Rigoberta Menchú TUM "We have learned that change cannot come through war..."
Hillary CLINTON "I am particularly horrified by the use of propaganda..."
Jessica Berman for VOA – WNN Breaking (WNN/VOA) Washington D.C., UNITED STATES, AMERICAS: A new study has found that a form of psychological treatment, called group cognitive therapy, helps ease and reverse the emotional symptoms of victims of rape in war-torn countries where highly-trained psychologists are few and far between. The good news, say researchers, [...]
WNN Breaking (WNN/IOM) Geneva, SWITZERLAND, EUROPE: In today’s increasingly mobile and interconnected world, migration has become an integral part of the lives of over 100 million women. At different stages of their lives, a growing proportion of these women leave their familiar surroundings to study, work, marry, reunite with their families or flee a dangerous [...]
WNN Breaking (WNN/HRW) New York, New York, UNITED STATES: Ten leading international organizations are calling on ministers of labor around the globe in a letter released at the beginning of the week to protect child domestic workers. They’re also calling to ratify the ILO – International Labour Organization Domestic Workers Convention (Convention 189 concerning Decent [...]
Catherine Hornby - WNN Breaking (WNN/TLW) Rome, ITALY, EUROPE: Religious leaders must convince women carrying out female genital mutilation that it is not required by scripture and it can cause infection, infertility or even death in young girls, say African ministers as Zero Tolerance for FGM day approaches on Wednesday, February 6, 2013. The practice is [...]
Lisa Schlein – WNN Breaking (WNN/VOA) Geneva, SWITZERLAND: Campaigners for a mine-free world say they are closing in on their goal and are urging governments to commit to eradicating antipersonnel landmines in years, not decades. At the opening of a week-long review of the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, [...]
