Dropping trends in maternal mortality still show greater needs for women

Mother and newborn Dhaka, Bangladesh

WNN Breaking (WNN/UN): UNITED NATIONS, New York, N.Y.: The number of women dying of pregnancy and childbirth related complications has almost halved in 20 years, according to new estimates released today by the United Nations, which stressed that greater progress is still needed in significantly reducing maternal deaths. The report, entitled Trends in Maternal Mortality: [...]

International Red Cross works with widows to track the missing

Nepal war widow

WNN Breaking (WNN/ICRC) Kathmandu, NEPAL: Laxmi Devi Khadka has been in the dark about the fate of her husband for over nine years. In 2003, armed people came to her house in Bardia, southern Nepal, and took her husband, saying they wanted to speak to him for a few minutes. He has never been seen [...]

600 Guatemalan judges sharpen legal skills to prosecute human traffickers

Woman and Child, Antigua, Guatemala

WNN Breaking (WNN/IOM) Guatemala: The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has started a series of refresher trainings on the prosecution of human trafficking cases for some 600 Guatemalan judges. The trainings, organized in coordination with the Judicial Branch and the Secretariat against Sexual Violence, Exploitation and Trafficking in Persons of the Vice President’s Office are [...]

KYRGYZSTAN: Bride kidnapping continues without legal sanctions

Young girls Kyrgyzstan

Azita Ranjbar  - WNN Breaking (WNN/EN) Talas Province, KYRGYZSTAN: Although bride kidnapping is illegal under Article 155 of Kyrgyzstan’s Criminal Code, prosecutions are almost unheard of. The state can intervene only if a complaint is filed directly by the victim. But, in many bride kidnapping cases, the woman is isolated within the home of the [...]

World Press Freedom Day 2012 shows need for women journalists

Women run from teargas during 2010 conflict in Srinagar, Kashmir

Aliya Bashir – WNN Breaking To honour World Press Freedom Day, WNN field journalist Ms. Aliya, Bashir brings us this report on the need for women journalists in the conflict ridden region of Srinagar, Kashmir (WNN/DCMF) Srinagar, Indian Administered KASHMIR: In a place like conservative Kashmir, many are reluctant to speak to male journalists, which [...]

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