Women and War

How To Get A Woman In The White House

Linda Hansen | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Lies, Woman President, A Woman in the White House, Misspeaking, Women's Qualifications for Public Office, Hillary Clinton, Women and Public Policy, Women and War, Feminism, Tuzla, Home News
Linda Hansen

A smart woman, a real woman, does not take her child along on a trip "too dangerous for the president." To try selling the rest of us that fiction is appalling.

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Can a Kenyan Peace Agreement Stem Rape?

Muadi Mukenge | Posted 02.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Sexual Violence, Violence in Kenya, Rape, Kenya, Africa, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Kenya and Post-Election Violence, Women and War, Liberia, HIV/AIDS Africa, Women in Africa, Kenya and Violence, Africa Rape, Politics News
Muadi Mukenge

Kenya's post-electoral mayhem highlights a horrifying but less well-known aspect to this trend: an increase in sexual violence in the wake of flawed democratic processes that trigger uprisings.

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Men as Allies

Zainab Salbi | Posted 10.17.2007 | Politics

Read More: Misogyny, Islam, Kabul, Gender Stereotypes, Afghanistan, War Stereotypes, Rape Congo, Taliban, Women and War, Afghan Women, Opression of Aghan Women, Women for Women International, Islamic Radicalism, War Rape, Men's Leadership Program, Iraq, Politics News
Zainab Salbi

As we work on building peace in different war torn regions, it is important that we understand the complexities of gender and recognize the struggles not only faced by women but by men as well.

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