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- Stopping Violence Against Women, 10 Years After 27 Nov 2009 20:32 GMT
... human rights day. Women's rights groups in Nigeria, like their counterparts all over the world, ... to listen to stories of incest and sexual abuse from young girls who ordinarily should ... we are pretending it cannot happen in Africa. At least that is what one very ...
- LIBERIA: Breaking breastfeeding myths 27 Nov 2009 20:30 GMT
... Kollie, mother of a seven-month-old in the Liberian capital, Monrovia, told IRIN. She has not ... of the highest teenage pregnancy rates in West Africa LINK and grandmothers often care for babies. ...
- Taxi lights flicked, and Canadian journalist freed 27 Nov 2009 17:33 GMT
... of more than half a million dollars. Somalia's prime minister and senior government officials revealed ... had worked as a freelance reporter in Africa, Iraq and Afghanistan before joining Iranian news network Press TV in ...
- Girl Child, Eliminating Racism, Protecting Human Rights while Countering Terrorism Among Issues, as Third Committee Approves Five More Texts, Concludes Session 27 Nov 2009 15:55 GMT
... proclaimed the International Year for People of African Descent for 2011 -- they brought the total ... Syria, Saint Lucia, Venzuela, Pakistan, Cuba and Benin. The delegations of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cape ... United Kingdom, the Republic of Congo and Niger spoke on procedural matters. Background The Third ...
- NM researcher develops trees for dry, rural areas 27 Nov 2009 15:43 GMT
... regions in the Four Corners region and Africa. Mick O'Neill, the superintendent of New Mexico ... O'Neill, a former Peace Corps volunteer in Ghana and Burkina Faso, has spent 20 years working in ...
- Canadian Somalia hostage freed when taxi lights flicked 27 Nov 2009 10:53 GMT
... of more than half a million dollars. Somalia's prime minister and senior government officials revealed ... had worked as a freelance reporter in Africa, Iraq and Afghanistan before joining Iranian news network Press TV in ...
- No is not an acceptable answer 27 Nov 2009 10:15 GMT
... Never again, was said after the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission. It was said after ... General Assembly resolution to condemn rape and sexual abuse used by governments and armed groups ... true. Three African countries, Burundi, Congo and Liberia, signed on as co-sponsors.” Why would South ...
- New Oregon bishop, new congregations highlight weekend's diocesan conventions 25 Nov 2009 18:34 GMT
... the Scouts to allow membership irrespective of sexual orientation and with sensitivity toward non-traditional gender ... business, convention welcomed parishioners from St. Mary's Ghanian Congregation in the Bronx, which was formed ... late Rt. Rev. Harold Wright, the first African-American bishop in the diocese, was unveiled. "I ...
- Anti-gay bill must go - Lewis 25 Nov 2009 17:35 GMT
... moment of truth for the Commonwealth. The anti-homosexuality Private Members Bill introduced into the parliament ... of the law a veritable charter of malice. What is truly staggering about all of ... current approaches, particularly in Commonwealth countries in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean, place an impediment in ...
- UK police arrest man wanted in US on fraud charges 25 Nov 2009 17:32 GMT
... release of two corporate executives detained in West Africa. Prosecutors say Halligen used the money for ... executives detained for several months in the West African country. It has never admitted responsibility for ...
- Remarks by Stephen Lewis Delivered at the Commonwealth People's Forum [document] 25 Nov 2009 10:40 GMT
... moment of truth for the Commonwealth. The anti-homosexuality Private Member's Bill introduced into the parliament ... of the law a veritable charter of malice. What is truly staggering about all of ... current approaches, particularly in Commonwealth countries in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean, place an impediment in ...
- Explosive issue on Ghana's socio-eco political topics!! 25 Nov 2009 05:30 GMT
... Wednesday, 25 November 2009 Explosive issue on Ghana’s socio-eco political topics!! From: Kwaku Boatin, Public ... very disastrous to see gains fro m Africa’s hard struggle for independent to this time, ... of becoming child mothers and its related sexual diseases. At least some organizations are contributing ...
- Reflections on the Obama generation 24 Nov 2009 12:34 GMT
... Canada, most of Europe and even South Africa offers, i.e. free public health care services. ... from previous policy and sorely needed. However, Afghanistan remains a weight around Obama's neck and ... dynamics of discrimination (class, race, gender and sexual orientation), is supportive of union activity, offers ...
- He Broke the Silence, Gave HIV At Workplace a Positive Face 24 Nov 2009 09:59 GMT
... the first journalist in East and Central Africa to declare his HIV status. Basudde survived ... else in life and never have a sexual relationship with anyone before testing for HIV." ... at the ICASA Conference held in Abuja, Nigeria IN 2005 ...
- Malika Saada Saar: 'Precious' girls at the margins 23 Nov 2009 11:34 GMT
... Malika Saada Saar, founder and executive director of ... Precious, a poor, abused, illiterate and overweight African-American teenager, is indeed a tribute to the ... teacher. In real life, poor, undereducated and sexually victimized girls are most likely to end ...
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