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none Pacific women cautiously welcome UN move against sexual violence
21/08 — 9:24
Candace Uttam: Pacific Media Centre 
Women’s advocacy groups in the Pacific have welcomed a move to stop sexual violence towards women in conflict situations, but say it needs be implemented in conjunction with an earlier resolution. They say that while the United Nation’s Security Council Resolution 1820, which was adopted last year, is absolutely critical, it should be viewed as an implementation strategy to further the commitment to…
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17/08
50 million women in Asia at risk of HIV from their intimate partners
HIV prevention interventions must reach men who have sex with men, injecting drug users, clients of female sex workers as well as their long-term female partners, according to a new report released at t…
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10/08
Femlinkpacific Women, Peace and Security "1325" alert: Bougainville
On Friday 07 August 2009 femLINKPacific received the following alert from our regional correspondent based with the Leitana Nehan Women's Development Agency in Buka.
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03/08
Mary Robinson Named as Medal of Freedom Recipient
Mary Robinson has been named by US President Barack Obama as one of the recipients of the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Medal of Freedom is the highest US civilian honor, awarded to "…
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20/07
Kobia urges churches to acknowledge existence of violence against women in Congo
In a speech in Kinshasa on 13 July, Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia, the general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), challenged churches to end their denial of violence against women. "The c…
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13/07
Sudan women 'lashed for trousers'
Several Sudanese women have been flogged as a punishment for dressing "indecently", according to a local journalist who was arrested with them.
International
13/07
Silence is Violence
“The progress of a society or a country cannot be measured in terms of its GDP alone. It must be measured in terms of its human development index in which empowerment of women must become the most impor…
International
10/07
Goodwill Ambassador Danny Glover visits HIV/AIDS programmes in Tanzania
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, 8 July 2009 – UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and noted actor Danny Glover came to Tanzania to support this year’s Zanzibar International Film Festival, and he also used the opportun…
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09/07
Saudi Arabia: Women’s Rights Promises Broken
"The Saudi government is saying one thing to the Human Rights Council in Geneva but doing another thing inside the kingdom...It needs to stop requiring adult women to seek permission from men,…