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2010 Prediction: Women Will Have Another Horrible Decade

Peter Daou | Posted 12.22.2009 | World

Read More: Health Care Reform, Sexual Violence, Women's Rights, Women, Rape, Gender, Congo Rape, Congo, World News
Peter Daou

As we hurtle into a new decade, one thing you can be sure of (aside from death and taxes) is that women's rights and women's bodies will be violated again and again.

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Richmond Gang Rape Prompts City's Reflection

AP | TERRY COLLINS and EVELYN NIEVES | Posted 11.18.2009 | Home

Read More: Sexual Violence, Women's Rights, Violence Against Women, Rape, California, Homecoming, Crime, Homecoming Dance, Margarita Vargas, Richmond, Richmond Gang Rape, Richmond High School, Gang Rape, Alcohol, San Francisco, Home News

RICHMOND, Calif. — Not far from the pulsating music and dancing of the high school homecoming, young men were drinking in a dimly-lit courtyard ...

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Top 10 Reasons This Woman Can't Write for Late Night Comedy Shows

Catie Lazarus | Posted 11.18.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Abortion, Sexual Violence, Rape, Naral, Christopher Hitchens, Vanity Fair, Pay Parity, Feminism, Seth MacFarlane, Gilda Radner, Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, Late Night Shows, Sarah Silverman, Wanda Sykes, The Late Show, Sarah Palin, Sexism, The Late Show With David Letterman, Craig Ferguson, Chelsea Handler, Saturday Night Live, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Lizz Winstead, Nell-Scovell, Women's Rights, Catie Lazarus, Immigration, Women, Xenophobia, Lou Dobbs, Cnn, Comedienne, Bill Carter, Female, Comedians, Wage Disparity, Comedy News
Catie Lazarus

My lady sensibility is limited to menstruation (hilarious), babies (adorable), and unicorns mating (adorably hilarious).

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Electronics and Atrocities: Tech Supply Chains Must Do No Harm

David Sullivan | Posted 11.05.2009 | Technology

Read More: Rwanda, War Crimes, Satellite Imagery, Sexual Violence, Conflict Minerals, Human Rights, Defense Authorization Act, President Obama, Science, Cell Phones, Congo, Electronics, Technology News
David Sullivan

Electronics companies should commit resources to trace supply chains back to the point of extraction, conduct audits, and check assurances for fraud to certify electronics products as conflict-free.

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Bystander Education: How To Act In The Face Of Violence

Huffington Post | Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 11.02.2009 | Impact

Read More: Mentors in Violence Prevention, Sexual Violence, Rape, Richmond-California, Green Dot, 15 Year Old Girl Beaten, Impact News

In the final episode of Seinfeld, the apathetic foursome were arrested in a small New England town for standing by and laughing while a heavy-set man ...

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Rapist Imtiaz Hussain Flees Through Toilet Window, Causes Diplomatic Row

BBC NEWS | Posted 11.02.2009 | World

Read More: Sexual Violence, Pakistani Rapist, Rape, Crime, England, Pakistan, Imtiaz Hussain, World News

The escape of a rapist being processed for deportation at the Pakistan High Commission has caused a diplomatic row....

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TV Review: The Good Wife

Catie Lazarus | Posted 10.30.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Hpv, Sexual Violence, Chris Noth, Rape, Julianna Margulies, Eliot Spitzer Prostitution, Josh Charles, The-Good-Wife, Cbs, Arianna Huffington, Hilary Clinton, Prostitution, Oprah Winfrey, Elizabeth Edwards, Sarah Palin, Katie Couric, Sexism, Political Scandals, Christine-Baranski, Strippers, Entertainment News
Catie Lazarus

The Good Wife deftly hints at how even the most well meaning of us, men and women, aren't always well doing.

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Richmond High Rape--What Do We Do With This?

Byron Williams | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Sexual Violence, Sexual Assault, Richmond-High-School-Gang-Rape, Richmond-High-School-Prom, Living News
Byron Williams

Onlookers used their cell phones to take photos of the spectacle in Richmond, Calif., rather than use them to call police. When did rape become a spectator sport?

