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Post | 12/11/2008 10:35 am

Bush's Darfur Meet and Greet Worth 1,000 Words

President Bush trotted out Sudanese national Halima Bashir yesterday as he spoke out against the bloodletting in Darfur
By The Staff at wowOwow.com

Post | 12/01/2008 3:00 pm

With Purse in Hand, Shakila Abdalla Hopes to Shake up Kenyan Politics

Shakila Abdalla wouldn’t let her gender or religion stop her from getting into Kenya’s Parliament
By The Staff at wowOwow.com

Post | 11/21/2008 10:25 am

Rwandan Official Rose Kabuye Released After French Arrest

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

Post | 11/09/2008 7:08 pm

Sarah Palin Fights Back (Video)

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

Post | 11/03/2008 11:00 am

Women Fearing Female Genital Mutilation Unsure About Fate

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

Post | 10/27/2008 12:30 pm

A Site for Sore Eyes in Africa: Rwanda's Women Are Doing it All

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

Post | 10/22/2008 11:05 am

Raped, Abused Congolese Women Rise Up With Eve Ensler's Help (Video)

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

Post | 07/20/2008 9:17 am

Poor African Women Face Greatest Risk in Global Food Crisis

In Africa, when there is less food, the women are the last to eat.
By The Staff of wowOwow
Candice Bergen

Candice Bergen | 11/27/2008 12:00 am

Why Candice Bergen Wants to Know if They Serve Turkey in Ethiopia

On Thanksgiving, my husband and I will be in Addis Ababa, in Ethiopia, with my daughter who is there for a year volunteering …

A Friend Stopped By | 08/18/2008 1:00 am

Ashley Judd's Rwanda Diaries Part 11: 'I Was in Dark Water'

Population Services International’s global ambassador Ashley Judd continues her work in Africa and in the fight against gender-based violence
By Ashley Judd

Post | 08/14/2008 11:30 am

In Africa Women Who Can't Get Pregnant Are Called 'Useless'

Increasing number of clinics are opening in a country where society often shuns women for not producing children
By The Staff at wowOwow.com
Cynthia McFadden

Cynthia McFadden | 08/05/2008 5:30 pm

The Horror of Child Soldiers: One Bestselling Story

Ishmael Beah, bestselling author of A Long Way Gone, talks to Cynthia McFadden about his life as a child soldier in Africa
Lesley Stahl

Lesley Stahl | 08/05/2008 2:30 pm

The Prime of Rosemary Gibbons

Lesley Stahl shares the story of her friend Rosemary Gibbons, whose later-in-life dedication to making a difference in Africa is triumphing over familial resistance, cultural differences and, most recently, malaria

A Friend Stopped By | 08/04/2008 1:00 am

Ashley Judd's Rwanda Diaries Part Nine: The Road to a Life in Sex Work

Population Services International’s global ambassador Ashley Judd learns in heartbreaking detail the circumstances that compel a woman in Africa into sex work
By Ashley Judd
Cynthia McFadden

Cynthia McFadden | 07/31/2008 3:30 pm

Rick Warren's PEACE Plan in Rwanda

The girl in the yellow dress