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 …
Passing the International Violence Against Women Act: A Live Chat with CARE Read more »
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 …
Pushing the Pink Envelope: Redefining Women’s Careers in Economic Crisis Read more »
by Katharine Daniels & Sarah McGowan – USA – Sunday’s news that opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai had withdrawn from the Zimbabwean runoff race spurred international media coverage and outrage on a crisis that has been raging for years.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 …
Strategies for the Crippling of a Nation: Mugabe’s Ruthless Cling to Power Read more »
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 …
Benazir Bhutto (1953-2007): Daughter of Tragedy Assassinated in Pakistan Read more »
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 …
Cool, Carefully Considered, Methodical, Prolonged: Terror, Torture And Deceit in The USA Read more »
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 …