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Half The Sky: Fighting Gender Violence

The New York Review of Books | Sue M. Halpern | Posted 11.20.2009 | Books

Read More: Kristof Half the Sky, Women, Sexual Violence, Rape, Violence Against Women, Books, Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, Child Brides, Gender, Half the Sky, Child Rape, Gender Inequality, Kristof, Sheryl WuDonn, Nicholas Kristof, Child Prostitution, Save the Children, Nyr, Books News

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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Guinea Rapes, Attacks Were "Premeditated And Pre-Planned" By Junta: Human Rights Watch

BBC NEWS | Posted 10.28.2009 | World

Read More: Sexual Violence, Rape, Guinea Violence, Guinea Attacks, Human Rights Watch, Guinea Rape, Africa, Foreign Affairs, Guinea Rapes, World News

A deadly crackdown on protesters in Guinea in September was "premeditated and pre-planned at the highest level", Human Rights Watch has told the BBC....

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Trial Of Francis Evrard, French Pedophile, Fuels Castration Debate

Reuters | Pascal Rossignol | Posted 10.26.2009 | World

Read More: Sexual Violence, Pedophiles, France Sex Offender, Francis Evrard Trial, Crime, France, France Pedophile, Chemical Castration, Francis Evrard, Foreign Affairs, Castration, France Castration, World News

DOUAI, France (Reuters) - A Frenchman with multiple pedophilia convictions went on trial on Monday over the kidnap and rape of a 5-year-old boy, a cas...

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Byron Toner, British Rapist, Escapes From Court Minutes After Conviction

The Independent | Posted 10.22.2009 | World

Read More: England, Byron Toner, Sexual Violence, Liverpool, Rape, Byron Toner Liverpool, Liverpool Rapist Escapes Court, Rapist Escapes From Court, Byron Rapist, World News

A man leapt from the dock of a court and escaped custody just minutes after being convicted of rape, police said today. Byron Toner, 26, had been fou...

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Guinea: Rape Fails To Silence Women

npr.org | By Ofeibea Quist | Posted 10.21.2009 | World

Read More: Sexual Violence, Rape, Guinea Rapes, Guinea, Guinea Rape, Africa, World News

I have interviewed women and even child survivors of sexual violence before, mostly during civil wars in conflict zones. Naturally, my heart went out ...

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Mrs. Obama, There's a Call from Australia

Trish Kinney | Posted 10.21.2009 | World

Read More: Sexual Violence, Michelle Obama, Violence Against Women, Child Abuse, Australia, Trish Kinney, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Child Sexual Abuse, World News
Trish Kinney

Sexual assault and abuse victims deserve our support, encouragement, validation and dignity. In fact, it seems we could learn a lot from our friends in Australia.

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Donald Edward Nelson, American Pedophile, Arrested In Israel

AP | Posted 10.21.2009 | World

Read More: Sexual Violence, Donald Nelson, Donald Edward Nelson Arrested, Donald Edward Nelson, Foreign Affairs, Donald Edward Nelson Israel, Israel, Crime, American Pedophile Arrested in Israel, Pediphile Isreal, Donald Edward Nelson Pedophile, Donald Edward Nelson Isreal, Edward Nelson, Donald Edward Nelson Pedpohile, Donald Nelson Jerusalem, Donals Nelson Pedofile Photo, World News

JERUSALEM — Israeli police say they have arrested a convicted American pedophile who had fled the US. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld says pol...

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British Nursery 'Sex Attack' Investigated

BBC NEWS | Posted 10.20.2009 | World

Read More: Nursery School, Britain, Nursery-School, Sex Attack, Britian, Great Britain, England, Sexual Violence, Crime, World News

A female nursery worker has been arrested in connection with an alleged sexual assault of a child in her care....

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The Importance of Resolution 1888 to End Violence Against Women

Steven W. Barnes | Posted 10.19.2009 | World

Read More: Sexual Violence, Women's Rights, Violence Against Women, Women's Issues, UN Resolution 1888, Hillary Clinton, UN Security Council, World News
Steven W. Barnes

The recent passage of UN Resolution 1888 shows not just the increasing commitment of the US to multilateralism, but also to its resolve to end the major global crisis of violence towards women.

