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Africa: Progress for Women and Girls is Progress for All
UNFPA, 7 March 2014
As we commemorate International Women's Day and celebrate the many achievements of women and girls, we should also remember that for far too many, the ability to live a healthy,… Read more »
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Africa: On International Women's Day - Inspiring Teaching for a New Generation of Policy Makers
IDS, 6 March 2014
The theme for International Women's Day 2014 is 'inspiring change for greater awareness of women's equality' and what better way to inspire change than to start in the classroom?… Read more »
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Africa: Empowering Women Will End Hunger - Celebrating Women's Role in Meeting the Zero Hunger Challenge
WFP, 6 March 2014
Every year, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) provides more than eleven million schoolgirls with food to help keep them in education and around three million vulnerable… Read more »
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Africa: Women Play a Central Role in Peace
U.S. Embassy Yaounde, 6 March 2014
International Women's Day is more than a moment marked on a calendar. It is a day not just to renew our determination to make the world a more peaceful and prosperous place - but… Read more »
Inspiring Women Policy Makers on Women's Day
The theme for International Women's Day 2014 is 'inspiring change for greater awareness of women's equality' and what better way to inspire change than to start in the classroom?, writes IDS.
Students attend class at a public school in Taliko, a neighbourhood of Bamako.
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Africa: International Women's Day - Violence Rises, Impunity Prevails
HRInfo, 6 March 2014
On the occasion of International Women's Day (8th of March), the Euro Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) published today its regional report "Violence against women in the… Read more »
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Africa: Sexual and Reproductive Rights Under Threat Worldwide
AI London, 6 March 2014
The health and lives of millions of people across the globe are being threatened by government failures to guarantee their sexual and reproductive rights, Amnesty International… Read more »
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Africa: 15 Facts On Sex, Pregnancy, Marriage and Violence
AI London, 6 March 2014
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