All posts tagged "world"

  • tikkun
    Tikkun Olam – The Healing of our World is Finally Happening

    By Crystal Andrus Morissette What happened last week in the United States of America had to happen. I finally see that, one week later. The fear. The panic. The tears. The cheering. The protests. The split. The...

    • Posted November 15, 2016
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  • nat
    Election 2016

    By Natalie Hughes When I was a little girl, one of the first movies I ever deeply loved was The Sound of Music… adorable kids just like me, the delightful Julie Andrews, that dashing Christopher Plummer, the...

    • Posted November 8, 2016
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  • ww
    Women-owned businesses to get online marketing boost

    A percentage of each sale using ChooseWomen.org will go toward providing microloans to poor women to start their own businesses By Ellen Wulfhorst NEW YORK, Nov 4 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Women’s rights advocates will launch a...

    • Posted November 5, 2016
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  • jj
    How can climate change measures work if women aren’t included?

    Written by Tasfia Tasnim A woman carries aluminium pots as she works in a factory by the river Buriganga in Dhaka May 20, 2014. REUTERS/Andrew Biraj Climate policy is not about technologies; rather it’s about people. If...

    • Posted October 23, 2016
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  • syriangood
    Syrian teenager who swam at Rio Olympics honoured for aiding women and girls’ rights

    “I want to change perceptions of refugees. It is not a choice to flee your home, and refugees can achieve anything” By Pietro Lombardi from trust.org (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A Syrian teenager who saved fellow refugees...

    • Posted October 16, 2016
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  • aaaaaaa
    One million poor women in Britain have suffered violence and abuse

    Women in poverty are much more likely to face almost every kind of abuse and violence compared to other women, say experts By Pietro Lombardi from trust.org (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – One million women living in poverty...

    • Posted October 11, 2016
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  • zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
    Women a minority among top earners, researchers say

    Last year, on average women earned about half as much as men did, according to the World Economic Forum By Pietro Lombardi LONDON, Sept 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Women account for a fraction of the richest...

    • Posted October 4, 2016
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  • aaaaaaaaaa
    Obama tells Clinton fundraiser U.S. still grapples with powerful women

    “There’s a reason why we haven’t had a woman president. We as a society still grapple with what it means to see powerful women.” By Jeff Mason from trust.org NEW YORK, Sept 18 (Reuters) – U.S. society...

    • Posted September 23, 2016
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  • corporate
    Women as pushy as men in asking for pay rise, but less successful: research

    “Having seen these findings, I think we have to accept that there is some element of pure discrimination against women” By Pietro Lombardi LONDON,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Women ask for a pay rise as often as...

    • Posted September 12, 2016
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  • sssssssssssssssss
    California lawmakers pass rape bill inspired by Stanford case

    The measure was introduced in response to the sentence given to 20-year-old Brock Turner, which was widely condemned as too lenient By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – California lawmakers, responding to outrage over the six-month jail...

    • Posted September 5, 2016
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