After Mukhtar, Assiya

Nicholas Kristof, Not a Victim, But a Hero, New York Times, July 26, 2009.

Not a good news day for women?

Thursday morning has opened with all sorts of bad news for women.

PTI, 7-yrr-old found dead in Maharashtra BJP chief’s car, IBNLive, May 21, 2009.

Swati Vashishtha, Rajasthan top cop exhibits gender bias, faces flak, IBNLive, May 21, 2009. Related to this: Rajasthan to raise woman commando unit, ZeeNews, January 12, 2009.

Also: another Nicholas Kristof column: After Wars, Mass Rapes Persist, New York Times, May 20, 2009.

Maternal mortality in Sierra Leone

 Nicholas Kristof, This Mom didn’t have to die, New York Times, May 17, 2009.

Is Rape Serious? NY Times op-ed on how rape is investigated

New York Times
Is Rape Serious?
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
Published: April 30, 2009
The refusal to test the DNA evidence taken from a woman’s body after sexual abuse seems to be because there is an underlying skepticism about rape as a traumatic crime.