New UN report urges push to 'end' Gender Disparities in Education Girls learn to read in Bubel village in Orissa, India September 2010 – Girls and boys in only 85 countries will have equal access to primary and secondary education by 2015 if present trends continue, according to a new United Nations report, which calls for greater efforts to reduce gender disparities in education. The annual edition of the Global Education Digest, published by the UN Educational, Scientific and … [Read more...]
UN – Gender Disparities in Education urged to ‘end’…
September 19, 2010 by
New UN report urges push to 'end' Gender Disparities in Education Girls learn to read in Bubel village in Orissa, India September 2010 – Girls and boys in only 85 countries will have equal access to primary and secondary education by 2015 if present trends continue, according to a new United Nations report, which calls for greater efforts to reduce gender disparities in education. The annual edition of the Global Education Digest, published by the UN Educational, Scientific and … [Read more...]
IRAQ ILLITERACY – Women (24%) is more than double that of Iraqi men (11%).
September 16, 2010 by
Literacy in Iraq Fact Sheet Sept. 2010 Facts and Figures One in five Iraqis, aged 10 – 49, cannot read or write. There are significant disparities in literacy rates across gender, age and urban versus rural areas. Illiteracy among Iraqi women (24%) is more than double that of Iraqi men (11%). Rural populations are more adversely affected by illiteracy (25%) than urban (14%) populations, and within rural areas the literacy divide between men and women is wider. In functional literacy … [Read more...]
Embassy of Afghanistan – HAIDARI: Celebrate ~ 'Progress amid Violence'
September 13, 2010 by
HAIDARI: Progress amid Violence Quality of life has improved for most people This summer, the Afghan government hosted the first International Conference on Afghanistan in Kabul. Our allies from around the world recommitted to a firm partnership with the Afghan government as we begin taking over and gradually leading the stabilization and reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan. We welcomed Pakistan as an important regional partner in the fight against terrorism and extremism, which destabilize … [Read more...]
Celebrate Direct Peace Talks – The Middle East
September 4, 2010 by
Ban 'encouraged' by start of direct peace talks between Israelis, Palestinians The Middle East talks must address all real and core issues for lasting peace in the Middle East, according to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Ban Ki-moon in Liechtenstein The Secretary-General spoke in Liechtenstein ahead of the talks in Washington, D.C., between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas which started on Thursday. The … [Read more...]
JOHANNESBURG – Antiretroviral Gel Lowers HIV Infection
August 28, 2010 by
Antiretroviral Gel Lowers HIV Infection and Offers Hope to Women JOHANNESBURG, 2010 (IPS) - When women from the predominantly rural Vulindela district in KwaZulu-Natal first began participating in an HIV-prevention trial many were unable to negotiate the use of condoms or even discuss safe sex with their partners. But as they used the discreet antiretroviral (ARV) microbicide gel, for the first time women - who bear the brunt of the HIV epidemic in Africa - were in control of an … [Read more...]
INSPIRATIONAL – Spiritual Integrity * Quran for Women
August 27, 2010 by
This is Prat 1 to the Introduction to the Sublime Quran by its translator Laleh Bakhtiar which is in 2 parts. After that follows three videos that are on this website under the name Domestic Violence in Islam. The final part is called Spiritual Integrity and it is also on this website. VIDEO ONLINE ONLY PART 2 … [Read more...]
Japanese Government sponsors new maternal and child health handbook for Palestine Refugees
August 12, 2010 by
Japanese Government sponsors Handbook Maternal and Child Health Beirut August 2010 The Embassy of Japan and UNRWA launched on Wednesday 04 August a new Maternal and Child Health (MCH) handbook which will be distributed free-of-charge to Palestine refugees across Lebanon who are pregnant or have young children. A ceremony held at UNRWA premises in Beirut in the presence of the Japanese Ambassador to Lebanon, H.E. Koichi Kawakami, the Director of UNRWA Affairs Lebanon, Salvatore … [Read more...]
Nutrient-rich Algae boosts Women's Incomes & tackles Malnutrition
July 31, 2010 by
Nutrient-rich algae can boost Chadian Women’s Incomes and tackle Malnutrition – UN Dihé, from Chad July 2010 – A local variety of the nutrient-rich, blue-green algae known as spirulina could boost incomes for women in Chad who harvest the product as well as help fight nutrition, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported today.The agency is running a $1.4 million project in which women are gathering and processing the product, known locally as dihé, from the shallow … [Read more...]
