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A gender gap in agriculture leaves female farmers with harvests that are 20 to 30 percent less than male counterparts. Closing that gap could rescue hundreds of millions of people from undernourishment claims a U.N. report released today.
(WOMENSENEWS)–
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An abundance of good news appeared during the first week of women’s history month.
Women’s equality is important or very important to 84 percent of men and 86 percent of women among 14,896 respondents polled in the world’s 16 largest nations, according to a poll prepared for the March 8 observation of International Women’s Day, conducted by Washington, D.C.-based World Public Opinion.
The images of grinning female soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners are shocking and famous. Some say they challenge the notion that women are more peaceful than men. Others point to a susceptible minority within a violent military culture.
Amnesty International is beginning an international campaign to portray domestic violence as a violation of human rights.
Female peacemakers from around the world’s war-torn countries are demanding a role in the reconstruction of their countries. A recent conference of Women Waging Peace documented their role and gave them a chance to interact with policy makers.
The two-woman effort to raise money for the U.N. Population Fund to cover the $34 million cut by the Bush administration is still going strong after 14 months.
A conference to define the forces creating the global demand for sexual services, which helps drive the sex slave trade, is underway in Chicago. Experts are focusing on a wide range of factors that may be driving up demand.
As the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees holds its annual meeting in Geneva this week, it should commit to refugee women having independent access to all aid packages and better protection from gender-based violence.
A proposal died in Congress to permit U.S. military women to pay for abortions in overseas military hospitals with their own money. For now, those opting for abortions still must return to the U. S. or risk a procedure at a private overseas facility.
Roma women are banding together to fight the triple bias that increases their rates of poverty and shortens their life span by as much as 17 years. The new organization of Roma women is the first to involve representatives from across Europe.