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March, 2012

March 26, 2012 - 
The Huffington Post
Hip-hop, SMS and Facebook: The New Way of Tackling Violence Against Women in Côte d'Ivoire

Most women who have been through the horrific ordeal of a violent assault have a number of compelling reasons for preferring to remain anonymous - fear of revenge, stigma and a desire to forget are some of them.

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March 12, 2012 - 
NPR
The Challenges Of Aid Work In Conflict Zones

In Afghanistan and other conflict zones, the military is often first on the ground, followed by diplomats, contractors and journalists. Next, in many cases, are aid workers: People who work for private organizations and strive to remain impartial in some of the world's most dangerous places.
 

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March 6, 2012 - 
RH Reality Check
'Dawn of a New Hope' For Whom? Violence and Impunity Still Plague Women in Ivory Coast

Laurent Gbagbo should have gone quietly. After a decade as President of Ivory Coast, mostly everyone – Ivorians and outsiders – agreed that he had lost the November 2010 election  to Alasanne Outtarra. But he didn’t go, and certainly not quietly, instead plunging the country into chaos until his arrest in April. By UN estimates, citizen militias backed by both men resulted in 3,000 killed and approximately one million displaced, with 70,000 still residing across the border of neighboring Liberia.

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March 2, 2012 - 
The Baltimore Sun
Orientation program helps refugees in Baltimore

In its ninth month, program provides financial, social guidance

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March 2, 2012 - 
Guardian.co.uk
CIA tactics to trap Bin Laden linked with polio crisis, say aid groups

CIA's ploy to use a fake vaccination scheme to track down bin Laden has increased distrust of polio drops in Pakistan

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March 1, 2012 - 
TrustLaw- Trust.org
Women raped while fleeing South Kordofan conflict

Source: trustlaw // Katie Nguyen By Katie Nguyen LONDON (TrustLaw) - Alarming levels of sexual violence are being reported by women and girls who have fled conflict in Sudan's South Kordofan area, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) said on Thursday.

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