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01 Feb 2011
Cleo Fatoorechi interviews YIFAT SUSSKIND, MADRE Executive Director
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 1 (IPS) Working with grassroots organisations is the
only viable way to genuinely help
people, according Yifat Susskind, the newly appointed Executive Director
of the
New York-based women’s organisation MADRE.
01 Feb 2011
By Claire Ngozo
LILONGWE, Jan 31 (IPS) As Malawi works on its second development
blueprint, the Malawi Development and Growth Strategy (MDGS II), the
country’s women are hoping health and education will be prioritised
and given proper attention in implementation.
31 Jan 2011
By Jacques N. Couvas
ANKARA, Jan 31 (IPS) A ruling by an administrative court banning female
candidates for academic
posts from being veiled during an admission examination has brought the
headscarf back to the front of Turkish politics, and reignited tensions
between
secularist and religious forces.
28 Jan 2011
By Erna Curry
CAPE TOWN, Jan 28 (IPS) Noncedo Pulana lacks many things, but she is
certainly not short of confidence as she prepares to stand for election as
Khayelitsha ward councillor. She feels her long years as an activist in
the sprawling township have prepared her to do a better job.
27 Jan 2011
By Marcela Valente
BUENOS AIRES, Jan 27 (IPS) The high popularity levels of their
predecessors smoothed the way for Cristina Fernández and Dilma
Rousseff to become presidents of Argentina and Brazil. But they also share
the challenge of governing the two biggest countries in South
America's Mercosur trade bloc, in the shadow of the leaders who went
before them.
26 Jan 2011
By Kanya D'Almeida
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 26 (IPS) Despite birthing 100 percent of the
world's children, growing
70 percent of the world's food and performing 60 percent of
the world's labour, women only receive a fraction – a mere 10
percent – of the world's income.
26 Jan 2011
By Emad Mekay
CAIRO, Jan 26 (IPS) Egyptians have demonstrated in protests rare in size
and ferocity against the
three-decade rule of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
25 Jan 2011
By Kara Santos
MANILA, Jan 25 (IPS) It’s definitely not your typical job
advertisement. "Wanted: Mothers; must be
mature, strong and stable, self-confident, humorous and know how to cook;
must have a positive and cheerful attitude towards life; must be willing
to work
as a full-time mother for the long term."
25 Jan 2011
By Pam Bailey
GAZA CITY, Jan 25 (IPS) When the Hamas government of Gaza imposed
restrictions on shisha (water
pipe) smoking several months ago, it wasn’t for health reasons
– even though
the habit is pervasive in the densely populated strip of land. Rather, the
ban
targeted only women – and it is being widely ignored despite the
firm grip of the
conservative Islamic government.
The Gender Wire - Latest News |
Agriculture is key to women’s livelihoods in rural West Africa and to the survival of the national economies. But despite women’s crucial work on the farms women’s rights to land ownership, control and access to land continues to be neglected. The importance of African women farmers has been long recognized in international development since the [...]
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