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Nigeria: Literacy - No Justification for Marginalising Women, Girls

Published date: 
9 Sep 2010

Excluding women and girls from basic education, has remained a persistence injustice to their human rights says UNECSO. In this piece, Stella Eze reports that there is urgent call for more investment and commitment.

 

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SRI LANKA: Women take over as breadwinners in north

Published date: 
9 Sep 2010

Fifteen months after the end of fighting between Sri Lankan government forces and the Tamil Tigers, women in the north are taking up a new and challenging role as breadwinners - with more and more becoming day labourers to support their families.

 

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Girl child activist Makoni is CNN hero

Published date: 
8 Sep 2010

Zimbabwean-born CNN Hero for 2009, Betty Makoni, this week joined United States of America activists pushing for the International Violence Against Women Act (IVAWA).

 

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GLOBAL: Banging a drum for the MDG summit

Published date: 
8 Sep 2010

Activists are pulling out all the stops ahead of a development summit at UN headquarters on 20-22 September. Pro-aid and anti-poverty lobbyists are trying everything from giant letters to banging pans to raise awareness of the high-level event.

 

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Nomadic communities struggle to access PMTCT

Published date: 
7 Sep 2010

Nomadic Kenyan women who test positive for HIV but live in remote areas far from the nearest health facility are missing out on the opportunity to prevent their children from becoming infected with the virus.

 

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SOUTH AFRICA: National HIV testing campaign disappoints

Published date: 
7 Sep 2010

South Africa, home to the world’s largest HIV treatment programme, is trying to pull off the most extensive global HIV testing campaign but the ambitious initiative is facing some daunting realities.

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Further Victims Identified in DRC Mass Rapes Case

Published date: 
3 Sep 2010

Twenty-eight minors have been documented as victims of last month's four-day raid of more than a dozen villages centred around Walikale, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), U.N. officials told reporters here today. Children, including one 12-years old boy were identified. The Walikale victim toll has risen to over 240.

 

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"I Fought for This, But Not Just to Be a Housewife"

Published date: 
3 Sep 2010

Mavi Susel, the first transsexual in Cuba to undergo sex reassignment surgery, back in 1988, has found herself trapped in the traditionally assigned gender role of a housewife.

 

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Help for Women to Start Own Businesses

Published date: 
4 Sep 2010

The Women in Agribusiness in Sub-Sahara Africa Alliance (Wassa) says women should economically empower themselves by starting their own businesses

 

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G@ID: Using information technology to reach MDGs by 2015

Published date: 
3 Sep 2010

The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) convened from 1-2 September 2010, to discuss G@ID, the role of Global Alliance of Information Communication and Technology (ICT) and Development in accomplishing the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015.

 

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