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Latin America: Still a Long Way to Go, for Black Women

Friday, March 19, 2010

At the age of 17, Meybelin Bernárdez is clear about the future: 'When I finish my studies, I'll return to help my community get on its feet,' the young Garifuna woman from Honduras, who is studying medicine in Cuba, says without hesitation.

Economy-Senegal: Small and Medium-sized Businesses Cannot Access Bank Credit

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Despite the financial sector boom in Senegal, small and medium sized businesses (SMBs), which represent over 90 percent of the industrial fabric of the country, struggle to access funding for their development, their representatives claim.

Health-US: Maternal Deaths on the Rise

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Despite the fact that the United States spends more on maternal health than any other country in the world, deaths in childbirth among U.S. women are on the rise and already surpass the morbidity rates in most developed countries.

Climate Change: The U.N.'s Boys' Club

Thursday, March 18, 2010

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's decision to appoint a 19-member, all-male high-level advisory group on Climate Change Financing (CCF) has triggered strong protests from women's groups and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) outraged by the composition of the panel.

Q&A: Tapping Women's Enterprise to Topple Rural Poverty

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

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.

Haiti: Recovery Bill Estimated at 11.5 Billion Dollars

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Two weeks before a major donors conference, the Haitian government has estimated that the country will need some 11.5 billion dollars over the next three years to recover from the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake.

Politics-Rwanda: Woman Vies for Top Job

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

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.

Pakistan: In More Ways Than One, Bollywood Dancing Creates Waves

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

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.'

Jamaica: The Other Side of Paradise

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

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.

Rights-Bahrain: Weak Laws Let Rapists Off the Hook

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

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.

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