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China: Binge-drinking Culture Turning from Fun to Lethal

Friday, March 12, 2010

After Chen Lusheng, a police sergeant from the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, died in December after an off-duty night of heavy drinking with local officials, his superiors tried to have him designated a 'martyr' who 'died in the line of duty,' so that his family would receive greater compensation.

Kenya: Proposed Constitutional Amendment Sets Back Women’s Rights

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Lillian Mutuku, a 34-year-old mother of three, describes her home in Katine area, in Kenya’s Eastern province Tala, as a harsh place to live. The soil is poor, she says, the sun beats down mercilessly and vegetation is sparse.

Q&A: Equality Is Feminism

Thursday, March 11, 2010

'I think that Islam has been misinterpreted. No Islamic law says violate women's rights and repress women,' says Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi. 'Democracy, human rights and women leadership are absolutely not hostile to the Islamic doctrine.' And women in Iran are well aware of that, she says.

Vietnam: Reports of Child Abuse A Wake-up Call for Parent, Gov't

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Vietnamese parents think of day care centres and kindergartens as safe, happy places to leave their children in, given the pressures of work and harder times. But they are no longer so sure now, after a series of incidents about mistreatment of young children that has shocked the public.

Rights: Africa's Success Stories in Gender Empowerment

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Whenever gender empowerment is a vibrant topic of discussion internationally, some of the countries in Europe, Asia and Latin America are invariably singled out for their success stories in politics, education, health care or civil liberties even as Africa is mostly left out of political reckoning - and wrongly so.

Education-Tanzania: Pregnant Teens Forced Out of School

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Pregnancy is the leading cause of dropouts for school girls in Tanzania. And a national law forbidding young mothers to return to school after giving birth did not make it any easier for them to continue their education.

Latin America: Abortion - Still Illegal, Still Killing, Despite Growing Awareness

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Although most of the governments in Latin America today are described as progressive, abortion is only legal in one country, while in five countries it is banned under all circumstances, even when the mother's life is at risk.

Asia: Religious Advocates Heed the Call of New Media

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Not even religious advocates and leaders and can say no to the power of online media, whose call they are heeding in order to spread various messages of spirituality.

Rights: Middle East Women Ahead But Not Home

Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Male leaders fail to break the Mideast impasse. Enter women from Israel and the Palestinian territories working together. And… it would have been nice to say they succeeded where the men failed.

Singapore: As Casino Opens, Watch for Its Social Impact Begins

Tuesday, March 09, 2010

An unfamiliar sight in Singapore — that of vehicles with foreign licence plates filling the car park — meets visitors at the basement of the city-state’s first casino, which opened nearly a month ago.

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