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Afghanistan Women Standing Strong

15 October 2009 admin Comments Off on Afghanistan Women Standing Strong

In July, Afghanistan’s Ministry of Justice announced several revisions to the now infamous Shia Personal Status Law. The law, signed by President Hamid Karzai in April, contains 249 articles regulating marriage and family life for […]

Rwanda Genocide Victims Speak Out

29 April 2009 admin Comments Off on Rwanda Genocide Victims Speak Out

In the 100 days of genocide that ravaged the small Central African nation of Rwanda from April until July 1994, about one million Tutsi and Hutu people were killed, and an estimated 250,000 to 500,000 […]