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	THIS WEBSITE IS BEST VIEWED USING INTERNET EXPLORER. 2011 Sonia Gandhi back in India after surgery Time for Women to Shape Politics in Guatemala Giving a boost for Women in Politics Marshallese Women Experience first ever Mock Nitijela for Women Kiribati Women Show Their Skills in Parliament Fasting Against Corruption Spreads Brazilian Women Rise Above the Waters Flood waters add to IDP's misery Haiti’s Earthquake Victims: 'Abandoned Like Stray Dogs' Mexican Fisherwomen Organise Against Climate Change Nepali Women Sow a Secure Future New Risk Index Helps Identify Vulnerability New Chapter Opens After Gaddafi Slow Progress in Reducing Maternal Mortality Battles ahead for women Opportunity gulf between Bedouin in the Negev U.N. Troops Accused of Exploiting Local Women Paving the Path for Jamaican Women Domestic Workers Yingluck Shinawatra: 'I am capable enough to make my own decisions' Thailand’s first female PM no victory for feminism Paradoxes of Iranian Society Spur on Heroic Women Indian MBA Leads Her Village as 'Headwoman' Russia's career women aim at presidency Nepal's women have a voice in politics but no one is listening India's election results empower women there Hope for Women Politicians Analysis: New laws have little impact on sexual violence in DRC Avoidable Maternal Deaths on the Rise Land deals raise food security hopes Mandisa Dlamini, “You don’t know the real Gugu Dlamini” Unwed Tribal Mothers Seek Aid Climate Change and Food Insecurity Burden Women in Nigeria Female flood victims demand inclusion in rehabilitation process UN provides help to relief efforts in flood-hit Haitian capital Women "key" to water projects Women's Rights, Human Rights and Climate Change African viewpoint: Male fiefdom? Clinton urges Gaddafi to step down It was maternal, not political Making women’s voices count Bringing Rural Women to the Table Family planning helps women … and slows climate change In Europe, Pollution Is a Masculine Noun New Zealand falls silent in Christchurch quake memorial International Women’s Day 2011: Time to Make the Promise of Equality a Reality Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Raises Sharia Question Zambian TV Ads Threaten Women's Gains Where women of India rule the roost and men demand gender equality Afghan girls' education backsliding as donors shift focus to withdrawal Ukraine's betrayed revolution New President's First Steps Fuel Optimism of Women's Movement Burma upholds dissolution of Suu Kyi's NLD party Women’s Representation in Local Government Elections UN Women Head Unveils Empowerment Agenda The Road to Freedom Fear descends on the north WFP: Darfur Mother Designs Award-Winning Stove Afghanistan: Law has done little for women - UN report Pakistan: Cleric offers reward for killing Christian woman Sri Lanka: "My neighbours burned my house because they thought I had HIV" … Princey Mangalika South Africa: Sihle Motha, "You have this person's life in your hand Burma Upholds Dissolution of Suu Kyi's NLD party New President's First Steps Fuel Optimism of Women's Movement The Road to Freedom UN Women Head Unveils Empowerment Agenda Women as Change Agents Women's Representation in Local Government Elections Battling the Floods as Death Toll Rises Bringing the Ocean Back into the Earth Summit Designing Defense Against Climate Change How Green are our Women? Increasing Women's Participation in Climate Change Negotiations Unpacking La Niña Women's Perspective marginalized at Rio + 20 Hundreds of Women Die for Honor each year Little Resource for Victims of Gender-biased Violence New UN report says Rural Women face increasing Inequality Set on Fire- New Form of Sexist Violence Woman Organizing to Improve Livelihoods Writing and Speaking - a Resilience Way to Survive Second Half 2010 Risky climate for women candidates in Afghan elections Interview with Suraya Pakzad A younger generation of Afghan politicians bucks tradition Poll watchdog probes 2,500 fraud complaints Uncertainty Ahead Women Can Lead the Way in Tackling Development and Climate Challenges Together Women more likely to believe in climate change In Search of Lasting Farming Solutions to Climate Change La Niña blow to crops Cities ill-prepared for typhoons Philippines: Superstition undermines maternal health UNFPA Welcomes World Leaders’ Action Plan for Progress on Maternal Health, Poverty UN: MDGs- Focus switches to inequality A Place for Women in Sierra Leone's Military Sri Lanka: Former female fighters strive for a better life Afghanistan: Young voters aim to change face of parliament Afghanistan: Elections record number of women stand for parliament Australia: Gillard rejects new vote, vows stability UNIFEM to Prepare Women Candidates in Lead-Up to 2010 Tanzanian Elections Malawi: Campaign Against Female Vice President a Campaign Against Equality Where climate change is not theory but life threat "At least someone can come and listen to our pain" Responding to the Humanitarian Emergency in Pakistan Climate Change Policy Ignores Women Farmers "Incomprehensible" Absence of Women in Global Environment Policy Niger: Local Plumpy’nut production soars with demand Haiti: Scraping by on Mud Cookies Nigeria: Group Emphasizes Quality Healthcare for Women Gambia: Breastfeeding improves physical development in children - UNICEF communication specialist UN Confirms Reported Gang Rape of Women by Rebels in DRC Congo Cambodia: