Anna Louie Sussman, Author at ihtbd

Biodiversity Projects Start to Benefit Rural Women

By Anna Louie Sussman ● Health & Science ● December 23, 2010

Rural women in remote areas are often left out of family planning programs aimed at large population centers. Some biodiversity wildlife programs are showing how to step into the breach.

Griswold's Journalism Started With Honor Killing

By Anna Louie Sussman ● Arts & Culture ● September 24, 2010

Eliza Griswold's “The Tenth Parallel” began as a probe of religious fundamentalism's link to violence. After traveling through Africa and Southeast Asia, she just wanted to tell the stories she found along the way.

Minoui Reveals Saga of Yemen Divorce at Age 10

By Anna Louie Sussman ● Arts & Culture ● July 16, 2010

Delphine Minoui's book, now out in English, puts the reader in the shoes of a Yemeni girl married at age 10. When the girl divorced her husband, she spotlighted the sufferings of child brides. Book royalties now support the ex-bride and her parents.

Embattled Gender Analyst Leaves Post at Amnesty

By Anna Louie Sussman ● Arts & Culture ● April 15, 2010

Amnesty International parted ways with Gita Sahgal, its leading gender researcher, on April 9. In February, Saghal began pushing Amnesty to explain its embrace of a former Guantanamo detainee she calls a Taliban supporter.

CO2 Releases Wary Talk of Population, Gender

By Anna Louie Sussman ● Health & Science ● March 26, 2010

Population control policies have been linked to the subordination of women's rights through coercive abortions and sterilizations. But in the age of C02 anxiety, a wary discourse is growing about the importance of reproductive rights to climate.

Chakarova's ‘Price of Sex' Reveals Sex Marketplace

By Anna Louie Sussman ● Uncategorized ● August 6, 2009

Photographer Mimi Chakarova spent seven years delving into the world of sex trafficking in Eastern Europe, even going undercover to document the situation. The result is an intimate multimedia portrait of these women's lives.

Lebanon Snubs Women's Nationality Campaign

By Anna Louie Sussman ● Uncategorized ● June 17, 2009

Before Lebanon's June 7 election, politicians raised hopes that a law barring women from passing citizenship to their children would be overturned. Now a leading advocate feels betrayed.

Onal Found Remorse Among Turkish ‘Honor' Killers

By Anna Louie Sussman ● Uncategorized ● May 18, 2009

Journalist Ayse Onal's coverage of the Turkish men who murdered their sisters and mothers in “honor” killings finds they often feel betrayed by their families. Many killers also want to guide other men away from such crimes. The second of two parts.

Ayse Onal Shines Light on Turkish ‘Honor' Killings

By Anna Louie Sussman ● Uncategorized ● May 17, 2009

Journalist Ayse Onal's work, which got her blacklisted, has ranged from Kurdish separatism to Turkish Hizballah. Her recent book and documentary about “honor” killings taps into regrets of men who carry out these killings. Part one of two.

British Women Decry Growing Tolerance of Rape

By Anna Louie Sussman ● Politics ● October 20, 2008

England's conviction rates for rapists have dropped to less than 6 percent from 30 percent three decades ago. Anti-violence activists mounted a pressure campaign against officials, even staging a mock trial to charge them with neglect.

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