One of the greatest challenges to empowering women as agents of change is the gender-based violence women face worldwide. In some countries, gender-based violence impacts as many as 70 percent of women. According to the United Nations, “one out of…
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Passing the International Violence Against Women Act: A Live Chat with CARE
Tagged with: Laws & Legislation, NGO's, Violence Against Women, women's empowerment, Women's Rights
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, The World
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, The World
Pushing the Pink Envelope: Redefining Women’s Careers in Economic Crisis
by Jozefina Cutura and Hope Lozano-Bielat – USA – Kristina was at Google before the Internet giant became a household name. She worked as a training specialist for six years, taking pride in her job and enjoying Google’s famously easy-going…
Posted in Economy, FEATURE ARTICLES
Strategies for the Crippling of a Nation: Mugabe’s Ruthless Cling to Power
by Katharine Daniels & Sarah McGowan – USA – Sunday’s news that opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai had withdrawn from the Zimbabwean runoff race spurred international media coverage and outrage on a crisis that has been raging for years. According to…
Benazir Bhutto (1953-2007): Daughter of Tragedy Assassinated in Pakistan
by Katharine Daniels and Patricia Vásquez – USA – Headlines around the world are reporting the news of the shocking yet seemingly inevitable assassination of Benazir Bhutto in Rawalpindi this morning. In Al Jazeera’s report “Daughter of Tragedy,” Kamran Rehmat…
Tagged with: Pakistan, Politics, Women in Leadership
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, The WIP Editorial, The World
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, The WIP Editorial, The World
Cool, Carefully Considered, Methodical, Prolonged: Terror, Torture And Deceit in The USA
by Patricia Vásquez and Katharine Daniels – The WIP – On August 7, 2007, The WIP, in its Byline Portal, linked to an outstanding and shocking article, “The Black Sites: A rare look inside the C.I.A.’s secret interrogation program” by…
Tagged with: CIA, Criminal Justice, Daniel Pearl, Guantanamo Bay, human rights, Torture, United States, war crimes
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics, The WIP Editorial
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics, The WIP Editorial
HIV/AIDS Epidemic Raging Among Men Having Sex with Men (MSM): amFAR Announces New Initiative in Sydney to Address the Crisis
by Imelda V. Abaño & Esther Nakkazi – Philippines/Uganda – Reporting from Sydney, Australia One of the greatest public health failures in the fight against AIDS is the world’s inability to prevent widespread HIV infection among Men who have Sex…
Tagged with: Africa, Asia, Education, Health, HIV/AIDS, Homosexuality
Posted in Education, FEATURE ARTICLES
Posted in Education, FEATURE ARTICLES
