All posts tagged "thomson reuters"

  • End violence against women and save billions every year

    Violence against women costs the global economy $1.5 trillion a year, increasing absenteeism from work and placing a burden on health, police and criminal justice services ________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Rt Hon Patricia Scotland is the Commonwealth Secretary-General. As...

    • Posted December 1, 2022
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  • ‘As capable as a son’: Indians say no to the abortion of girls

    By Annie Banerji | @anniebanerji | Thomson Reuters Foundation More girls are born as women achieve success in business and sport, and police raid clinics that carry out sex-selective abortions ~ Millions of female foetuses aborted in...

    • Posted September 12, 2022
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  • ‘Crying with happiness’: Afghan campaigner finds freedom in Canada

    By Bahaar Joya | Thomson Reuters Foundation Mujgan Kaveh, who was a women’s rights advocate at home, has retrained as a nurse and is building a new life for her family. LONDON, Aug 9 (Thomson Reuters Foundation)...

    • Posted August 29, 2022
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  • U.S. Supreme Court ruling: demand for abortion pills set to soar

    By Emma Batha | @emmabatha | Thomson Reuters Foundation As the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, more American women will try to secure supplies of abortion pills – in some cases as a precaution for future...

    • Posted June 27, 2022
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  • INTERVIEW: Jamaica’s first female defence chief battles danger and sexism

    By Kate Chappell | Thomson Reuters Foundation Breaking barriers, Jamaica currently has the world’s only serving female chief of defence staff KINGSTON, Feb 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As the first woman to run Jamaica’s military, Rear...

    • Posted March 27, 2022
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  • Arab women entrepreneurs defy odds with leap into sportswear

    By Maya Gebeily | @GebeilyM | Thomson Reuters Foundation Businesswomen from Saudi Arabia to Lebanon are launching their own activewear brands, facing down gender taboos and economic challenges during the pandemic ~ In conservative MENA region, women...

    • Posted March 15, 2022
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  • FACTBOX: Colombia decriminalizes abortion amid Latin American shift

    By Anastasia Moloney | @anastasiabogota | Thomson Reuters Foundation Monday’s landmark court ruling makes Colombia the region’s third country in two years to decriminalize abortion, after Argentina and Mexico BOGOTA, Feb 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A...

    • Posted February 24, 2022
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  • In Egypt, lending apps boost cash-strapped women business owners

    By Menna A. Farouk | @MennaFarouk91 | Thomson Reuters Foundation An age-old savings system in Egypt is going digital – helping to plug a gap in funding for women-led businesses Egypt’s businesswomen face high microlending rates To...

    • Posted January 5, 2022
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    ‘I am not weak’: Qatari women unsuccessful in first legislative elections

    By Reuters Women hoping to get a foothold in Qatar’s political system and increase rights were turned down by voters By Lisa Barrington and Andrew Mills DOHA, Oct 3 (Reuters) – Voters chose none of the 26...

    • Posted October 6, 2021
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    Lawmaker urges Malta to stop criminalising women who seek abortions

    By Emma Batha | @emmabatha | Thomson Reuters Foundation Surprise bill tabled by Marlene Farrugia in Catholic Malta seeks to remove criminal sanctions for women who seek abortions LONDON, May 12 – A Maltese lawmaker made history...

    • Posted May 14, 2021
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