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The article reports, “Jurisdictional conflicts make it difficult to arrest and prosecute non-Natives for crimes committed against Natives. Complications with investigations and court proceedings involving sexual assault and domestic violence cases further decrease likelihood of prosecutions.”

The article reports, “Esta Soler’s work on behalf of battered women started 30 years ago with one small desk in the district attorney’s office and one chair at San Francisco General Hospital.

The article reports, “Kul, who now lives in Paris, said he felt compelled to join the fight against FGM following the experience of a close friend… At the request of an NGO, Kul wrote a song to raise awareness about the harm done by female genital cutting and expose the popular misconception that the practice is required by Islam.”

The article reports, “Hawa Aden Mohamed won the United Nations refugee agency’s Nansen Refugee Award on Tuesday for her work in helping thousands of Somali women and girls, many of them rape victims, start new lives in their battered homeland.”

The article reports, “A recent photo on the cover of Vogue Hommes International magazine has women’s rights and domestic violence advocacy groups upset. The cover features Stephanie Seymour being choked by model Marlon Teixeira.”

The article reports, “Violence against women and girls and the indiscriminate extraction of natural resources are among the most pressing issues that indigenous peoples face today, a United Nations human rights expert said today.”