All posts tagged "world news"

  • A promising new tool for ending impunity for sexual violence

    Karen Naimer From our partners at Thomas Reuters Foundation   Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. Rape in conflict is almost never prosecuted. But a newinternational protocol for...

    • Posted October 20, 2014
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    Angelina Jolie embraces new role for UK’s Hague

    By Lisa Anderson From our partners at Thomas Reuters Foundation NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation)—Actress and United Nations special envoy Angelina Jolie said on Tuesday that she looked forward to a continued collaboration with former British foreign secretary William...

    • Posted October 18, 2014
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    Indian girl, 14, gang raped on the orders of a village council

    By Nita Bhalla  From our partners at Thomas Reuters Foundation NEW DELHI, July 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – An Indian village council ordered the gang rape of a 14-year-old girl as punishment after her brother was accused of harassing...

    • Posted July 11, 2014
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  • Syrian women push to build peace among warring factions

    By Alex Whiting From our partners at Thomas Reuters Foundation LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – In the early days of Syria’s uprising, many women called on men not to take up arms in response to the Syrian government’s brutal...

    • Posted July 7, 2014
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  • Syrian women’s rights under scrutiny amid abuse, sexual violence and detentions

    From our partners at Thomas Reuters Foundation LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Layal, a 21-year-old Syrian woman, was part of a Damascus group providing shelter, warm clothing and other necessities to families driven from the city of Homs...

    • Posted July 7, 2014
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    Women in Iraq Tell of Rape, Kidnappings

    From our Partners at Global Fund For Women With Iraq on the front pages once again, I wanted to share with you one account of the impact of the current spike in violence on the rights and...

    • Posted June 30, 2014
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    U.S. offers to help Nigeria in hunt for abducted girls

    From our partners at Thomson Reuters Foundation WASHINGTON, May 1 (Reuters) – The United States said on Thursday it had offered to help Nigeria in its search for around 200 girls abducted by Islamist militants from a school...

    • Posted May 2, 2014
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    women’s olympic hockey: canadian hearts of gold

    By Natalie Hughes, Editor in Chief. My favourite image being shared around social media the evening after the game was won was this little beauty. (P.S. I’m Canadian.) So who said that women’s sports can’t draw an...

    • Posted February 22, 2014
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    support saudi women in the fight to drive

    October 26th marked a big day in Saudi Arabia for women. Across the country, women were going against their nation’s de facto ban on women driving—by getting behind the steering wheel. As the UN Special Rapporteur on...

    • Posted October 28, 2013
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