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To Fight Extremism, The World Needs To Learn How To Talk To Women

Posted by  on Friday, September 11th 2015     
A Kurdish female fighter of the Women’s Protection Units looks on at a training camp in al-Qahtaniyah, near the Syrian-Turkish border on Feb. 13. Syrian Kurdish forces have been fighting advances by the Islamic State jihadist group. / Delil Souleiman, AFP

From Iraq to Pakistan to Nigeria, groups like the Islamic State and Boko Haram are winning the war for women’s hearts and minds — and it’s time to stop it.

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A Thing of the Past

Posted by  on Tuesday, December 3rd 2013     

USAID is working with the Government of Bangladesh to implement and enforce the Domestic Violence Prevention and Protection Act of 2010.

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The Story Behind the Statistics: Victims of Rape in Benin Find Justice

Posted by  on Friday, November 26th 2010     

In Benin, more than 75 percent of women are victims of violence, and 44 percent are sexually abused. Read more >>

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