Ivory Coast Teen Struggles to Support Cousin in Forced Marriage
No matter how much money or awareness Awa Soumahoro raises, she can’t prevent her 19-year-old cousin from being forced into marriage.
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Ivorians Who Married Young Warn Others of Hazards
Female teens in the countryside of Ivory Coast often leave school to start families with older men. It’s a financial strategy that many women here say they have lived to regret.
British Women Decry Growing Tolerance of Rape
England’s conviction rates for rapists have dropped to less than 6 percent from 30 percent three decades ago. Anti-violence activists mounted a pressure campaign against officials, even staging a mock trial to charge them with neglect.
New Boss Learns of His Own Biased Blind Spot
Managing an all-woman staff taught Michael Luongo he wasn’t as woman-friendly as he thought. In 1992, he worked in a department store where only men were allowed to wear pants. One saleswoman had five children and often missed work.
Women’s Media Transformed by Internet
Online women’s publications are booming, while print publications are struggling or folding. The trend is a mixed blessing: Online publications reach more and cost less to produce, but historians worry that online publications might not be archived.
Ivory Coast Reporter Breaks Taboos, Confronts AIDS
Fadiga Kady manages to get the AIDS story out to nation that would prefer not to face the epidemic. She also founded an international organization to educate and assist pregnant women who might need HIV/AIDS care.
