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Women are off the U.S. diplomatic map. A look at 200 WikiLeaks cables finds no mention of our rights or struggles, says Corinna Barnard, and a recent check of the ... Council on Women and Girls site found a top story about romping reindeer.

-- Women's eNews, in an article citing correspondent Barnard (right) (credit for photo by Michael Priest). Barnard looked at 200 cables dispatched from 40 different countries, working "with a list of stories that Women's eNews had produced about women's rights in Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia and other hot spots to determine whether U.S. diplomats were addressing these issues in any way." She found "nothing about poverty and women, reproductive rights, etc."

 
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