Women rally behind condemned opposition MP Mu Sochua Nigeria: Favouritism is killing…Chris Anyanwu Nigeria: Why weak MPs must be kicked out Zambia: Calls for Political Parties to Field 50 Percent Female Candidates Uganda: Women protesters storm State House Madagascar: Women Form Own Political Parties for Fair Representation Sri Lanka: War Over, But Women Wage Battle for Survival Angola: Most workers in informal market are women - govt official Gambia: 'Pride of African Women Award' for President Jammeh Climate negotiations more effective if guided by long-term vision – this must include social and gender justice Floods show no sign of let up National climate change initiatives to focus on women Nepal sets the pace for sustainable energy Growing protests over water shortages Tsunami drill in coastal areas Theatre group performs on climate change Haiti's displaced begin building on their own Too little too late: A mega-water project gone awry Dakar: Are fewer mothers dying? Congo-Kinshasa: Conflict-Related Rape the Focus of UN Official's Visit Sierra Leone starts free care for mothers and children Yemen: Making health care accessible for refugees in south Angola: Oil wealth no benefit to farmers Australia: Julia Gillard, First Woman Prime Minister and Potential Feminist Leader Philippines: Yes, he should The most powerful women politicians in the world: Julian Gillard The most powerful women politicians in the world: Sonia Gandhi The most powerful women politicians in the world: Sheikh Hasina The most powerful women politicians in the world: Aung Sung Suu Kyi The most powerful women politicians in the world: Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo The most powerful women politicians in the world: Hillary Clinton The most powerful women politicians in the world: Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner Climate Change Policy Final Focuses Women What will we eat when climate change strikes? Deforestation leading to fewer resources, more disasters Forestry Law Reforms Augur More Disasters Clean Water Out of Reach for Native Peoples Slum populations brace for storm season Will Mother Nature Survive Population Pressure? Women at Forefront of Resisting Climate Change Mozambique, a country at extreme risk of natural disasters Kenya: Tradition an Obstacle to Maternal Health Bangladesh: Educating girls lowers maternal death rate Kenya-Sudan: "I am afraid my dad will find me" … Mariam Yemen: Child care scheme helps refugee women become breadwinners Sri Lanka: A Former Woman Combatant Struggles to Pick Up the Pieces Sierra Leone: Impunity in rape cases thrives Somalia: How a "life-long madness" built Somaliland's first teaching hospital Indonesia: Keeping children out of prison U.N. Clears Final Hurdle to Create New Gender Entity First Half 2010 Aquino son wins power in Philippines Cambodia: Court orders Mu Sochua to appear June 2 Cambodia: June 2 "Mu Sochua charged guilty by Supreme Court" Afghanistan: "I see my death… but no one cares"… Ranna Tareen Australia: Debate Heats Up on Equal Representation for Women Senegal: MPs Push for Continent Wide FGM/C Ban Japan: Women Changing the Face of Politics, Slowly but Almost Surely Sri Lanka: War-Affected Women Bewail Their Plight Sudan: Key post-referendum issues Cambodia: Putting Women on a Political Agenda Thailand: Political Wounds Go Far Beyond Burnt Buildings, Deaths Women’s Role in a Warming World Climate change ‘will hit women harder' Environmental and anti-globalisation activist awarded Sydney Peace Prize Papua New Guinea: Residents coping with rising flood waters – for now Women’s Role in the Clean Energy Economy U.N. Biodiversity Plan Demands Voice for Women Climate Information, Resource Centre launched in Gambia UN names Costa Rican to head climate change body Critiques of the 2005 quake reconstruction Philippines: Foundation to receive equipment for maternity clinics Africa: PMTCT could be key to cutting child mortality Indonesia: Gender inequality endangers women’s health Africa: Ten countries desperately seeking doctors Senegal: Tackling trauma in Casamance Timor Leste: Tough times in distant Oecusse Uganda: Information Technology Helps Farmers Angola: Mendes Urges Making Wife-Beating a Crime Afghanistan: The cost of war Philippines: Lasting peace in Mindanao among Loren's top priorities Rwandan opposition leader Ingabire released on bail Philippines: Cayetano wants to empower women Ghana: Quota System Will Increase Representation of Women in Decision-Making Philippines: On the wrong side of history...again Uganda has only 2,000 doctors Kyrgyzstan: Civil war fears Nepal: Reintegration challenges for Maoist female ex-combatants The new U.N. climate chief should have a strong understanding of women’s issues Gender Mainstreaming in Climate Change Negotiations Indigenous people take on the climate crisis in Cochabamba Bringing back millet to cope with climate change, empower women Fair Trade Farmers’ Exports Hit by Volcanic Ash Women In Sierra Leone Can Play Significant Roles in Agriculture and the Environment Wanted: World Referendum, Climate Justice Tribuna Saudi Arabia: 'To regulate' child brides Female Bangladeshi Forces Carry Hope to Haiti Congo-Kinshasa: Conflict-Related Rape the Focus of UN Official's Visit Sierra Leone starts free care for mothers and children Yemen: Making health care accessible for refugees in south Angola: Oil wealth no benefit to farmers UN: Report on death of Benazir