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Ugandan Women Appeal to U.N. Over Police Violence

By Beatrice Lamwaka ● Politics ● May 18, 2011

Wearing white for peace, a Ugandan women’s advocacy group has appealed to the United Nations amid a violent police crackdown on protesters. Ten have been killed, 100 injured and 600 arrested since April, a rights group says.

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Survivors of Mumbai Bombings Trained to Recover

By Mehru Jaffer ● Politics ● March 29, 2011

When a group of Indian women start taking computer and English courses in April they will be participating in what organizers describe as a women’s anti-terrorism effort that sprang from the aftermath of the Mumbai attacks of 2008.

Algerian Women Test the ‘Arab Spring’ Winds

By Brahim Takheroubte ● Politics ● March 17, 2011

To appease “Arab spring” protesters, Algeria lifted a 1991 law that banned public assembly, but a longstanding women’s vigil for the country’s “disappeared” complains it doesn’t help them. Other political women debate the effects.

‘War on Women’ Begins Anew in Congress

By Dr. Junda Woo ● Politics ● February 3, 2011

Last week Nancy Pelosi told bloggers in a conference call that she sees “war on women” shaping up in Congress. Read what Junda Woo has to say about the bill to ban abortion coverage.

This Veterans Day, Help a Woman Come Home

By Paula J. Caplan ● Politics ● November 5, 2010

Psychologist Paula J. Caplan has written a play about a character who might say something about all female vets. She has complicated emotions and thinks she’s going crazy. But she’s not. She just needs attention to her painful secrets.

War’s Violence Scalds Fighters and Their Families

By Ann Jones ● Arts & Culture ● October 22, 2010

Ann Jones spent a year traveling through post-conflict zones, giving cameras to women to share stories of what war did to their lives. In this excerpt from her book, “War Is Not Over When It’s Over,” she reveals how war shadowed her own life.

U.N. Ups Anti-Rape Training for Congo Peacekeepers

By Amy Lieberman ● Politics ● October 21, 2010

Wallstrom, the U.N.’s point person on sexual violence in conflict, returned last week from the scene of a mass rape attack in the Democratic Republic of Congo. She is determined to launch a new type of sexual-violence training for peacekeepers.

Ex-Tamil Fighters Start Factory Life in Sri Lanka

By Chandani Jayatilleke ● Politics ● July 13, 2010

Sri Lankan women who were Tamil combatants a year ago are leaving rehabilitation camps and moving into the work force. Four hundred just arrived at a hostel for workers in a factory that ships clothes to Target and Wal-Mart.

Spelman’s Winning Robotics Team De-Programs Bias

By Marsha Walton ● Employment ● May 28, 2010

The SpelBots aren’t a band, they’re a robotics team from Spelman College in Atlanta. They are breaking down stereotypes about computer programmers, engineers and African American women wherever they go.

African Women Win Promise of U.S. Protection

By Womens Enews Staff ● Politics ● May 27, 2010

Obama earlier this week signed the most widely co-sponsored Africa-specific law in U.S. history. Supporters hope it will defend women in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic and Sudan from further atrocities.