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Protesters Conversge on Iraq Capital
- Inter Press Service
Hundreds of people have converged on Baghdad's Tahrir, or Liberation, Square for an anti-government demonstration despite a vehicle ban that forced many to walk for hours to the heart of the Iraqi capital.
BANGLADESH: Govt Under Pressure After Sacking Yunus
- Inter Press Service
The Bangladesh government is drawing flak from the international community for removing microcredit pioneer and Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus from the Grameen Bank that he founded and led.
Q&A: 'We Denounce the Militarisation of Our Lives'
- Inter Press Service
Paramilitary groups in Colombia continue to threaten, harass and violently attack women's rights activists, says Patricia Guerrero, founder of a leading human rights group.
BRAZIL: Rural Women Protest Use of Toxic Agrochemicals
- Inter Press Service
Thousands of women farmers in Brazil demonstrated this week against the use of toxic weedkillers and pesticides on crops and in favour of agricultural techniques that protect their families' health.
Q&A: 'The Sky Is My Laboratory'
- Inter Press Service
When it comes to breaking through the glass ceiling, astronomers are among the most determined of female professionals. And they have high aspirations. 'The sky is my laboratory,' Argentine astrophysicist Gloria Dubner told IPS.
Q&A: Rural Women Need Concrete Actions
- Inter Press Service
Burundi will put U.N. Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security into practice with a National Action Plan (NAP) that is ready to be signed within the coming months.
U.S., European Weapons Makers Still Dominate Arms Bazaar
- Inter Press Service
The world's key arms manufacturers are still firmly entrenched in the United States and Western Europe, while some of the newly-emerging military industries in China, India, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Israel, Turkey and Kuwait are trailing mostly far behind.
Fresh Protests Break Out In Oman
- Inter Press Service
Fresh protests have taken place in the Gulf sultanate of Oman, following a wave of pro-democracy demonstrations across the Arab world. The unrest in Sohar has been a rare outbreak of discontent in the normally calm sultanate of Oman.
Shining a Light on Women’s Rights
- Inter Press Service
How does a woman challenge deeply entrenched cultural practices to convince her husband, her brother or father that she can demand equal rights?
LIBYA: Thousands of Foreign Labourers Trapped in Turmoil
- Inter Press Service
As violent unrest continues unabated in Libya, with the potential to descend into what U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called a 'protracted civil war' in statements to lawmakers here this week, international rights groups are raising the alarm over the resulting humanitarian crisis and the particularly desperate plight of stranded immigrant labourers.
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