Toward Freedom

Time for U.S. Senate to Act on U.N. Women's Treaty

Monday, 21 December 2009 19:00 Linda Tarr-Whelan

Indian Women's Trade Union Rally

On Dec. 18, 1979, the United Nations adopted the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, or CEDAW, making it a watershed day for women around the globe. This international agreement was Eleanor Roosevelt's dream and is one of the pillars of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The global community went on the record to challenge every government to protect the human rights of women and girls by working together.

Last Updated on Monday, 21 December 2009 06:16

Roma Day in Eastern Europe: Assessing Roma Rights

Thursday, 15 April 2010 04:31 Chuck Todaro

Roma at Pata Rat, Romania Garbage Dump

This year's Roma Day on April 8th marked the twenty-year anniversary since the Gypsies of East Europe freely acknowledged their ethnicity. The day has been celebrated throughout the region in gypsy style with music and dance, skewered pork or lamb and plenty of drink as means of celebrating life. The day memorializes the roughly one million Roma exterminated by the Nazis in what has been commonly dubbed the forgotten holocaust, though which Roma scholars have termed Porrajmos, the devouring.

Last Updated on Thursday, 15 April 2010 04:31

Nepal's Trailblazing Dalit Feminist

Wednesday, 12 May 2010 03:53 Claire Colley

Durga Sob

Durga Sob was just 10 when she realized she was from the Dalit, or 'untouchable', class of Nepal: 'I drank from a water pot that other people used, and by sharing this water, I'd made it 'unclean'. I was screamed at and chased away. I told my mother and she said: "God made us Dalit, that's just the way it is." It was then I knew the pain of being a Dalit, and had to do something to change things.'

Last Updated on Wednesday, 12 May 2010 03:55

The Politics of Garbage in Outer Space

Tuesday, 27 April 2010 19:00 Al Huebner

Fifty years into what has become known as the Space Age, the condition of space operations has changed dramatically. Today more than 50 nations own satellites and commercial operators own even more. There are now nearly 1,000 active satellites orbiting the planet, carrying out critical roles in telecommunications, navigation, banking, science, and other civilian and military operations.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 27 April 2010 12:41

Immigrant Day Laborers Struggle in the Shadows of Hollywood

Wednesday, 25 August 2010 13:55 Sammy Loren

Marching for Day Laborers' Rights Approaching the U-Haul Store on Hollywood Boulevard is like entering a bustling market. A gaggle of workers swarm you, politely placing business cards into your hand, offering their services.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 25 August 2010 13:59

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