Rigoberta Menchú TUM "We have learned that change cannot come through war..."
Hillary CLINTON "I am particularly horrified by the use of propaganda..."
Women News Network – WNN MDG Stories in partnership with The Guardian News – Global Development Network Environment editor John Vidal, The Guardian News, Wednesday 24 November 2010 Africa has joined India and China as the third region of the world to reach a population of 1 billion people, and it is expected to double [...]
Sigrid Lupieri – Georgia Today (Georgia Today site may not be online, try link to see) – Tuesday, 23 November (originally published 19 Nov) Pikria Maruashvili knows the horrors of war very well. During the conflict between Russia and Georgia in 2008, she lost much more than her home in a remote village near the [...]
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation – Monday, 22 November, 2010 (originally published 18 Nov) Ghana on Tuesday rolled-out commemorative activities to mark the United Nations (UN) Day for Elimination of Violence against Women scheduled for next Thursday, November 25. The activities include: 16 Days of Activism against Violence; Thousand Men’s March against Violence against Women, radio and television [...]
Women News Network – WNN MDG Stories Friday, 19 November, 2010 A new November 2010 report by WHO – the World Health Organization and UN-HABITAT – United Nations Human Settlements Programme, “Hidden Cities – Unmasking and Overcoming Health Inequities in Urban Settings,” shows that urban poverty can impact health statistics worldwide. Today’s urban cities are [...]
Amnesty International – Friday, 19 November, 2010 (originally published 17 Nov) We’re appalled that the Chinese authorities sentenced a woman to a year in a labor camp for retweeting a supposedly anti-Japanese message. They must release her immediately. Chinese online activist Cheng Jianping was sentenced to one year of ‘Re-education Through Labour’ on Monday for [...]