Bhutto delayed Pakistan: Woman Politician Wins Even by Losing Myanmar: Boycott hits election credibility Afghanistan: War Crimes Amnesty Adds to Women's Grief Nigeria: Plateau Women Storm Abuja, Protest Killings Rwanda: Woman Vies for Top Job Turning Down the Heat – Gender and Climate Change The Caribbean Trembles CO2 Releases Wary Talk of Population, Gender Facing Extreme Weather Head On Struggling to survive Mongolia's freezing winter Forests May Depend on Survival of Native People Residents Fret Over Parched Mekong River Uganda: Bearing the Pains of Double Discrimination Uganda: Women Have a Right to Decide When to Have Babies India: And How the Miracle Multiplied China: Dead babies found in river Kenya: Rapid Population Growth Threatens Development UN Concerned about Africa's Slow Progress in Attaining MDGs Zambia: School Policy for Teen Mothers a Partial Success Uganda: Implications of Contraceptives Stock-Outs for Rural Women Iraq: Women Are Seeking Greater Political Influence India: Sonia Gandhi backs FM, signals support for fuel price rise Iraq: Women Miss Saddam Philippines: Jamby Madrigal answers top 10 questions from Pinoys Iran: Protest on Bill of Rights for Women UN: First Woman President Scores Points on Gender Front Senegal: Who Knows Casamne Chile keeps shaking, rattling survivors Landslide Buries Villages, 80 Dead, 350 Missing in Uganda Holding Up Haiti: Women Respond to Nightmare Earthquake Ecological Smoke from Fuel Efficient Stoves Bracing for the Worst in Drought Giant Antarctic iceberg could affect global ocean circulation UN: Rise and Fall of Gender Empowerment Haiti: Women Refuse to Be Sidelined Sierra Leone: Free Care for Expectant Mothers - is it Enough? UN: We Can't Continue to Pay Lip Service to Gender Equality U.N.'s Wallström Says Congo Will Be Her First Stop UN: Fifteen Years after Beijing UN: No to Violence, Yes to Networking Zimbabwe: Informal Sector Lures University Graduates Pakistan: 'With More Political Space, Women Can Do More as Peacemakers' Sri Lanka: Historic Election Results Dash Minority's Hopes Myanmar: Court hears Suu Kyi appeal Sudan: Women's Eyes on the Political Prize Uganda: Blow by blow account of NRM NEC meeting Nigeria: When Women Defied Party Affiliations to Rally for Ekwunife UN: Small Islands Await Haitian-Type Disaster Bangladesh: Char Women Live at Mercy of Monsoons Kenya: Plastic Bags Convenience Costing the Earth Mauritius: These Women Chose the Sea Tanzania: Addressing Energy Crisis Through Alternatives and Efficiency at Household Level Zambia: Let Local Councils Decide Peru: Rural Wisdom Against Climate Change U.N. Delivers Relief Directly to Haitian Women Pakistan: Home-based Workers Struggle to Climb Out of Poverty UN: Girl's Rescue 15 Days After Quake UNIFEM: Women Struggle to Survive in Haiti India: Hill Women Form Cooperative, Turn Entrepreneurs Ghana: Quietly Extending Options to Women UN: Assisting thousands uprooted by insecurity in eastern DR Congo UN: Outgoing envoy calls for peace talks to continue in disputed town in Sudan Kenya: Clash Over Abortion Rights in New Constitution Fourth Quarter 2009 Afghanistan: US troops increase as local hero says no – Malalai Joya Ghana: I'll Pursue Programmes To Promote Women's Rights Afghanistan: Morituri te Salutant - On a “Surge” Sudan: Seeking a Democratic South Sierra Leone: Woman Breaking Traditional Walls in Chieftaincy Elections No Real Deal, and No Exit Climate Change: "The Struggle Does Not Stop Here,'' Say Witnesses Climate Change: Adaptation Funds Must Reach Africa's Women Farmers Climate Change: Latin American Women Want Modified Trade Rules Danish Girls March For Their African Sisters United Nations: Q&A- Gender Missing in Climate Agreements India: Women Rally Together to Fight Injustice Malawi: Women Fight Harmful Cultural Practices Afghanistan: Lack of female peace brokers raises concern for future of women's rights India: Dalits and women narrate human rights violations United Nations: "Poverty Kills Women's Awareness" Zimbabwe: Advocacy Group Claims Enough Evidence to Prosecute Mugabe Tanzania: Men Can Help to Stop School Pregnancies Afghanistan: Government and Donors Fail to Protect Human Rights Nigeria: 'Women's Rights Are Still Being Abused' Philippines: Arroyo declares day of mourning for 57 victims Philippines: Arroyo government beholden to Ampatuans, said UP professor Afghanistan: "Karzai Assigned a Rabbit to Take Care of the Carrot" Uganda: Leaders' Integrity Questioned India: Women's Political Empowerment, Yes; Better Lives, No India: Delhi government to launch campaign on women's safety Women Central to Efforts to Deal With Climate Change, Says New UNFPA Report As temperatures rise, children starve in parched southern Madagascar Sponge Farms - New Source of Bounty from the Sea Rising sea levels threaten Caribbean region Listen to the Earth, Say Indigenous Peoples In Kiribati, a way of life is being washed away Tajikistan: Nearly half of women 'regularly abused' WHO: Calls for action beyond the health sector to improve the health of girls and women UN: "CEDAW is UNIFEM'S Entry Point" India: Women as Hindu Priests have an Edge WHO: Gender or women's health- why should we work on this? Africa: Some Progress Amidst Continuing Challenges Laos: How Women Cope with Disability UNIFEM: Launch of Global Action Platform to End Violence against Women Liberia: Poor Sanitation Killing Young UNIFEM : Launch of the AIDS Accountability Scorecard