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For Better or Worse, ‘Sister-Swapping’ Persists

By Bijoyeta Das ● Arts & Culture ● March 19, 2010

Berdel–also known as sister swapping and parallel weddings–is dwindling but still practiced. One woman says the tribal custom, which is controlled by a male elder, may have led to her wedding, but it’s not what she wants for her daughters.

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Female Wrestlers Vie for Piece of Turkey’s Heart

By Bijoyeta Das ● Health & Science ● March 5, 2010

Turkey’s women’s wrestling team is getting ready for the world championships in Istanbul next year and the 2012 Olympics in London. The athletes are finding it tough to break the gender barriers of a beloved national sport.

Onal Found Remorse Among Turkish ‘Honor’ Killers

By Anna Louie Sussman ● Uncategorized ● May 18, 2009

Journalist Ayse Onal’s coverage of the Turkish men who murdered their sisters and mothers in “honor” killings finds they often feel betrayed by their families. Many killers also want to guide other men away from such crimes. The second of two parts.

Ayse Onal Shines Light on Turkish ‘Honor’ Killings

By Anna Louie Sussman ● Uncategorized ● May 17, 2009

Journalist Ayse Onal’s work, which got her blacklisted, has ranged from Kurdish separatism to Turkish Hizballah. Her recent book and documentary about “honor” killings taps into regrets of men who carry out these killings. Part one of two.

Obama v. Clinton Puts Stretch Marks on Sisterhood

By Amy Tiemann ● Politics ● April 15, 2008

As the Democratic primaries continue to split women’s rights activists down generational lines, Amy Tiemann sees an overdue mother-daughter power struggle in which younger women are claiming their share of the political stage.

Turkey’s Political Tensions Weigh on Women’s Heads

By Yigal Schleifer ● Politics ● March 17, 2008

In the wake of Turkey’s lifting of the head scarf ban women’s groups have been grappling with the damage to tentative secular-Islamist partnerships.

In Somalia Refuge Rapes Left to Clan Justice

By Zoe Alsop ● Crime & Law ● January 20, 2008

In Galkayo, Somalia, girls and women separated from their clans know little safety: An 8-year-old was raped and her mother must keep working with the man who did it. Fourth in a series on African women and the rule of law.

Custody Injustice Goes Way Beyond Britney

By Sandra Kobrin ● Arts & Culture ● October 24, 2007

Britney Spears has lost custody of her two children amid ghoulish media pleasure in her predicament. It’s tempting to think she’s a special case, but Sandra Kobrin says the tide is against mothers fighting custody battles in family court.

Turkey’s Brothels Produce Two Election Candidates

By Nicholas Birch ● Politics ● July 15, 2007

Two former prostitutes are running for seats in Turkey’s July 22 election to raise awareness about the stigma sex workers face in the nation. With little chance for political victory, they say their goal is to change society instead.

In Kashmir, Women Police Streets Taliban-Style

By Haroon Mirani ● Politics ● September 10, 2006

Five years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, a group called the Daughters of Islamic Community shows the veiled and thriving face of Islamic fundamentalism in the disputed region of Indian-administered Kashmir.