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Sabine Clappaert – WNN Features (WNN) Kiev, UKRAINE: At first sight, few people would mark the group of topless young women protesting in the streets of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, as outspoken advocates or feminists. Garlands of flowers adorn their waist-length hair, strategically thrown…
May 21 2012 / Read More »What do imprisoned mothers in Iran fear the most? ‘Being forgotten’ »
Elahe Amani with Lys Anzia – WNN Features (WNN) Tehran, IRAN: Built in 1971 Evin prison, in Iran’s capital city of Tehran, is a place where incarceration for prisoners brings with it depression, frustration and isolation. Prisoners who are mothers often have a secret, and…
May 14 2012 / Read More »Press freedom push follows social media activism says Freedom House »
WNN Breaking (WNN) New York, NEW YORK, U.S.: In a detailed report outlining press freedom worldwide, human rights freedom and monitoring organization Freedom House has brought the attention of the world to deteriorating conditions in 63 countries where freedom is not available to the press.…
May 10 2012 / Read More »Older men exploit teen girls Rwanda with ‘gifts’ for sex »
Rose Odengo – WNN MDG Stories (WNN/GPI) Kigali, RWANDA, AFRICA: It’s Friday afternoon at Groupe Scolaire St. André, a secondary school in Kigali, Rwanda’s capital. Students are headed home for the three-week spring holiday. Clad in white shirts, khaki skirts and trousers with yellow sweaters,…
May 7 2012 / Read More »Reproductive coercion puts Somali refugee women in the line of fire »
Gitonga Njeru – WNN Features (WNN) Garissa, KENYA: Following several weeks of military intervention by the Kenyan Defense Forces against Somali extremist militia groups, Somali…
Apr 6 2012 / Read More »KONY 2012 criticism continues as Ugandan women wish to forget the past »
Lys Anzia – WNN Features (WNN) San Diego, CALIFORNIA: Amid harsh criticism stating that the makers of the viral video sensation about Joseph Kony and…
Mar 16 2012 / Read More »Where are the women? Egypt’s revolution one year on »
Lys Anzia – WNN Feature (WNN) Cairo, EGYPT: As the women of Egypt stress concerns over food costs, security, human rights and political exclusion, along…
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