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Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:21:00 GMT

Côte d'Ivoire: Reducing gender-based violence against girls and women in Côte d'Ivoire

Reducing gender-based violence against girls and women in Côte d'Ivoire © UNICEF video Women and children are all too often the victims of gender-based violence in Côte d'Ivoire. ABIDJAN, Côte d'Ivoire, 15 March 2010 – While Côte d'Ivoire is
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:21:00 GMT

Germaine Greer: I admire women who divorce

Surely feminism has failed. Look about you. Semi-clad ladettes lying drunk in the gutters, little girls dressed in sugar pink from head to foot, padded bras for four-year-olds, WAGs and supermodels bumping British casualties in Afghanistan off the
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:25:00 GMT

Gender equality, a way of life

Opinion - Gender Columns - Euroscape Europe has been the cradle of women's rights movement which started in the 1960s. Today, gender equality is no longer a slogan, but a kind of lifestyle. Mohan Murti The thumping of desks in the House of Parliament in
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:19:00 GMT

Muslim law board enhances its own women quota

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Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:10:00 GMT

More women elected in Muslim Law board

Lucknow: Women in the present era are represented in almost all the fields and while they are fighting for their representation in the parliament itself, The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has decided to give adequate representation to
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:08:00 GMT

Chief of Staff: Gender Equality a Guiding Principle

(IsraelNN.com) Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi of the Israel Defense Forces said Sunday that "The IDF is a professional organization that views the principle of equality as a guiding principle."Speaking at a military conference on gender and society, the
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:50:00 GMT

Muslim law board increases women quota

New Delhi, Mar 21: It might have maintained a studied silence on the women's reservation bill, but the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has put its own house in order vis--vis providing adequate representation to women. The AIMPLB has
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:57:00 GMT

Muslim law board enhances its own women quota

Lucknow, March 21: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) may been silent on the women's reservation bill. But when it came to reconstituting its executive body, it unanimously increasef the representation of women from one to five. Announcing
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:52:00 GMT

U.S. Under Scrutiny; Haiti Post-Quake Rapes Rise

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced that, for the first time, the United States will participate in what's called the 'universal periodic review' process, run by the U.N. Human Rights Council, The Washington Post reported March 18. The United
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:01:00 GMT

Muslim law board enhances its own women quota

Lucknow: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) may have been silent on the Women's Reservation Bill. But when it came to reconstituting its executive body, it unanimously increased the representation of women from one to five. Announcing this
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:18:00 GMT

Gender equality rules: European Commission sends final warnings to Austria, Belgium and Poland and closes case against Estonia

The European Commission today sent reasoned opinions – the final stage before a case is referred to the European Court of Justice – to Austria, Belgium and Poland after they failed to communicate national legislation that aims to implement EU rules
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:28:00 GMT

Violence against Women: A Hidden Pandemic

Violence against women is considered accepted behavior in many countries, but that does not diminish its seriousness.
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:02:00 GMT

'Equal opportunity for all Israelis'

Gov't approves PM's plan to invest NIS 800 m. in Beduin and Arab communities. The cabinet has unanimously approved a multi-year plan devoted to the economic development of communities of minorities in Israel. At the start of Sunday’s cabinet meeting,
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:45:00 GMT

Liz Carpenter, Texas humorist, women's rights crusader and aide to Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson, dies at 89

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Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:09:00 GMT

Rape shows dangers to homeless women

JACKSONVILLE BEACH - A homeless woman who was brutally raped and beaten March 13 experienced the extreme dangers that can happen to women who live on the streets, mental health experts said. 'There is a high incidence of sexual assault for women living
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:48:00 GMT

Afghan women confront deadly task: Childbirth

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Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:30:00 GMT

Development of a Support Tool for Complex Decision-Making in the Provision of Rural Maternity Care

Abstract: Context: Decisions in the organization of safe and effective rural maternity care are complex, difficult, value laden and fraught with uncertainty, and must often be based on imperfect information. Decision analysis offers tools for addressing
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:33:00 GMT