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Nobel Hope and Reality in Africa

John Prendergast | Posted 10.09.2009 | World

Read More: Darfur, Sexual Violence, Nobel Peace Prize, Conflict Minerals, Congo, Sudan, Barack Obama, Africa, World News
John Prendergast

Peace activists are hoping that President Obama, with the added luster of a Nobel Prize, will wade more deeply into resolving the conflicts in Sudan and the Congo, the deadliest in the world.

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Franken's Amendment; the Power and the Promise

Trish Kinney | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sexual Violence, Senator Al Franken, Empowerment, Franken Senate Amendment, Halliburton Rape Case, Franken Senate Amendment 2566, Politics News
Trish Kinney

Senator Al Franken got my attention and the attention of a lot of other people who care about sexual abuse and violence, with the passing of his Senate Amendment 2566.

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Activists Put Congo's Conflict Minerals on the Map

David Sullivan | Posted 10.08.2009 | World

Read More: Rwanda, Russ Feingold, Sexual Violence, Congress, Motorola, Conflict Minerals, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dell, Dick Durbin, United Nations, Mobile Phones, Corporate Social Responsibility, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Consumer Electronics, Human Rights, Mining, Africa, Sam Brownback, Hillary Clinton, Minerals, Electronics, World News
David Sullivan

We've all heard of Conflict Diamonds by now. But a troubling, less visible crisis haunts objects we use everyday. Here is everything you need to know about the next big issue: Conflict Minerals.

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Guinea Rapes, Killings Cause "Deep Outrage", Says U.S. State Dept

Reuters | 55 Mins Ago | Posted 10.06.2009 | World

Read More: West Africa, Sexual Violence, Rape, Guinea, Guinea Attacks, Guinea Rape, Africa, Guinea Rapes, Guinea Rapings, Rapes, Guinea Raped, Rapings in Guinny, World News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) The United States has "conveyed deep outrage" to the government of Guinea over a violent military crackdown on a protest rally la...

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Guinea: Attacks On Women, Vicious Rapes Enrage Opposition

nytimes.com | ADAM NOSSITER | Posted 10.06.2009 | World

Read More: Sexual Violence, Rape, Guinea, Guinea Attacks, Guinea Rape, Africa, Guinea Women Attacked, Captain Moussa Camara, Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, Guinea Soldiers, Guinea Rapes, Guinea Women, Guinea Attacks on Women, Guinea Soldiers Cell Phone Photos, Guinea Cell Phone Snapshots, Guinea Attacks Women, Cell Phone Guinea Rape, World News

CONAKRY, Guinea Cellphone snapshots, ugly and hard to refute, are circulating here and feeding rage: they show that women were the particular targets ...

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Thirty Years Later Rape Is Still Rape: Polanski's Date with Lady Justice

C. Nicole Mason | Posted 11.29.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Sexual Violence, Debra Winger, Rape, France, Hillary Clinton, Criminal Justice, Sexual Assault, Roman Polanski, Entertainment News
C. Nicole Mason

How naïve of Roman Polanski to think we'd forget that he was a wanted man despite the many films he's made and awards he's won over the last three decades.

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Guinea Protest: Soldiers Raped Women In Streets, Killed Dozens Of Protesters, Say Witnesses

AP | ALHASSAN SILLAH | Posted 11.29.2009 | World

Read More: Sexual Violence, Rape, Guinea Protest, Guinea, Africa, Captain Moussa Camara, Dadis, Moussa Camara, Guinea Soldiers, Guinea Coup, Mutarr Diallo, Guinea Soldiers Rape, Guinea Soldiers Rape Women in the Streets, World News

CONAKRY, Guinea — Guinea's government said Tuesday it would investigate why troops opened fire on protesters at a pro-democracy rally. A human r...

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Poland and Polanski: Chemical Castration in the News

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 11.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Sexual Violence, Pedophiles, Switzerland, Chemical Castration, Sexual Abuse, Swiss Ministry of Justice, California, Child Molestation, Statutory Rape, Poland, Zurich Film Festival, Roman Polanski, Sexual Predators, Child Sexual Abuse, Roman Polanski Arrest, Switzerland Extradition, Entertainment News
Shirin Sadeghi

Changing people's attitudes about the rich and famous, or their ingrained gender biases, is a slow process, but that's where laws come in handy: some problems do have solutions.

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