Global IssuesBalkans-Society: First Abused, Then Imprisoned
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
The women languishing in Serbia’s Pozarevac Penal Correctional Institution are victims twice over: survivors of decades of domestic violence, they have been imprisoned for killing their partners and often spend up to 15 years in jail.
Zambia: Chinese Underage Sex Scandal Sparks Emotive Debate
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Zhang Daliu, 46, a carpenter from China never imagined himself in the dreadful confines of a stinking and overcrowded Zambian jail where conditions are so terrible that they lead to gastronomic disorders and skin diseases within days of confinement.
Uganda: Rural Women’s Banks Ease Tough Times
Monday, January 30, 2012
For most Ugandan women, obtaining a commercial loan to start a business has been very difficult. Many do not have the required collateral of land title deeds and many cannot afford the interest rates charged by commercial banks.
Pakistan-India: Women Expose Secret Genital Cutting Rite
Sunday, January 29, 2012
'It was a dark and dingy room, where an elderly woman asked me to take off my panties, made me sit on a low wooden stool with my legs parted and then did something…I screamed out in pain,' recalls Alefia Mustansir, 40, of her childhood experience.
U.S.: Forced Marriages Still an Ugly Secret
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Two years ago, 40-year-old Vidya Sri decided to leave the devastating marriage her parents had forced her into nearly two decades ago. Alone for the first time, she began an earnest quest for support groups, women's organisations or service providers who might help her in the healing process.
Senior Management Heads Roll At World Body
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
As Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon continues his search for a new team of senior managers for his second five-year term in office which began Jan. 1, two more heads have rolled at the world body.
Lebanon: Could a New Civil Law Unify a Divided Society?
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Odette Klysinska, a Catholic French native, sits in her living room in an affluent neighbourhood in Beirut, clutching her will in one hand, shocked to learn that it is no longer legally valid in the country she now calls home.
Jamaica: 'Mama P' Faces Prejudice, Economic Challenges
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Running on promises of job creation, economic growth and wider stakeholder consultations, Jamaica's most popular politician and the country's first female prime minister Portia Simpson Miller swept to power in a victory almost no one had predicted.
Malawi: Street Vendors Lose Customers after Stripping Women Naked
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
A campaign to stop people buying merchandise from street vendors is gaining momentum in Malawi’s main cities of Lilongwe, Blantyre and Mzuzu after the small-scale traders went on a rampage undressing women and girls wearing trousers, leggings, shorts and mini-skirts.
South Sudan: Still Counting the Dead in Inter-Ethnic Conflict
Monday, January 23, 2012
In the ward of a partially destroyed clinic, Mangiro (who did not give his last name) sat on a bed next to his wounded nine-year-old daughter, Ngathin. The little girl is fortunate, she survived the recent inter-ethnic clashes in Pibor county that killed her mother and sisters.
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