Koike Runs in Japan; Black Women Carry HIV Burden

[Shana A]

Koike Runs in Japan; Black Women Carry HIV Burden
Run Date: 09/13/08
By WeNews Staff

cheers and jeers

http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/3740/context/archive

Jeers

    * Som Southevy, a 68-year-old transgender woman, is the first person to file a gender-violence case before the international tribunal investigating war crimes of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia, the Inter Press Service reported Sept. 11. Southevy said she was repeatedly gang-raped, forced to wear men's clothing and forced to marry another woman. "I am lucky to have survived and be able to tell my story," she said.