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Reproductive Health Care Scarce for Disabled Women

By Rickie Solinger ● Uncategorized ● June 8, 2013

Many in medical professions and the general population still deem disabled women unsuitable for sexuality and reproduction, says Rickie Solinger in this excerpt from “Reproductive Politics.” Reproductive technologies can also add to stigma.

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Rural Women Poised to Get More from Tribal Justice

By Amy Lieberman ● Uncategorized ● March 7, 2013

Traditional leaders adjudicate household violence and land inheritance for the majority of rural women in the developing world. Increasingly, human rights activists want them to give women a better shake.

Our Work for Afghan Women Must Survive Past 2014

By Sunita Viswanath ● Uncategorized ● November 6, 2012

Foreign troop withdrawal has become a certainty for Afghanistan, leaving those of us who provide essential services for girls and women anxious and uncertain.

Grandmothers Around World Champion Change

By Paola Gianturco ● Uncategorized ● September 28, 2012

From India to Canada to Argentina, grandmothers are fighting for political, economic and social change, says Paola Gianturco in the book “Grandmother Power.” In this excerpt, she describes how they’ve pushed for rights and why grandmothers globally campaign for change.

Banning Muslim Veil Denies Women a Choice, Too

By Judith Sunderland ● Uncategorized ● September 22, 2012

Forcing Muslim women to cover up can be a huge human rights violation; banning them from wearing the veil is problematic too, says Judith Sunderland in the collection of essays, “The Unfinished Revolution.” In this excerpt, she explains why.

Philippine U.S. Consulate Faces Trafficking Heat

By Samantha Kimmey ● Uncategorized ● September 15, 2012

A Filipina trafficked by a Kuwaiti diplomat spoke out last week about her abuse. A New York advocacy group that helped her win a settlement is staging a Sept. 21 demonstration to prod her country’s U.S. consulate to help victims like her.

Indonesian LBT Women Exposed to Backlash

By Grace Poore ● Uncategorized ● August 20, 2012

CEDAW–the international beacon for women’s rights–does not shine on lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people in Indonesia. This is a painful disappointment, given LBT people’s need for protection from a fundamentalist backlash.

Meet Argentina’s Rights Blazer Silvia Augsburger

By Jessica Weiss ● Crime & Law ● August 12, 2012

Silvia Augsburger is synonymous with Argentina’s push to the forefront of global human rights. The retired lawmaker recently discussed the need for more change in a country with a deadly abortion ban and political quotas that work like a “ceiling.”

For Cuban Women, Sundays Are for Protest Marches

By Maura Ewing ● Crime & Law ● October 31, 2011

Relatives of political prisoners in Cuba–many of them women–are fighting to curb abuses they say family members suffer during incarceration. One of the most prominent opposition groups, Ladies in White, meets on Sundays.

Recruiters Round Up Cambodians to Work in Malaysia

By Amy Lieberman ● Employment ● July 16, 2011

Cambodian women who go abroad to Malaysia to work as domestic workers find the work fraught with abuse. Much of the mistreatment starts right away, in recruitment pre-departure training centers in Phnom Penh.