Posted by admin on March 18, 2010
Paul Virgo interviews YUKIKO OMURA, new vice president of the
International Fund for Agricultural Development
ROME, Mar 18 (IPS) Employees at the International Fund for Agricultural
Development (IFAD) may have cause to fear for their jobs after Yukiko
Omura was appointed vice president of the United Nations' rural
poverty agency in February.
Posted by admin on March 17, 2010
By Stanley Kwenda
KIGALI, Mar 17 (IPS) On average women constitute 18.8 percent of
representatives in parliaments across the world according to the
Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). This gender imbalance has been subject to
much feminist criticism and many campaigns for change have been staged to
address the status quo. The situation is however different in Rwanda.
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By Zofeen Ebrahim
KARACHI, Pakistan, Mar 17 (IPS) Saleha Firdaus, a mother of two teenage
children, has been moving to the
Bollywood beat at a dance studio for over a year now and "loves every
moment"
of this personal time. For her part, 22-year-old Maheen Jafri was a
"bedroom
dancer" until she discovered a Bollywood and hip-hop dance studio and
"shed
my inhibitions totally."
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By Kathy Barrett
NEGRIL, Mar 16 (IPS) It's just before midnight, and the music
pulsates through the massive speakers perched under the ceiling, scantily
clad girls in their five-inch heels moving closer to the iron poles.
Posted by admin on March 16, 2010
By Suad Hamada
MANAMA, Mar 16 (IPS) Cunning rapists in Bahrain can avoid victimising
virgins so they could escape the
maximum penalty provided by law, and those who force themselves on young
girls can evade punishment by promising to marry their victims.
Posted by admin on March 15, 2010
By Susan Anyangu-Amu
NAIROBI, Mar 15 (IPS) Margaret Atieno, a 38-year-old mother of six, says
she wanted to avoid her last pregnancy. But consistent stock-outs of
contraceptive devices at her health care centre in rural Siaya, western
Kenya, gave her no choice but to fall pregnant once again, albeit the fact
that she did not want another child.
Posted by admin on March 13, 2010
By Thalif Deen and Anna Shen* - IPS/TerraViva
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 12 (IPS) When a two-week meeting on gender empowerment
concluded at U.N. headquarters Friday, there were several lingering
questions crying out for answers.
Posted by admin on March 12, 2010
By Mustapha Muhammad
KANO, Mar 12 (IPS) Ten years after Nigeria returned to civil rule women
still play second fiddle in the male-dominated politics of Africa’s
most populous nation, women politicians and activists say.
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By Mohamadou Houmfa
YAOUNDE, Mar. 12 (IPS) A support network for women's political
participation, are challenging head-on what it calls "electoral
apathy", after noting a growing trend in electoral abstention.
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By Kara Santos
MANILA, Mar 12 (IPS) Filipino voters who have yet to make up their minds
about their choice for their next president are being advised: look at
each aspirant’s stance on reproductive health to help them gauge the
candidate’s leadership mettle and political guts.
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AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT: A CRITICAL MOMENT TO SUPPORT SUDAN 
THE PRIVATISATION OF LIVELIHOOD
WOMEN'S HEALTH - A SMART INVESTMENT IN TROUBLED TIMES
POOR COUNTRIES RAILROADED INTO WEAK COMPROMISE AT UN FINANCIAL SUMMIT
LET THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT DO ITS WORK
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