Days after the US left Iraq, is the country headed towards more unrest? Plus, thousands of women take to Cairo's streets, outraged at the army's abuse of female protesters. Finally, our correspondent meets with one of the Palestinians freed in exchange for Gilad Shalit.
The alleged sexual assault of Egyptian-American journalist Mona Eltahawy in Egypt makes a lot of front pages - as papers ask again if women reporters should even been covering the story. We're also talking about Syria, Morocco's elections, and whether we get the tabloid press we deserve.
Two sex assault cases against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn by French writer Tristane Banon (left) and New York hotel maid Nafissatou Diallo (right) have been dropped, sparking dismay among women’s rights activists.
This is the sad and disturbing story of a teenage girl from Shan State, Burma. Her parents were shot before her very eyes, and she was then raped by Burmese junta soldiers. Many other women have endured such an ordeal and have sought refuge across the border in Thailand. They claim the Burmese authorities are clearly giving the go-ahead to use rape as a military weapon in operations against ethnic rebellions.
Spain has been waging war on domestic violence. The authorities have created special courts, electronic tagging and a hotline for reporting violence. So how did this Latin country become a model in the fight against violence against women? We take a look at this Spanish success story.
Newsweek’s Christopher Dickey describes how hotel maid "Nafissatou Diallo seemed genuine when she was talking about two things", the alleged assault by Dominique Strauss-Kahn and her pride "in a job that was her way of getting out of Africa".
Newsweek’s Christopher Dickey describes how hotel maid "Nafissatou Diallo seemed genuine when she was talking about two things", the alleged assault by Dominique Strauss-Kahn and her pride "in a job that was her way of getting out of Africa".
Lawyers representing a Guinean-born hotel maid and those for French journalist Tristane Banon, who have both accused former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault, met Tuesday with New York prosecutors.
Even if very often rape cases get reduced to "he says, she says" and even if Dominique Strauss-Kahn is cleared in cases on both sides of the Atlantic, attitudes to sexism may perhaps never be the same.
Even if very often rape cases get reduced to "he says, she says" and even if Dominique Strauss-Kahn is cleared in cases on both sides of the Atlantic, attitudes to sexism may perhaps never be the same.
