After Boko Haram – A photo story on the Nigerian women and girls returning from captivity
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They call us “Boko Haram Wives.”
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The ordeal isn’t over yet for women who’ve been freed from Boko Haram
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The Nigerian military has been touting its recent successes against Boko Haram. Officials say many of the thousands of women and girls who’d been held hostage by the Islamist militant group have been freed.
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Clinton Says Roles Improving; Mass Assaults in Egypt
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Prospects and the appreciation for women’s roles are improving everywhere from Liberia to Japan, says Hillary Clinton. Yet, during celebrations for Egypt’s new president, Tahrir Square was the site of a series of sexual assaults.
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Seattle Ups Min Wage; Barbarous Attacks in India
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Seattle’s City Council has approved an increase in the city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour. Also this week, more horrific assaults against women and girls in India.
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Nigeria Preps for Freed Girls; Jailed Mom Sues
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Nigerians are preparing for the special health care needed schoolgirls when they return. Meanwhile, a jailed Texas woman who was denied medical care while in labor, sued saying the prison’s refusal to help her caused her infant’s death.
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NY Rights Bill Alive; Sudan Chains Mom Facing Death
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A series of bills that would protect women’s rights in New York state are being reintroduced into the Senate. Also this week, the pregnant woman sentenced to death in Sudan is being shackled.
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Minnesota OKs Workplace Bills; Asian LBT Targeted
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Minnesota’s governor approved a package of bills aimed at improving conditions for women in the workplace. Also this week, a report shows that lesbian, bisexual and transgender women in some Asian countries are encountering abuse and discrimination without any protection of the state.
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Rescue Effort Intensifies for Nigerian Schoolgirls
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The U.S., U.K., Israel and China are reportedly moving in to help a rescue effort being demanded by street demonstrators and hashtag activists around the world. BBC reports Nigeria is ready to negotiate with the extremist Boko Haram.
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Nigerian Rescue Grows; Caning for Being Raped Ok’d
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After weeks of foot dragging the world stepped up its response to Nigerian women calling for help in rescuing kidnapped schoolgirls. In Indonesia, a local law in a conservative province means a rape victim faces the possibility of a public caning.
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Outrage Grows at Boko Haram Seizure of Schoolgirls
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As delegates arrive in Nigeria for the May 7-9 World Economic Forum on Africa they are likely to run into protesters in the capital city of Abuja. Nigeria’s president has accepted a U.S. offer to help secure the students’ release.