INDONESIA: Families struggle as more women work overseas
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| Fri 30 Apr, 2010. |
The number of women leaving the archipelago, legally or illegally, has been steadily climbing over the past decade, according to the National Authority for the Placement and Protection of Indonesian Overseas Workers. Read more...
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CAMBODIA: Strict penalties planned for acid attacks
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| Thu 29 Apr, 2010. |
Keo Srey Vy’s brother-in-law had been planning to sell his child so he could buy a new motorbike. When she threatened to tell the police, he went to the restaurant where she worked as a cook and doused her face with acid. Read more...
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PAKISTAN: Sold into sex work
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| Tue 27 Apr, 2010. |
In their two-room tin-roof house in one of the many shanty towns that dot Lahore, Ilyas and Nasim Masih and their seven daughters, aged three to 15, eke out an existence dependent on Ilyas’s meagre income as a day labourer. Read more...
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ETHIOPIA: Feeding family unity
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| Fri 23 Apr, 2010. |
Grandmother Anchilalo Ejigu was distraught when her daughter died from an HIV-related illness two years ago, leaving behind two children under five; the family’s other relatives refused to take in the children, so at the age of 50, Anchilalo became a parent all over again. Read more...
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ETHIOPIA: When the rains don't come on time
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| Fri 23 Apr, 2010. |
Rain rules the lives and wellbeing of rural people in most developing countries: it determines whether they will have enough to eat, be able to provide basic necessities and earn a living, but climate change has made rainfall more erratic in many parts of the world. Read more...
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GLOBAL: Are fewer mothers dying?
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| Mon 19 Apr, 2010. |
Almost 200,000 fewer women die each year from pregnancy-related complications than previously thought, because new survey methodology and better maternal mortality data mean more accurate mortality estimates, says a global study by the US-based University of Washington. Read more...
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NEPAL: Reintegration challenges for Maoist female ex-combatants
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| Wed 14 Apr, 2010. |
Former female Maoist combatants in Nepal are facing a new fight - reintegrating into their communities and returning to civilian life, specialists say. Read more...
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MALAWI: Clinics dispel male circumcision myths
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| Wed 14 Apr, 2010. |
Male circumcision (MC), which can reduce HIV among men by up to 60 percent, is controversial in Malawi and government has yet to implement mass male circumcision. But a chain of private clinics has rolled out the measure with some surprising results. Read more...
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