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Women Excluded from Post-War Reconstruction

Women have an important role to play in building a democratic Iraq, but they have so far been conspicuous by their absence.

House Arrest Saddam-Style

Iraqis are discovering that their neighbours' ordinary homes had been converted to Ba'athist torture centres.

Iraqi Farmers Face Uncertain Future

With ordnance literally sown into the land, and many farmhouses destroyed by both sides, Iraqi farmers are unable to harvest without substantial aid.

Prosecuting the Ba'ath

In a test case for post-Saddam justice, Kurdish police have arrested a party official accused of a triple murder.

Private Justice

Frustrated by the failure of coalition authorities to arrest criminals and former Ba'athists, some Iraqis are taking matters into their own hands.

Chaos in the Iraqi Media

The United States risks losing a major opportunity to forge an open media in the Middle East.

Comment: Universities Failing Students

Overhaul of higher education required if Iraqis are to play a part in the reconstruction of their country.

Shanty Town Despair

Plight of ramshackle Baghdad suburb highlights need for international assistance.

Iraqi Shias Call for Elections

Religious leaders in southern Iraq have rejected US efforts to appoint a governing council to run the country.

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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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