Rigoberta Menchú TUM "We have learned that change cannot come through war..."
Hillary CLINTON "I am particularly horrified by the use of propaganda..."
Maryam Zar – WNN Opinion (WNN) U.S./IRAN: This week Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced new, stricter sanctions on Iranian banks and those doing business with them, in order to put pressure on Tehran to engage in nuclear negotiations. Last week, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and Senator Mark Kirk [...]
WNN Breaking (WNN) EUROPE: In a continuing controversy surrounding a film partially produced by the EU on Afghan women and the system of women’s prisons in Afghanistan, Development Pictures has stated, “We are contractually obligated not to speak publicly about the film or the dispute with the EU.” The film commission by the European Union [...]
Beldina Nyakeke – All Africa – 30 November 2011 (originally published 26 Nov) Musoma — Like the proverbial beggar who can’t afford the luxury of being a chooser, Agnes Martin Koyanga was compelled to grab a job opportunity that conservative people regard inferior and unsuitable for women. Yet, if she were to let the chance [...]
Olesya Dmitracova – WNN Opinion (WNN) PARIS/AFRICA: What links a British-based law firm to an initiative aimed at protecting women in Burkina Faso from accusations of witchcraft? The answer’s global pro bono work. Earlier this year, a charity caring for older people, HelpAge International, asked Advocates for International Development (A4ID) to help with its work [...]
Emma Batha – WNN MDG Stories (WNN) LONDON: The first rape victim who doctor Denis Mukwege treated in his hospital in eastern Congo had been so badly mutilated he thought it was a one-off attack by “some nutter”. But she was soon followed by many others who had been subjected to equally unimaginable cruelty. Some [...]
Iceland Review Online – Tuesday, 29 November 2011 (originally published 26 Nov) Just Fearless, an international multi-media organization focused on women’s empowerment announced the “Reykjavík Women Empowering Women Symposium” on December 6 at the Hilton Hotel Nordica this week. It is an event designed to empower and inspire women to succeed in both their personal [...]
Manar Ammar – WNN Breaking (WNN) CAIRO, Egypt: On Egypt’s first day of elections, women’s participation was visibly large in the country’s first post-revolution elections to choose “the revolution parliament.” The high female turn-out comes despite the low numbers of women who are running for the Parliament. Women candidates themselves running for individual seats account [...]
Lakshmi Eassey – WNN Reviews (WNN) ZIMBABWE, Africa: Three-year-old Runyararo screams every time she sees a man. She was found abandoned at a bus station. When the Girl Child Network Worldwide (GCNW) took her for an examination there was evidence of sexual assault, and attempted penetration, a clear sign of rape though she has not [...]
Jo Chandler – Sydney Morning Herald – Monday, 28 November 2011 (originally published 24 Nov) WOMEN danced, wept and embraced outside the Papua New Guinea Parliament yesterday as years of campaigning culminated in a watershed vote to allow 22 reserved seats for women in the almost exclusively male chamber, where just one of 109 seats [...]
Mail & Guardian online – Friday, 25 November, 2011 United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-Moon has called for zero tolerance for violence against women, adding that the pervasiveness of violence against women poses a serious barrier to gender equality. According to the UN, 70% of women experience violence in their lifetime, and one in five [...]
