Three stories of courageous women fighting cruelty and repression in Papua by Carole Reckinger.
Filed in: Equality Feminism Human Rights Sexual Politics West Papua Women
Women
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Shrugging off gang rape
Sokari Ekine on how the videoed rape of a young woman that went viral on YouTube was dismissed by the Nigerian police as ‘boys behaving badly’.
Filed in: Human Rights Sexual Politics Women
- Sokari Ekine
- October 26, 2011
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The boys in Brazil's favelas who shun violence
Gender activist Gary Barker sees young men who respect woman and are connected fathers.
- Nikki van der Gaag
- July 1, 2011
- 0
I put a spell on you...
Zuhra Bahman gives the inside story on how male sorcerers are keeping women down in Afghanistan.
Filed in: Afghanistan Spirituality Women
- Zuhra Bahman
- October 1, 2010
- 2
Indigenous mothers-to-be: not mothers enough?
Pregnant women from indigenous communities face multiple layers of discrimination. As leaders gather in New York to discuss progress on the UN’s Millennium Development Goals, Cheryl Gallagher explains why statistics only tell half the story.
Filed in: Children Guatemala Indigenous Peoples Nicaragua Peru Reproductive Rights Women
- Cheryl Gallagher
- September 16, 2010
- 0
Girl power?
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Filed in: Human Rights Sierra Leone Women
- Nikki van der Gaag
- July 1, 2007
- 1
To transform pain to power
Dalit women speak out against human rights abuses and discrimination at an international conference in The Hague, Netherlands.
Filed in: Human Rights India Minorities Nepal Netherlands Women
- New Internationalist Editorial
- December 6, 2006
- 0
Burned alive
Filed in: Afghanistan Children Women
- Mohammad Jawad Sharifzada and Abdul Baseer Saeed
- March 1, 2006
- 0
Just chocolate
Grenada’s revolutionary fair trade
Filed in: Activism Caribbean China Climate Change Corporations Environment Fair Trade Grenada Iraq Israel Land Language Oil Palestine South Africa Sri Lanka Trade Venezuela Women Zimbabwe
- Dylan Mathews
- December 1, 2005
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