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November 3, 2009

At the UN, Criminalizing Rape as a Weapon

by Bia Assevero, Women's Media Center, USA - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton chaired the session as the Security Council unanimously adopted a U.S. sponsored resolution that called for the appointment of a special envoy charged with coordinating the efforts to combat the use of rape as a weapon of war and assist governments in ending impunity for the perpetrators.

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One Town's War on Gay Teens

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