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Womens Rights Afghanistan: Still Just Paper

 WOMEN JUST A BARGAINING CHIP   Girls are playing volleyball in a dusty courtyard. Gazing toward the foothills of the Hindu Kush offers some pretty spectacular scenery. But right now that’s the last thing on the girls’ minds. The landscape, after all, is nothing new for them. Playing sports is what’s changed for these girls,…

The worst place in the world to be a woman

The worst place in the world to be a woman LISA SHANNON is a women’s-rights activist and co-founder of first sexual-violence centre in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. Through Women for Women International she set up Run for Congo Women, a global effort to support more than 1,400 Congolese women battered by strife. Ms Shannon’s first book,…

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Egypt Joins “nude photo revolution” Aliya Mahdy with her body, debunk all myths of Egyptian liberalism.

Egypt Joins “nude photo revolution” Aliya Mahdy with her body, debunk all myths of Egyptian liberalism.       Despise Aliya Mahdy or not, she has done what few revolutionaries in Egypt have been able to do: take revolutionary action. Her public display of her naked body in a blog post has seen attacks from…

Turkey Honor Killings Disguised As Suicides

  Nine girls and young women reportedly committed suicide over a 10-day period this month in Batman Province, Turkey. Women’s rights activists believe some victims may have been murdered.   After more than ten years, Batman, a province in the eastern part of Turkey, and its eponymous capital city, have been known for a particularly…

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Strauss-Kahn Broke Ranks And Was Crushed Like A Bug Updated

Update Headline July 1, 2011 Prosecutors to release Strauss-Kahn on ‘own recognizance’ STRAUSS-KAHN INQUIRY Live: Strauss-Kahn’s surprise court appearance Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is making a surprise court appearance in New York Friday following revelations that prosecutors in the sexual assault case against him are having problems with the accuser’s credibility. Follow our live…