on Women Botswana: Poor Performance of Women Worry Observers China-Africa: Women push for political status Zimbabwe: Gender Protocol Adopted Uganda: MPs Want Amendments in New Divorce, Marriage Bill Myanmar: US Burma trip begins long process Put women at core of climate change debate, say activists Beyond the Storm, Eco-Friendly Dream Homes Central Asian lake under threat India's disappearing coastline Drought 'has spared no one' Bracing for Typhoon Lupit Arctic icecap 'gone in a decade' Congo-Kinshasa: Rapes and Attacks on Civilians Continue in Eastern Region, UN Reports Afghanistan: Virtually no safety net for war victims’ families Uganda: Female Circumcision Still a Vote Winner Somalia: Women take on men's jobs to feed their families Ghana: Feminized Poverty, a Gender Challenge Nigeria: Community Leader Tasks Mgbidi Women on Good Parenting Kenya: Back-street abortions underline need for sex education Nigeria: Tackling the Challenges of Child, Maternal Mortality Korea: Family's tale of emotional reunion Iran: Feminist Political Scientist Analyzes Transformations in Iranian Society Today Islamic Republic of Iran: First female minister in the history Japan: New Ruling Party Poised to Lift Foreign Press Restrictions Myanmar: Rights Group Tallies Growing Ranks of Political Prisoners Sudan: Complicating the Vote for Women Africa Climate Change Threatens Life and Health of Maasai Women Behind India's Intransigence on Climate-Change Talks Cuban Scientists, Farmers Fighting Climate Change - Together The last nomads: drought drives Kenya's herders to the brink Glaciers - Going, Going…Gone? Climate Change: Survival Means Anticipating and Adapting Afghanistan: Judge deplores violence against women Africa: The Fight Against Rape a Brutal Wait Kuwait: Islam within Islam Bangladesh: Rural mothers lack awareness of malnutrition risks - experts Philippines: Humanitarian community welcomes peace talks breakthrough Nigeria: Trafficking Rises Sharply Bangladesh: Dowry violence continues unabated East Timor: U.N. Scrutinizes Women's Rights Sudan: Clashes, drought worsen food insecurity Pakistan: Where Swat women fear to tread Indonesia: Aceh Passes Stoning Bill Third Quarter 2009 India: Dalit, Muslim Women Bodies For Sub-Quota For Women In Bill Lebanon: Where's The Woman's Place? Fiji: Interim Government Approves New Women's Group Iran: Women Leading The Charge for Change Indonesia: Head Scarf Emerges As Political Symbol Nepal: UK's Permanent Secretary For International Development Interacts With Constituent Assembly (CA) Members Mongolia: Draft Law on Gender Equality Presented UN Habitat's Executive Director Wins Prestigious Environmental Award West African Sub-Region Vulnerable To Climate Change Ordinary Men and Women Will Pay Price of Addressing Climate Change Irish Women Act On Climate Change in Africa Afghanistan: Women Battle Heavy Odds in Struggle for Freedom and Dignity India: The Cases of Human Trafficking Pakistan: Women in Fata Find A Voice Bangladesh: Prime Minister Seeks UN Help For Improving Maternal Health, Women's Empowerment Philippines: Filipinos bid farewell to democracy icon Corazon Aquino Philippines: Ex-Leader Aquino dies Timor Leste: Women take the Plunge Pakistan: UN commission probes Bhutto death Singapore: Nominated Members of Parliament officially appointed by President Nathan Myanmar: Suu Kyi trial resumes Indonesia: Megawati rejects presidential poll Singapore: APEC forum for women leaders Australia: "The Killing of Women Is Like Killing a Bird Today in Afghanistan" G8: 'Just Invest in Women' A Stormy Time for Indigenous Wisdom G8 Failure to Launch on Climate Analysis Women, children feeling effects of climate change Iran: Tale of Sohrab Arabi Raises Fears About the Missing United Nations: India, China Fight Poverty, Population Growth Pakistan: Displacement Traumatic for Pregnant Women India: Shaban Azmi addresses global summit on women's abuse United Nations: Women's Health - A Smart Investment in Troubled Times United Nations: Fighting poverty, educating girls Iran: For some, burga brings freedom North Korea: Clinton calls for "amnesty" for pair of Americans United Nations: End abuse of Afghan women United Nations: UN council calls on Myanmar to release of Suu Kyi Myanmar: Junta returns Suu Kyi to house arrest Afghanistan: 2 women vie for Afghan presidency Afghanistan: Women candidates campaign in burqas Cambodia: Southeast Asian Women Embody Hope for Change Philippines: Gloria the media sensation Rural Communities in India Turn to Traditional Climate Mitigation Earth's Cycles, Once in Concert, Falling Out of Sync Climate: 'Women bear the brunt' Huge Bolivian glacier disappears Climate-Change Cooperation Goes Global Carbon credits: 'Cure worse than the disease' 75 Million Environmental Refugees to Plague Asia-Pacific Climate fixes 'pose drought risk' Oil Supplies Are Running Out Fast North Korea: What were Laura Ling and Euna Lee looking for? Indonesia: 50 million women in Asia at risk of HIV infection says UNAIDS China: Recruitment plan for women astronaut Bahrain: Young Women in Chat Rooms Beware China: Girl with the 'fire plough' Nepal: Widows protest marriage incentive Israel: Prison Toughens Palestinian Women Pakistan: Ruined Farmers Say Children Won't Go to School WHO: Breastfeeding could save 1.3m child lives UN-CEDAW: "Changing Stereotypes of Women Is the Starting Point" Afghanistan: Helping women find a voice Afghanistan: Elections Seen as a