Week of 01-29-2007 Afghanistan - Girls & Women Traded for Opium Debts Council of Europe Study on Measures & Actions Taken on Combating Violence Against Women COE States Ageing Population Research Benefits - Quality of Life & Management of Living Resources - Gender . Learn More
Afghanistan – Girls & Women Traded for Opium Debts
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Afghanistan – Photo Gallery – Women & Children – Afghan Women’s Mission
Attachments: mob2.jpg; Jallozi8.jpg; Jallozi9.jpg; mob2.jpg; Jallozi8.jpg; Jallozi9.jpg WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com THE AFGHAN WOMEN'S MISSION http://www.afghanwomensmission.org/photogallery/photo44.shtml Refugees Receive Emergency Aid February 22, 2001- Women waiting for blankets at . Learn More
African Home-Based Caregiver Women Speak of Undervalued Work – World Social Forum – Huairou
WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com Huairou Commission http://www.huairou.org/ info@huairou.org WORLD SOCIAL FORUM African Home-Based Caregivers Speak of their Undervalued Work “Women do not sleep . . . There is work to do!” 22 January 2007 Grassroots women from Kenya, Uganda, Cameroon and Nigeria began the second day of the World . Learn More
African Feminists Charter of Principles – Feminist Dialogues Prior to World Social Forum
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African Women Are Key To Food Security – UN World Food Programme
WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com http://www.wfp.org/Newsroom/in_depth/africa/kenya/040305_kenya_women.asp?section=2&sub_section=2 AFRICAN WOMEN KEY TO FOOD SECURITY Throughout the African continent, women are crucial to food security. They grow and harvest the crops for household consumption, they cook the family meals and they breastfeed . Learn More
Ageing Population Research Benefits – Quality of Life & Management of Living Resources – Gender
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Algeria – Report of UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women on Mission to Algeria
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Bangladesh – Acid Burning of Women & Girls – “Beena’s Story”
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Call for Papers – Family & Demography Network – European Social Science History Conference 2008
WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL HISTORY EUROPEAN SOCIAL SCIENCE HISTORY CONFERENCE - ESSHC 2008 http://www.iisg.nl/esshc/family.php Family and Demography Network Call for papers / Proposed sessions for ESSHC 2008 Solitary Households and their Demographic EffectWho were the solitaries? Were they . Learn More
Cameroon-USA – Woman’s Testimonial from Victim to Immigrant to Survivor – Tahirih Justice Center
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Canada – Arbitration & Family Law Acts
WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com Canadian Council Of Muslim WomenLe Conseil Canadien Des Femmes Musulmanes E-mail: info@ccmw.com http://www.ccmw.com/MuslimFamilyLaw/FAQ.htm Clarification: Arbitration and Family Law Acts. Frequently Asked Questions: . Learn More
European Parliament Resolution – Women as Peacemakers, Women as War Victims +
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European Union – Brochure on Equality Between Women & Men in the European Union
WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com Direct Link to Brochure: http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/publications/2004/ke6304949_en.pdf Website Link: http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/emplweb/publications/publication_en.cfm?id=49 Equality Between Women and Men in the European Union This brochure first explains the . Learn More
First Licensed Black Woman Pilot – Bessie Coleman
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