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War and Women

06th January 2010  Women have always been at the receiving end of violence, in the form of sexual abuse, rape, torture, sexual slavery in a conflict situation.

Violence against women is a widespread public health problem: WHO

06th January 2010  The World Health Organization says that violence against women is not only a public health problem but is also gross human rights violation.

Beaten up, bruised

11th December 2009  Domestic violence in India permeates all strata of the sociey. However, most women alarmingly have learnt to live with it.

Kashmir's Women Rise Above Conflict

11th December 2009  As a kid, I would often rush to the baker across the lane in front of our house. The shop in the ground floor of the baker’s house had an oven in the back room

Japan - More Women Report Domestic Violence

14th August 2009  The latest data from Japan's national police find a 20 percent jump in the number of women reporting domestic violence. But advocates say there is a long way to go in a country that only criminalized family violence in 2001.

China condemns all acts of violence against women

08th August 2009  A senior Chinese diplomat said here on Friday that China condemns all acts of violence against women in armed conflicts, including sexual violence, while urging all parties to conflicts to comply with the international humanitarian and human rights law.

Comfort Women - Waiting for Justice after 62 Years

05th July 2008  "The Japanese Government thinks that if all comfort women die, it will be buried and forgotten. But it won’t. As long as our next generation knows about it, it will not be forgotten." Gil Won-Ok (below, right), former "Comfort Woman" from South Korea.