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Madagascar: Legal Aid Clinics Help Rural Women
UN Integrated Regional Information Networks, 22 December 2011
Legal aid clinics are playing an important role during Madagascar's current political and economic crisis, especially for poverty-hit rural women who are under-served by the ... read more »
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Madagascar: Local Women 'Wake Up' to Their Rights
America.gov, 3 June 2008
Rabary is a passionate advocate for women's rights and human rights. She is the president of the nationwide non-governmental organization S.O.S. to Human Rights Victims, which was ... read more »
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Madagascar: Right Time, Place and Food
UN Integrated Regional Information Networks, 11 June 2010
Getting hold of food and reproductive health services are probably the two most difficult things for women in rural southern Madagascar, so it makes sense for UN agencies to ... read more »
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Madagascar: Calls for Equality to be Written into New Constitution
Inter Press Service, 3 July 2010
Madagascan female activists are asking that the right of women to participate directly in politics be included in a new draft of the country's Constitution, so that there can be 30 ... read more »
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Madagascar: Political Crisis Harms Economic, Social Rights (analysis)
Fahamu, 29 April 2010
The political situation in Madagascar is far from improving, after several unsuccessful attempts from national, regional and international mediators to resolve the political crisis ... read more »
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Madagascar: A Difficult Step for Women
Inter Press Service, 9 October 2009
The northern region of Diana is known for the beautiful beaches of the Nosy-Be district and the scent of fields of ylang-ylang flowers. But the political landscape of Diana is as ... read more »
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Africa: Aid Agency Helping Women Advance in Small Business
America.gov, 21 July 2008
Ten Nicaraguan women established their forestry cooperative so they could earn enough to improve their families' lives. At first, their Co-Fochinorte tree nursery struggled, and ... read more »
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Thank you for your article which reflects true-life in Madagascar .Now (end december 2011) the facts are worse as the police and justice are fighting one against another .
The Constitutional Consultative Committee (CCC) is a unilateral committee set up by the Coup dEtat government as one step in its efforts to control the subsequent elections and complete its illegal long-term takeover of the Malagasy government. The coup detat government seeks the collaboration of the media to put out statements like The drafting of a new Constitution is seen by many as the first step toward the end of the March 2009 political crisis that appear to support its unilateralist policies. Sure, all but those who came to power by coup detat seek free and fair elections. The difference is that the coup detat government along with France and a few others want the coup detat government to control the elections. The US, SADC, and AU seek the installation of a consensual government before a new constitution is drafted and elections are held. Those who want a truly democratic solution that reflects the will of the people will not support the unilateral CCC or its proposed constitution.