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Local Court Junks Filed Case by Halili Against Kho

by Sampaguita Flores | December 14, 2010 at 5:37 AM

The Pasig Regional Trial Court dismissed the criminal and civil cases filed against Doctor Hayden Kho Jr., by actress Katrina Halili in connection with the sex video scandal last year. … Read More»

Community Voices

For the Millions of Hushed Voices

by Shekina

From her home in Cameroon, Shekina urges President Obama to pass IVAWA to liberate women from what she calls a subtle and brutal form of slavery. Read More »

"Our imaginations cannot thrive when the world gives a deaf ear to the raging acts of violence that are perpetrated against us day and night."

Shekina

Victimized to silence: Sexual Violence in Somalia

by Ruun Abdi | November 17, 2010 at 7:11 AM

Victimized to silence: Sexual Violence in Somalia … Read More»

Rape in Haiti: Where Is The International Community?

by amien | October 26, 2010 at 9:26 AM

This post originally appeared on RH Reality Check … Read More»

SPECIAL REPORT: Haiti, Women, and the Elections: Following Africa's Lead

As Haiti gears up for its November 28 elections, World Pulse talked to dozens of women on the ground to find out what’s needed to rebuild the post-earthquake nation. Read More »

“The president needs to be a woman who has a feminist heart.”

Yolette Mengual

The myriad challenges of Zimbabwe’s response to rape

by Fungai Machirori | October 7, 2010 at 6:19 PM

Imagine spending a weekend in a hospital casualty department just after enduring a brutal rape - traumatised and inconsolable, you are unable - for two whole days - to wash away the mess of blood, tis … Read More»

What about the rest of us?

by Nancy Fritsche Eagan | October 5, 2010 at 6:57 PM

I was outraged in reading the New York Times on Monday by the story of the gang-raping of at least 200 women in Luvungi in the Democratic Republic of Congo. One was an 80 year-old grandmother. … Read More»

The Possibility of Change

by Princesskay | October 5, 2010 at 12:21 AM

What is challenging in my society? There are many social ills, many things not working. With an astounding figure of challenges, you wonder, where to tackle a problem. … Read More»