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...
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...
by Jonathan Palmer | Feb 18, 2014 | Living
WASHINGTON — Domestic violence against women abroad is prevalent across economic classes and cultures in rapidly urbanizing communities. Rising violence against women is not limited to poorer, war-torn countries according to a panel of scholars with expertise in...
by Kit Fox | Feb 1, 2012 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Title IX, the landmark law that sought to end gender discrimination in sports, is 40 years old but advocates for women’s sports want more equality in high school to get young girls moving. To mark the 26th annual National Girls and Women In Sports Day,...
by Safiya Merchant | Jan 31, 2012 | Politics
WASHINGTON — A national task force championing the end of domestic and sexual violence Tuesday called on the House to follow the Senate’s lead and start moving to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act. The act provides funding to states for training law...