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Susskind: How Not to End the War in Syria
Znet Article, May, 10 2013
Yifat Susskind
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Women and girls are facing serious threats of sexual violence, child marriage and forced prostitution in the context of the war and as refugees
Susskind: No "Us" and "Them" in Fight for Women's Rights
Znet Article, March, 03 2013
Yifat Susskind
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Interview on efforts in advocating for legal reforms addressing violence against women
Susskind: 3 Steps to Build Resilience Through Your Giving
Znet Article, December, 29 2012
Yifat Susskind
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The value in your gift cannot just be measured in dollars and cents. It is an embodiment of your trust in an organization to put your principles into action
Susskind: Mothers Need More than Just One Day
Znet Article, May, 01 2012
Yifat Susskind
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If mothers were really appreciated, their global call for peace would halt our leaders’ constant march to war
Susskind: From Congo to Colombia: Extending the International Criminal Court’s Landmark Child Soldiers Verdict
Znet Article, March, 15 2012
Yifat Susskind
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Child soldiers are being recruited by armed groups much closer to home—and funded by your tax dollars
Susskind: Justice Delayed But Not Denied for Indigenous Peoples in Guatemala
Znet Article, February, 03 2012
Yifat Susskind
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Despite the peace accords signed in 1996, Guatemala's Indigenous Peoples continue to face systematic discrimination and ongoing human rights violations
Susskind: 2011’s Big Wins – Brought to You by Women
Znet Article, December, 28 2011
Yifat Susskind
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The protests of the Arab Spring took the world by storm -- and women were at the center of it
Susskind: The 99% is Bigger than You Think
Znet Article, November, 01 2011
Yifat Susskind
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We have seen what is possible when communities join together to confront corporate power and to create alternatives rooted in fairness and economic justice
Susskind: Sudanese Women Farmers Point the Way toward Food Security Worldwide
Znet Article, September, 08 2011
Yifat Susskind
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We are able to send you this money because we joined together as women farmers and made ourselves stronger
Susskind: Emergency Response Must Address Root Causes of Environmental Disasters
Znet Article, August, 30 2011
Yifat Susskind
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Taming the cycle of drought requires that industrialized countries immediately and drastically reduce their carbon emissions
Susskind: A Blueprint for Ending Sexual Violence after Disaster
Znet Article, July, 27 2011
Yifat Susskind
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After disaster, women face an increased risk of violence, including rape and sexual assault
Susskind: Don't Let NATO Chill the Arab Spring
Znet Article, April, 13 2011
Yifat Susskind
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MADRE stands with the people of Libya fighting for democracy and an end to repressive government.
Susskind: Where There’s No Will, There’s No Way
Znet Article, January, 28 2011
Yifat Susskind
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In this State of the Union speech, we were presented with President Obama’s attempts to assuage our fears about the economy, about health care, about the state of public education, about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Susskind: Buying Local Halfway Across the Globe
Znet Article, October, 10 2010
Yifat Susskind
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As individuals, Americans are generous, often donating in response to crises abroad even while struggling to make ends meet at home. We tend to assume that our government's foreign aid is similarly altruistic. But is it?
Susskind: A Peaceful Boycott Should Not be a Crime
Znet Article, July, 29 2010
Yifat Susskind
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In its bid to maintain its occupation of Gaza and the West Bank, the Israeli government has launched a new offensive, this one against its own citizens.
Susskind: Demanding a Second Chance for Colombia's Children of War
Znet Article, July, 24 2010
Yifat Susskind
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The shy 14-year-old was not sure how many people she had killed. "When it was my turn to shoot someone, I always hid my face because I was afraid." Julia (not her real name) is one of thousands of children in Colombia who have been recruited for c...
Susskind: Oh, Those "Disappointing" Iraqis
Znet Article, March, 17 2010
Yifat Susskind
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It may be months before we know the final tally of Iraq’s March 7 parliamentary elections. But one thing is already clear. As The New York Times editorial page put it today, “Beyond the closeness of the race, the new results—disappointingly—show I...
