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Half The Sky: Fighting Gender Violence

The New York Review of Books | Sue M. Halpern | Posted 10.29.2009 | Books

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Breaking a Conspiracy of Silence Sue Halpern The New York Review of Books Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by N...

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Friday Talking Points [96] -- The Impressiveness of Alan Grayson

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.03.2009 | Politics

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First, let's get rid of the distractions this week. Chicago will not be getting the Olympics in 2016, even after President Obama went over to Copenha...

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Buffets and Bears: The Art of Making Choices

Trish Kinney | Posted 09.28.2009 | Living

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Choosing well is not always easy. And there is enormous pressure by society to choose a certain way, especially where fantastically complex family relationships are concerned.

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Afghan Strategy: Child Rapist Police Return Behind Shield Of US, UK Troops

Inter Press Service | Posted 08.29.2009 | World

By Gareth Porter | Inter Press Service WASHINGTON, Jul 29 (IPS) - The strategy of the major U.S. and British military offensive in Afghanista...

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Italy Hosts Child Soldiers Symposium

Jim Luce | Posted 07.28.2009 | World

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With the changing nature of armed conflict, the impact of war on children and young people has become more brutal than ever.

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Child Raped In South Africa Every 3 Minutes: Report

News24 | Posted 07.04.2009 | World

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One child is raped in South Africa every three minutes, a report by trade union Solidarity said on Wednesday. ...

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Supreme Court Will Not Reconsider Decision on Child Rape

Washington Post | Robert Barnes | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics

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The Supreme Court today declined to revisit its June decision that it is unconstitutional to impose the death penalty on child rapists, although two j...

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Switching Sides On The Death Penalty

Diane Dimond | Posted 07.13.2008 | Politics

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There is an inner voice in my head that can't stop screaming! I've heard it since last week when the US Supreme Court declared the rape of a child under 12 should not be punished by death. That, a majority of the court ruled, is not a "proportional punishment."

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Supreme Court ruling on child rape strikes a blow to human rights.

Michealene Cristini Risley | Posted 07.08.2008 | Living

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Last Wednesday the Supreme Court ruled, 5 to 4, that sentencing someone to death for raping a child is unconstitutional. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy s...

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