The Drug War's Invisible Victims
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Three women are sharing the 2011 Nobel Prize for Peace.
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'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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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 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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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 are finally on the agenda at the International Labor Organization -- thanks to the efforts of a new social movement.
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