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Why Girls’ Education in Morocco Needs More than Money

By Juliet S. Sorensen ● Commentary ● 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.

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House OKs Peace Corps Abortions; Libyan Activist Slain

By WeNews Staff ● Uncategorized ● June 27, 2014

The Republican-controlled House committee approved an extension of abortion coverage to Peace Corp volunteers. Also this week, a human rights activist in Benghazi was assassinated.

Pro-Choicers Cheer Chile; LGBT Threats Are Global

By WeNews Staff ● Uncategorized ● June 20, 2014

Chile has taken steps to decriminalize abortion under certain circumstances. Also, during a press call this week, activists highlighted how the LGBT community is at risk in developing countries.

Obama Marks Roe v. Wade; Alabama Prison Deemed Toxic

By WeNews Staff ● Arts & Culture ● January 25, 2014

President Barack Obama marked the 41st anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision this week. In Alabama, a women’s prison was found to be a “toxic” house of horrors in which “repeated and open sexual behavior” is the norm.

Rapist Law May Be Voided; Abortion Laws Multiply

By WeNews Staff ● Arts & Culture ● January 11, 2014

Morocco may toss out part of its penal code that allows rapists to go unpunished if they marry their victims. Also this week, Republicans in the House of Representatives are looking to make 2014 another banner year for anti-abortion laws.

Tunisia Marks Belated First in Sheltering Women

By Camille Lafrance ● Commentary ● March 1, 2013

For the country that glows like a beacon of women’s progress in North Africa, the government’s first shelter for survivors of domestic violence finds it lagging far behind neighboring Morocco.

Combat Ban Lifted; New Mexico Considers Rape Bill

By WeNews Staff ● Uncategorized ● January 26, 2013

Credit: U.S. Army Korea (Historical Image Archive) on Flickr, under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

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Dr. Rebecca Gomperts looking at a Women on Waves ship.

Abortion Ship to Dock in Morocco to Publicize Safety

By Juhie Bhatia ● Uncategorized ● October 3, 2012

Women on Waves hopes to offer medical abortions and publicize misoprostol, a drug that can induce an abortion. It’s in Moroccan pharmacies and elsewhere in the region under the brand name Artotec. This marks the ship’s first trip to a Muslim country.

Rougher Road Ahead for Morocco’s Maternal Health

By Juhie Bhatia ● Uncategorized ● September 22, 2012

Morocco has blazed a reputation as a can-do country when it comes to improving its maternal health statistics. But a birth attendant in the remote Atlas Mountains shows the steeper climb that lies ahead for the country as it tries to reach rural women who live far from any health clinic.

Moroccan Moms Benefit from Maternal Health Revolution

By Juhie Bhatia ● Uncategorized ● July 23, 2012

Morocco is on target to be one of the few countries to meet the U.N.’s goal of lowering maternal mortality by 2015, in part thanks to a strong Peace Corps program and smaller families. A woman waiting at a clinic dramatizes how things are changing.