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Human Rights

After 17 Years, Venezuelan Survivor Finally Wins Justice

By: Jen Ross | November 28, 2018

“It is important that you value my testimony… I come here now because I trust you … and I expect justice.”

US Claim of ‘No Civilian Casualties’ is Tested in Afghanistan

By: Andrea J. Prasow | February 4, 2018

In the rubble I spotted bits of lace, a notebook, a pair of shoes – the things you leave behind when things no longer matter.  

Education

Why Girls’ Education in Morocco Needs More than Money

By: Juliet S. Sorensen | July 12, 2016

If some of the $100 million in U.S. aid goes to building girls’ dormitories, fine. But construction projects should not be the focus. Instead aid should be spent on helping local leaders boost the cultural status of girls and their education.

FGM

Doctors Push Controversial Strategy to Fight Female Genital Mutilation

By: Juhie Bhatia (Managing Editor) | February 22, 2016

The compromise would allow “minimal” forms of the ritual cutting of girls’ genitalia in hopes of upholding religious and cultural beliefs while reducing the harm.

disability rights

Wartime Violence against Disabled Women Often Ignored

By: Juhie Bhatia (Managing Editor) | June 18, 2014

Disability rights activists called for a variety of remedies during a panel of a major London conference last week. “If you have reduced mobility, it makes it that much harder to run when everyone else is fleeing from the village, you may have less chance to run away,” said one speaker.

Abortion

Spain’s Step Back on Abortion Is Catching Flak

By: Judith Sunderland | March 18, 2014

The government is likely to face difficult questions from the U.N. Human Rights Committee when it convenes in October and women across the country are already enraged. This move puts the country out of step with the majority of EU member states.

Human Rights

Report: Iraqi Women Illegally Detained, Tortured

By: WeNews Staff | February 6, 2014

The Human Rights Watch report documents cases of women illegally detained and sometimes tortured. Far fewer women are in jail than men, but they face a “double burden” of social stigma after release, authors find.

Egypt

Women Still Scarce in Egypt’s Constitution Process

By: Jessica Gray | September 18, 2013

The five women on the new Constituent Assembly are all considered very strong representatives, but activists say they are simply too few. Morsi loyalists meanwhile are in hiding and say all human rights in the country are compromised.

detention centers

Complaints by Transgender Detainees Quantify Abuse

By: Amy Lieberman | September 3, 2013

Mistreatment of transgender detainees described in government documents match the anecdotal accounts in dozens of interviews. One lawyer says she has never met a transgender detainee who has not been subject to some sort of harassment. The second of four stories.

Ariel Castro

Lawyers, Courts Go Easy on Gender-Based Crimes

By: Wendy Murphy | August 14, 2013

The recent murder of Amy Lord in Massachusetts and Ariel Castro’s sexual enslavement of three young women in Ohio expose serious lapses in the way crimes targeting women are handled.

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