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Historic UN declaration adopted to combat violence against women
Source Muslim and Western nations overcame deep divisions to agree on a landmark United Nations code to combat violence against women and girls. Iran, Libya, Sudan and other Muslim nations ended threats to block the declaration and agreed to language stating that violence against women could not be justified by “any custom, tradition or religious […]
Online Discussion on Prevention of Violence Against Women (Global)
August 3, 2012
Source: Inter Press Service NEW YORK , Jul 31 2012 (IPS) – UN Women [http://www.unwomen.org/ ], which has launched an online discussion about violence against women, is offering a chance to civil society organizations worldwide to provide their views from their own cultures. The two week long platform, which is taking place through 3 August, […]
US trafficking report reveals ‘modern slavery’ toll
July 19, 2012
By Adam Blenford BBC News, Washington The report aims to broaden understanding of “trafficking in people” to include adults and children forced into work or servitude More than 42,000 adults and children were found in forced prostitution, labour, slavery or armed conflict in 2011, a US government report has found. Some 9,000 more victims were […]
Graphic: A woman’s place in the world, ranked from first to last
July 12, 2012
Jake Edmiston and Richard Johnson, National Post Staff Updated: Jul 12, 2012 3:56 PM ET Canada ranked 17th on a list of the best and worst places to be a woman in the world. In the report, researchers from Save the Children looked at the health, education and economic status of women in 165 countries […]
Woman is the Nigger of the World 
March 17, 2013
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