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15 Jun 2009 — 14:07
none South Africa Appoints First Woman Deputy President
Women's groups around the world are celebrating the appointment of Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka as Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa, the highest political office ever held by a woman in the country. On Wednesday 22 June 2005, President Thabo Mbeki made the announcement following th…
15 Jun 2009 — 14:07
none The other side of the story: women’s role in peace building
The typical image of war, both in the minds of the average person and in the media, involves men fighting and dying. In post war depictions, great emphasis is placed on healing the mental trauma of the soldiers who have witnessed and participated in so much death and destruction. The common…
15 Jun 2009 — 14:07
none Mobilising Women on HIV/AIDS
How do we close the gap between good intentions and concrete actions that make a difference? Drawing on the experience of the women’s movement, the most important step towards implementing our vision of an AIDS free world is to organise. Individually we are victims, but together we have th…
15 Jun 2009 — 14:07
none Stuck in Heavy Traffic: Gender and the Human Trade
An estimated two million people every year, who leave homes in hope of finding paradise across the border, end up as an item for sale. The trafficking of human beings is a growing problem worldwide, and women are among the most affected.
15 Jun 2009 — 14:07
none Building Community Capital: The Road to Sustainable Social Change
“Give a woman a fish and she will feed her family for the day, teach a women to fish and she will feed her family until the lake becomes polluted or they take away her fishing rights, however, give the women in the community access to capital and they will buy the lake, feed their families,…
15 Jun 2009 — 14:07
none Gender and Trade Liberalisation
From Seattle to Cancun, wherever ministerial meetings of the World Trade Organisation are held, social movements, NGOs and civil society organisations gather to focus their knowledge and energies on campaigning against trade liberalisation and to call for a just and democratic trading system…
15 Jun 2009 — 14:07
none Women, HIV and Poverty
Last year alone over one million women died through AIDS. That’s over 1 million women too many. Gender inequities and poverty are two of the key components which have fuelled this HIV and AIDS pandemic, and which have made its consequences as bad as they are. Let’s begin with ABC, the mes…

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