Setback for Women Philippines: Cory monument in Rizal Park final - Palace Cambodia: Women Linked Arms Around Mu Sochua Indonesia: Court dismisses Megawati, Jusuf’s claims Iran: Ahmadinejad names 14 ministers; 3 women Malaysia: Top of the Class Women, Nowhere in Politics Burma: Detention now 'worse' for Suu Kyi said lawyer UN chief warns of dire future without climate deal Africa: The Challenge for Copenhagen: Save the Forests! Trade Carbon for Food Security River Deal May Help Dam Debate in Mekong Region Gender and Climate Change More natural disasters due to climate change? Ugandans Responsible for Climate Upheavals Afghanistan: President Hamid Karzai Passes Controversial Law Limiting Women's Rights Africa: UN Experts Tackle 'Conspiracy of Silence' Over Sexual Violence in Wartime Uganda: Women Score Victory Against Gender-Based Violence Ghana: Governments Must Be Held Accountable to Meet MDGs Indonesia: 'Safe' Abortion Could Put a Brake on Women's Mortality Rates UN: Half of Somalia’s population could go hungry Nepal: Women Use Porous Border Route with India to Gulf Bahrain: Seeking Gender Equality in Quran Malawi: Sweet 16 Marriages Cause Controversy Second Quarter 2009 Women's Touch Needed in Politics Catholic Women in Indonesia Run for Local Legislatures Papua New Guinea's Sole Woman MP To Step Down Women Need Bigger Quota in Decision Making Bodies Indian Women Politician in Waiting Taneko Wants Women in Politics in Solomon Island Women Still Face Obstacles in Entering Politics: IPU Survey For the 40,000 Women in Sri Lanka, Tsunami Emergency Not Over Yet Global Crisis, Food, Fuel Shocks and Climate Change Threatening UN Millennium Development Goals New Zealanders' Believe Climate Change is Real, Want Action Climate Change "Fans Nepal Fires" 2009: A Year of Change for the Green Marketers Disasters Widen the Road to Slavery in Bangladesh Need to Include Disaster Risk Reduction in School Management Violence Against Women Keeping them away from politics Afghan Leader Accused of Bid To Legalize Rape The Trade of Asia's Girls More Women Than Men in Top 10 of Philippines' Bar Exams Women: The Underrated Credit Plight Attackers Target Women's Group in Fiji IHK Women Worst Victims of Military Violence: Report Kuwait: Female Candidates Face Pressure in Upcoming Elections Indonesia: Women Win All Seats in Borneo Province Philippines: Women's Suffrage Day India: Lok Sabha Elections, Women Outnumber Men in Voting Iran: Women Call For Gender Equality Ahead of the Presidential Vote Turkey: State Minister Complains About Poor Representation of Women in Politics Bangladesh: Women Representatives Feel Ignored Five Challenges on Climate Change Women and Children Feeling Effects of Climate Change Rural Women Granted $660,000 for Drought Management Carteret Islanders, First Climate Refugees Maldives Island To Become World's First Carbon Neutral Country Climate Change Means Fewer Male Turtles Pakistan May Face Exceptional Climate Change Thailand: Gender Bias Still A Grim Reality Iraq: UN Report "Honor Killings" Rampant Australia: Government Commended for Action on Violence Against Women Pakistan: Violence Still Occurs Against Women Vanuatu: Cervical Cancer Vaccination Kenya: Women Fight Corruption With Sex China: "Women Only" Carriages on Beijing Subway Mulled Kuwait: Women Won Four (4) Parliamentarian Seats, First Time India: Four (4) Women Candidates Register Wins in Gujarat Iran: Will It Get A Female President? New Zealand: Women Learn About Leadership Indonesia: More Women Lawmakers But Change Not Their Agenda Lebanon: Where Are our Women MPs? Zimbabwe: Play Active Role in Constitutional Process, Women MPs Told Climate Role Is Urged For Women Women-Led Recycling Initiative Wins An International Environmental Prize More Women Think Warming Occurring Solahart Industries Urge Australian Women To Fight Against Climatic Change Living With Disasters in Bangladesh India Gears Up For Battle on Climate Change Funds Asia-Pacific Nations Agree To Protect Reef Network Philippines: "Reduce Maternal Deaths"-UNICEF Bangladesh: Sexual Harassment Ban Introduced Sri Lanka: Some 350 Mothers To Deliver Babies in IDP Camps Viet Nam: Narrowing Gender Gaps Afghanistan: "Women: Vital For The Future"- French FM Solomon Islands: Three Women Graduated With Australian Prestigious Award Indonesia: Economy in Very Good Hands Kuwait: Results of 2009 Election Indicative of Change Bangladesh: Appointment of the First Female Police Officer-in-Charge Solomon Islands: Campaign for Ten (10) Parliamentary Seats for Women in Full Swing Myanmar: Suu Kyi Marks Six (6) Years of Detentions As Trial Continues India: Kartanaka's Women Panchayat Leaders United for Good Governance Australia: Funding for Rural Women Leadership Botswana: Political Women Urged To Use Media Women, Your Planet Needs You Helping Women and Children Be Prepared For Natural Disasters in Uzbekistan Pelosi Says Climate Change Could Change US-China Game Forty (40) Killed as Cyclone Aila Hits India and Bangladesh Climate Change To Kill Coastal Tourist Attraction in Australia Leading Women NGO in Papua New Guinea Says People Are Dying of Hunger Uphill Struggle Boosting Disaster Risk Reduction Efforts Timor Leste: Resisting To Legalized Abortion Pakistan: Women Are Unpaid Family Workers Japan: Slump Causing Extra Hardship For Women Afghanistan: Afghans Losing Hope Amid Declining Respect For Women's Rights MPs Told Fiji: The Bold and Brave Women Malaysia: