Issues / Women

  • The Drug War's Invisible Victims

    Column

    By Laura Carlsen, January 27, 2012

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    Women bear the burden of the violence that is convulsing Mexico.

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  • The Nobel Prize and The African Woman

    Commentary

    By Kwei Quartey, October 18, 2011

    Three women are sharing the 2011 Nobel Prize for Peace.

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  • Wambui Otieno's Mau Mau

    Commentary

    By Elsie Cloete, October 3, 2011

    'With her death on 30 August 2011, Wambui Otieno-Mbugua joins the pantheon of African women activists who devoted their lives to struggles against colonial and post-independence political regimes and against systems that favoured and still do favour men over women,' writes Elsie Cloete.

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  • Women's Exclusion Worsens Somali Crises

    Commentary

    By Khadija O. Ali, August 4, 2011

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    Somalia is now suffering from a drought on top of its civil war. Including women in decision-making roles is part of solving both crises.

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  • Saudi Women Get Behind the Wheel

    Commentary / Youth & Activism Department

    By Jessica Mack, July 13, 2011

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    Saudi Arabia has played the lead role in countering the Arab Spring, but Saudi women are gaining momentum in their own campaign for driving rights.

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  • Ending South Korea's Child Export Shame

    Commentary

    By Jennifer Kwon Dobbs, June 23, 2011

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    The South Korean government is on the verge of bringing much-needed reform to what has been the world's largest child-export industry.

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  • Domestic Workers at the ILO

    Commentary

    By Ai-jen Poo, June 14, 2011

    Domestic workers at the ILO

    Domestic workers are finally on the agenda at the International Labor Organization -- thanks to the efforts of a new social movement.

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