All posts tagged "world"

  • child
    Study says 67 million unwanted pregnancies could be avoided each year

    By Anna Pujol-Mazzini | Thomson Reuters Foundation If women had reliable contraceptives, there would be a sharp drop in the number of unwanted pregnancies. LONDON, June 29  – More than 200 million women who do not want...

    • Posted June 30, 2017
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  • annie
    Singer Annie Lennox calls for solidarity to help most vulnerable women

    By Anna Pujol-Mazzini | Thomson Reuters Foundation The award winning singer-songwriter started advocacy group The Circle to help women living in poverty. The challenges women face in the developing world, such as poor education and healthcare, child...

    • Posted June 14, 2017
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    First woman to lead Indonesia’s indigenous peoples alliance

    By Rina Chandran | Thomson Reuters Foundation “Indigenous women face discrimination on several fronts… this has strengthened our resolve to assert our rights, because when women have equal rights, our communities benefit” MUMBAI, May 29  – Indigenous...

    • Posted May 29, 2017
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  • yes
    Afghan women break ground with TV station launch

    By Sayed Hassib |  Thomson Reuters Foundation “… this station represents women and we work to raise the voice of women so they can defend their rights” KABUL, May 19 (Reuters) – A new TV channel dedicated...

    • Posted May 20, 2017
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  • maidgood
    Maids in Hong Kong forced to sleep in toilets, cubbyholes

    More than 40 percent of maids do not have their own room and are sleep in places including storage rooms, kitchens, toilets, basements, closets and on balconies. KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 – Domestic workers in Hong Kong...

    • Posted May 12, 2017
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  • free
    82 Chibok schoolgirls released in Nigeria

    By Stephanie Busari and Kelly McCleary, CNN Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) — Eighty-two Chibok schoolgirls have been released after successful negotiations between the terrorist group Boko Haram and the Nigerian government, according to a government official close to...

    • Posted May 6, 2017
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  • kenyagood
    Breakthrough as Kenya poised to elect first female governors

    By Daniel Wesangula “Society must stop thinking that women are mere flower girls” – Joyce Laboso, deputy parliamentary speaker NAIROBI, April 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Women are likely to be elected for the first time to...

    • Posted April 29, 2017
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  • irelandgood
    Irish citizens’ assembly recommends change to abortion laws

    DUBLIN, April 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Ireland’s parliament is to consider changes to the country’s restrictive abortion laws after a panel of citizens voted overwhelmingly on Saturday to recommend reform. Prime Minister Enda Kenny last year...

    • Posted April 24, 2017
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  • reuters
    What ambition gap? Women as ambitious as men unless companies block them – study

    By Bahaar Joya | Thomson Reuters Foundation “Ambition is not a fixed trait; it is an attribute that can be nurtured or damaged” LONDON, April 5 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Women are just as ambitious as men...

    • Posted April 5, 2017
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    Fighting for sex assault victims, Jamaican activist accused of crossing legal line

    By Rebekah Kebede | Thomson Reuters Foundation Women’s rights activist arrested after she is accused of naming alleged sexual predators on social media. KINGSTON, March 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When Jamaican police made an arrest last...

    • Posted March 22, 2017
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