Susskind: Aid is Power. Who Do You Want to Empower?
Znet Article, February, 07 2010
Yifat Susskind
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In the immediate aftermath of a catastrophe like the earthquake in Haiti, you’re focused on one question: How can I help? It’s the right question, but the answer isn’t always what it seems. Many people assume that donating to a large relief agency...
Susskind: Afghan Democracy is Flat-lining--And Only Women Can Save It
Znet Article, August, 18 2009
Yifat Susskind
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By the time the first ballot is cast in Afghanistan's August 20 election, hopes for a democratic outcome will already be dead. The Obama Administration is billing Afghanistan's second Parliamentary election in 30 years as a milestone in that count...
Susskind: After Six Years, Some US troops Will Leave Iraq. But Where Are We Leaving Iraqi Women?
Znet Article, March, 17 2009
Yifat Susskind
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If you haven't thought about the Iraq War as a story of US allies systematically torturing and executing women, you're not alone. Likewise, if you were under the impression that Iraqi women were somehow better off under their new, US-sponsored gov...
Susskind: From Mumbai to Washington: Now is the Time to Renounce the War on Terror
Znet Article, December, 02 2008
Yifat Susskind
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Right now, while the horror of the attacks in Mumbai is reverberating around the world and tensions between India and Pakistan are mounting, there is a crucial move that President-elect Obama could make to chart a positive course forward. Obama sh...
Susskind: Iraqi Women Say No to US Occupation, No to Islamist Violence.
Znet Article, March, 18 2008
Yifat Susskind
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In Iraq, women know that despite all of Bush's talk of women's rights and democracy, the US does not want genuine democracy in Iraq...
Susskind: Bush’s Legacy VS. African Women’s Lives
Znet Article, February, 22 2008
Yifat Susskind
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President Bush headed home on Thursday from his five-day, five-country tour of Africa. Not since Thanksgiving 2003, when he showed up at the Baghdad Airport with a fake turkey for US troops have we seen such saccharine Presidential photo ops. And ...
Susskind: Inequality, Not Identity, Fuels Violence in Kenya
Znet Article, February, 06 2008
Yifat Susskind
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We live in a time when the notion of a “clash of civilizations” passes for political science and an us-versus-them mentality (“you’re either with us or with the terrorists”) is the basis of super-power foreign policy. The crudeness of those ideas ...
Susskind: Who is Killing the Women of Basra?
Znet Article, January, 09 2008
Yifat Susskind
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In Basra, Iraq's second largest city, 2008 was ushered in with an announcement of the 2007 death toll of women targeted by Islamist militias. City officials reported on December 31 that 133 women were killed and mutilated last year, their bodies d...
Susskind: New Year, No Resolutions on Climate Change
Znet Article, December, 20 2007
Yifat Susskind
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With the dramatic wrap-up of the UN climate change conference in Bali, 2007 is drawing to a close. Now we have seven short years—until 2015—to reverse the rise of greenhouse gas emissions and avoid a global temperature increase of two degrees Cels...
Susskind: Hurricane Felix's First Responders
Znet Article, September, 06 2007
Yifat Susskind
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A 50-year-old Miskito ...
Susskind: It's Not Just an Abortion Ban: The Christian Right's Global Agenda
Znet Article, May, 03 2007
Yifat Susskind
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After the initial shoc...
Susskind: Iraq's Other War: Violence against Women Under US Occupation
Znet Article, March, 08 2007
Yifat Susskind
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Last week, Houzan Mahmoud* opened her e-mail and found a message from Ansar al-Islam, a notoriously brutal Sunni jihadist group. The message read simply, "we will kill you by the middle of March." Houzan is an outspoken Iraqi feminis...
Susskind: Beyond the Surge: Demanding an End to Bush's War
Znet Article, January, 14 2007
Yifat Susskind
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Beyond the Surge: Demanding an End to Bush's War
