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) U.S./GLOBAL: ReSurge International and International Medical Corps are partnering to address a global burn crisis in which severe burns affect nearly seven million people a year – particularly impoverished women and children – in developing countries. The partnership will leverage ReSurge’s 42-year history of serving burn survivors in vulnerable communities through reconstructive [...]
Lys Anzia – WNN Breaking (WNN) LOS ANGELES, California: Project CREED, a social enterprise providing locally-inspired health education books and materials to children in developing countries is gearing up for a stronger outreach to Rwanda for 2012. The launch includes a new website with Project CREED’s focus on books, education and literacy in Africa to [...]
WNN Breaking (WNN) Nairobi, KENYA: Young people tweeting from mobile devices across the region are the current driving forces that are creating a rise in the growth of Twitter in Africa, says How Africa Tweets, which has just launched its findings from Nairobi, Kenya. In the first ever attempt to comprehensively map the use of [...]
WNN Breaking (WNN) Islamabad, PAKISTAN: As the lower legislative body, the National Assembly in Pakistan, passed a new bill unanimously on January 19 to protect women’s rights in the region, women are beginning to gain more confidence that ‘real sustainable rights’ for women may be around the corner. Although the new bill must now be [...]
WNN Breaking (WNN)ROME, Italy: Despite efforts to combat violence against women in Italy, the levels of such violence remain high and there is an urgent need to address the underlying structural causes of inequality and discrimination, said the UN independent expert and Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, Rashida Manjoo. At the end of a [...]
WNN Breaking (WNN) NEW YORK: As the effects of drought continue to wreck havoc in the Horn of Africa for 13.3 million people who have faced changed lives in the worst climate the region has experienced in decades leaving 250,000 displaced Somalis in urgent need of famine crisis assistance, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) [...]
WNN Breaking (WNN) Houston, Texas, U.S.: As the family and parents of 30-year-old Iranian human rights activist Gelareh Bagherzadeh publicly grieve the murder of their daughter and sister at her memorial on Wednesday January 18, details in the case in the murder of the outspoken women’s advocate remain unanswered. “According to family and the people [...]
WNN Breaking (WNN) NEW YORK, U.S.: For the second year in a row college students are using transparency to prevent, reduce and respond to sexual violence on university campuses across the U.S. The Campus Accountability Project (CAP) database has met its goal of participation from over 70 schools across the country. Currently, the database houses 233 [...]
WNN Breaking (WNN) KINSHASA, DRC: As paramilitary violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continues with the absence of much of the western world’s media coverage, United Nations Children’s Fund – UNICEF is helping to bring ‘child-friendly’ spaces to adolescents who have been displaced. Many Congolese youth have experienced, seen or have had loved [...]
WNN Breaking (WNN) PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti: In a combined effort to get vital information out to the public covering ongoing conditions for women and girls’ safety in Haiti on the second anniversary of the crisis that hit the region causing over 608,000 people to become homeless, human rights advocacy group for women – MADRE – has [...]
