Charles Lwanga- Ntale in a study "Chronic Poverty and Disability in Uganda"affirmed "chronic poverty and disability in Uganda are inextricably linked. Despite impressive economic gains in the past 15 years, current evidence suggests that at least 2.4 million disabled persons remain poor." Ntale added "disability feeds on poverty and poverty on disability." As a result, […]
Enforcing Prostitution – In The Name Of ‘Tradition’!
In India, it’s the age of women empowerment. In Uttar Pradesh – the country’s most politically powerful state, there is a Dalit(‘lower’caste) woman chief minister. But in the same state men in a village have been, for generations, forcing their daughters and sisters into prostitution saying it’s their ‘tradition’. Generations of women are forced […]
President Obama: Remarks at the Acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize
The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release December 10, 2009 Remarks by the President at the Acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize Oslo City Hall Oslo, Norway 1:44 P.M. CET THE PRESIDENT: Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, distinguished members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, citizens of America, and citizens […]
The Day AIDS Arrived at My Baghdad Hospital
Following World Aids Day, an Iraqi doctor recalls his unsettling first encounter with the disease in sanctions-stricken Baghdad. By Alaa Yousif in Erbil (ICR No. 314, 4-Dec-09) I received my education in AIDS from a patient who died before the doctors treating him learnt of his condition. A poor, unemployed man in his […]
Iran’s Green Movement Spreads Despite Crackdown
Government violence reduced number of street protests, but movement has become more difficult to control. By Behzad Yaghmaian (MR No 16, 13-Nov-09) The presidential election of June 12, which Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared to have won, gave birth to a grassroots movement that has been evolving politically, embracing broader segments of the population, discovering […]
Syrian Women Learn to Mask Loss of Virginity
Cheap artificial hymen resolves social stigma in society that frowns on premarital sex. By an IWPR-trained reporter (SB No. 81, 04-Nov-09) Ever since she lost her virginity to a classmate from college, 27-year-old Roula has been anxious about her family finding out. Her worries grew when she got engaged to another man two years ago. […]
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