Demonstrators shout during a Jan. 16 protest on behalf of a gang rape victim assaulted in New Delhi Dec. 16. Photo by: Adnan Abidi/Reuters
Women Making a Difference: Three stories on how women are influencing change around the world
Nonprofits respond to the Delhi gang-rape case
‘Solar Mamas’” Barefoot College women turn on the lights in off-grid villages
Rachel Goble helps stop sex trafficking of impoverished children
Graphic by: Rich Clabaugh/The Christian Science Monitor
Global Gender Gap: This week the Pentagon announced American women will be allowed in combat, and in India, court proceedings began for the five men charged in the controversial Delhi gang rape case.
The Monitor examines how views about women are changing around the world.
Beyond rape trial, a bigger question about women’s status in India
Women allowed in combat: Will that mean it’s less safe for men?
Women and language: When young women find their ‘creaky’ voice
Gwladys Bernard (l.) and Clémentine Pirlot of La Barbe (The Beard), a French feminist group, pose by a Paris subway wearing the group’s trademark fake beards. Photo by Bastien Inzaurralde/The Christian Science Monitor
Women Around the World: Three stories of politics, women’s rights, and efforts at change in Kenya, France, and India
Instead of relying on moonlight or dangerous and smoky kerosene lamps, midwives now use solar-powered lamps to make childbirth safer in remote regions of Kenya that are off the electric grid.
Working French women, backed by generous government policies, enjoy a reputation for ‘having it all.’ But that may not mean what Americans might think.
India has no ‘Good Samaritan Law’ to give legal protection to people who step in, and Indians tend to avoid getting tangled with police.
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We’ve started a series on our DC Decoder blog outlining distinct differences between Obama and Romney as they campaign for the presidency. Here are the first three posts of the multi-part series.
A graphic from our feature, “Women in combat: US military on verge of making it official,” this week’s cover story.
The award sets a historic precedent by going to three women for the first time. In the history of the prize, only 12 out of the 97 individuals who have received the prize were women.
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Sudan may have split into two new countries, but the violent disagreements continue. According to Jacqueline O’Neill, the director of the Institute for Inclusive Security, new talks must include more women. Read the full opinion piece here.
The Institute uses research, training and advocacy to promote the inclusion of all stakeholders, particularly women, in peace processes. O’Neill worked previously as the UN Mission in Sudan and Sudan’s Ahfad University for Women.
It is one of the most comprehensive studies undertaken by the US military to assess sexual assaults within its ranks, and could become a model for how the military as a whole begins to address the problem, defense officials say. While the data suggest the sexual-assault rate in the Air Force is roughly equal to what it is in the broader civilian population, the survey – obtained exclusively by the Monitor before publication – points to unique challenges presented by the culture of the service. The vast majority of crimes are committed by male arimen on female airmen, and nearly half of rape victims said they did not report the crime because they “did not want to cause trouble in their unit.”Read the full report here.
