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25 May 2009 — 17:20
International UNAIDS calls for a virtual elimination of mother to child transmission of HIV by 2015
UNAIDS’ executive director meets Ministers of Health and the UN Secretary General during the World Health Assembly in a bid to accelerate progress towards universal access GENEVA, 21 May 2009 – During the week of the World Health Assembly, UNAIDS’ executive director met with more than 80 He…
18 May 2009 — 16:21
International AFTER COMMUNAL VIOLENCE, INDIAN CHRISTIANS DRAW HOPE FROM ELECTIONS
According to an Indian church worker, the violence against Christians in the Indian state of Orissa last year was not a one-time event but the consequence of a fragmented society. However, the results of the recent general elections are heartening.
18 May 2009 — 13:23
International UNFPA Boosts its Lifesaving Support for Pregnant Women Displaced by Sri Lanka Conflict
COLOMBO – At least 3,000 pregnant women have fled the fighting in northern Sri Lanka in recent days and some 350 of them will give birth in the next month, according to estimates by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund. With health services increasingly challenged by the influx of inter…
15 May 2009 — 9:53
International President's Budget Flat Funds Services for Women with HIV
HIV-positive women outraged at lack of funding for women & families Women living with HIV throughout the U.S. were disappointed at some details of the President's FY 2010 budget, released late last week. The overall budget calls for a modest increase in funding to fight the growing dome…
01 May 2009 — 13:19
International UN: Punish Abuse of Children in War
(New York) - The United Nations Security Council should impose sanctions on governments and armed groups for using child soldiers, sexual violence against children, and attacks on schools, and should promote effective prosecution of the commanders responsible, Human Rights Watch said today.…
01 May 2009 — 13:22
International In New Study of Sexually Experienced Teenage Women in Jamaica, Half Reported Sexual Coercion and Nearly All Pregnancies Were Unintended
In New Study of Sexually Experienced Teenage Women in Jamaica, Half Reported Sexual Coercion and Nearly All Pregnancies Were Unintended Forty-nine percent of 15–17-year-old women in Kingston, Jamaica, who were interviewed to identify risk factors for teen pregnancy reported having experience…
18 Mar 2009 — 13:56
International India - Radio Drama Addresses Gender Inequality
The BBC World Service Trust announced today a new radio drama addressing gender inequality in India. The drama will be the first of its kind on FM in India, and has been developed in response to the rising numbers of sex selective abortions (abortion of foetuses because they are female) in t…
11 Mar 2009 — 14:49
International Iraqi women 'lack basic services'
Women in Iraq still lack security and basic services, despite an overall drop in violence six years after the US-led invasion, aid agency Oxfam says.
16 Mar 2009 — 9:46
International Time Has Come for a New U.N. Women's Agency says Stephen Lewis
After being blind for years to the needs and rights of women, the United Nations is finally well on its way to create a "fully-resourced" women's agency, says Stephen Lewis, the former U.N. Special Envoy for HIV and AIDS in Africa.
20 Feb 2009 — 17:41
none Global recession threatens human rights of poorest, warns UN rights chief
The world’s poor and disadvantaged are bearing the brunt of the suffering resulting from the current global financial crisis and ensuing economic turmoil, the top United Nations official for human rights stressed today.
20 Feb 2009 — 17:22
International Nigeria: Female Groups Advocate Greater Roles in Government
Lagos — Governments at various levels in the country have been called on to allow and ensure greater representation of the female gender in governance and politics.
14 Jan 2009 — 10:30
none Norway tops gender equality ranking
Norway tops a ranking of countries doing the most to close the gender gap, followed by three other Nordic nations, in a survey made by the World Economic Forum.

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