Rigoberta Menchú TUM "We have learned that change cannot come through war..."
Hillary CLINTON "I am particularly horrified by the use of propaganda..."
WNN Breaking (WNN/HRW) Washington, D.C.: The US Labor Department’s withdrawal of proposed rules to shield hired child farmworkers from the most dangerous tasks condemns children to be killed and maimed, Human Rights Watch said. The proposed regulations would have updated for the first time in decades the list of tasks too dangerous for employed children [...]
WNN Breaking (WNN) LOS ANGELES, California, U.S.: How is your city preparing to deal with the impacts of climate change? That is the question being framed at a gathering of decision-makers, thought leaders and academics for a three day conference called: The Mediterranean City 2012 : A Conference on Climate Change Adaptation, where leaders from [...]
WNN Breaking (WNN) Washington, D.C. (U.S.): To support greater engagement for women’s leadership inside the expanding political terrain in Kyrgyzstan, the NDI – National Democratic Institute will be hosting a luncheon to celebrate the Albright grant award for supporting democracy in action to bring women into the process. With celebrity studded hosts that include PBS [...]
WNN Breaking (WNN) NEW YORK, U.S.: “Now is the time to make women’s history, not just celebrate it,” says WomenCorporateDirectors’ co-founder Susan Stautberg, president of PartnerCom Corporation. In conjunction with Women’s History Month this March, WomenCorporateDirectors (WCD) – the largest global membership organization of women board members – is taking significant steps to increase the [...]
Lys Anzia – WNN Breaking (WNN) New York, U.S.: As abortion issues continue to divide pro and con debaters in the United States, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg shared an opinion that may be surprising to many. Expressing that the high court decision on abortion under Roe v. Wade, made in 1973 under a [...]