No More Name-Calling For Husbands in the Proposed Law Philippines: Woman's Surrogacy Ordeal Highlights Lack of Legal Protection India: Meira Kumar Becomes First Woman Speaker Pakistan: Women in Parliament Push for Space Indonesia: New Female Envoy To Ukraine Vows To Boost Economic Ties Lebanon: Quota or Not Cambodia: Mu Sochua, One of Cambodia's Precious Gems Bangladesh: Special Budgetary Allocation for Women Development Demanded UAE: Continue To The Path of Women Revivalism India's Electrifying Women Telstra Women Join "1 Million Women" on World Environment Day Climate Change is Sexist Climate Change Now "Biggest Global Health Threat" Climate Change Claims 300,000 Lives A Year, Report Warns Climate Change Poses Threat To Mid-East Security Africa Plans New Strategies To Combat Climate Change Afghanistan: The Way Forward For Afghan Women Fiji: NGO Says Report Show Deterioration of Pacific Women's Status Cambodia: Women in Health Battle Bangladesh: Single Mother Caned Over Paternity Row Philippines: Sending of More Women Peacekeepers USA: Women Led-Firm Coping Better With Recession Asia: Women Workers Hit Hard by Economic Slump Morocco: Election To Mark Another Step For Women Bangladesh: To Increase Women's Seats in Parliament to 100 India: Parliament Might Have 33% More Women Australia: Gillard Hopeful For Equality in Politics Lebanon: A Dwindling Show By Women in Politics South Africa: Woman Shakes Up Racial Politics Canada: Women in Politics Take Center Stage Gender Issues Gain Momentum at Climate talks in Germany Women Are The Energy Decision Makers From Early Warning To Early Action in Bangladesh Climate Change is Pushing Malawi Further Into Poverty, Women Are Hit Worst Human Rights Council Holds Panel Discussion on Climate Change and Human Rights China's Toxic Harvest Noxious Chinese Drywell Believed To Contain Smokestack Contaminants Maldives Debates on Climate Change Injustice at UN Fiji: Workshop Calls For Laws To Halt Abuse Of Women Iran: Women on Front Line of Street Protests Saudi Arabia: A Vow To Help Women Turkey: Women's Groups Urge Mobilization on Gender Equality Pakistan: 56 Percent Women Get Share in Property Uganda: Brides Pay Price of Being Bought? Malaysia: More Women Choosing Entrepreneurship As Career First Quarter 2009 Sheikh Hasina Sworn In as Bangladesh PM, Democracy Restored Egypt's First Woman Mayor takes Role in Her Stride Women in Turkey Face Major Obstacles in Local Politics Women Lawmakers in Nepal Demand 50% Share of Nepali Constituent Assembly's Chairs Women Rules! New Hampshire Senate Hits National Milestone for Gender Drop in Female MPs, A Cause for Concern for Women's Rights Advocates House of Representatives Approved Women's Magna Carta Global Warming Causing More Tropical Storms---NASA Women Feel the Heat of Climate Change China's Coal Fires Belch Fumes, Worsening Global Warming Himalayan Villagers on Global Warming Frontline Australia Vows to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions Seawater Science Can Help Climate Change Forecasts Artic Ice Melting at Alarming Pace Women Farmers in India Fight for their Rights and Identity Rape Victim Presses Case of police Abuse in Japan Domestic Violence on the Rise in South Sumatra The Vulnerable Housewives of Malaysia Gender Violence in Iraq Threatens to Undermine Families and Societies, UN Warns Twenty Thousand Maldivian Women Abused -- Health and Family Ministry Gender Equality Progressing in Venezuela Iraq: Women May Win Seats, Not Rights in Poll Indonesia: Governments backs KPU's Women Quota Pakistan: Women Councilors Demand More Representation Kenya: Women Were Sidelined, Says MPs Liberia: UN Official Applauds Police After a Record Number of Female Officers Ghana: Former Supreme Court Justice Appointed as First Female Speaker Bangladesh: Select Women With Disability as MP for Reserved Seats New Initiative to Strengthen South Asian Food Security Research Uncovers impact of Climate Change Japan Launches Satellite to Track Greenhouse Gases Indian Ocean Due Huge Quake "in next 30 years" Vietnam Hosts Regional Workshop on Climate Change Global Warming Threatens Forests, Study Says Tajikistan Earthquake Rumor Prompts Renewed Focus on Emergency Preparedness Afghan Girls, Scarred by Acid, Defy Terror, Embracing School Schools in Goa India Witness Gender Disparity Harsh War in Gaza, Harder Times for Women Gender Gap Found in Kidney Transplants Feminist Journalist and Activist Killed, VAW still nebulous in Nepal Federal Government of Nigeria to Establish a Gender Data Bank Women in Developing Countries Denied Choice Iraqi Candidates Runs to Make Change in her life and country Quota for Women in Indonesia Necessary Women Still Largely Absent from Politics in Japan Women in Pakistan Well Represented Politically How Hard Times Help Women in Politics Increasing Women's Participation in Government Field 50% Women Candidates in India's General Election Heat Wave Kills 60 People in Australia Triggers Power and Transport Chaos Myanmar Cyclone and China Quake Drive Up 2008 Global Disaster Tool Earth Hour, Two Months Away Anti-Nuke Plant Rally in the Philippines Held at the House of Representatives Global Glacial Melt Continues Brunei's His Royal Highness Calls for Sustained Steps to Deal With Flood Aftermath Pastoralist Grapple with Climate Change Women Reject Polygamy, Choosing Divorce Progress on Gender Equality Will Mean Improvements for all in Society Exclusive Budget Slot for Women