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This year, the senior gift campaign will grant members of the Class of 2006 the option of donating to the Deans Fund for Undergraduate Life. In the past, seniors could choose between an unrestricted donation or a donation to the financial aid program...
...think about him not as the guy who was involved in the AID lawsuit—we think about him as the exciting, intellectually active colleague that we’ve always known,” Laibson said on Friday, referring to the U.S. Agency for International Develoment, which directed Shleifer’s group...
...grassroots initiatives to change attitudes are part of the answer. Both cities have established organizations where parents can come for instruction as well as support from others trying to raise tearaway kids. This complements a nationwide program offering families of 2- to 16-year-olds with learning difficulties multidisciplinary aid; from tutoring to intervention in the home to observe and possibly modify family behavior. Though limited by tight funding - only 150 students in Epinay receive such attention, for example - officials see glimmers of hope. "If nothing else, these are 150 kids who are getting attention and staying off the streets...
...status of women in Iraq thinks that figure may be inflated but admits that sex trafficking, virtually nonexistent under Saddam, has become a serious issue. The collapse of law and order and the absence of a stable government have allowed criminal gangs, alongside terrorists, to run amuck. Meanwhile, some aid workers say, bureaucrats in the ministries have either paralyzed with red tape or frozen the assets of charities that might have provided refuge for these girls. As a result, sex trafficking has been allowed to fester unchecked...
...problem, definitely," says the official, who has heard specific reports from Iraqi aid workers about girls being kidnapped and sold to brothels. "Unfortunately, the security situation doesn't allow us to follow up on this." The U.S. State Department's June 2005 trafficking report says the extent of the problem in Iraq is "difficult to appropriately gauge" but cites an unknown number of Iraqi women and girls being sent to Yemen, Syria, Jordan and Persian Gulf countries for sexual exploitation. Statistics are further made murky by tribal tradition. Families are usually so shamed by the disappearance of a daughter that...