Sunday, December 13, 2009

Underground railroad, Middle East style


Click the post title to read about attempts in Baghdad to shelter abused women.

Excerpt from the Utne Reader article:
Violence against women is now rampant and goes virtually unchecked by Iraq’s new legal system. Sexual violence is “severely under reported,” Amnesty International wrote in March, and along with other crimes against women and girls, is usually committed with impunity.

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