As international officials mark World AIDS Day, researchers are looking for new measures that will help women protect themselves from the deadly disease. One possibility: the diaphragm.
African businesswomen who have found success in the United States are giving back to their homelands. They’re bringing the Internet and other computer technology to those who use it least: their counterparts in Africa.
The first comprehensive report on the rape and abuse of women during Africa’s widest war finds that all sides used brutal violence against civilian women as a military tactic.
Nigerian women, many of them teen-agers, now make up the largest percentage of illegally trafficked sex workers in Italy. Albanian teens are now joining them. The Italian government is trying to assist them in leaving this dangerous industry.
Rape was a weapon of war in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, and many victims today are infected with HIV. The United Nations has called for up to $10 billion to fight the epidemic. The U.S., the world’s richest country, has pledged $200 million, a pittance.
Mindful that women and children constitute the vast majority of casualties in today’s conflicts, African women from conflict zones have gathered in Kigali, Rwanda, to share their experience in alleviating suffering and influencing government policy.
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