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 [...]
