Amy Lieberman, Author at Women's eNews

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.

Cambodian Women Speak Up on Dam’s Threat

By Amy Lieberman ● Health & Science ● July 4, 2011

In Cambodia’s rural northeastern province, the Sesan River is the primary source of food and income for fishing and farming communities. But hydropower dams are encroaching and village women say their daily life is hit the hardest.

Sister of Thai Ex-Prime Minister May Win July Vote

By Amy Lieberman ● Politics ● June 30, 2011

Yingluck Shinawatra may well become Thailand’s first female prime minister after July 3 elections. But women’s rights advocates aren’t enthusiastic, seeing her as a place-holder for her powerful brother, Thaksin Shinawatra, ousted in 2006.

UN Women Wraps Up Far-Flung Listening Tour

By Amy Lieberman ● Politics ● June 2, 2011

For months, the U.N.’s new superagency for women has been tapping advocates and academics around the globe for advice about how to shape the group’s first strategic plan, due out in June.

U.S. Sex Workers Hail Nation’s New Stance

By Amy Lieberman ● Crime & Law ● April 21, 2011

When the U.S. State Department recently agreed to a U.N. human rights recommendation for sex workers it joined one side of an anti-sex-for-hire argument. The other side believes prostitution is never safe for women and must be abolished.

U.N. Squad Starts Work in Mass Rape Zones

By Amy Lieberman ● Politics ● March 9, 2011

A U.N. rapid-response team for mass outbreaks of sexual violence is pulling together. Here, its leader describes his first assignment to the DRC and warns that the four-person unit, which works by government invitation, can only do so much.

Homeland Security Law Called Hazardous for Victims

By Amy Lieberman ● Politics ● February 23, 2011

Secure Communities is the name of an expanding federal immigration program to deport convicts living in the U.S. illegally. Immigrant advocates say it’s undermining a federal law that protects crime victims from having to reveal their citizenship status.