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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.
The Syrian government has released 62 female detainees as part of a deal. In Yemen, a father committed the “honor” killing of his 15-year-old daughter for contacting her fiancé.
Critics say the government’s targeting of anti-violence funds on specific groups of women–such as those from Muslim and South Asian communities–worsens victims’ isolation and undermines a wider push for women’s safety.
Croatian women over 50 and those of childbearing age are having a tough time finding work in an economy saddled with a jobless rate of over 17 percent. Two women from either end of the age spectrum talk about the job bias they live with.
Defying the practice of arranged marriage in India can tear families apart, particularly when young people go outside their castes. The Supreme Court has sided with the young couples, calling the caste system a “curse on the nation.”
Victim testimonies and recovered material from Moammar Gadhafi’s loyalists point to the widespread use of rape as weapon of war in Libya. Hundreds of women have given testimony; some of which has reached the International Criminal Court.
Eliza Griswold’s “The Tenth Parallel” began as a probe of religious fundamentalism’s link to violence. After traveling through Africa and Southeast Asia, she just wanted to tell the stories she found along the way.
Society has warmed up to women in many ways–but not in every way. Caryl Rivers says women are still shut out of the world of ideas. This month’s news of all-male authors in Publishers Weekly’s list of top 10 books for 2009 is the tip of the iceberg.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers has joined calls for more domestic and foreign aid to reduce maternal deaths, which claim 1 in 7 women in the poorest nations. The effort launches as the Obama administration releases its first budget.
A prominent Buffalo businessman’s beheading of his wife last week is being discussed as an honor crime. Soheila Vahdati says that’s the wrong term for a domestic homicide that occurs inside the United States.