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A year after gunmen abducted more than 80 women at an anti-trafficking center in Cambodia, some staff members criticize official efforts to rescue the women. Others urge reconciliation with a government stung by international criticism.
Ann Bancroft and Liv Arnesen were skiing across the Arctic Ocean during Women’s History month. But then, on Thursday, their expedition was cut short by uncertainties over what aviation company would operate the Borneo Ice Station airfield.
The theme of World AIDS Day on Dec. 1 is that discrimination and stigma are fueling the disease. Evidence of that abounds in Kyrgyzstan, a front line for the disease where women are at higher risk and health workers struggle for funding.