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20 Jun 2013, 12:43 pm
“Hundreds of thousands of women of Korean and Chinese decent were recruited or kidnapped by soldiers to serve in Japanese military brothels during World War II, and approximately three-quarters of the comfort women have died as a direct result of the brutality inflicted on them during their internment,” O’Toole said. [read post]
6 Nov 2014, 1:07 am
To explain why the United States has not ratified CEDAW, this book highlights the emergence of the treaty in the context of the Cold War, the deeply partisan nature of women's rights issues in the United States, and basic disagreements about how human rights treaties work. [read post]
26 Nov 2008, 3:35 am
As an example of international coverage, here is a story from Rwanda:Rape as a weapon of war is the most notorious and brutal way in which conflict impacts on women.As the world marks International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women today, it is important to realise that violence against women is no longer just a violation of women's rights but also as a crime of genocide.In a landmark case, Jean Paul Akayesu, a former bourgmestre of Taba… [read post]
14 Oct 2011, 2:44 pm
The Republican War on Women continues with the passage in the House of Representatives of a bill that, among other things, would allow hospitals that receive federal funds to turn away women seeking abortions in all circumstances -- even when necessary to save the woman's life. [read post]
2 Oct 2013, 7:37 am
It stresses that at the time of the Second World War, the systematic wartime enslavement of women constituted a violation of international law and that the survivors have a right to individual compensation. [read post]
23 Apr 2015, 9:26 am
The announcement followed the 2012 lawsuit that we brought against him on behalf of four women who served in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. [read post]
18 Jun 2019, 1:46 pm
The U.S. can ill afford to stumble into yet another forever war in the Mideast. [read post]
21 Apr 2017, 7:20 am
Gabriel "Jack" Chin, University of California, Davis, School of Law, and John Ormonde are publishing The War against Chinese Restaurants in volume 67 of the Duke Law Journal (2017). [read post]
21 Apr 2017, 7:20 am
Gabriel "Jack" Chin, University of California, Davis, School of Law, and John Ormonde are publishing The War against Chinese Restaurants in volume 67 of the Duke Law Journal (2017). [read post]
11 Apr 2017, 10:00 am
First, they threatened white women, who were subject to seduction by Chinese men, through intrinsic female weakness, or employment of nefarious techniques such as opium addiction. [read post]
15 Mar 2017, 11:49 pm
Higgins have published War, Peace and International Order? [read post]
6 Mar 2015, 12:52 pm
Bernita Shelton Matthews, Vice President of the Association [State, War and Navy Building, Washington, D.C. [read post]
4 May 2022, 7:20 am
In one case, viral photos document the evacuation of pregnant women, including one on a stretcher who later died, from a maternity hospital in Mariupol destroyed by Russian shelling. [read post]
15 May 2023, 8:07 am
Could we stop Illustrating war for you? [read post]
18 Apr 2016, 4:15 am
Shouldn’t women be allowed the sanctity of doing what they do in privacy? [read post]
26 May 2015, 4:16 am
” Instead, it is only the “the values that drive our brave men and women in uniform [that] remain constant: Honor, courage, selflessness. [read post]
25 Nov 2011, 6:00 am
Because of easy access to small arms of all kinds, modern conflicts frequently target civilians for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and mass rape as a weapon of war. [read post]
31 Mar 2013, 3:36 pm
Henry Hitchings, "The Language Wars: A History of Proper English," pages 223-224. [read post]
8 Aug 2010, 4:00 am
"Women, economy, war," Carolyn Nordstrom? [read post]
22 Dec 2013, 7:07 am
Another showed that the presence of women made men "more likely to endorse aggressive stances about war." [read post]
