Articles related to "Gender Equality"



AIDS in the Middle East
What lies behind the Middle East and North Africa's low number of HIV/AIDS cases?
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Can Clinton Mean Gender Equality?
Voters can make history if either Democratic front runner is elected in 2008, but could Clinton's election to the White House finally mean true equality for women?
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Gender Equality Has No Easy Answer
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Gender Equality, Islam, and Virginity
Artificial Hymen Kits, Hymenoplasties and other attempts at "restoring" virginity are considered life-savers by some and repressive by others.
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In Praise of Cougars
Explore the popular image of the 'cougar' - older women who date younger men.
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More Men Convinced to Join Gender Equality Call
It must be the sign of times. More and more men are becoming gender sensitive. Many have become hands-on daddies, balancing their child-rearing and money-making tasks.
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Sexy TV Dads
Sexy TV dads are nurturing, flexible, suportive, collaborative and intelligent. Could this indicate a paradigm shift in fatherhood?
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What is really needed?
Is lack of money the reason why women have abortions?
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Men Can Be Feminists
Not only is it possible for men to be feminists, it should be encouraged and supported.
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Campaign for Clean Water in Africa
Over 4,000 children die every day from water related diseases. Providing clean water is essential for fighting poverty, diseases, deaths and empowering women.
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Effects of Anti-Sexism Training in Schools
In an attempt to eliminate inequality between the sexes, some parents and teachers actively discourage traditional gender identification in young children.
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South Africa Turns a Corner
South Africa aims to cut new HIV infections by 50% by the year 2011.
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Stephen Lewis Rocks the House
Stephen Lewis shows why he is a formidable force in the world of HIV/AIDS.
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The Women's Rights Movement
Are the freedoms that female human rights activists fought so hard to obtain now being taken for granted?
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Can Discrimination be ever positive?
In this article, I have opened a debate in a sensitive topic with a view to arrive at a rational and just conclusion with your help. I have not made any final perspective for myself as yet and your opinion could help me sort out my ideas.
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Mary McLeod Bethune
As the "First Lady of the Struggle," African American political and social activist Mary McLeod Bethune focused on the struggle for gender and racial equality.
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Micah Challenge
All 191 united nations member states have promised to adopt eight Millennium Goals to halve global poverty by the year 2015 as part of the Micah Challenge.
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Study Finds Women Worse Off in Post-Sadaam Iraq
Though violence has decreased throughout the war-torn country, Oxfam International finds that Iraqi women's new role as family breadwinners leads to increased hardships.
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Support for Stay-at-Home Dads
The number of dads who stay at home to raise their children is rising, and many at-home dads are starting dad's groups for friendship and support.
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Witchcraft Discrimination and Violence
How far have we come in practicing tolerance towards things we don't like or understand?
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Women's Rights in Wales
Today marks the 99th anniversary of International Women's Day. In Wales, a recent report suggests in some major areas gender equality may be moving back in time.
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Misinterpreting Feminism
The women's rights' movement is often misunderstood as an angry protest towards men and the family. It is time to go back to the most basic principal of what feminism is.
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Defining Female Genital Cutting
Female genital cutting (FGC) resides within a highly controversial and complex terrain marked by diverse discourses, practices, experiences, and elimination efforts.
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Standing Up Against Poverty
People all over the world broke a Guinness record for the largest number of people opposing world poverty.
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Top 10 Gay Friendly Places to Live
While the legalization of gay marriage is hardly universal, there are a growing number of countries offering same-sex rights.
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Women and Climate Change
Climate change policies must consider gender issues and women's involvement for the advancement of world development.
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Eliminating Female Genital Cutting
Since the 1970s, international campaigns and conferences have addressed FGC. A variety of elimination efforts have been proposed, tested, and met with mixed results.
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Reasons for Female Genital Cutting
Western literature often portrays FGC as a static "tradition," yet FGC is a changing practice, existing in a wide-range of political, historical, and social contexts.
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Like Sands Through the Hour Glass.......
On Thursday night, February 13, Tennessee State athletic director Teresa Phillips will become the first woman ever to coach a men's Division I basketball game. What a triumph for gender equality! Well, maybe not....
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Put Africa into a court-room !
Looking for AfrIca in the mainstream news but not finding it. Shedding some light on development in, for and with Africa - A call for sustained aid momentum and political transition beyond armed globalisation.
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Dual or Duel Parenting?
Why are women taking on so much of the workload inside and outside of the home? This article ponders new findings from Australia.
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Execution, Afghanistan
Afghani man converts to Christianity and will possibly face the death penalty. Islamic law, the Sharia, forbids the worship or practice of Christianity among the Islamic people. President Karzia must convince the Judiciary board of Muslim fundamentalist conservatives to consider this decision in light of the current situation as Christianity has become an ally to these people. Or, has the U.S., in fact, become too involved in a situation beyond its control?
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Prevention is the solution
Prevention must not be overlooked as the key component in stopping the spread of AIDS.
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Branagh's Much Ado About Nothing
Kenneth Branagh has produced a thoroughly enjoyable romp from a Shakespeare classic.
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Canadian Politics – Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada has historically been the most politically successful and has governed for the longest in the great white north.
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Gender Violence Facilitates AIDS
A discussion of how gender violence is contributing to the current AIDS pandemic.
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Guantanamo Bay Prison to Close Soon
The Guantanamo Bay prison houses those unprotected by the Geneva Conventions and detains alleged enemy combatants against the U.S.--The place is slated to fall.
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Ida Wells-Barnett
A strong advocate of racial and gender equality, Ida Wells-Barnett used her education and journalism skills to raise awareness of civil rights.
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Montana Senate Bans Abortion
The Montana Senate has passed legislation giving legal rights "a human being at all stages of human development of life," effectively banning abortion.
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Myrna Kostash: In Search of the Next Canada
Author Myrna Kostash speaks to young Canadians and comes to conclusions about Canada's future in <I>The Next Canada</i>.
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The Passage of the Nineteenth Amendment
When the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed in 1920, American women won the right to vote. This was a hard-won victory.
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Three Choices
Three books for your reading pleasure: a mature teen novel from Ishbel Moore; Andy Russell discusses The Life of a River; and Myrna Kostash has some intriguing comments about Canada's future.
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TV Show Nip/Tuck on FX Network
A review of Nip/Tuck, a powerful drama on FX network
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Canada's Foreign Policy Gets a Harder Edge
The government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper is changing the language of its foreign affairs officials to downplay humanitarian concerns.
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Classic Picture Book Series
Children love to read books that come in series. These classic authors have created sequential tales featuring a host of memorable animal characters.
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Educating Girls in the Developing World
Universal education for girls is becoming the most viable and effective solution for gender equality , economic independence and growth in the developing world.
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Esther Lovejoy and Oregon Women's Rights 1912
Esther Pohl Lovejoy's quest for Oregon women's rights in 1912 engaged men and women through the Everybody's Equal Suffrage League, mass advertising and public relations.
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Growing LGBT Movement Against Proposition 8
The passage of California's Prop 8, eliminating same-sex marriage in the state, has prompted organized protests from LGBT communities in many U.S. cities.
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It's All Around Town
Have you ever wanted to know everything about everyone around you? Then small-town life may be for you!
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Millennium Development Goals Slipping Away
Nine years after commitments to cure the problems of Third World poverty, the global community has made disappointing progress.
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