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Dangers to Female Journalists Get Added Up

By Reshmi Kaur Oberoi ● Uncategorized ● September 24, 2013

A month-long survey of female journalists about the dangers they face on assignment just ended and will be the basis of safety remedies designed by UNESCO. Two days after it launched, a 22-year-old photojournalist was gang raped while on assignment in Mumbai.

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Azerbaijan Women Led Revolt, Now Pushed Out

By Yigal Schleifer ● Employment ● October 30, 2005

In a former Soviet republic, members of a small women’s movement express little hope of free and fair parliamentary elections on Nov. 6. Until the country becomes more democratic, they say, the nation will continue to marginalize women.