by Zubeida Mustafa –Pakistan– The “weakness of women”, widely believed to be a natural phenomenon, is actually a myth. Women are resilient and there are many cases where “woman power” won the day because women fighting for a cause refused…
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Justice in Pakistan: Unmasking Perween Rahman’s Killers
Tagged with: activism, Assasination, Criminal Justice, Karachi, Land Rights, Pakistan, poverty
Posted in Economy, FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Posted in Economy, FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Recourse for Trafficked Native Women in the Duluth Harbor
by Christine Stark –USA– I am of Anishinaabe and Cherokee ancestry and a MSW student at the University of Minnesota Duluth. Six years ago, on the White Earth reservation, an elder told me how the Anishinaabe bloodline is found across…
Tagged with: Criminal Justice, Duluth, Minnesota, Native Americans, Sex Trafficking
Posted in Economy, FEATURE ARTICLES, The World
Posted in Economy, FEATURE ARTICLES, The World
Hidden Harassment: The Challenges of India’s Pink-Collar Worker
Stand up straight. Chin up. Look forward. Move fast, but with purpose. Brace yourself. These are not the words of a ballroom dance instructor, but those of Yamuna, the sole newspaper girl in Chennai, as she mutters to herself every…
Tagged with: Criminal Justice, India, Labor Issues, Sexism, Sexual Harassment, social justice
Posted in Economy, FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics, The World
Posted in Economy, FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics, The World
Nepal: Civil War Victims Protest Blanket Amnesty for Human Rights Violators
by Chin Cabrido -Nepal- On April 1, 2013, Nepal’s Supreme Court overturned an ordinance to implement the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), sparking a debate about whether public executions would soon be carried out as punishment for heinous crimes during…
Tagged with: Criminal Justice, Nepal, Political Prisoners, Stikes & Boycotts, Uprisings, War & Conflict
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, The World
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, The World
You Either Work or You Die: Mob ‘Justice’ in Uganda
by Jemma Williams –Australia– It was Christmas day in Fort Portal, Uganda. A large group of people had gathered by the roadside and were all moving in one direction. At the front were the younger men. Many of them carried…
Scheherazade in Baabda Gives Lebanon’s Female Inmates a Voice
by Aline Sara –Lebanon– Rarely does one consider prison a site for entertainment and performing arts. Last spring however, Zeina Daccache – a certified NADT drama therapist and founder of Lebanon’s drama therapy program Catharsis – transformed the 3rd floor…
Tagged with: Arts & Culture, Criminal Justice, human rights, Incarceration, Lebanon, Theatre
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, The World
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, The World
Rape Survivors in the Military: Invisible No More
by Alexandra Marie Daniels Arts, Culture & Media Editor “If everyone knows, it can’t be a secret.” – The Invisible War “If you could do one thing political this month, go see this film.” These words stay with me in…
Tagged with: Arts & Culture, Criminal Justice, Film & Documentaries, Military, Sexual Assault, United States, Violence Against Women
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES
Tolerance Toward Spousal Abuse in Egypt Persists Post Revolution
by Manar Ammar –Egypt– When Marwa* arrived at the hospital, her left arm was dangling beside her body like a lifeless piece of cloth. After examination, the doctors told her that her upper arm was shattered in three spots, and…
Tagged with: Criminal Justice, Domest Abuse, Egypt, Feminism, Social Change, Violence Against Women, Women's Rights
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, The World
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, The World
Juvenile (In)Justice in Kashmir
by Nusrat Ara –Indian administered Kashmir– My heart sinks as I look at the collage, carried by almost all the local newspapers, of children standing before judges in the local court. Looking forlorn and lost, the children are handcuffed and…
Tagged with: Child Rights, Criminal Justice, Education, India, Kashmir, Law & Legislation, Uprisings
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
A Matter of Life and Health: Villagers in Kazakhstan Fight Big Oil
by Leanne A. Grossman –USA– The noxious smell of rotten eggs regularly blows over the rural village of Berezovka, Kazakhstan. The fumes come directly from the Karachaganak Oil and Gas Condensate Field only five kilometers away, which emits toxic hydrogen…
Tagged with: Criminal Justice, Disease & Illness, Environment, human rights, Kazakhstan, Laws & Legislation, Petroleum
Posted in Economy, FEATURE ARTICLES, The World
Posted in Economy, FEATURE ARTICLES, The World