Iran Detains Women's Rights Activist Women Still 2nd-Class Citizens when it comes to treatment of heart disease President Express Concern Over the Increasing Gender Inequality Education Key for African Women to overcome barriers Women Hold Just 18% of Parliament Seats Women's Group Slam Outside Pressure on Election Deadline Women in Syria Play Growing Role in Opposition Ranks Financial Constraints Push Women Out of Politics Delegation Represents Iran in UN Conference on Women The Republic of the Philippines Has the Most Number of Women in Top Posts Women Members Playing Active Role in Pakistan's Parliament Women Embrace Earth Hour, Men Find it a Turn-Off Coming Soon: Mass Migrations Spurred by Climate Change Kazakhstan Parliament Approves Kyoto Protocol Gender Equality Can Save Lives Flooding, Food and Climate Change in Bangladesh The World's Water and Climate Change Asia Needs to Change Climate Policy Game Afghan Women Slowly Gaining Protection Worldwide Downturn "to hit women" South Asian Women Face Higher Risk of Death in Childbirth UN Chief Urges: End Violence Against Women World Urged to Work for Women's Empowerment Iraq's Women's Minister to Withdraw Resignation Women Marchers Call for Jobs, Equality TOP \| \|HOME Third Semester 2008 We want 50 percent affirmative action, Women leader tells Turai L.A. Democrat sworn in as first black woman to lead Assembly Rwanda Women Celebrate Major Break-Through in Cabinet Representation Reinstate Malalai Joya in Parliament President Kikwete of Tanzania Appoints Seven Women Judges Kuwait: Two Women Included in New Cabinet Hillary Clinton Urges Voting Rights in American Samoa Women hold key to breaking out of global food crisis USAID Director Urges Disaster Preparedness Sahel Region is "ground zero" for Climate Change-Egeland Warming to swell refugee tide Asia-Pacific Experts Call for Massive Clean Energy Financing Californian Democrat Pushes for Climate Bill China working to prevent disease among 5 million left homeless by earthquake Divisions over women's development policy Inter-Korean women call for national reconciliation, reunification Malaysia urges women to carry condom to protect against HIV/AIDS National Defense Academy (NDA) in India willing to open doors to women 50 Women Leaders Finished Empowerment Training Women's network to help restore peace Iranian women's rights activist sentenced Second Semester 2008 Senator Wants More Women in Politics India Pushes for More Women MPs Fiji Appoints First Female to Security Council Gender Equality Group Presents MPs With Kits 235 Female Candidates Equipped Ahead of Election SADC Ministers Fine-Tune Gender Protocol Bahrain Government Rejects Proposal to Allow Women to Work From Home Women Face Tougher Impact from Climate Change Myanmar Cyclone: Women and Children Make up More Than Half of Victims - UNICEF Cyclone Nargis: A Sign of Things to Come Sinking Without Trace: Australia's Climate Change Victims Australia Needs Years of Heavy Rainfall to Crack Drought: Experts Professor Offers Other Biofuel Source: Algae Minnesota Woman Working to Help Cyclone Survivors Tibetan Women Protest in Nepal, Over 500 Detained Solomons Women Block Logging Operation Global Banking Firm to Empower Women More Women Charge Bloomberg LP with Discrimination Malaysia Plans Women Travel Curbs Underground Sport: Saudi Women Shed Veils to Play Basketball Filipina Recognized for Efforts vs Human Trafficking Kuwaiti Women Hope To Enter Parliament Despite Obstacles Fewer Women in India Are Re-Elected Due To De-Reservation The Philippines Commemorates Woman Suffrage Day In Indonesia, Quota For Women is the First Step Australia To Get First Female Governor General Aung San Suu Kyi Claims Supporters Are Being Beaten 28 Women Voted Into House of Assembly Women’s Votes Gave Clinton Pennsylvania Win Drought Hits Millions in the Thai Region Rush to Biofuel Market Bypass Female Farmers Humans Overwhelm Climate Equilibrium Climate Change to Aggravate Food Crisis Turtles To Be Climate Change Canaries Warmer Ocean Water Means Less Oxygen Climate Change Hitting Artic Faster, Harder New Zealand Glacier Shrinking Fast Protest for Gender Equality Results in Injuries Iraqi Women Take on Roles of Dead or Missing Husbands A Billion Dollar Raised for Gender Equality and Poverty Reduction Women Played A Role With Changes In The Islamic World Iran Women Activists Get Suspended Lashing Sentences Caritas Signs Up to Women and Development Pledge Victims Finally Learning To Speak Out Against Japan’s Outdated Rape Laws Women in Muslim World First Semester 2008 Fahmida Mirza Takes Her Seat as Pakistan’s First Woman Speaker Human Rights Activists Urge Mongolia’s Parliament to Cancel the Law on “No Quota for Women” The “One Million Signatures” Campaign Demanding Changes to Discriminatory Laws against Women in Iran The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Gets First Woman Judge Former Philippine President Has Colon Cancer Kenya’s President Kibaki Asked To Name a Woman Deputy Prime Minister Female Agenda as Current Affairs’ Issue Forum Assesses Role of Women in Past Millennium Looks Way Forward China: Faced With A Water Shortage for the Summer Olympic Games Australia: Act Now on Climate Change Government Warned Canada: A Glacial Vanishing Act Climate Change: A Further Challenge to Gender Equity (How Women and Men Farmers are Affected Differently) How Much Will It Cost To Fix The Climate? Climate Change Threatens Amazonian Small Farmers Is the World Making Progress on Fighting Global Warming? 