Liz Carpenter, Journalist, Feminist and Johnson Aide, Dies at 89

Liz Carpenter, who spent much of her life working the corridors of power in Washington as a newspaper reporter, an aide to when he was vice president and press secretary to during her years in the White House, died on Saturday in Austin, Tex. She was 89.
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:44:00 GMT

Morning-after pill doesn't cut teen pregnancy: Study

London, March 19 - Providing the morning-after pill in advance does nothing to cut teenage pregnancy rates, researchers claim. The use of emergency contraception doubled in just six years, but the latest data shows it has failed to slash rates of
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:03:00 GMT

Academics, lawyers reject fatwa allowing Saudi women to work as maids

MENAFN - Arab News - 21/03/2010 No. of Ratings : 1 Evaluation: Poor (MENAFN - Arab News) Saudi academics and lawyers have rejected the fatwa of legal adviser Saleh bin Saad Al-Laheedan allowing Saudi women to work as maids, saying such work is
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:16:00 GMT

Senior official emphasizes effectiveness in safeguarding women's rights

The All-China Women's Federation (ACWF) Chairwoman Chen Zhili Saturday stressed greater efforts to be made to improve effectiveness in safeguarding women's rights. Chen, also vice chairwoman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress,
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 06:22:00 GMT

'Girl with Dragon Tattoo': Feminist heroine, or just more appalling movie exploitation?

Feminist heroine or hypocrisy in black leather? There's an interesting debate regarding "the girl" at the center of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," the film version of the internationally popular novel - the first of three published, posthumously,
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 06:21:00 GMT

Against Women's Bill, Muslim Law Board changes rule to induct more wom...

Even as the (AIMPLB) claimed the Women's Reservation Bill was not on the agenda of its national meet, it quietly amended its Constitution to increase the representation of women in its executive committee at its general body meeting on Saturday. Till now
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:41:00 GMT

Against Womens Bill, Muslim Law Board changes rule to induct more women

Even as the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) claimed the Women’s Reservation Bill was not on the agenda of its national meet, it quietly amended its Constitution to increase the representation of women in its executive committee at its
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:17:00 GMT

Rape shows dangers to homeless women

JACKSONVILLE BEACH - A homeless woman who was brutally raped and beaten March 13 experienced the extreme dangers that can happen to women who live on the streets, mental health experts said. "There is a high incidence of sexual assault for women living
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:50:00 GMT

Senior official emphasizes effectiveness in safeguarding women's rights

The All-China Women's Federation (ACWF) Chairwoman Chen Zhili Saturday stressed greater efforts to be made to improve effectiveness in safeguarding women's rights. Chen, also vice chairwoman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress,
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:31:00 GMT

At SMU institute, Bushes put attention on Afghan women's plight

For an American girl, Afghanistan would be hard to imagine. Being female means you probably won't go to school, and you probably wouldn't be told you can be anything you want even the president. Dr. Hosn Ghazanfar (center), a leading Afghan diplomat,
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 01:27:00 GMT

Four more women on Muslim Law Board

Advts: Retail Plus | Classifieds | Jobs | Obituary | Atiq Khan Now the total number of women in the 51-member executive committee is five LUCKNOW: The All-India Muslim Personal Law Board has ventured to give adequate representation to women with four
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:59:00 GMT

Liz Carpenter, Journalist, Feminist and Johnson Aide, Dies at 89

Liz Carpenter, who spent much of her life working the corridors of power in Washington as a newspaper reporter, an aide to when he was vice president and press secretary to during her years in the White House, died on Saturday in Austin, Tex. She was 89.
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:51:00 GMT

Why Violence Against Palestinian Women Is Widespread

Irinnews.org GAZA CITY, occupied Gaza Strip (IRIN) - Nahla (not her real name), aged 30, from Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, said she was physically and mentally abused for more than ten years by her husband before being granted a divorce three
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:35:00 GMT