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Human Rights Curriculum Included in All Schools

Tareek al-Shaab is issued by the Iraqi Communist Party.

Implementation of Security Plan

Al-Sabah is a daily, publicly-owned newspaper.

Shia-Sunni Grouping Call for Return of Displaced

Al-Mada is issued daily by the Al-Mada Institution for Media, Culture, and Arts.

Polygamy - Rights and Wrongs

Long denounced as a violation of women's human rights, polygmany is however seen by some women as a legitimate practice.

Baghdad Database to Assist Security Plan

Tareek al-Shaab is issued by the Iraqi Communist Party.

Anger at Kirkuk Arab Resettlement Plan

London-based Azzaman is issued daily by Saad al-Bazaz.

Talabani Thanks Sadrists

Al-Mada is issued daily by the Al-Mada Institution for Media, Culture, and Arts.

US Tentatively Re-engages with Africa

Army leaders have been publicly discussing the potential benefits of a fully-fledged military command structure in Africa.

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Unfinished Business at the Prlic Trial

BBC journalist defends a documentary he filmed in the divided city of Mostar in 1993.

Global Voices: Middle East & North Africa

The sister of Aurelio Cruz López holds a sign used in the search for the young man, who disappeared along the U.S.-Mexico border. © Andrea Godínez

Araceli cries while talking about her brother who disappeared along the border and whose remains were repatriated. © Andrea Godínez

Cecilia Delgado Grijalva is a buscadora (name adopted by mothers and relatives of missing persons who are devoted to finding the remains of their loves ones) and founder of Buscadoras por la Paz (Searchers for Peace), in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. © Andrea Godínez

A search for family members gone missing in Sonora, Mexico. © Andrea Godínez

The portion of Evergreen Cemetery in Tucson, Arizona where deceased migrants whose remains are not claimed by their families are buried. © © Andrea Godínez

Gene Hernández, forensic examiner at the Pima County morgue, inside the trailer that holds the remains of migrants who perished along the border. © Andrea Godínez

Gene Hernández, a forensic medical investigator in Pima County, holds the skull of a deceased migrant. © Andrea Godínez

Román Coc holds photos of his daughter Laura, who disappeared in the Arizona desert 13 years ago. © Andrea Godínez

A photograph shows Laura Coc (far right), a young woman from Guatemala, posing during a beauty pageant. © Andrea Godínez

There are no statistics on cases of femicide - the killing of women on the grounds of hatred of women, with the acquiescence of the state - in Uzbekistan.

Artwork by Mays Al-Saray.

'Hope of Mother', an organization led by Lisbeth Surita, has registered 48 cases of Venezuelans missing in the border regions.

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IWPR’s inaugural award for outstanding journalism recognises the work of our network of women reporters worldwide. Working in often challenging environments, these journalists face additional threats such as harassment, gender-based violence and systemic misogyny.

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