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CGRS IN THE NEWSThe following is a collection of recent news articles, opinion pieces, and letters to the editor featuring CGRS's work. For older articles, including articles back to 1999 on the Rody Alvarado case, see our News Archive here. 2008 Zainab Zakari, "FGM Asylum Cases Forge New Legal Standing," Women's eNews, November 25, 2008. Erica Hagen, "Elections Hold Key to Asylum for Abused Women," Women's eNews, November 4, 2008. William Fisher, "Abused Woman Waits 12 Years for Asylum," Inter Press Service News Agency, October 14, 2008. William Fisher, "Immigration: Have the Inmates Taken Over the Asylum?," The Huffington Post, October 11, 2008. Julia Preston, "Woman's Asylum Case Sent Back to Review Board," The New York Times, September 30, 2008. Trymaine Lee, "Mukasey Vacates Panel's Decision Denying Asylum to Malian Woman," New York Times, September 23, 2008. Matthew Hay Brown, "A right to asylum?", Baltimore Sun, July 8, 2008 Stephen Manning, “Woman from Mali who Underwent Circumcision Fights for Asylum,” Associated Press, May 3, 2008 Jean Bartlett, “A Matter of Human Rights: Protecting Female Refugees,” Bay Area Business Woman, Vol. 15 No. 8, May 2008 Larry Neumeister, “NY Judges Challenge Government on Appeal in Asylum Claim,” Associated Press, April 29, 2008 Peter Blumberg, “Human Rights Battle Hits Home,” California Lawyer, April 1, 2008 William Fisher, “Asylum, Another Third Rail,” The Huffington Post, March 3, 2008 Karen Musalo, “Recognizing Women’s Rights as Human Rights,” Perspectives, published by Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees, Volume 4, Issue 1, Spring 2008. 2007 Adam Liptak, Drawing a Line Between Enduring Harm and Legitimate Fear, The New York Times, November 5, 2007 Felecia Bartow, Killings of Women Rising in Guatemala, El Tecolote, August 10, 2007 William Fisher, House Tackles Femicide in Latin America, Truthout, April 9, 2007 Warren Richey, Does the prospect of arranged marriage and abuse warrant asylum in the US?, Christian Science Monitor, March 23, 2007 Karen Musalo, International Women's Day 2007: Recognizing Gendered Violence as a Violation of Human Rights, Center for American Progress, March 8, 2007 Alex Kotlowitz, Asylum for the World’s Battered Women, The New York Times Magazine, February 11, 2007
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