She also decried dowry-related murder and so-called "honor killings" of young women, and selective abortion and infanticide of females in many countries that has created the phenomenon of millions of "missing women."

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

The Iranian diplomat told delegates that illicit drugs represent a serious peril to the security and stability of not only Afghanistan, but the entire region,adding that no country can fight the phenomenon alone.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

"So instead of maybe doing a lecture on a scientific principle, we may learn a science song about it, or a rap or perform a dance that sort of uses our body to explain a scientific phenomenon.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25