struggled to find anything but minimum wage jobs to support her family. One day when he was out with [...]
Seema Chowdhury – WNN MDG Stories (WNN) Mumbai, INDIA – “Girls are not suppose to speak their mind,” Aastha says. “My parents were totally against me marrying Vivan, who belonged to other caste.” Aastha, 39, who requested her full name not be used, says that her father no longer speaks to her because she married [...]
Lys Anzia – WNN Features STORY UPDATE: On October 23, 2011 twenty medical professionals who had been arrested and charged with crimes against the government, including Dr. Ghassan Dhaif and his wife Dr. Zarhra Al Sammak, had some of their charges dropped as they were summoned to appear in court. The charges which were dropped [...]
News Nine MSN – Wednesday, 26 October 2011 (originally published 24 Oct) Physical and sexual abuse of women with disabilities is widespread, the federal government says. Women with disabilities, particularly intellectual disabilities, were “extraordinarily vulnerable” to violence and abuse, federal Minister for the Status of Women Kate Ellis said on Monday. Ms Ellis was in [...]
