World Headlines
Commentary:
US: Partisan Politics Hurt Women Worldwide
by Ritu Sharma, Politico, August 22, 2012
Global: AUDIO: Rape Survivors: 'There Are a Billion of Us on the Planet' BBC News, August 22, 2012
Norway: Photographing Violence Against Women NY Times, August 20, 2012
Rwanda: Gender-Based Violence Campaigns Paying Off AllAfrica, August 16, 2012
Haiti: PHOTOS: Uneven Revival From Earthquake Disaster NY Times, August 16, 2012
DRC: Rapes of Young Girls Still Unpunished IPS, August 16, 2012
Saudi Arabia: New Women-Only City Planned Guardian, August 14, 2012
Tunisia: Women Protest to Demand Equality BBC News, August 14, 2012
South Africa: Tribal System Strips Rural Women of Rights LA Times, August 13, 2012
Afghanistan: Wed and Tortured at 13, Sahar Gul Finds Rare Justice NY Times, August 13, 2012
US: HIV/AIDS Rates for Black Women Skyrocket Women's eNews, August 13, 2012
Syria: Army Accused of Vicious, Systematic Rape Daily Beast, August 13, 2012
US: Foreign Policy, Akin-Style: How the U.S. Denies Abortions to Women Raped in War The Atlantic, August 12, 2012
Zimbabwe: No Power for Zimbabwe’s Women! Gender Links, August 10, 2012
Nepal: Young Women Banned from Working in Middle East Over Exploitation BBC, August 9, 2012
US: Military Scandal: A Culture of Rape? Al Jazeera, August 4, 2012
Saudi Arabia: For Wojdan Shaherkani, a Victory in Everything but Judo NY Times, August 3, 2012
Commentary:
Global: Gender: Still Some Way to Go
by Michelle Bachelet, OECD Observer, August 3, 2012
West Bank: Public Slashing Death Prompts Calls for Protection from Violent Husbands Washington Post, August 2, 2012
Zimbabwe: Gender Activism Website Provides Much-Needed Platform Global Press Institute, August 1, 2012
