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The “neglected epidemic” of missing BIPOC women and girls

The “neglected epidemic” of missing BIPOC women and girls

by Julia Richardson | Mar 8, 2022 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — Despite making up only 16% of the population, 40% of women and girls reported missing in 2020 were people of color, according to the U.S. Census. Natalie Wilson, founder of the Black and Missing Foundation, testified during a House Committee on Oversight...
How a higher voter turnout of Democratic women could affect Pennsylvania’s special election

How a higher voter turnout of Democratic women could affect Pennsylvania’s special election

by Caroline Vakil | Mar 13, 2018 | Featured, Politics

In a western Pennsylvania district that President Donald Trump won by 19 points, experts says there’s a good chance that Democratic women, and by some GOP female voters, could turn out in large enough numbers to boost Democrat Conor Lamb to a seat in Congress in...
In fight against Al-Shabaab, Kenya needs to address female violent extremism, experts say

In fight against Al-Shabaab, Kenya needs to address female violent extremism, experts say

by Isabella Alvarenga | Nov 1, 2016 | National Security

WASHINGTON —As Kenya continues its fight against Al-Shabaab, the Kenyan government and media need to better understand the role of female extremists to create a more effective counterterrorism strategy, experts say. Dr. Fredrick Ogenga, a visiting scholar at the...
More government-to-government dialogue needed to help human rights conditions in Southeast Asia

More government-to-government dialogue needed to help human rights conditions in Southeast Asia

by Yunita Ong | Mar 2, 2015 | Politics

WASHINGTON – When Binh T. Nguyen was younger, her father was killed in a re-education camp in communist-era Vietnam. Now as director of Human Rights for Vietnam PAC, Nguyen feels a strong obligation to advance the rights of fellow Southeast Asians. Nguyen is part of a...
Programs for gender based violence in the DRC cut and replaced

Programs for gender based violence in the DRC cut and replaced

by Ashley Gilmore | Feb 11, 2015 | Living, Politics

By Ashley Gilmore WASHINGTON— The United States is making large cuts in funding and programming to reduce gender-based violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is a major blow because it’s the single biggest government donor, Marcy Hersh of Refugees...
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