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Budgeting Bypasses Women Women Speak Out On Sexual Abuse by Relations Following Passing of a New Law, Cambodia takes Steps Forward in Ending Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation Protecting Darfur's Women From Rape School Textbooks Latest Target of Sexual Apartheid Over 5,500 Cases of Violence against Women in Morocco in 2007 Fight against Gender Violence As Myanmar's Economy Crumbles, Prostitution Lures Young Lack of Political Will and the Subordination of Women are Major Barriers to Tackling AIDS The `She`-Change in Employment Women in Moroccan Parliament Seek to Change Public Image Ahead of This Year's Elections New Cabinet Will Confront Vast Challenges Rich Surprises Nats with Decision to Quit Politics Female Lawmakers Seek to Bridge Gender Gap Women and Politics: More Important than Ever More Efforts Needed to Empower Women: Erturk The Question of Quotas When Women Rule Have Confidence in Women China Urges Agreement on Climate Change All-Female Team to Tackle Everest to Spread Climate Change Awareness, Empower Women Christian Aid and Disaster Risk Reduction Small Island Countries Say Climate Change Already Threatens “Very Existence”, Urge Immediate Aid to Vulnerable States, In General Assembly Debate Gender Equality Key to Progress As a Proud Saudi Woman, I Speak ‘Women Entrepreneurship Vital for Economic Development’ Guatemala - Where It's Dangerous to be a Woman A Few Good Women Bringing Up Gender Equality Rape Is Weapon in Kenyan Violence There's No Surge in Freedom for Iraqi Women in Basra Women in Japanese Local Politics: From Voters to Activists to Politicians Women and the Politics of Exclusion Exclusive: Benazir Bhutto's Last Testament Time For More Women to Get Involved in Politics Forum Presents Ways to Interest Women in Politics It’s Not About Feminism. 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Calls on Saudi Arabia to End Practice of Polygamy Award for Gender Sensitive Communications Power Generation by Tribal Women in India Some 250,000 Children Worldwide Recruited to Fight in Wars – UN Official Saudi Royal Gives Boost to Women Journalists International Day Against Female Genital Mutilation Violence Against Women: The Unbearable Status Quo For Women, Leaning Doesn't Make For Leading Increase Participation of Women in Politics, Leaders Women in Politics For Women, Elections May Be the Milestone That Wasn’t Politics is Harder on Women Governance - Group Tasks Women on Representation Fiji Out of Program for Regional Leaders A Rising Tide of Empowerment for Women in the Gulf Arab States Women on Top Finally, Women Set to Get 33% Quota Global Climate Change, Post Bali Lobbyists, Nepal and the Kyoto Protocol Shivraj Patil Calls upon South Asian Nations to Build Robust System for Disaster Risk Reduction When Saving Lives Is Not Enough Earthquakes, Risk Reduction and NGOs The Dilemma of Gender and Race Panel Discusses Women’s Right to Choose Violence against Women Retards Africa's Development Gender Officers in UN Operations Working to Protect, Promote Women’s Rights AU Official Opposes ICC Approach to Darfur Rights Abuses Global Burden of Child Deaths A Young Girl's Journey: From Iraq to Jordan No Work for Madrassa Graduates Group Helps Women Enter Politics Plight of Women in Politics Is There a Gender-Specific Leadership Style? Women - Still Trailing Behind in Politics Benazir and Feminism Women in Politics Women Demand a Fairer Share of Political Power Gender Politics 2008 15 Women Fight Their Way into Elective Positions in Kenya Women Leaders in a Violent World Women Bear the Brunt of Climate Crisis: Their Stories from the UN Conference in Bali Awareness "Key to Ending Discrimination" Trained to Survive Wake Up Leaders who Sleepwalk through Climate Change Prostitution Is Sexual Violence Forcing the Issue Unwanted Sex Common among Young Married Women in India 10% of Human Traffickers are Women Mongolian Women Visit Local Leaders Canadian Speaker Salutes Women's Role in Kuwait Ongoing Problems: The Increase in Escort Prostitution [“Deriheru”] Second Semester 2007 In India, A Political Party For Women Only Gender Politics Women Ministers March for Quotas 'Spare Women the Rigours of LG Primaries' Government committed to women's reservation in legislature: PM Behind Every Great Woman... 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UN Issues Warning on Violence against Women in Post-conflict Women Peace Laureates Appeal for Myanmar Action Violence against Women Far Worse International Survey Shows Philippines Tops in Women Managers Vital Voices Ukraine Summit Features Leadership Initiatives for Young Women of Eurasia Rape Epidemic Raises Trauma of Congo War Conflict Leaves Women Stranded in Divided Kashmir Chiefs Fight Violence in the Home Unspoken Changing Gender Attitudes is the Key to the Achievement of Gender Equality in Azerbaijan ADB-UNICEF Aid for Women, Children displaced by Nepal Conflict ‘Women Better at Politics’ Top Official Stands Up for Nepali Women Women, Politics and the Internet Bhutto Should Delay Return Parties offer Special Fees for Women Aspirants Deputy Governor Wants More Women in Yar'Adua's Government Ministry to Train Government Officials on Gender Budgeting in Zimbabwe Are Americans Ready for a Woman President? 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