wOw’s Lesley Stahl returns from Africa with a lesson on humanity
UN worker and other women were arrested by Sudan’s ‘morality police’
for wearing pants in public; now she wants her trial and ensuing
punishment to show the world how oppressive the laws are
By The Staff at wowOwow.com
The African country previously required numerous forms of documentation
and a high minimum deposit for women to start bank accounts. Now,
banking is a lot easier
By The Staff at wowOwow.com
At age four he was left for dead, machete wounds on his scalp …
Liz Smith | 06/04/2009 11:00 pm
Greece, Italy, France, Turkey, Russia and Australia …
We were instructed to sink down to our knees and expose the nape of our necks …
Julia Reed | 03/30/2009 4:00 pm
Almost every creature in its natural environment knocks me out
Pope Benedict XVI under fire once again for saying condom use just aggravates spread of HIV/AIDS; some blast Church for being out of touch
By The Staff at wowOwow.com
Also from Our Gossip Girl, Perez Hilton’s happy birthday, Mary Tyler Moore’s new memoir and does cable news matter at all?
Despite the obstacles that Madonna faced adopting David Banda from
Malawi, is it true that the 50-year-old pop star is considering adopting
another child from the corrupt-laden African county
By The Staff at wowOwow.com
Pope Benedict XVI claims that condoms don’t stop the spread of HIV/AIDS
By The Staff at wowOwow.com
Actress Salma Hayek offered a starving child sustenance during a recent trip to Sierra Leone
By The Staff at wowOwow.com
Politics | 12/11/2008 9:35 am
President Bush trotted out Sudanese national Halima Bashir yesterday as he spoke out against the bloodletting in Darfur
By The Staff at wowOwow.com
Politics | 12/01/2008 2:00 pm
Shakila Abdalla wouldn’t let her gender or religion stop her from getting into Kenya’s Parliament
By The Staff at wowOwow.com
Politics | 11/21/2008 9:25 am
The French government claims Rose Kabuye, an adviser to the Rwandan president, played a role in the previous leader’s assassination
By The Staff at wowOwow.com
Politics | 11/09/2008 6:08 pm
Saying anonymous sources are ‘cruel,’ Palin says the media didn’t do its job and correct the record; instead focused on her makeup
By The Staff at wowOwow.com
Politics | 11/03/2008 10:00 am
Some women who fled to the U.S. fear they may be deported to home countries, where their daughters may be circumcised
By The Staff at wowOwow.com
Politics | 10/27/2008 11:30 am
In a region ravaged by genocide and epidemics of sexual violence, Rwanda’s women are in control, getting rid of archaic gender-biased laws
By The Staff at wowOwow.com
Politics | 10/22/2008 10:05 am
‘Vagina Monologues’ playwright says ‘femicide’ is raging across the Congo, as women are gang-raped, killed and shunned — but they stand to tell the world of their plight
By The Staff at wowOwow.com
Population Services International’s global ambassador Ashley Judd
continues her work in Africa and in the fight against gender-based
violence
By Ashley Judd
Politics | 08/14/2008 10:30 am
Increasing number of clinics are opening in a country where society often shuns women for not producing children
By The Staff at wowOwow.com
Ishmael Beah, bestselling author of A Long Way Gone, talks to Cynthia McFadden about his life as a child soldier in Africa
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