FPIF Issues: Women

50% of the 99%

Wed, 16 May 2012 09:05:00 -0400

Where are women in the global economic crisis and the Occupy response?

Fear, Loathing and Electoral Love in Mexico

Tue, 15 May 2012 15:17:39 -0400

The following article describes Mexico's political climate during the lead up to the 2012 presidential election and the important factors that will determine its victor.

Women of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Twenty Years Later

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:57:06 -0400

The war that tore apart Bosnia and Herzegovina ended in 1995. But many people, especially women, still await justice.

Rio+20

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:18:51 -0400

Social policies and instruments will need to be developed to ensure that the Green Economy not only alleviates poverty and improves equity, but that the interests of the people who depend on Green Economy are deliberately safeguarded from the very outset.

Contraception and the New Crusades

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 08:01:32 -0400

Many white Americans fear "population control" lest the world be overrun by madly procreating Muslims.

Honduras: When Engagement Becomes Complicity

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:04:32 -0400

Honduran security forces are murdering, raping, beating, and detaining Hondurans -- with U.S. aid.

Angelina Jolie Makes Her Own "Hotel Rwanda" About Bosnia

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:00:00 -0500

Though failing to generate buzz, Angelina Jolie's film about Bosnia deserves to be widely viewed.

The Drug War's Invisible Victims

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:45:00 -0500

Women bear the burden of the violence that is convulsing Mexico.

A Brief History of the Number Two

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:50:19 -0500

A poem for the mother of a young man killed by a bomb in Israel.

The Nobel Prize and The African Woman

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 22:35:14 -0400

Three women are sharing the 2011 Nobel Prize for Peace.