Amy Lieberman, Author at Women's eNews

Iran, Saudi Arabia Run for U.N. Women’s Board

By Amy Lieberman ● Politics ● November 10, 2010

Iran and Saudi Arabia are among the countries on the list for today’s elections to the 41-member executive board of the U.N.’s new super agency for women. Some critics say countries that allow death by stoning should be disqualified.

U.N. Ups Anti-Rape Training for Congo Peacekeepers

By Amy Lieberman ● Politics ● October 21, 2010

Wallstrom, the U.N.’s point person on sexual violence in conflict, returned last week from the scene of a mass rape attack in the Democratic Republic of Congo. She is determined to launch a new type of sexual-violence training for peacekeepers.

Appeals Case Gives Hope to Guatemalan Refugees

By Amy Lieberman ● Crime & Law ● October 1, 2010

A Guatemalan woman’s asylum case could add being female to the list of other reasons–such as race, religion, nationhood or politics–for being granted freedom from persecution in the U.S. Thousands of refugee applicants have a stake in the decision.

U.N. Seeks Congo Rapists; Congolese Urges War’s End

By Amy Lieberman ● Employment ● September 30, 2010

The U.N.’s Wallstrom is visiting the DRC two months after armed soldiers gang raped hundreds of women. While she’s there, focused on identifying perpetrators, a leading women’s activist from Goma is in the U.S. pressing a different strategy.

Bachelet’s U.N. Debut Brightens MDG Summit

By Amy Lieberman ● Politics ● September 24, 2010

Funding commitments for global maternal health, the most lagging U.N. Millennium Development Goal, were predictably disappointing this week. But Michelle Bachelet’s first appearance as head of the women’s “superagency” raised some spirits.

U.N. to Ask $169 Billion Maternal Health Question

By Amy Lieberman ● Politics ● September 17, 2010

The U.N.’s $169 billion catch-up plan for global maternal health–the runt of the development-goal litter–faces a final checkup meeting in New York this week. As a maternal death clock tick-tocks in Times Square, the big question is money.

Female Refugees in Vermont Lead as Breadwinners

By Amy Lieberman ● Politics ● September 3, 2010

Female refugees take many paths to a Vermont resettlement program. But a drive to support their families–sometimes with the first paid employment of their lives–buoys many along, often more successfully than male counterparts.

Congo Rapes Put U.N.’s Wallstrom in Hot Seat

By Amy Lieberman ● Employment ● August 26, 2010

Margot Wallstrom, U.N. envoy on sexual violence in conflict, was slow to learn of mass rapes in the DRC in July, which were carried out despite U.N. peacekeeping patrols. Now her first task as leader of the U.N.’s response is finding out exactly what happened.

MDG Goals Panned for Isolating Women’s Rights

By Amy Lieberman ● Politics ● August 4, 2010

The 10-year checkup on the U. N. Millennium Development Goals is coming up in September. Ahead of that meeting, civil society groups are editing an outcome document with an eye to ending the segregated treatment of women’s rights.

Bangladesh Development Star Doesn’t Shine for Women

By Amy Lieberman ● Politics ● July 7, 2010

Bangladesh promises to be a star this September when the U.N. reviews development goals. But despite a strong start on girls’ education, many female-focused targets, including maternal mortality, are lagging far behind.

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