When someone we care for dies a tragic and preventable death, those of us left behind are bound to spend countless hours pondering the “whys” and the “what-ifs.” Eight years ago, when my sister-in-law was murdered in front of her two children, we as her family were nearly crushed under the weight of the burden of such questions.

This paper presents ethnographic data gathered over 14 months (September 2005 to November 2006) in southern Rwanda on resilience among genocide-rape survivors who were members of two women's genocide survivor associations.

The Seventh Circuit on Feb. 22 took the rare step of granting a petition for an en banc hearing. ('En banc' is used to refer to the hearing of a legal case where all judges of a court will hear the case rather than a panel of them. It is often used for unusually complex cases or cases considered of unusual significance.) This summer, the entire court will consider the constitutionality of 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(9), which makes it a crime for a misdemeanant convicted of a domestic violence charge to possess a firearm.

A review of the book 'Sexed Pistols: The Gendered Impact of Small Arms and Light Weapons' by Masum Momaya of the Association For Women's Rights in Development (AWID).

Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller is talking Friday about the importance of a bill on its way to the House that he says will help protect victims of domestic violence.

For March, in which Gabon holds the Security Council Presidency, small arms trafficking will be an area of discussion for the Security Council, and we look forward to the Council's specific engagement on the substantial women, peace and security aspects of this issue.

The polarizing and powerful emotions surrounding gun ownership hit close to home Friday for University of Minnesota Professor Barbara Frey. Frey, director of the University's Human Rights Program through the Institute for Global Studies, was a special rapporteur on small arms for the United Nations from 2002 to 2006 and advocated for tighter gun regulation. Last Friday, Frey started to receive "hate mail" from people, she said. At first she didn't understand why this would appear now, because her last report had appeared in 2006. Then she discovered an article posted online at the end of January by the National Rifle Association, in which Frey and a report she had written were cited.

Meriem Omer was a girl soldier in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Eritrea (EPLF). She says that although she felt a sense on empowerment, as a woman at war, she knew she also faced additional risks. "We were more vulnerable than men," she says. "Boys would be tortured, but women would always be raped and tortured and ultimately killed." She added, "The experience of that conflict made me learn and grow up and believe in negotiation and peace. It's not always a solution to carry a gun and fight."

Gatesville police Tuesday identified the two victims of a deadly shooting late Monday afternoon outside of the Coryell County Courthouse as Carrie Dean Stroope, 42, and David Louis Henry, 46, both of Gatesville. Police said Stroope and Henry had been in a relationship that had ended and that the woman was seeking counseling.