Rigoberta Menchú TUM "We have learned that change cannot come through war..."
Hillary CLINTON "I am particularly horrified by the use of propaganda..."
WNN Breaking (WNN) Homs, SYRIA: Following the untimely death of woman war correspondent Marie Colvin, another woman journalist named Edith Bouvier, a French correspondent working for le Figaro news and other news agencies, has asked for urgent help today to save her life as she lay in an injured state. Her plea was made public through [...]
Lakshmi Eaasey – WNN Features (WNN) U.S./Global: As women across the MENA (Middle-East and North Africa) region experienced victory and discouraging setbacks with political participation and human rights for all in Egypt and Tunisia women activist leaders look back to reflect on what has gone wrong and what has gone right for the women who [...]
Jessica Buchleitner – WNN Features (WNN) San Francisco, CALIFORNIA, U.S.: While employed as a “home-care worker,” Teresa, a Mexican national, often returned to her own home after a day of work demeaned and discouraged. She didn’t talk about it at first, but often witnessed abuse in the house where she worked, watching the disabled woman [...]
Cynthia Arvide – WNN Features (WNN) Mexico City, MEXICO: Ignored by her local police force Nancy Rojo Pastelín didn’t find justice until her story became popular on social media. YouTube, Twitter and Facebook in Mexico is now transforming and changing the way a growing number of people, especially women, report injustice. In a region where [...]
Elahe Amani – WNN Features (WNN) Beirut, LEBANON: In an amazing coordinated campaign, a Lebanese advocacy group dedicated to protecting women from violence shook up the media world by working closely with men as they asked them to act decisively and without hesitation to stop violence against women. Elahe Amani, special reporter from Iran for [...]
