WORLD & NATION
February 28,2014
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In the Hausa language,“Boko Haram” means “Western education is sin.” On Feb. 25, insurgents of the Boko Haram militant group
attacked a school in theYobe state of Northern Nigeria.^t least 43 students and school members have been killed and most of the
school has been burned to the ground, the BBC reports. In a public statement,Yobe state Governor Ibrahim Gaidam admitted that
security agents failed to arrive at the school up to five hours after the massacre. Sin^e 2009, over 10,000 people have been killed as a
consequence of Boko Haram’s^cam^aign to establish an Islamic state within Nigeria.
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USA
In his recent defense
budget proposal. Defense
Secretary Chuck Hagel
pushed for more
cyberwarriors and agile
special forces and fewer *'
“big troop buildups.”
According to The Wall Street
Journal, the new budget would
reduce the U.S.Army to its
smallest size — 440,000 troops —
since World War II. Hagel hopes to
appropriate more of the budget to
targeting cyberthreats from the Far
East and thwarting al Qaeda-affiliates in
Africa.Those voicing concern over the
proposed changes include Rep. Randy
Forbes (R.,Va.) and Martin O’Malley,
Democrat and governor of Maryland.
Congress will vote on Hagel’s budget
after President Barack Obama releases
the details in the coming week.
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Sochi, Russia
After 17 days of global
sport and competition,
the 2014 Winter
Olympic Games ended
on Sunday, Feb. 23.
Host nation Russia,
which, according to
The Guardian, spent
over $50 billion in
preparation, finished
first in the overall medal
count.The Russians
hope that the newly
built ski resort and its
lavish constituent venues
will become year-round
•destinations for tourists
ahd conferences. The
2018 Winter Olympic
Games will be hosted
by South Korea in
Pyeongchang.
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Mazatlan, Mexico
On Feb. 22, Mexican marines and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration captured Sinaloa cartel
drug lord Joaquin Guzman in a condo in the beach resort town of Mazatlan.The capture and arrest
came 13 years after Guzman escaped from a high-security prison in Mexico. Dubbed “the Osama bin
Laden of the drug world,” Guzman headed arguably the most prolific drug-trafficking organization in
the world. According to Bloomberg News, the drug lord is being held in the central Mexican city of
Toluca and has been charged in a federal indictment in Brooklyn, New York.
One Billion Rising up ^inst violence toward women
BY KELLI URESTi
Staff Writer
This Valentine's Day, hundreds
of thousands of people — men,
women, boys and girls —
performed a dance to speak out
against violence toward women.
Studies show that one in three
women around the world will be
beaten or raped at least once in her
lifetime.
"One Billion Rising is a
campaign that a global activist
movement called V-Day puts on
to focus attention on the problem
of violence against women," said
Carolyn Hunt, co-founder and
organizer with Bay Area Rising,
in an email interview with The
Guilfordian.
Eve Ensler, a visionary leader
who also authored the "Vagina
Monologues," founded one Billion
Rising.
"(Ensler) knew the only thing
we could do was to call upon
one billion w^omen and men to
change this reality and to move
the conversation from the margins
to the mainstream," said Lindsey
Horvath, Regional Coordinator
for the V-Day One Billion Rising
Campaign, to The Guilfordian in
an email.
Two hundred and seven
countries participated in One
Billion Rising, making Feb. 14
a special occasion to speak out
against violence to women through
dance.
"I think of the joy of life and
the triumph of victims of violence
over their perpetrators by moving
bodies and giving thanl« for life
through the dances," said Hunt.
One Billion Rising is bringing
change around the world through
their campaign.
"In Peru, construction workers
were declaring their workplaces
'harassment free,"' Horvath said.
"In the Philippines, activists rose
for economic and environmental
justice, which are core issues in the
fight to protect women and girls. In
Los Angeles, we talked about the
impact of sexual assault on women
in the military."
Many people think violence
against women to be a rare
occurrence in American culture.
Horvath disagreed.
"The reality is that it's
everywhere," she said. "The
president recently issued an order
to address the epidemic of sexual
assault on college campuses.
When it's safer for girls to not
get an education, when they are
likelier to be raped because they
chose to go to college, something
is fundamentally wrong with our
society."
That is why Horvath and other
activists have joined the campaign:
to bring awareness to and to
empower survivors of gender-
based violence.
"I have not heard of the One
Billion Rising Campaign," said
junior Jasmine Wilburn. "But I
do know women who have been
beaten. I see the pain they have
to go through and the way their
whole personality has changed
because of it.
"I definitely think this is an
issue worth standing up against —
not just for women — for anyone
enduring violence."
The fight is far from over, but
One Billion Rising is looking to
expand the scope of its efforts and
response to this global problem.
"We would love not to have
to rise again next year because
violence against women and girls
would be over," said Horvath.
"But, until that is our reality,
we will rise, grow, reach more
communities and take action to
create justice in all its forms."
Visit www.onebillionrising.org
to catch a glimpse of the V-Day
dances that took place throughout
the world in February. You can also
learn more about the One Billion
Rising campaign and V-Day by
following them on Twitter: @VDay.