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| Women Against the Division of Bolivia |
Bolivia, 4 May: support our sisters and the people of Bolivia who are
mobilizing all over the country to stop the
separatist ambitions of the racist elite of Santa Cruz.
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| Hungary - Cries Unheard |
"I have worked as a judge for 20 years but, to tell you the truth,
I myself would not report rape. It is very difficult because of
the procedures, the attitudes, and social conventions.
It is the victim who has to defend and prove everything."
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| Global Food Crisis |
The current global food crisis will impact most in the world's
poorest countries civil society leaders said in Accra today. "Increases
in global food prices are hitting people hard in the Least Developed
Countries" Demba Moussa Dembele, Board member of LDC Watch told a
meeting organised by LDC Watch on the opening day of UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
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| 1968 The Mysterious Chemistry of Social Change |
1968 saw more young Americans drawn to the left than any time since the 1930s.
In a Gallup survey of student opinion conducted in the spring (before the
May events in France), 69 per cent considered themselves "doves" on Vietnam,
16 per cent agreed that the war in Vietnam was "pure imperialism" and
8 per cent identified themselves as "radical" or "far left" (a 100 per cent
increase in a year). In the autumn, a Fortune magazine survey revealed that
half of all college students thought the US was a "sick society"
and 368,000 of them now considered themselves "revolutionaries".
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| Making Globalization Work |
Globalization as a corporate-led process has come under much justifiable
criticism. This paper attempts to give the term analytic content
distinct from its more ideological formulations. It then focuses
on a normative analysis of globalization from the capabilities perspective.
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| World Day for Prevention of Child Abuse |
WWSF is happy to share with you that 786 organizations from 128 countries
joined the international coalition marking the World Day for Prevention of
Child Abuse last year, organizing activities and events on 19 November or supporting the Day in general.
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| Democracy & Diversity Summer Institute |
The Transregional Center for Democratic Studies (TCDS) announces its
seventeenth annual Democracy & Diversity Summer Institute in Krakow,
Poland. Widely known for creating an intimate forum for lively but
rigorous debate on critical issues of democratic life, the Institute
offers an intensive program that is equivalent to a full semester of graduate study.
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| Spring Day for Europe 2008 |
Organised by the European Commission in cooperation with the European
Parliament and other EU institutions, Spring Day for Europe is an
annual event open to all schools in Europe as well as in the rest
of the world. Schools are encouraged to organise events between 25
March to 30 June, with a particular focus on 9 May when Europe Day
is celebrated, to help students better understand how the EU and
its institutions work, and promote European citizenship.
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| Sexual Health Strategy |
YouAct is organizing a Study Session for young people active in
the field of SRHR with title: "Improving the Health of Young
People in Europe towards a Sexual Health Strategy"
in July in Strasbourg (6 - 12 of July).
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| Anita Borg Change Agent Awards |
The Anita Borg Change Agent Awards celebrate the accomplishments
of technical women from emerging countries. These awards are
designed to recognize up-and-coming leaders that impact or
advance women's participation in technology, while also internationally
expanding the reach of the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing conference.
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| UN Trust Fund |
The UN Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate Violence
against Women, is launching its annual call for proposals for 2008.
The call continues to focus on supporting the implementation of
national policies, laws and actions plans on ending violence against women.
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| Congress of Women in Politics and Governance |
Greetings from the Center for Asia Pacific Women in Politics
(CAPWIP) and the United Nations International Strategy for
Disaster Risk Reduction (UN-ISDR). We are pleased to invite
you to the Third Global Congress of Women in Politics and
Governance which will be held on October 19-22, 2008 at the
Dusit Hotel, Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines.
The theme of the congress is "Gender and Climate Change".
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| Chaste Wives and Prostitute Sisters |
This book is an anthropological study of the unusual coincidence
of prostitution and patriarchy among an extremely marginalized
group in north India, the Bedias, who are also a de-notified community.
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| Financial Psychology of Worry and Women |
This paper provides a review of significant academic studies and
non-academic research endeavors in the realm of negative emotions
(with an emphasis on worry), gender, and decision making. The
author encourages behavioral finance researchers to place greater
attention into the development of new research studies and academic
papers in the area of negative affect (feelings, emotions, moods).
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