Zeenat Karzai, spouse of the president of Afghanistan, lives behind locked doors in fear of being kidnapped. Some of the country’s women say she should emerge to affirm their rights and be a role model. Also, Postal Service honors female journalists.
A multi-ethnic delegation finds that rape and sexual violence against women are prevalent in the recent surges of unbridled violence between India’s Muslims and Hindus.
In one Indian community, 12-year-old girls are forced into prostitution, driven by the economic needs of their families and the pressure of religious legend. Human rights officials are trying to end the practice, but red tape slows their efforts.
The difficult and complex issues of women’s empowerment are all too often and too easily reduced to the symbolism of the burka. The author argues that fixating upon the veil sidesteps the real issues of Muslim women’s rights.
Women are just 14 percent of the U.S. House of Representatives, but on Wednesday California Democrat Nancy Pelosi was elected the first woman minority whip-the most powerful woman ever in the House and next in line to be speaker.
When the U.N. anti-racism conference convenes in South Africa later this month, Dalit, or low-caste, women of India will demand there that caste-based bias, atrocities and rape be recognized to be on a par with racism. India’s government objects.
President Bush’s proposed budget outline contains funding cuts that could impede the growth of small businesses that have been fostered by the SBA’s Small Business Development Centers and Women’s Business Centers located around the country.
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