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How to Empower the Women and Girls rescued from ISIL

Leanne K Simpson | (The Conversation) | - - Violence against women, especially in war, is so pervasive around the world it’s often not considered news. But the barbaric treatment of women…

Iran: Poet of Gender Discrimination flees Lashes, 11.5 Year Sentence

By Golnaz Esfandiari | ( RFE/RL ) | - - To get her first book of poetry past the Iranian censor, Fatemeh Ekhtesari did what other Iranian writers often have to do:…

Can Hillary Close Gender Gap? Young Women for Bernie in NH

Lester Holt | (NBC News video report) | - - "Hillary Clinton is trailing far behind Bernie Sanders amongst young women — a paradigm that appears to be a surprise to the…

Will Iowa’s Women Dems choose Hillary or Bernie?

Judy Woodruff | (PBS Newshour Video Report) | - - "Three days out from the Iowa caucuses, Democrats are weighing whether to go with the presumed favorite, Hillary Clinton, or to defy…

The Kurdish Women fighters taking on Daesh/ ISIL: An Eyewitness Account

By Brian Glyn Williams | (Informed Comment) | - - It was the sort of invitation that causes both excitement and trepidation, an invite to visit the autonomous mountain enclave in northern…

German lawmakers rush to respond to Cologne attacks as Vigilante Attacks Break Out

by Dario Sarmadi (trans. by Samuel Morgan) | ( EurActiv.de) | - - After the attacks carried out on women in Cologne on New Year's Eve, the German government wants to act…

Surprise! Trump gets vulgar with Hillary Clinton

Surprise! Male Chauvinist Pig Trump gets vulgar with Hillary Clinton

Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian | (The Young Turks Video Report) | - - "During the Democratic debate Hillary Clinton returned from the bathroom break a bit late. What’s the big deal?…

Where are women’s voices in the Syria peace talks?

Lisa Davis | (OpenDemocracy) | - - The US may be tempted to congratulate itself for wrangling Russia to the table for today’s meeting on Syria’s peace talks. Yet an indispensable party is missing:…

Does Paris Climate Accord hang Women, Indigenous Peoples out to Dry?

By Stella Paul | (IPS) | - - PARIS, Dec 13 2015 (IPS) - After 2 weeks of intense negotiations, on Saturday evening, the 21st UN climate conference (COP21) in Paris finally…

Abortion Clinics, White Christian Terrorism and GOP Candidates

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Americans are more at risk from violence by armed white Christian fanatics than they ever were from Muslims. Abortion clinics have been targeted…

Women Refugees from radical groups like Taliban suffer Psychological Disorders

By Ashfaq Yusufzai | (Inter Press Service) | - - PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Nov 26 2015 (IPS) - “My two sons were killed by Taliban militants mercilessly three years ago. My husband died…

Turkey: Can a pro-Feminist, pro-Kurdish Party get out the Women’s Vote?

By Mona Tajali | (OpenDemocracy) | - - The Turkish HDP's egalitarian gender ideology played a key role in the election of a record number of women to parliament in June's election.…

More of Iraq’s Kurdish Women Training to Fight Extremists

Shalaw Mohammed | Erbil | ( Niqash.org ) | - - Increasing numbers of Iraqi Kurdish women are training to become soldiers; they want to join their men in the fight against…

Kathleen Turner: The Real Target of the Planned Parenthood Attacks

By Kathleen Turner | (Otherwords.org) "The leading GOP candidates have aligned themselves with a platform based on endangering women’s health care access. In the first two Republican presidential debates, the candidates slugged…

Invented Traditions: No, Christianity doesn’t forbid Abortion

By Larry Badendyck | (Informed Comment) | - - Let me put this right up front. There is nothing whatever either in the Bible or in the canonical, fundamental assertions of…

Bernie Sanders launches “Political Revolution” w/ 100K Virtual House Partiers

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) Bernie Sanders spoke from a house party in Washington, D.C., to supporters gathering in 3500 homes and other locations around the country in groups ranging from…

White Male News: As US Diversifies, Newsrooms Lag

By Nora Happel | (Inter Press Service) | - - UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - Although the United States as a whole is becoming more ethnically diverse, newsrooms remain largely dominated by white,…

On ‘Death Road’: Women, Civilians Flee ISIL Extremists in Iraq & Syria

By Shalaw Mohammed | Kirkuk | (Niqash.org) - - As extremists rule harshly and coalition airstrikes hit, there's a mass exodus of civilians out of Hawija. And one of the ways they…

Pushtun Female Commandos Ready to Take on the Taliban

By Ashfaq Yusufzai | (Inter Press Service) | - - PESHAWAR, Pakistan (IPS) - For years, Robina Shah has dreamed of joining the police force. Ever since her father, a police constable,…

Her War: Kurdish Women Commandos take on ISIL/ Daesh in Syria

RT | (Video Report) | - - "In the face of the deadly threat posed by the so-called Islamic State, many Kurdish women decide not to leave their survival to fate. Instead,…