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War Widows Struggle in a ‘Man’s World’
"War or no war, it is still a man's world out there,” says war widow Rajina Mary from Sri Lanka's northern Kilinochchi District. Credit: Amantha Perera/IPS Sita Tamang’s husband went missing sometime...
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Afghan Women Harassed into Unemployment
Burqas fail to shield many Afghan women from daily harassment, both in the street and at the workplace. Credit: Shelly Kittleson/IPSWhile global attention is fixed on the scheduled pullout of U.S. and...
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War or Peace, Sri Lankan Women Struggle to Survive
It has been four years since the guns fell silent in Sri Lanka’s northern Vanni region, after almost three decades of ethnic violence. Unfortunately peace does not mean the end of hardship for the most...
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Tomatoes, Limes and Sex-Selective Abortions
Credit: Curt Carnemark / World Bank. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0By Lyndal RowlandsUNITED NATIONS, Apr 7 2017 (IPS) When Bimla Chandrasekharan saw that women who gave birth to baby girls were being sent out of the...
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