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Politics

‘Whistleblower’ Screening Disturbs Peace at U.N.

By: Amy Lieberman | October 24, 2011

A “Whistleblower” screening at U.N. headquarters recently turned heated. When the secretary-general cast the problem of peacekeeper abuse as a “dark period” in the past, the movie’s director took issue, saying more movies are to be made.

Crime & Law

Bride’s Death in China Spurs Anti-Violence Bill

By: Jia You | August 2, 2011

The death of a young Chinese bride in 2009 under the fists of her husband shocked the public about the lack of protection for victims of domestic violence. Now, lawmakers have a national anti-domestic violence bill to consider.

Arts & Culture

After Katrina: One Surviving Family’s Story

By: Juliette Terzieff | February 10, 2011
Health & Science

Midwife School in Mexico Finds Itself in Vanguard

By: Theresa Braine | November 9, 2008

At the only degreed midwifery program in Mexico, women train and then return to their rural roots. It is right in line with a recent United Nations push to fill a global shortfall of 334,000 midwives and improve maternal health outcomes.

Arts & Culture

Genital Mutilation Is Traditional in Iraq’s Kurdistan

By: Nicholas Birch | August 1, 2004

Activists are seeking to end female genital mutilation in Iraq’s Kurdish areas even as they try to determine how common the practice is.

Politics

Political Changes Reduce Kurdistan Honor Killings

By: Joshua Kucera | July 7, 2002

In the independent semi-state of Kurdistan, the repeal of an Iraqi law means fewer women are dying at the hands of family who they believe have shamed them. Some threatened women must now live in shelters, however.

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