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A New Campaign, #EveryHourMatters, Urges Instant Post-Rape Care

Lori Silberman Brauner

• March 28, 2016

Maureen Phiri, a young girl from a poor family in Malawi, was only 11 years old when she was raped by the man who had hired her to do housework for him and his wife. Not only did Maureen continue to experience sexual abuse from the man she worked for, he left her with another …

Gender Violence, Health and Population, UN Agencies, Women

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Signs of Transformation From the ‘Pink Ghetto of Gender’

Dulcie Leimbach

• October 31, 2013

One question about women’s rights that may never go away is how to ensure that women are represented fairly in large organizations, like the United Nations. For now, work on “gender mainstreaming” may suffice by concentrating on small steps as opposed to devising wholesale solutions. As one expert has described the process, it is …

Gender Violence, International Justice, Peace and Security, Women

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